Washington telegraph., 1854-03-29

Vlons to taking position under the govern
ment. to forego all right of thought or ex
preston If so. then Democracy is onl,
another name for s'avery-slavery the mos
abjcct and intolerable. Now, sir. am no
only speaking to members of this House,
am speaking TO the people of the country
I'd know not whether the Committee will
agree with me in what have saId, but
know the people DO, because they have ex
rericnced the crushing hand Of the Admin
lstrrtion IN the manner to which 1 have al.
ludod- They know. sir, that the doctrine.
promulgated in the Inaugural have been
discarded. They know that the promise
las only been kept to the car, anI they are
now asking Why has the pliehted faith been
violated =! Why has the President coalcsc.
ed with The Frecsoiers WHY has the
sovrcignty Of the States been invaded p
/ Why have citizens been trammelled in the
just exercise Of their rights! Why were
the compromise measures repudiated, and
their friends tauntingly told that they had
the strength TO elect President Sir,
do not believe the Baltimore platform was a
swindle; the people do not believe it; there
was no acquiescence; it was an uncondition-
al approval Everywhere throughout the
land the people are rising up and declaring
the assertion to be false, that Gen Pierce
was not elected solely Oh the strength Of
the compromise. We were not cheated
we were not swindlcd-Gen Pierce was
not whiried into power upon delusion it
was living. moving. soul-stirring reality.
| The constitution and its compromises was
Iat.
compromises was the consummation Of this
most overwhelming victory in the annals of
politics. The bards of New York claim
that victory as theirs. They claim it as the
original and steadGast friends of these rnea-
sures. They claim it as men who have
done their whole duty TO their country
They claim it as men who. in all time to
come, will do their whole duty to their coun-
try. Sir. one word in conclusion I was
astonishcd TO hear the gentleman from Vir-
ginia, (sIr. Smiih,) arp'y test TO the hards
Sir, they need 70 testing. The Constitn-
ton was in danger; they stood BY It, and if
it was about to be endangered again, they
wonld stand hy it. Tic asks What il il tie
New York Hards want. If it is not the SYM
pathy Of the once chivalrous South Let
ne tell him they despise sympathy They
want the Southern men on this floor to be
true to the Constitution and State rights, and
not TO be wlfully blinded by Executive
promises. LIDO 80 not say they have been
20, that they seemingly forget there is con-
stitu;ion, and that there is still principle
left called State rights. They want them
to h., La. LIE
ly stifle investigation into The acts Of a
treaeherous Executive, who has proved re-
creant TO the great principles upon which
he was carried into power. True, sir, the
hards have been n.ockei at aud spit upon
by this Administration. We have been dc-
nouncel As disorganizcrs aud mischief ma
kers We have been called place hunters
They have cndcavored to drive US outside
the pale of party. All that envy or malice
combined could heap upon us has been cur
portion. and yet they are now begging the
Nebraska bill. (Laughter) Where are
their allies. the Freesoilers Certainly,
they will not desert the Administration. in
this city. in this hour of dire extremity
There is a story told somewhere of dis
tinguished British officer, who, during the
Revolution. paid visit to lady in Charles
ton They were walking in the garden,
when the officer called her attention to a
beautiful flower, at the same time asking
What is it called II She replied, 1T i
called the rebel flower And wly?' said
the officer. Because" was the answer.
"the more it is trodlcn on the more it -four
ishes'' Now, sir, there may be moral in
this when applied to the crushing out policy
of the Administration.
When Mr. Wheeler concluded, the men,
bers rushed around and heartily congratula
ted him, and as he retired into the lobby.
he was stopped on his way for shake bands.
aIr. Kedzic an attorney at Chicago. hear
ing of the destitute condition of Martin
Koszta, wrote him letter. with a promise
to support him until he could become suffi-
cientiy acquainted with the American law