New-York daily tribune., 1854-03-15

rrt msie of the facts and then leave the ints ,,os re
PIE q the United States with the whole facts bsfDs 49,
T. Ud for themselves. Whe,her the Nebraska no.
was riclt or not a question which there was -
for dfe of opinion. Senators not 10 sr-S
high place be above the right of the pso De to-
olire into ard criiicise their official acts.
Nr MASON said tie right OF al citizens Of the U ,t.,
States TO petition Congress upon any subject properly ~
fore them was one which he hoped never see deasJ
All such memorial. should be received and treated ri
tho resrec, due to them He hoped never 10 SEQ the a.
Wien tho Senate wonld treat such petitions cthsrv.s
This memorial however was OF charact dnereD, from
Others IL came class OF persons who laid aside hs
character Of American citizens and address their psto,
as ministers OF the Gospel they petition as m nis.s oi
the GOSPEL and not citizens as ministers OF the Gospel
they come here and denounce the action Of the Ssa1ep
aniicpaiion or after il has taken place they do 40,
stop there In their character As ministers they have the
teuery To ihresien the Senae ~h the Nensesnee sai
judgments Of the Almighty whom they profess 10 serve
Such language not respectful, coming from say Pc
ttouers ministers OF the Gospel such were unknown
e. the Constitution forms OF 6Dyern nent aai
God forbid they should ever be known TO it. IL va
the wise policy OF fathers, aud had been the univs
cal desire Of All the people to keep the ministers Of the
.ibe. and the wisdom of that policy was male msa.
festtO dav bv the paper lying on the table. The his
tory Of he world had shown the evils OF recognizing MN
listers of the Gospel forming any part OF Goverunsnt
In all countries snd in all times, when vested with p)rsr
they proved o be the most arrogant of all Others Oa
bs thew come here and in the Of Atm ,hty
God he invoke his vengeance upon US Tor our On
tolicsl measure Let three thousand citizens Of New.
England or three hundred thousand or an New Ia Aad
here. citizens ci the uel Ntatcc protest
Is b,r right against any legislative actOa aud their pro
t,st viii he treated respectfully. But these msa do not
come here citizens thy come here ~ ministers OF God
-his vcecerenis the Senator from Texas sail or vice
regents as he probably meant aud seryant, OF their
divine master and in Ills name protest against great
moral wrong which they rs ministers ot the ospei
10 lie committed by an ac. OF this body He Obeceita
the Teceip OF memorial c0uched in such terms AMI
fessing speak by any such authority "thou, any dis
TesTect the nemOralsts personally or any dsrespet
for the cloth which to say least they do no grace be
moved as the proper course that the memorial DO not 10
ctiVtd
MIR DOUGLAS-It has already been received.
Mr. BUTLER said he had always entertained the highest
respect for the ministers of the Gospel II respect was
60 high that he would ,most submit 20 their rebuke for
at lerformed in his official capacity Bu, that respect
for them i'll their appropriate and sacred caa,, and
when they abandoned their duty, descended from their
high position when they forgot the religion Of the Lamb
and mingled with the of the turbd pool OF political
strife his respect no longer continued These men,riL
let. have quilted the pulpit and have taken their place in
the political and they speak as viceregents Of God
Ell earth and presume in His soemnly pronounce
M the Senate the judgment of the Aim ghty He could
10 longer respect them when they themselves abandoned
their sacred dute-when they had ab andoned the religion
which the proessed the religion which was ypyhedb By
the meek and Owly Lamb, and took up the characlerd
The political lion, going round, seeking whom they night
devour they do violence the Gospel and the religion Of
the Savior lie knew not what more was o be done than
that the Senators shoult express their cOnlemnaOnd
this pro ecdng. He thought they deserved the censun
OF the Senate
Mr. ADAMS Miss said the South had for over thirty
yeas 7, man,d under unjust and oppressive act and
its repeal led agitation they who had originally done
the Injustice responsible for the agitation. He
would ire at ts memorial he would treat all others II
prof,ssed be the act of ministers of the Gospel but
was 20 different from the acts OF the Apostles that lost
ali the potency and character which ts sgner supposed
their character and po-tion would give to it.
Mr. HOUSTON said there was no invocation 10 the
memorial of the vengeance of the Almighty the Senate
IL respectful protest against measure pending in
the Senate the time IL signed. lt respectful
protest IN tie Of Almighty God against that measure
Mr. WELLER Gal Who authorized them to do
ihati
Mr. HOUSTON said that when he said these gentlemen
vice goTents of the Almighty earth, he did not
expect that the Of these words would have been
mtnied upon. What lie meant that they we're the
harbingers Of peace earth. II the ministers Of the
Gospel not recognized by the Constitution they
recognized in the moral constitution of society," and
recog gnized in the great constitution of man salvation
which the foundation of all m)ral and religious
ganzaon He repeated his views of the equality Of the
political rights OF ministers of the Gospel with other cit
izeu lie also rel eated his declaration that the
calling for this protest would and had already produced
agitation ard excitement. The bill goes down but works
badly-it works like physic, upwardly
Mr. EVERETT Mass said that il due to the Sen
that be should his connection with the petition
lie called from his seat few moments before he pre-
seutd the memorial To the door of the Senate where be
requested by gentleman to take charge Of the me
mortal and 10 present it to the Senate. The gentleman
who had brought il was introduced to him as q most re-
tpectsble gentleman of the clerical profession That ren
tleman requested bim TO present to ae Senate As the
memOrie vOlumnons ne called one of the Senates
henddns ana tolu nun 10 carry 1t in and lay IL on the
Secret0Iys desk, where il now lays lie had MT read
that time I'D ha read it until he did so atergard
with the Senator from Illinois He thought tSis exolana
ton OF his connection with ought be made as the me-
moral was considered offensive by the Senator from l
nois and others the Senate lie believed the memorial
in fact signed by all the gentlemen whose
attached to before the date Of the passage of the Ne
braska BILL and consequently when that measure was be-
fore the Senate II ought therefore TO be regarded
as the expression of the sentiments Of the sign
ers respecting a measure actually pending before
the Senate. He had not agreed 10 the expedl
ency Of presenting memorials upon subjects which
bad passed from the body But as Others had con-
tnued 20 do he thought he might do particularly
il possible the bill might be returned the Senate
lie did not think these three thousand cergymen of New.
England had any design to step from the appropriate line
OF their duty into the political Among them there
doubtless OF all polite al parties This 10 mortal
was signed by who looked upon the measure purely
in moral point Of view looking upon il in that light
they had expressed their sentiments upon IT, Such had
been the habit OF eiergymen in that section of country
lney IN oil proper occasions expressed their YeTs upon
ell moral questions occurring and they had Ia this in
stance done more Iwas hardly necessary for him TO
cay tLa three thousand cergymen Of New England
very respectable body Of men-no other body of
in the country Of the sime number learned.
religious, moral and intelligent than they. They were
men devoted to the Of re zion and morality tho
most OF them with very little reward expectation in the
way Of the goods Of this world lie further eu0g gzed
the character Of the Jraist He regretted that this
memorial had elected any feeling The Senator from New
York had presented the memorial Of the bishop and
clergy Of New York and it bad been received without
word ot objection This memorial ought to be received
ss all others IL wrong to ascrbe its sgners angry
or unworthy feeliDgs motives.
Mr. PETIT (ind) said he in favor Of the
largest liberty TO petition provided they were respectful
HIS first objection 10 the memorial that it was out of
time aud out too late 10 affect any action that bill,
which had passed the Senate in all probability never to
return The Senate had done the deed and deserved
the righteous Judgment of heaven IL would that
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