The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-01-29
CONGRESSIONAL
spEEcH OF HON. L N. KKIrT,
or sorTa CAROLINA

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or SOUTH CAROLINA;
psrea n he Hosss Of RPrsstxlaispss. Jaazry 10. 1854
The House being in the Committee OF The Whole on
bs aie oi ihe Union, The nooa TO refer the Presidents
snnusI message being unt+r confederation
Mr. KEiTr said;
MIR CHAIRMAN: The recurrence on the part oil ite Tx
seuye 10 las great principles winch uodssse our epah
hcan pollty subleci % sincere sonkiaa'Alon; rM
years cloud and have wrapped onr rohhcsl skes
70 uabfsk en- rIoosn when The darkness Was t up
win occasional ss she's Of genaine eosuence Shd IN sbe
pauses Of the tempest We lusrances oi uur
~ the xemen,s the President should attempt 10 RESTORE
the Cover 10 lis original simplicity 10 ihs latiohc
psrpase he VIII have the hearty oo-ope ration Oh ooalh
Carolina Never Vel has she siooped Gown from htt
estate 10 mnge the slrie ur spots, aad
gamble away ber rights and pTiaelPles ioF power and
peifn Nor viii heF Gerganon here Hihg SHADOW
across her bright hist5sc TRACK, or weave = ixAHrnt
Ia ptud er, Beless victim, 10 the wheels oi party
Sir South Carolina maintains the lriscples OF The old
republican party and whatever administration sHp-
nar,s those ;,urplss g her ung rudglnE AID.
Sac stands uyon Be old republican piaoi reared By
he patriots sagss the reyoluiona platform broad
eaoash stand upon, bat too narrow 70 shuttle upon.
Newspaper paraa raphisls may interpret the votes Di
meaDers OF her delegation the election OF officers
neced with ihs inerior organization OF either house
they please roa such paltry hucxsierng she turns with
disgust. la she has made .er sacrifices, aad
peace she has borne her burdens and the FLAG
Of The country shalt agan demand The one, and the pub
he the osher che vii! again make The one, and
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share IN The slsols oi oftce
tIs not my purpose. Mr. Chairman. 10 debate the
sinIion OF slsvery, inras, upon the notice oi the
milee early period OF session Ii true ii lis
woven with every fibre and muscle OF poiity it is
true It's destruction would spread slocco bgGt
splendid portion VI this conederacy, and in blood and
bsCkness, would exungash all its hopes the future
But mpegnable these reasons. lis oe-
fence upon still more solid basis. Fonndea upon
inexing law OF God, appointing an nerlor or
IN he nd al my
natural necessarily. we beneve II the corner-sione
Of epubiicanism, and thai with ii pure religion will
euimlnaie.
Govvrnmen like all things material must rest upon
subsaiu, znd al suhslrxtum lis iEdoslIisl class.
Whenever that class RESTLESS and Impatient society
shaken by disturbance, and ANARCHY breeds dssposn
Al The Soatn -ociey upon the basis OF sssenot
q clss. In IL stable. because the AiIcAn t~dsI ing
mol q conqaerirg lace. Al The South, the difference
oil and The government - thai OF the wass
Slsbic sne rcit- poised society Win dis
figured by Drsons and her records unsuilled
with popular violence. She has aIstocracy without
eXea-iyeBess, and democracy without heenuousrse.s.
Within her aails reigal, loo, pso~pels well Whenever
society uembes violently the mnd acquires a morbid
actsny, winch tendency harden skeP,Icism,
and Whenever Tests bfsie force produces mere
bgoiy Socey reii-posrd, hsfmoniousiy adjusted eda-
Gales 40 the hignes, en-e-Dlrnds reasoa with faith,
making both irvfiul ihas the Soata has fas-ed bar
ie against popular violence The hand, AID, on
tue o.ner against thai au5acoGs rkercism ubrh tram
plies upon everything serred. and questions everything
sacred
Bui. sir, as have already said, will no, ce5ae this
question. merely xlshcd 10 redeem u isen lsssi
roper mcse OF argurneasliea winch rests defence
upon mere human sNred-ncy. wished 10 DO ths, be-
The destiny OF tiis institution nomeDtous
iof be coming co et u between socialism and slavery
Sr, the shameless iaaiic IN The hgleaved garment oi
phsrasaoai righteousness and hs,oeSlicai esaculs.
DIuous 10 bs way lhrcugh ta1oupeTy butchsry,
may wrsgie aud tie anato.l eelnazogue, tie STROLL
ma actof add The political moGnieDaaK, may pour the
dwelling stream o. iber Gbece asnbIllon Tue
Of betrayed and oreou'oas ouises bal when The hres
O fanaeram approach tue boraers Of The South se viii
ban a ap IA ares su b~rcer than Ii- n.
may also, MIR Chairman, N eoBnenIon with tbis sub
lec emphalesy dsciam tie authority oi the gentleman
iron Alabama Mr. SMITH 10 speak TIE sentiments OF
Tie Sair Ss. party ol Soat.ai ie4si ibe senlI-
meas al my State South CxfoDs, SIR, bolds ID .
10 be ooniedefsied rePasic oi sovereign States and
Whoever denies Der ane hence her rgb M
heren an a. 70 scoede OF deisrmioe absolutely iof her
cell the ose and redress" against any gries
snoe, eanho speak lie sentmenis oil sny portion o. Der
peoale.
grsndzsmsui which have been Tossed into hls debate
do propose 10 dl-ca-s would not yolse lnIsrna-
uonai zs, aud gfssf even Cuba. Nxlonal iarih y a
nsuoazl pspopy. But. sgr, Il The independent siar oil
Cuba ~bee.d upward the sky, 1t wosid fosi, ~
Datsrsi political 3S. into system, and mnsis
brshns-s siih TIE slsze Of oar federal Constitution
Independently, boSesef, u THIS event, there Two
oosiing upon either OF Whch would seize Cuba
eren viii mailea nasd. II knrland inierFenes 10 the
sn4Irs Vi the ISLAND. 20 SECURE supremacy n.
would ii. by force ii necessary Sanding as me
wnb bay "A ahose waters the OF every Iauoh
may n6s "a safety, and wHh The guns os brf case
rsngiHg across ibe oi trade, p1.-
hs England wouia be the hsrBtnger disasters
10 ous Occupying Cuba a. stand-goan sbe will eIreci
against u.s. with mole saccess, hef Betsroas seoli1On
schemes The twenty nliioas which sae has rpen, 10
euuvrr her Aes lndss gpsssssions into y.-eat and
hareas Jungle will feiarn hrf, when she hs- coyerea
The soslh viii the eonfag g'aion and butchey sbe hss
20 long plotted
su say nos that ! see unmss'asabe fani-prinis Of
kxls3a diplomacy ugoa ibs ssads Of Cuba oot there
slgns, slsous OF embodiment and trouble seek no
co.dict knx and bsa she nvs fse
sfTsos Of Cs,s Escorted ~ gb~ rous- ol taoasxn1
struggles, ey The ot msyFcd patriots.
and bermaxs OF noble iTalltlon. England as.
The tfeakuaer equally agaast European se-poiI-m ssd
nsrap-an snarehy; would not. ,5eB, while The storm
OF - black enng aud Numbering Ia lle East. while
THE fires o' os~potsn burning up the ia.i
Continental ifeedon. would DOT wanspny cut a slae ~
Of kDsiaBds sfeagiB, ~-g baieDsaf Of her power
Bal she musi NOT stand Doii aPisht IN the path Of uur
safety. II she does. would her win The battle
tl.srs. and tfy hazards Of TIE ooGhel Nos heed
ss nannk iron u, for ALREADY wri,ieH stga3
chapters her history Az Der prOEd lords tread
tbe s-es OF APPENDED abbey decsed ~ltn hsg- AND
uophe from every land and clne. they csRgoi but
remember that she bore fron me green homes o ogf
sfes oBlF -harae and drless fbns. thea would iase
Csba IN the ss-rcy OF Eagsh intervention 81 her
aaxlrs | ~ooid also take ser the contingency Of
SgsIns emsDel ,xlng the slaves there Sue shoad not
haexen Toe history OF Inas tie chronicle Of D.
Demsso and Jamaica t-ood nsIr Irhbofheod requires tsa
she should not b-eet. smost Utn SIGHT ~ oar cos-i
Wild and wesrng anaTcal, rite oay of raTtns and de-
vssiHboD and atmauds that sne should
rear tnefe ~frsen.a uinerg Eosrrnm.ni, prossa-
EstHg b5 and madness, and -aosidzea ~ isaa
elsfn ia c0aaanasloa OF blood and prrhay In TITS
eoaihgsscs woaa lbs lssaa irom The usacoerogs
And paIstea grssP SPAN