Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-03-17

Mr. CHASE Mr. President, certainty re-
gret that anything has occurred in my State
which should be otherwise than in accordance
with the disposition which l trust | have ever
manifested to treat the senator from Illinois with
entire courtesy. do not WISH however, to be
understood, here or elsewhere, as retracting any
statement which have made, or being unwilling
to reassert that statement when it is directly i'm
peached. l regard the admission of Missouri,
and the facts of the transactions connected with it,
constituting q compact between the two sec
tions of the country; part OF which was fulfilled
in the admission OF Missouri, another parts III the
admission Of Arkansas, and other parts of which
have been fulfilled in the admission of Iowa, and
the organization of Minnesota, but which yet re-
mains to be fulfilled in respect to the Territory Of
Nebraska and Which, in my 1udgfnent viii be.
violated by the repeal of the Missouri prohibition
That is my Judgment | have quarrel with
senator's who differ with me; but upon the whole
facts of the transaction, however, | have not
changed my opinion at all, in consequence, of
what has been said by the honorable senator from
Illinois. say that the facts of the transaction,
taken together, and as understood by the country
for more than thirty years, constitute compact
binding in moral forces though, rs ] have always
said, being embodied in a legislative act, it may
be repealed by Congress, if Congress see fit.
Mr.. DOUGLAS. Mr.. President, am sorry
that the senator from Ohio has repeated the state
ment that Missouri came in under the compact
which he says was made by the act of 1920. How
many times have | to dsproye the statement
Does not the vote to which have referred show
that such was not the case; Does not the fact
that there necessity for u new compromise
show it !; Have / not proved it three times over'
and is it possible that the senator from Ohio will
repeat it in the face Of the record with the vote
staring him in the face, and with the evidence
which | have produced; Does he suppose that
he can make his own people believe that his
statement ought to be credited in opposition to
the solemn record 7 ! am amazed that the sena-
tor should repeat the statement again unsustained
by the fact, by the record, and by the evidence,
and overwhelmed by the whole current and
weight Of the testimony which have produced.
The senator says, also, that he never intended
to do me injustice, and he is sorry that the people
of his State have acted in the manner to which l
have referred Sir, did he not say, in the same
document to which have already alluded, that
engaged, with others, in 6 criminal betrayal
Of precious rights, in an 6 atrocous plot'" Did
he not say that and others were guilty of ' med
itated bad faith;'' Are not these his exact
words? Did he not say that '.servile dema-
gogues'' might make the people believe certain
things, or attemptto doso? Did he not say every
thing calculated to produce and bring upon my
head all the insults to which have been subjected
publicly and privately-not even excepting the
insulting letters which l have received from his
constituents, rejoicing at my domestic bereave-
ments, and praying that other and similar calam-
tiles may betall me All these have resulted from
that address. expected such consequences when
first saw it. In 1t he called upon the preachers
of the Gospel to prostitute the sacred desk in slim
ulatng excesses and then, for fear that the people
would not know who il was that was to be in
suited and illuminated, lie told them, in a post
script, that MIR. Douglas was the author of all
this niquity, and that they ought not to allow
their rights to be made the hazard of a presiden-
tial game! After having used such language, he
says he meant no dsrespect-he meant nothing
unkind He was amazed that said in my open
ing speech that there was anything offensive in
thisaddress; and he could not safer himself to use
harsh epithets, or to impugn gentleman s mo-
tiyes! No not he After having deliberately
written all these insults, impugning motive and
character, and calling upon our holy religion to
sanctify the calumny lie could not think of losing
his dignity by bandying epithes, or using harsh
and direspectful terms!
Mr.. President, expected all that has occurred,
and more than has come, as the legitimate result
of that address. The things to which referred
are the natural consequences Of it. The only re-
venge l seek is to expose the authors, and leave
them to bear, as best they may, the Just indig-
nation of an honest community, when the people
discover how their sympathies and feelings have
been outraged, by making them the instruments
in performing such desperate acts
Sir, even in Boston have been hung in cfigy.
may say that | expected it to occur even there,
for the senator from Massachusetts, lives there
He signed his name to that address; and for fear
the Boston abolitonists would not know that it
was he, he signed it "Charles Summer, senator
from Massachusetts, The first outrage was in
Ohio, where the address was circulated under the
signature of .'Salmon p. Chase, senator from
Ohio" The next came from Boston-the same
Boston, sir, which, under the direction of the
same leaders, closed Fanueil Hall to the inlmor-
tai Webster in 1850, because Of his support Of the
compromise measures of that year, which Ill now
confess have restored peace and harmony to
distracted country. Yes, sir, even Boston, so
glorious in her early hstory--Boston, around
whose name so many historical associations cling,
to crafty the heart and exalt the pride of every
American--could be led astray by abolition mis-
representations so far as to deny hearing to her
own great man, who had shed omuch glory upon
Massachusetts, and her metropolis know that
Boston now feels humiliated and degraded by the
act. And, sir, addressing himself to Mr.. SUM
NER,l you will remember that when you came
into the Senate, and sought opportunity to
put forth your abolition incendiarism, You APP
pealed to our sense of justice by the sentiment,
''Strike, but hear me first" But when Mr..
Webster went back in 1850 TO speak to his con-
sttuents in his own self-defence to tell the truth,
and to expose his slanderers, you would not hear
him, but you struck first
consecrated to liberty, was so far led astray by
abolitionsm, that when one of her gallant sons,
gallant by his own glorious deeds, inhcritng he
roic revolutionary name, had given his life to his
country upon the bloody field of Buena Vista,
and when his remains were brought home, even
that Boston, under abolition guidance and aboli-
tion preaching, denied him n decent burial, be-
cause he lost his life in vindicatng his country's
honor upon the southern frontier, Even the name
of Lincoln, and the deeds Of Lincoln, could not
secure for him decent intcrment because aboli-
tionism follows a patriot beyond the grave. Zap
plause in the galleries.
The PRESIDING OFFICER, [Mr. MASON in
tho chair. Order must be preserved.
Mr.. DOUGLAS. Mr.. President, with these
facts before me, how could ! hope to escape the
fate which had followed these great and good mem
While had no right to hope that might be
honored as they had been under abolition aus
pices, have | not right to be proud of the dis
tinction and the association Mr.. President, /
regret these dgressions. have not been able to
follow the line of argument which ] had marked
out for myself, because of the many Interruptions
do not complain of them. II is fair that gentle
men should make them, inasmuch as they have
not the opportunity of replying; hence | have