The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-05-07

scattered anew every session of Congress among the
people Expe IT, and their occupation is gone Send II
to the people who are TO be affected by H. They can
settle il for themselves better than settle il for theu
They need guardians least OF ALL congressional guar
dians Highly as respect the body of which have the
honor of being member torn divided it is with It's
conflicting passions and interests regard IL us peculiarly
unfit for the high duties Of guardianship. M
Why should we continue this anomaly in our system
this government without representation Why is II that
the of the Territories not capable of regulating
their domestic affairs the Of the States2 Why is i
that standing upon the western border OF Missouri
is clad in the full panoply Of American ghsan integral
part of the sovereignty Of the and-wth voice TO be
heard and vote TO be felt in the formation Of the laws
which to govern him2 He treads his foot step be-
yond upon the soil Of Kansas and he sinks by your doc
rine) from the high dignity of man. and free man. into
the helpless mbeclity mnorityhs attributes of sove
reigny fall from around him-congressiona restrictions
placed upon him. and take him into your leading
strings
Who arethese men? Whoare the whose capacity for
vndicated and asserted by this bill They
those bold spirits thrown by the dashngs
Of emigration upon the bosom Of the wilderness Of the
Wsst ~hsse hesrts are ~ strong as their
who walk forth in pride and power of manhood una-
tanned by these confined in the hotbeds of cities
breathing the impurities of too penup popuation--men
who without invdious discrimination, may be permitted
say, have inherited largely that noble daring Of
fathers which pered all in defence OF this great prin
cple and lined your Atlantic seaboard with sister rcpub
lies based upon it, which stand and have stood for more
than hreefourhs of century the wonder and the glory
Of the nations appeal TO the North to give to these men
of the Territories their just rights appeal TO the North
to give TO the South her just rights IL appeal to them to
orbear in the power Of their Sumbcrs striking us down
from our just equality in the Union by dishonoring
blow appeal to her true to stand by us in this con-
iict
Mr. Chairman this is no idle struggle In my Judgment
question momentous in its consequences never occu
pied the attention of this body regard this as the last
final struggle between the sections OF the uniona strug
gle in which there will be compromise and in which
there should be compromise The principles contained
in this bill Just and correct within hcmselvesust to
all sections Of the Union If these questions Of slavery
cannot rest here they nowhere and the country
should know it. We want no more temporary and SHIFT
ing expedients--no hollow truces-no more unjust
determinations We want an honorable peace--a lasting
peace Pass this blingraf its principles in the public
heart and in the legislation Of the country and you VIII
roll back the cloud OF which have spoken from our hor
zon and blot out forever Mason and Dixon line as line
of sectional division Pass this BILL and you draw the
bonds Of union still firmly and closely around the
public Pass this bi and you may go home and tell your
constituents you have accomplished glorious work; that
you removed the only obstacle in the path OF our on
ward march; that you have guided the gallant old ship
into secure haven, where the storms and tempests Will
beat against her Defeat this bill and you throw
the subject out again into the hands of the agators you
minge II up in elections you unchan the winds and
bid the demon Of discord run riot over the land
In this the South stands she has always stood
in the defensive She asks you only let her aoneto
let institution alone We not have not warrcd
with you have entered upon career of slavery prop
agandism desire laws TO force our domestic nstitu
tons upon you Did the South propose that Kansas and
Nebraska should be admitted as States without
clause in their constitution establishing slavery then the
North might fly with fiery zeal TO arms then she might
denounce the encroaehmens of the slave power then she
might with justice and in honor, agitatc this question
then she marshal her hosts and down here in
battle array ndcae her equality and resist the base
aggression We make such propositions We only
ask you again To let US slone-let our slaves alone
The same Providence which the exodus of the Ar-
from his native shore that Of the lsraeitc from
his bondage This Providence will in its good time,
for him his pillar Of cloud and Of fire. will roll back
for him his Of the Red sea; will conduct him over
his Jordan and give 10 him his promised land II is BIAS
N won't %
NY We of the slave States Gods instruments-not
youto work out for the African His great purposes II
through that the beautiful doctrines OF our holy reli
gon breaking in upon his darkened mind and being
ingrafed upon his heart II by that civilization in
its progress is being conducted 70 him. II is by his asso-
citation with that the gloomy nghtshade of superstition
being dispelei from around him In short II is our
hands that have led him from his Wild and barbarous and
heahen and miserable existence upon the sands of his
tive desert to knowledge of his God TO an advance in
civilization far beyond any point attained by those left be-
hind him. and It is our hands which must conduct him to
his future Let alone Talk not TO OF the "demora
izing effects of slavery its "bghting curse Were you
in beautiful and sunny SOUTH Are not women
fair and as brave yoursf Are the records
of crime teeminp and dark with than with you
Are mobs insanity pauperism starvation frequent
with us than with you But win not allow myself to be
drawn into sectional contrasts enter into no crusade
against the North cherish sectional preudces Sir,
honor the North believe the great body Of her people
are the Union devoted in their patriotism,
OF any other section Of confederacy honor her
long roll OF great the industry that has wrung
frum reluctant and sterile soil millions OF wealth. the en-
terprse which has spread upon every
and borne il every port in the world honor the gall
antry OF her who In the Of 1912 arrested the
proud march Of England upon the mountain wave and
broke up her home upon the deep her free schools the
energy which has everywhere dotted her surface with
ufacorcs admire the taste that has adorned her with
magnificent cdfces; and the spirit that has
erected the tall spires Of her myriad churches pointing
| heayenward.
But while thus honor aud thus love the North also
love the Souihhe abused the calumniaed South loved
her in my childhood adore her in my manhood and
bar her oh trol
OF great names her proud and lofty spirit her daring
chiyalry her open generosity, her feryd patriotism ca
upon the North remember lin the language OF their
greatest orator. that @she went hand in hand with you
through the dark night Of revolution that her shouts
of gadness and triumph mingled with yours at Its glorious
consummaton that in 1912, when II was your seamen
who had been impressed, and your commerce that had
been plundcred true TO you, true to her noble inn
pulses she paused not 70 inquire whether she had been
stricken but she her northern brother wronged and
dhonorcd and she plunged with all her great soul into
the fight She has been true TO the Union notwhsand-
ing the chief budens Of government through the opera
ton of revenue laws have fallen npon her. She has
been the Unon notwithstanding the unjust restrc
ons under which you have bound her She has cung
it with unwavering hand while you poured your fiery
rent Of insult and oboquy and defamation upon her Thy
should not this North and this South dwell together in
unity Why should they not in fraternal embrace
upon the altars of the constitution and the blood Of
their heroes has mingled together upon The battle plain in
and in death let the love Of their survivors mnge
gcther in peace and In e2 United achieved our indie
pendence united in 1872 safely guarded the boon ;
united the plains Of Mexico threw halo OF imper
ishable glory the altar Of United have
garnercd together house Of memories more rich
than any of which the worlds history tells United we
have left enduring monument Of glory every step of
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