The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-17

viii work out their destiny Already it could Dc seen
that the Temporary absence OF there slaves from their ma
tive land desrec 10 accomplish the grand work OF
carrying Chiatianity civilization and freedom to that
continent where. above all Others the most able slaves
extstAfr,a He desired TO live In peace ana harmony
With his Northern fellow. citizens he could
why they should seek to nure the South by unavan
tbropy He said that though they might not agree with
him in the he hso given yet to the results At
which he had arrived on this que ton he was hap to
FAY there not the slightest difference Of upikion
among the Southern whig Senator'S
hi sxwARD Gree toi Of N. got the floor, and after
An executive session, the Senate adjourned
House OF Representatives.
WASHINGTON Feb Is, 1854.
CONCLUSION OF Mr.. wHRELsR's SPEECH.
The Union TO be preserved invioAts and hosf BY
resting upon the strong OF that eersonao oresd that
despiS alliance with tratort No, sir that WAS too an
tquatedtco old fogysh In order to pre,ervs nvioAts
the Union It thought necessary bargain and huck
itr with the fires sellers Of 1913, with
OF nc cent iseny OF no principles, whose capacous
can digest all the spoiis treaoherpua administration
can cram I. with, and then impudenay ask for more
QAuf htef.) But. sir, not only the Uaion to be
preserved invioate but the rights Of the States to
be held sacred How this pledge led outs Why
60 to my own State ana ask the hundred Thousand hon
est principle loving national democr ats what thsy
ting FOR In last and they will tell you they
resanx on oroachmsnts OF the FEDERAL executive
and they did 1t successfully They fought for the rights
OF their State sgaiDst the impudent and tyrannicAl
power OF An administration that had shamstally
Union, and sent its own officers, heading bands of
hired rufians, to . convention Of this reopls to
sp.ah By authority say hired rufians armed and Of
ofioers OF the federal government, took possession
OF The State Convention and overawed AID controlled its
action and when my soft colleague said that
such charge untrue he guilty either
or wil'ully OF misrepresen saon Go to Massachusetts,
and ask the Of the indignation people OF that
State ard they will tell you that Cabinet OH ,er spoke
through the trumpet Of the President and threatened
democrats with crushirg out" they cared do what the
dnnyNf ira tNn a{,ko
power-coAlescipg with free soers And no did they
receive the message They looked upon IL direct
back with Indignation the letter Of the Alto ,ney-
General, prefeIring, If they TO be leotured st
.' to oi s.,. f.she, Of the party do it. and no:
whose skirts clean and rot who owed all
the positions he held in the democratic party tbs
to which alluded teegrsphed by wing, who boasts Of
it. to the State Of Mississippi the Of important
election before it was rent TO Nasssoausesf Who bore
the expense Of this long letter to that Sae
This whig has ured repeatedly that the bill vas
tent to the office of the Un the organ OF the executive
Why was it donef Why could not Il admnistratsn re-
frain msdding OF sovereign States
sacred tpless every citizen to walk forth free and
rAmD esd ia al the majesty Of freedom How this
pledge uflsoP Why sr they appointed Greene Bronson
he would submit to the arrogant dicaion Of
ttofe who were seeking to lower him in the est.
nation of all honest he Vas dismissed; but not nm.
I'll he IT record nespondence i'm Die IS
1t is ennotpg-that reflects credit upon his head and
hearha adds to the sum total o, country's honor
while IL administers scathing rebuke TO . oinet des
potisua that seeks to make tools Of men who are
their superors Again. air, during the lat election Ia
government reateof We're they free and untramelsoS
No sir, they mAde-thAt's the word-mAce to con
tribute fumes to the support of the free soil ticket and In
Of refusal were threatened with dismissal Many
Of these empL yes had large families and not liking the
chserless prospect OF being upprovided through the
coming winter, were forced TO yield; others refused,
and would not give; they are stn in ofi,s, bu, *
pect to be removed now that the confirmation OF Mr..
kedheid had been effected Is this pre- to ct.i
Pre- vious TO taking position, under the government
to foisgo oil right of thor ht OF expression then
most abjsct ard intolerable. But sir, l not only
speaking to members Of this HuseI speaking to the
tee will sgree with in what have said, but inow
the people d. tecsute they have exps.nced the crush
ing hand Of he Adminsta zion in the to which
have allue ed They anow sir, that the doctrines pro-
nulgAted in the inaugural have been discarded; they
kpow the promise has only been kept 10 the they
st.d VII, has the President coaesced with free soersY
why has the sovereignty OF the States why
have citizens been rammeed In the else Of their
rghtsf why wsre the compromise measures pudAted,
and their iepd auntinsly told that they hal the
9Th to elect Prssdentf Sir d. not believe the
lsve it. There acqniescence, ,tiona
approval Everywhere the land tho people
up and decar the assertion false thatGen Pierce
elected sosly the strength OF the copromse
We not cheated n s~indl-d Gen. Pierce
not whirled into pewsr upon dslusion. II Was
living bre Ithing and stirring reality The consti ution
Ard Us compromises battle cry; the constitution
And its compr, misses the Etake the constitution and
its compromises were the onsammation OF the most
overwb Ginning ory In the ais OF politics the
haids OF New York caiu, that victory taeirs They
claim II the original and st~adAst friends OF
whole duty their country; they claim it Is men who
In AL time 70 Will co their whole duty their
oOuguy Sir, ore word in crclu ion. I was A.
tonsstd TO bear the gentleman from Virginia,
(Nr. smith apfly test 70 the hArds Of New York-a
ties, OF their democracy. Sir, they need no testing
The constitution in dagger they stood BY II. and
it about to be endangered sg In they viii stand By
it, He asks what Is toe New York hsrds want Ii IL
rot the syppathy o. the once chvArou, South Lst
want ,he sou hern men this floor 10 b. true to the
sttuticn and State rigNts And not be wuy bndei
that they seemingly forget tina. tsere is . oonsuten
AID that there Is still . principle left called State
rights. They want them 70 have honor enough left
rot to deliberately st'fs investigation into the act
OF treAekerous executive, who has proved recreant
TO the great principles upon which he Was carried
into power True sir the hards have been Knocked at
and spit upon BY this Administration. We have b,en
denounced a. disorssriztrs and mischief makers We
have been called place hunters Thcy endsavored
,lice combined could heap upon u.s. has been our
portion md yet they begging the hard natio
D.l vote on This fo,r FOR Neer.sis g.osa;sr Where
not eefert the sdmipisston in this ler hour of sx
reuity. There is story told somewhere Ct dlstin
guished British officer Who, during the Revelation, paid
visit 70 lady In Charleston They walking IA the
garden, when the officer called her attention bsaau
fol flower at tie same time asking Wha Is 10 caHsiY,
She replied Il Is called the rebel aover and vhxi'
ssd be. Because" the answer, "the more Il IL
troicen the more 1t fourish,s =" Nov, sir there
may be q moral in this when applied 20 the crashing
OUT policy OF this adminIsl auon.
Wren Mr. Wheeler conelueed members rush Cd forward
and heartily congratulated him Al he retired into the
lobby he was stopped on bis way for a shake Of the
bare.
Mr. sEsroS, tdem) Of Y, obtained the foor and re.
snnsd hi r,naJis sssinsg the repeal on The Nssouri
Ironse Nineteen ont OF tseniy oil the free states
be sd oppoee. TO IL.
The committee rose.
INV DRIIdssC BILL, ETC
NJ FrycENEDoE, (dsm Il KY from the Cor mjttte OF
Ways and Me4us reported Deficiency bill Referred
TO the Committee OF the Whole the state OF the Union
ALEC, bin miiics appropriations FOR custom houses
ard marine hospitsls containing the amend nents re
Gently pasted Oh IL committee sat Afterwards in
the ptneiercy bill
question aroe as TO whether the blu should be re-
poret without eoEcludirs which the House adjourned
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