Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-02-22
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oi sorro" and revolution and there always found in
sneh um's men whose souls the rack There
are .ne also that try the institutions Of people. They
are times of prosperity Of success Of expansion and unex
amped wealth. and there institutions which rsn
not stand that rack Il your and INV fortune 10 h,ve
come IN time OF prosperity and outward peace and un-
eaamped riches and our Institutions are put To the rick
and the question comes III they stand Or fans In
naon that works harinoniousiy aud happily there must
be unity OF action for that there must b.. npity Of des
The two cannot work together unless they he ons ,gre
first, as To tue place they viii 20 to next as TO b,
road '1ey VIII 20 by Have got this national rty os
idea, which ensures national unity Of aim and 40 national
unity ofm' ans, which lead thcreuntoy Look and see -
first We have got, what CALL what know you rev.
erence the great American idea viz: that all men are
endowed 10y their Creator With certain inaien sbe rights
tho right TO life, liberty and the pursuit OF
That call the idea OF freedom. II tends to democracy
thad ia elimination point, in time about 7S-in spaee
ts cnlm' natng point-of all days was here In Pspeui
Hail. Tor up there pon,ing the porirat Of sAxuxL AD-
Ass ia one Of the men who represented that des-a man
OF whom the British Government that he could nor
be coaxed that he could scared and that he eonI
| not be bniled That man SAMUEL ADAMS That
,. ,den tends to Democracy, and on Il arc
ouiIt the free institutions Of the States. but
| mere Is another idea, viz: the idea of free
dom which teaches that have not inalienabje and
% .sh, on some in virtue OF their power have the
pgnt 70 subordinate and ensave the That l. the idea
OF Slavery which has s elimination po, Of spsce in The
Cy oi Washington OF time, in the yesr 1854 Now these
two forces are antagonstc, deadly, hostile They are
here in the mdst Of this people, are running their
race together Can these harmouiously togetb
ei' Surely they cannot The idea OF Freedom and the
| in.
live together in the country. Accordingly ever
since the establishment OF this te,e has been
an hostility between the two See what the result has
BEEN Twice since the admission Of the Federal Consti
siluuon-yes twice since the Declaration Of Ind.ne
dence the idea Of Freedom in the Federal has
prevailed agair Slavery How was 1857 pha, 4, .
Incorporated that freedom should be perpetnsI in ,o
called the Northwest Territory Slavery ,bould never
be there used save as legal punshen for crime That
was the one step. The other in lsOs-the Slave
Trade-the foreign, alas and not the dome,t;c-u...n
initiated and fathers supposed Iot ever Those
were Two trumphs for the principles Freedom over tho
principles o Slavery but since power of slavery
has been constantly advancing aud il has nj
umphed. Nine times has been brought ino coIision
win The principles OF Freedom and nine times has tho
principle OF freedom Withdrawn and slavery occunving
the held triumphant has planted banner there First
IN l1SS II nangurated Slavery into the Constitution of
the United States know my Free Soil brethren differ
from me in this matter and shall be glad when thew de.
monstrae that there is Slavery the Constitution of
the United States. That point the first Ne1t In
lIe2, Kentucky admitted a Slave State slavery
was then put by the Federal Government Of this coun
try into the soil embraced within any one of the old
Thirteen States That the step The third step
was the niter and that 6rst Fugitive Slave
bill, known as the celebrated law Of 1893 wherein Con-
adopted Slavery and volunteered contrary 10 tho
spirit And the letter Of the Constitution kdnap man
upon free soil who had escaped from the domp ion of
his MASTER That is the third STEP The fourth was the
purchase OF Louisiana in lsO3 Slave soil with slavery in
it. and the erection in 1912 OF the Slave State Of Louie
ana The nth step the yng Of Slave vest OF he
Mississippi and nauguratng Slavery into the Copstu
ton Of the State CT Missouri The sixth stem Was "A.
ken IN the purchase oi ilorda and directing prov
nce into State making Slavery perpetual therein for the
Legislature OF Florida never possess the power TO
| emanepate single Slave. The next step was the an
nexaon OF Texas the inaug OF Slavery there nut
ing INTO ITS Constitution and adopting Texas State
That aso in 1915. The was the Mexican, Gar
aud the acquisition Of immense territory acyuired by
our 6ood, purchased by wickedness and eec,ated
by The loot OF Slavery The last the Compromise Of
ls50-he Fugitive Save ,his was ,be ,sublisb
nent oi Slavery IN NV Mexico and in Utah. and in poy
Ing ten mill of dJlrs ayeholdpp- Texas in order
| Ia E.tta and
rVet them upon the feet OF Now from 1857 to 1850
the Sovc power has taken these nine consecutive De-
eacii OF them more formidable and insol.pt and DANCE
tous han the other Is ever 10 stop hat is tho
reason that this has happened Why il that the idea
freedom has receded, and recoiled antly before
Tue idea OF Slavery Is IL that Gods high law Is less DOW
erin'i than The lower law OF men Is il that you and
love sdom less, aud love slavery more viii tell you
why IT'S The south loves Slavery aud is aithrl TO the
idea on Which that Wickedest modern Institutions ia
haht up and the North is faithful TO the idea which
built this old Cradle OF Liberty Not at all are we faithful To
that Look at The picture behind me, and before all Of
your faces, and that explains the triumph of the sayo
power aud the nine-ui defeat of the idea Of freedom
even in the great Christian Republic Of The Nineteenth
! Century.
Ito explain The above and the succeeding passages xo
will here state that in days gone by the portrait Of John
Quincy Adams occupied in Faneu Hall The postion in
winch me splendid painting nov hangs Immediately
the platform, representing Mr.. Webster repyipr To ar
Hayne ~ the Senate of the United States that tho
bust OF John Adams which formerly stood in niche up
der the painting has renoye and hnst of Ds,.t
Webster substituted
think there are some men before me- Who have heard
o. he name oi John Adams, the President OF the
United states Look AFTER him. You have been In Fam
euh hall beiotc Do you think you can End him9 There
lie Is under the stairs. Laughter
Fhe bust Of John Adams is secreted near the stair
| case Of the gallery.l
thiuk, continued the orator YOU have heard of .noh
| or mSn-of certain John Quincy Adams
1.-THE portrait OF the shares solitude Of the bust
| OF the father)
His picture, continued Mr. Parker the last time smoke
here stood up there pointng the wEBsrKa picture
and noble face is bold than be was brave
and faithful TO the idea Of Freedom Look round and ee
il you find John Quincy Adamss He il there (point
ing to the staTosse lie Is there under the stairs
ter aud applause Alb, me, he ia of sight There s
the explanation OF IT, IL not Mr.. Websters speech
against Mr. Haynes measure that put this picture there
Oh, It was not that II il had been proposed for
that reason to give Daniel Webster place in this Hail. be
would have had the voice, and tho hand think Of
| every one before lCheers] However much men
might differ the ultimate argument therein nobody
could question the large ability and the great power dis
played By that man that occahon HUI "a there one of
you that for them would put John Adams under
the stairs and John Quincy Adams wholly out of siphs
ApPause, and yoios, "No, not one" So say no.
was not the speech mastery it against Hayne that
put this tribute behind me, and thank God Is behind
Loud laughter, hisses and applause.l IL was the
power that made Kentucky slave Siae-that put Save
~ In the Constitution aud that has taken these mon
slrou strides towards despoiism IL was the Slave power
that put John Adams under le stairs aud John Quincy
Adams out Of sight That Is what IL was.
There things for which confess do loatbe
the Southern Staes sud u IL that they inhciing the
greatest shame this Continent that America ever bad
They blocking the wheels Of freedom forward and not
backward They encouraging every dsspot and dis
couagng every brave freeman. despise the South for
that There Is thing however, for which
must honor the South and that 10 the unshrnkng hiey
with which she stands forth and defends her principles 10
season. out Of season, and every occasion where her
voice be heard. 90 Plymouth Rock the rst DAY oT
last August when the Of the Pilgrims met there 10
commemorate the departure OF hose irons hoart ihuso
religious souled men from Dethayep, when scarer one
voice was uttered 10 behalf Of Massachusetts, principles
and the idea OF freedom, wth Of the feebest aud
smallest voices that heard did Soaih Carolina
forth her principles Of slavery standing Plymouth
rock When such boldness and perssency IL IL
spectacle, for u s Gods weapon, though welded In tho
Devils claws See how faithful the South has been. In
all the slave States there IL ansayery governor
In all the slave States there IA not slavery judge
who sta upon any prominent bench and In the Senate OF
the United States there is anslayery that
comes from a slave State. Not In the House Of
Representatives you may poll the ninety members Of the
South and there antsaverJ man there Not