The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-07-28


that the note was given on Sunday and
consequently void, and you would not
pay it. In what light do you suppose all
honorable men would view it In no
other light than as consummate villains,
unworthy the confidence of all hopora-
BILE men. In this light Ohio and the
teeming millions of the mighty West,
whom feebly represent here, view you;
Egenfemen, in relation to this Kansas Ne
braska iniquityl Iappeal to Represent
atives from the South, in the name of all
that is honorable-in the name of God,
to be once influenced by the pure prompt
ings of right and justice. and restore this
compromise line, or from this day hide
your deformed heads and make your ap-
pearance no more among intelligent be-
ings. But l am resolved to place the
gentlemen--those chivalrous southern
gentlemen-right on the record. Many
of them do say that the repeal of that
time -honored line, { to use their own
words was wrong, an injury, an out
Erage, and that it ought to be restored. /
say many Of you have said SO to me and
inasmuch as every gentleman from the
| North has been challenged to give the
name Of any southern man who has dar-
ed to even breathe one word in favor of
| freedom, therefore, to avoid being asked
so to do, come up to the confessional, or
!! shall without hesitation name the gen
tlemen to this convention. Cheers and
laughter.
| At length the Hon Kenneth Raynor
of North Carolina arose and stated that
he had so said; and took this occasion to
say that he considered the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise wrong and an
outrage to which the North ought not to
submit. He said if he had been mem
Der of Congress he would have had his
right hand severed from his body before
he would have consented to the iniquity
Gov. Brown of Tennessee said he had
stated that it was wrong and unjust
to repeal that act; but inasmuch as it was
passed, he was opposed to agitation on
the subject by reinstating It. Four or
five more at this point took the floor at
once, Ford remarking pleasantly, "Keep
Ecool, gentlemen we are going to have
an interesting class-meeting here, but
come up to the confessional one alta timel''
Laughter long and loud. A number of
gentlemen confessed in substance what
Gov. Brown did.
Dir. Ford proceeded by saying that
'.aB open confession was ''good for the
<oul;" and he hoped the gentleman would
learn another truiSm: 1.-The only way
to get rid of guilt was to repent and sin
no more. All we ask of you, gentlemen,
is to do right, remembering that there
are eternal and Interchangeable principles
of right which no circumstances can
vary, and which God himself may not
disturb. BY your confessions this day,
coupled with your action, you place
yourself in the condition Of "a thief, whom,
having broken into your house and got
possession of your money, you detect and
arrest. You say to him: 'You villain!
what are you doing, thus invading my
most sacred rights!!" The thief comes
up to the confessional, as our friends
have this day, saying: 81 know l have
invaded your most sacred rights: l con
fess have committed an outrage and in
flicted great injury upon you. | have
broken into your house and stolen your
money. / have done this mean thing.
regret, deplore it; but, inasmuch, not
withstanding, nevertheless, as have got
in now, let there be no disturbance be-
tween me and thee. both fear and dis
like agitation. Let US just settle this
difficulty You just step out aud let me
keep your house and the money too!"
| Loud cheering and laughter. This is
the ridiculous light in which we view you,
Southern gentlemen, outin Ohio. Here
a Mississippian interrupts by saying:
''This line was worth nothing, ofno value
to any person. Ford proceeded by
saying: This is beautiful you will steal
our property, and for excuse say, "tis
valueless." Return the stolen goods,
and let the owner ix the value. If it
were butan old jack knife, It's not yours.
Come up like men and do this great
thing. Confess your wrong. and do
/. / right-always remembering that to do
the right and avoid the wrong is the great
end of our being Don't you, gentle
men of the South, shrink away from this
contact with truth; don't, entreat you,
through falsehood or hypocrisy, mean
ness or fraud, attempt to hide yourselves
from the open eyeof lofty Honor Long
continued applause. You Southern
gentlemen have said many pretty things
about the Union. We, too, are devoted
TO this Union--frst, last, and all the
time; and we do not make slavery con-.
dition; precedent to our attachment to this
Union, either. Can you say as much?
4 Thank Godl we of the West have high
er, holier and more patriotic motives
, We are devoted to this Union, because
ere long, by its perpetuity and advance
ment, We expect to become an empire of
freedom everywherei Cheers long and
bud. Every public demonstration 1
! have attended here, patriotic gentlemen
have attempted to turn into Union
saving machine, until am sick of the
endless prating about the Union-being
fully satisfied that they say Union once,
and mean Negro three times. Laugh
teri This Union, rest assured, is in no
danger. We of Ohio do not intend to go
i out of the Union, nor let anybody else
do so. Loud cheering. And if you
fillibustering South Carolina gentlemen
think of going out of the Union, please
take a retrospective view of Jour past
4 lives, and you viii 6nd this is not the
FIRST time you have tried to kick out of
the traces. And If you make the trial,
!. it viii not be the first time you are kick
] ed backl Remember old by the Eter-
! BaP' brought you up standing once, and
we-cf the Central Northern States and
I Western States have determined TO do so
whenever necessary. Applause. The
gentleman from Virginia asks il we are
so devoted to the Union at the North,