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recess, went To Boston 10 spciu thH iOurt
of July. In company with the lcariicd At
tornty. General, Mr.. Cushing,l | passed
oT"Ss "gGp hfs at 'Tn'sS tn mase s l tss
heart glad. All was animation and life
the busy preparations of the city authorities
to accommodate the million, upon the Com
mon, the futtcring Of the stars and stripes
at every point, the roar of artillery, the clear,
sweet chimes from the church bells, an
nounced that it was Independence morning
To avoid the heat, | afterwards took
steamer, to cross to Nahant. Passing over
the waters Of that harbor, viewing thousand
national flags from shipping and house top,
amid the roar of cannon from Boston Com
mon, with Bunker Hills monument in the
aistant view, (musing over the incidents that
had occurred thereabOut in the good olden
time,) my attention was directed to Il large
ship which lay at anchor. We passed within
in hundred yards, and | saw her decks
crowded with human beings, her crew scour-
ding and cleaning the vessel, and the surface
of the waiter. for great distance, strewn
with old beds, bedding, chests, &c, &c My
first idea was that it formed part OF the
celebration of the fourth and that there had
been casting overheard of sham cargo, by
way Of re,iving recollection of the old Bos-
ton harbor tea party My curiosity was
soon satisfied on inquiry. The ship WIS
told, WAS one of those engaged in the " car
rying trade that is, she was in the ON
ployment of foreign Governments. or their
agents, to bring over, at fixed rate per head
their paupers and felons She had lust ar
rived with large cargo and disease had
broken out She was on quarantine and the
crew were ut work in the business of purifi-
cation preparatory to another voyage. was
pointed to the hospital, to which these per-
sons had to be sent at public expense until
the health officers pronounced them in condi-
tion to be put on shore without danger Sub
sequently, gentleman who had been aboard
gave me a description of the condition of
the persons Of some OF these poor beings,
which was too loathsome to be repeated
Now, sir, by the provision of the act have
quoted, each of these paupers and felons thus
forced to America, if in Kansas, could be
made a sovereign in ten minutes, welding as
much power, through his vote, as " Sam
Adams" who threw the tea into Boston
harbor, could have il there. Those who sup
ported this bill may make Buncombe speeches
IN regard to their liberality to foreigners ;
but the wind Is somewhat taken out of that
sail amongst intelligent emigrants, who
coming here for liberty, and from choice Of
Governments, find they cannot vote until
they degrade themselves by swearing to the
principles of an act they cannot approve.
Mr.. Chairman, "there is North !" These
! election returns prove it. That North comes
back to this Hall in the next Congress to
claim a redress of the wrong, and she will he
backed by the fair-minded people of the
South who never demanded the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise She will come,
trust with firmness, and with no disposition
to justify one wrong by perpctrating another
! She will come, hope, with determination
to vindicate and restore her rights. and yet
to maintain the ma jesty Of the law.
am no prophet, have no vision into the
mists of futurity yet, sir, allow me to pre-
dict that slavery never can become fixed
institution in Kansas and Nebraska-I care
not who may be sent as Delegate, with
power only to talk on this floor. If" cod,
lo~,' upon which Daniel, Webster based hi,
celebrated ,reech of March :. 1850, does moi
keep it out, independent Of human action
popular sovereignty will make law to dc
Febt This frGa sS SSt9sss 9Gs Mll a dSrrss rec. j. the
the supporters of solemn compacts, in tn,
slave States, will affirm the decree.
As to the remedy 1t is not nor in oul
hands. Let some patriotic southern man
who voted for the repeal Of the eighth section
of the Missouri act, on the ground that the
- North rendered it," come up with bold
manly, patriotic voice, and propose to restore
1t, a. n response to northern popular demand
Until it is restored, you will have no promis,
of harmony in this Hall,
A word, sir, in conclusion, in reference t.
the present Administration. did not COM
here this session to make war upon it. 1t il
wrong to strike the fallen The Admini.tra
tod has fallen 4 year ago the 4th of las
March, we witnessed in that broad and beau
tiful avenue the most magnificent pagean
ever displayed in the capital of the nation
The President was elected by an overwhemin!
majority of the peoples votes over tn
greatest captain of the age"-one who hac
served most gallantly on many battle-felds
He was horne triumphantly by the masses
amidst the Joyous shouts of thousands, from
.he west end of Pennsylvania avenue to the
rently in manly style, he delivered an inau
gural address, which was scarcely excepted t,
by even those opponents who sought canse
Of objection, He solcmnlv reviewed the pledg,
which two years before had been signed b,
the gentleman from Georgia, MIR. Stephens,
to wit, that slavery agitation in Congress
and out Of Congress should cease Theme
he was ushered into the White House will
the greetings of the peoples glad huzzas'
Congress again met and opened its las
session in harmony. The Administration
threw this apple of discord among us. |
pressed upon us the consideration OF the Ne
braska bill, and through its organs, sought t
influence the Representatives Of the peopl
both through fear of punishment and hope
of reward -
1t vetoed the bill passed by a Congress c
its own friends, granting lands to the severa
States to support those stricken poor who's
} intellects have been taken from them by tn
; | ltp,n ba ppIn M
culiaf circumstances, it approved the Mime
sofa bill, granting near million Of acres O
these lands to New York Wall street CON
pany. A bill, sir, which after base tol
gerry had been made upon it, passed tn
Senate on the 2sth of June. The President
signature, of immediate approval, was nece
sary in order to take from the pioneer peop
of Minnesota that immense grant, and secur
il to Wall street brokers. On the 29th {
June he approved it. So speaks the record
Thousands of voices broke upon our ear
from the laborers of the interior, asking a.
propriations to improve their rivers ar
$ lakes-the means which God had given
bear from the arm of American industry il
= products to the place where necessity d
nanded them. These appeals were not Sc
e tional, but national. The appropriation
were voted by the President's friends in Co
|
= statesmen of long experience in the Senate
A under the solemnites Of their oaths. III
T Administration, whilst asserting the doctri
of " popular sovereignty to be its promne
characteristic, responded to the public wi
: - rsto -
/ 1t cast from high places of trust and fro
Io~ ones-from the foreign court and fro
the village post ofhce-men. " honest cap
z BILE, and faithful, who dared, in defiance
II it. dictation. to exercise, independently, 4
e sovereign rights of American freemen al
e appointed. in their stead, those who we
t neither fitted by birth, by education, nor
'e other high qualities Of manhood 10 I'll :
stations
70 II repealed the Missouri Compromise "
e sir, it tore from the record that great act
l. our fathers rendered sacred as it had bee
p to the people of the North and of the Sout
=. by the great cause Of our ndf'oadi Un'on,
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