The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-15

The Hon Alfred yerson moved the adoption OF the
olutions and supported them in speech Of length
The argument able but The honorable senator
himself and those persons who judge OF his
toca powers by this effort will do him great injustice
II but just him add that he came from sick bed
to attend the meeting.
Hon Robert Toombs seconded the resolutions, because
be approved only the principles enuueated but the
form of words employed TO express them with single
cepon If he felt at liberty TO do SO, he would move to
strike out antknownothng from the designation Of the
party This hit brought down the house. and for one hour
the honorable senator enchanted the attention of his audi
ence aud kept them ia an uproar Of applause lie
up to the OCCASION and satisfied all who heard him that
he is only able statesman, but powerful orator
fully equal his fame and worthy or the high position
he occupied lie gave his hearty sanction TO The resou
tions, and would stand on them, and by the men who
stood on them no matter where they came from or what
was their party designation Up to ls4s the wings and
democrats Of Georgia had differed upon questions of policy
and he thought he and his friends had the best OF the
gumen but then he discovered that the democracy had
the best men In 1850 the whg party had dshanded He
had then taken position the Georgia PLATFORM aud had
avowed his willingness well purpose to stand by the
who stood by it, The h resolution OF that platform
the property Of both the soathern-rghs and
Union parties of that day, and the test Georgia had
agreed stand upon her future affiliations with national
parties During the last session OF Congress this test was
applied the parties in the passage of the
act At first the South unanimous in demanding the
repeal Of the Missouri restriction but when the question
up before the Senate there found to be three traitors in
the camptwo wings and democrat-Cayton Of Dela-
ware Bell Tennessee and Houston Of Texas and upon in
qurng the of their deceon he found out that
they had seen Sam The southern held frequent
caucuses together upon the subject and invited all the
senators from the northern States who concurred with
them opinion to meet with them Fourteen northern
senators attended and voted for the Nebra
ka-Kansas act They were all democrats SO you see
fellow said the orator. this is not the first demo-
cratic caucus have attended He had IN these meetings
pledged himself stand by those senator's whatever might
be their political designation, who stood the test OF the
Georgia platform. 1t hard test; there could be no
oubbug upon fourteen democratic senators and forty
four democratic members of the House of Representatives
had stood the test and sink swm live or die survivor
pessh he would stand by them. He knew of but two
modes of saving the rights of the Southone was by the
baot-box and the other was by the cartridgebo1 He
was for trying the ballobox while longer and the only
way 10 make this mode of defence effective was to stand by
the men who stand by Us.
But am trespassng too much upon your columns 1t
would be agreeable and profitable to your readers
follow the line of argument Of the senator to the end Of
his great effort but your columns will not justify me in
doing So 1t suffice to add that he passed easily and
naturally from this branch of his subject to consideration
Of the proscripye features of know-nohngsm and Ut
terly demolished the whole He treated
disturbing element southern unon and by reference to
the history of country showed that freedom OF re-
gous worship and the laws of naturalization were the
pillars upon which rested the stupendous fabric
Of American civilization
Indulge me while narrac of his withcisms and |
close He referred to the Catholic religion, and said was
bad religion very baddlanos as bad as has ownbut he
had fear of itso long it was not connected with the
State and closed very telling paragraph by repeating the
celebrated apothegm of Thomas jefferson "There is no
danger from long truth is left free to comba'
After the applause ceased at the closeof this magnificent
display Of oratorca power and the senator had retired
from the stand motion OF Senator VERSION the question
taken the passage Of the resolutions and they were
unanimously adopted.
Thus closed the ceremony Of union between those who
fought allies in the late contest They were worthy OF
the occasion Weare now Zone party ! may we not hope
that it will not be long before are tone peoplel