Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-08-08

and this morning, will convince all OF us
here that he Is the last creature tha
breathcs Gods air or walks Gods earth
to sneer at any one, however humble
for want Of ability, temper or manners.
With a staggering and clustering ali
he threatnened to 20 over to the De
moor .cyy if The platform Il Restoration o
Freedom 10 Kansas and Nebraska /:
adopted. Let him go. Let his blus
tering associates { Barker and Lyonl gC
bag and baggage we shall lose liul'
Of power, talent or character; they nigh
find more congenial spirits among the
camp followers of the chiefs of Tammany
Hall. The member assures US that ht
is tired of playing the '-hypocrite"!
am glad 10 hear this confession ! II,
assures US that he will be "hypo
clite " no longer, if you will only give
him this NGw York pro-slavery platform
to stand upon. have but little hope o
defeating the adoption of this platform
| wish l could say that hope the mem
Der will cease to be "hypocrite" aftel
IL - duOp'Cu.
Sir, the member of the committee from
New York (Mr. Lyon) avows the pater-
nifty of this pro- Slavery Platform. 1t is
his by adoption he is the reputed faith
er of this deformed monstrosity ! Yes
sir, New York is responsible, and she
shall be held responsible for this plat
form. The member of the committee
Mr.. Lyon claims it as his Own-hi;
own by adoption the member over the
way Mr.. Mallory } undertakes to pledge
us to it even before he will allow us tC
discuss its provisions the member be
fore me Mr.. Barker) has mounted IT,
uttering the parrot-like phrase" Nc
North, no South, no East, no Vest
and now the member who has just taken
his seat (Mr. Squires) threatens to boil
to the Democratic camp, if we do not
adopt it, and relieve him from the terri
BILE afflictiOn of playing the "hypocrite
the rest of his days! The New York
member assumes to utter the voice o
that great State. Standing here to-day
with 10000 Massachusetts, freemen a
my back, aye, Sir, with fifteen sovereign
States, and one and half millions o
Northern men pledged to the policy o
freedom, tell you, Sir, | tell this Ma
tional Council, aye, Sir, tell these re-
cusant delegates to their faces, that they
do not represent the sentiments of the
people of the Empire State. Ralph Wal
do Emerson says that, ''the weight of q
sentence depends whether a man is be-
hind it or not" These delegates stand
here unsupported by the people of New
York. They are the insignificant chiefs
of baffled and defeated faction, in the
city and State Of New York-their fol,
lowers are mere men in Buckram,-Fal
staff's heroes William H. Seward
stands this day, with his heels upon the
necks of these rampant delegates. Adopt
this platform which they claim as theil
own-which they with idiotic folly as
sure us will be welcomed with booming
guns from Monlauk Point to the waters
Of Niagara-and William H. Seward
will gaze down into the fathomless po-
litical graves dug for them by the be-
trayed and indignant people of New
York.
The member who undertook last night
to rebuke the delegates from Massachu-
sets (Mr. Barker) who wanted to be
Mayor of New Yolk and could not win
the prize--who aspired ic be reelected
President of this National Council, and
we would not consent to allow your
chair, Sir, to be filled by one who bias
phemously sneered at 1.-THE Higher Law
of that Being "whose hand moves the
stars and heaves the pulses of the deep
-boasted of their victories. He tells us
that they carried the Legislature Of the
State. Sir, this same Legislature elect
ed William II. Seward to the United
States Senate by decisive majority, III
spite of the petty tricks and agonizing
shrieks of that member and lis associ-
ates, the Silver Greys. Yes, Sir, the
Legislature the member claims to have
chosen, passed BY an immense majority,
resolutions in favor of the restoration ol
Freedom to Kansas and Nebraska
With both of her Senators and twenty
eight of her thirty-three Representatives
in Congress, with the Governor and
Lieut.. Governor and rnajorities in both
branches of the Legislature, with all
these evidences of the sentiments of the
people of that great State before US,
these delegates have the brazen hardi
hood to rise here and assure gentlemen
of this National Council that New York
does not demand the restoration oI
Freedom to the territory covered by the
Compromise. of 1920. Will you, gentle
men of the Council, believe these idiotic
declarations
Mr.. Barker-The member from Mas
sachusetts-
Mr.. Wilson-No interruption from
you, sir, no interruption from that quar-
ter If any gentleman wishes to put a
question to me or to demand an expla.
na ion of any remarks of mine, l will
cheerfully yield the floor, but no inter
ruption from that quarter
Nh. President, we of the North will
hold these members from New York re-
sponsible for the defeat of the proposition
to restore Freedom to Kansas and Ne
braska. If that great State had dele
cation here that reflected the sentiment
of the people, we should have received
the support of the liberal men of the
South, who would have agreed to do
us justice. Many distinguished sons OF
the South admit the repeal OF the Mis-
souri, prohibition to be an outrage upon
the rights of the North-a violation of
the plighted faith of the nation. Honor
and good faith, Freedom and Public
Order, all demand its restoration. But
the men of the South who would have
stood by US have been stricken down by
The treacherous action of these members
of New York. Upon their heads be
the responsibility Of the defeat Of the
cherished wishes Of the people, and the
triumph of the policy Of slavery.
l tell you, liberal mca Of the South,