The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-07-19


love of liberty and nothing less Applause
took mart In the canvass last summer. anu
we were everywhere met N discussion OF the
the Nebraska Bill. with the argument that The
tide of 0ypulation would make ihAs territory
free in spite Of the legislation of Congress
How has thar assertion been supported by tie
recent occurrences III Kansas II the facts
that have transpiEed since the adPtlon Of the
bill, had been known before, Il would never
have been adopted. Applause. Tie han
sas ou,rageS were then noticed briefly They
were, he said. Reputation OF TIE doctrines
Of popular sovereignty
The speaker then discussed the design and
effects Of the Nebraska Bill, and urged the
Importance Of union and cooperation n re
sisj;ng the extension Of slavery. Ia a speech OF
nrea, force and clearness. We have not space
10 give full report Of his speech, as We III
tended TO do, having taken full notes OF It.
GENERAL WILSON'S SPEECH.
On the conclusion of Judge Morton's
sDeech. General Wilson was called for. The
President arose and said tia. Gen. Wilson, Of
Massachusetts. was present. and as he desired
TO 30 away on the 8 O'clock train. he would
address tie meeting now. Mr.. Wilson came
forward and was introduced by The President
HIS appearance on the stand was halied WIN
loud applause, and three cheers tor G@neral
Wilson" and j. was some time before quiet
was enough restored = a'sg" hisn to proceed
tie began:
Mr.. President, and Fellow Citizens Of In3i-
ana: L need not tell YOU that It affords me pro-
found qualification 10 meet with you 10 day,
and participate with you III the eommemora-
ton OF this hallowel anniversary-an ami
verssry hardly second to the great day OF the
Declarati,n Of our Independence. IL Is a
glorious day for those dwelling on the soil
consecrated forever TO liberty by the Jaw that
makes this day memorable. AL nature seems
To participate in the joys of this occasIon.-
The trees have put on their greeneSt robes, and
the deep blue sky over our heads looks down
benignly upon US.
As the distinguished gentleman who prece-
ded me, (Judge Morton who has made one
of the clearest and most logical arguments |
have heard. told you, we stand upon the
Constitution. We recognize its binding obi.
cations upon us We stand by the Union
We respond to the sentiment of Jackson
The Union--it must be preserved Slave
~ slavery. this Union lives III our
hearts, and we viii maintain and defend It, II
need be- with our blood. We respond to the
sentiment of the great Statesman OF MasSa-
chusetts and the country, Liberty and
Union now and forever, one and insep-
can slavery our relations and obligations to
it, make up this day the grand and over
whelming issues which are 10 be decided by
the country The transcendent importance
of these issues now excite the attention of the
East, North and South. Learned men who
have laid all their treasures Of knowledge I'M
der contribution, and great Sta esmen upon
whose lips listening Senates have hung III de-
light are now illustrating with all the stores
OF genius, learning and cloquence, the vast
consequences involved in the problem we are
now TO work out.
Slavery was forced upon this country by
the selfshness and avar;ee of England. The
speaker here alluded briefly 10 the history of
the slave trade. and tn maintenance ant. OF the
pie of New England, he said, were favorers of
emancir a.ion then, because there was no con
tract for the labor of the bondmen, and lib
ertv" was their principle The first Congress
that assembled in this country gave utterancc
TO the sentiment of liberty. They declared
that they would not import or encourage the
importation of slaves. Encouraged BY this
feeling of freedom the people of the Northern
States began to abolish slavery. and in few
wears seven Of the thirteen United States had
rid themselves of it. In Virginia, even,
emancipation was attempted. Jefferson. Wash
inrton and others advocated ii, but Virginia
clung to her idols. and the great work stopped
with Virginia. This movement had he sane
ton of the greatest names IN our history The
Adamses, Jaws, Ellsworths and others, in the
North. the Washingtons, Jeffersons and others
of the South, who had just come out baptized
in the blood Of the Revolution, believed that
slavery would soon disappear under the inhu-
ence of the institutions they ha founded
They stamped upon the only Territory the
Republic then possessed, the principles Of
Freedom and Free Institutions for all classes
of men. (Applause.) Such were the senti-
ments Of those who naugurated the great
movement that separated this country from
England But we of tls day have departed,
and widely departed from the policy Of our
fathers.
How does it happen that we OF the North,
with an unaccounted majority upon our side,
have so departed fromthe wise and bene1cent
couusels OF the great men who founded our
institutions? | will ell you. |. has been
accomplished for personal and political ends,
and nothing else. TIE Compromise Of 1920
was forced by the Soyth upon the reluctant
and unwilling North The extension OF
slavery enacted by was resisted by tie
House, the immediate representatives Of the
people, but the Senat, WAS true, a. It always
has been, To the Interets OF slavery, as true Is
the House OF Lords ofLn2l land 20 the interests
of the privileged arisocracy Of that country.
It las been By parry influence That slavery
has sent its chilling hadow over the Free
States. Men held to he doctrine q Patrick
Henry that 1--WE should transmit to posterty
an adherence Of slarrv, aud # Franklin,
that I'VE should marh up to the very verge
OF the Constitution destroy the traffic in
human flesh in thedays when the founda-
tons of our institutions were laid. but the
sentiment is changednow. The Whole pow
er OF the Government is welded for Is bene-
TT. Why, the preset Administration never