Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-02-19

ty. They are the bulwarks and the ramparts be-
hind which our wives, our daughters and eur chll-
dren. sleep in peace and tranquility. These, our
defenders, are proposed to be sent from our bOr-
ders. Bot ask gentlemen upon this floor, If il is
their policy to adopt such a system OF depopnation.
II will be urged before this House, that the bin
has peculiar merit in that il proposes to send to
Kansas the poor and destitute, who may there find
homes aud fortunes. Sir, this Is argument with
me. Why shipoff the destitute-Why hemf Are
not able 90 support them? Let the records of
the State attest that Georgia careth for her poor
Are gentlemen afraid to trust themg For one, /
doubt not their devOtion-I fear not to rely upon
them in the day of trial But, sir, | would ak,
what special reasons have they TO maintain the
institution of slavery in Kansas? know, sir, that
| approach delicate ground, but fear not to take
il, conscious | am. of the truth of my position.
hold IL sir TO be pbilosophieally true, that the
system Of slave labor is antagoniSte to the system
Of free labor in the organization of territories; and
that in proportion you increase the number OF
laborers you diminish their wages. Apply these
truths TO the present case and the conclusions
plain TO every man, viz: that he who owns no
slaves IN Kansas has (nOthng to the contrary being
shown two reasons for opposition TO their intro
ducton there; and those Of our destitute who are
sent there, very accessible to thsee two
Now, Mr.. Speaker, what does this bill call upon
Georgia to do? To enter, sir, into contest aith
Massachusetts,, who is emptying her po0r-houses Of
native aud foreign paupers into Kansas Can we
maintain such contest? Should stoop to it?
Is it wise policy to do so2 | hold not. She, Mas
sachusetts, rids herself by her societies, and her
other machinery, OF a cankering sore, which is
proving upon her vitals.
But re- by the adoption Of this policy, send away
our bone and sinew-ocor men, il may be, but men
whose hearts are honest--meu as true as steel
men whom we may depend in the troublous
times which loom up before US. Gentlemen have
alluded to coming crisis. They tell Us chat clouds
rising, and the horizons verge is shroudpd in
darkness. Sir, it is a melancholy truth. The Union
is in Danger and it begins to shudder and tremble
with the coming peril. Is this, then, the time for
depOpuladng Georgia.? No, sir, no Let Us keep
our men here. Ii they need susteuance, wrench
from their hinges yonr treasury DOORS and let the
tide flow out. If they need labor embark in that
great system OF internal Improvements which has
been urged upon you. But |, for one, will never,
never, vote money from the Treasury of Georgia to
depopulate herself If our destitute ''must needs
90 to Samaria"-if they sigh for the broad fields
and fertile lands Of Kansas, | am willing to aid
them from nay private purse, so far as am able.
But shall never approve this bll-a hill which is
neither more less than the offer OF a bride to
citizens to abandon the graves of their fathers
aud the homes of their childhood Pass it. and tell
me how you eau Justly raise your hand or your
voice against Massachusetts,, should she adopt the
same policy and outStrip you. Sir, this bill once
passed, and Georgia would be dumb and covered
with shame.
Sir it does not become me to approach the YES
tibuie of that temple where lie enshrin,d the i'm
mortal ashes Of the great Calhoun yet pilgrim
like, may stand atar off, and gaze upon the mon.
ument that towers over him. The South is BOW
beginning to learn his worth He talked to gu OF
concurrent maJOrilies to obvlte and counterbaance
msjOrities numerical but YOU laughed him TO Scorn.
Non you propose, by violating aud outraging that
county which should prevail between State and
State to accomplish what he would have accom-
piished by al equitable adjustment of powers Sir,
dissect the proceedings OF your national Congress
no to a very recent period What do they show:
They tell yOu that the American Union tottars "a
its fall Who is there here, that like Sampson in
his blind do age, would embrace the columns OF
that glorious fabric, and blow precipitate is
fall Sir, the shadow rapidly advances on the dial
the clouds approach the zenith aud threaten Ia
OveTwbelm US Our pOlicy should be to strengthen
ourselves to build up our literary Institutions oui
manufactures, and our internal improvements
Aud, but few days since, urged Ibis course upon
this House, but the considerations before YOU
then were trampod under foot like pearls before
swine. Yet nor, a proposition is before you tO
send from Your borders the very buwarks and ram,
parts Of your State. Sir, the times are gloomy
Empires and Kingdoms aud Prucipaties seen
about to part in sunder, and the universal heart o.
man trembles for fear.
'How little do we know that which we are!
Hon less chGt zoe shall be! The Eternal surge
OF time and tide rolls on, and bears aiar
Our bubbles the old burst, new emerge,
dashed from the foam of ages
While the graves of empires heave
But a passing wave"
Let US be calm and prudent-wise as "serpent
but gentle as a dovei'
The bill was rejected-ayes 63; noes 43.