The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-03-27
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>o"s'', oe'"use, ~ AeAaS uaQ opened her
ports under the doctrine Of free trade. she
would have conciiated her southern neigh.
boFs both by propinquitye consanguinity.
interest, and trade, and she would have
had right to do itl The North wouid
have suffered more BY her separate exist.
ence than the South. because they would
have brought goods to Galveston, and
when they got there all the Shsrpe's rifies
and the pulpits Of the North could not pre-.
vent them from going wherever tie peopIs
chose to carry them. say nothing about
smuggling. Let those do it :=ko are a.
cus;oned TO IT. lwish to make no inyidi.
Gus distinctions; but may remark that the
ankre IS very keen fellow, and think
he IS The pioneer at bargain making and
trade wherever there is an opportunity.
The next question / put to the gentle.
rnen IS, whether they would consent now
to remit Texas to her original condition.
and let her assume a separate existence M
a rival republic! They would do none Of
these things it they would consult the pub.
iic mind OF their constituents. They might
say Sc, but they would be rebukei about
as eiiectuaily as any public men could 10
rebGked whenever they appealed 10 that
judgment. These are hard anestiops. I
admit. i ask them, would they agree
that England should take Texas and exclude
slavery, or that. Texas should continue 10
be separate republic! or would they expeI
her now from the Union if in their powerf
Why talk Of these things when they do
not intend TO do what they speak about
They would do no such thing. They
would not dare TO do it. Still, they re-
sort 20 tue safety-yalre o. rhetoric to cer
rid OF these difficulties, and 10 pour out its
efiusions on a deiuded constituency. They
make an er pdrtc motion, aud do not expecs
y judgment on it
Sow, sir, | have disposed Of most of tho
topics which have been introduced into
this debate, and come to the lsa;a oraro-
men OF the matter before us, and ihat IL.
what is the President TO dol Suppose the
so-called Legislature assembled in Kansaa
on the 4ih Of March absolutely hoistine
the banner OF treason, rebellion, and ipsur-
rection, what is the President to do! / tell
you, SIR, as much rs the gentlemen 10
whom ullude denounce the President. il
he should not interposs his peace making
power in Kansas, that legislature will be
opposed. and opposed by men as brave a,
The contest will be decided by the sword. 7
III was only to involve them, perhaps it
would not be Of serious consequence; but
the feeling which they have engendered il
pervading tho republic. Even in nv own
state perceive that parties are being form.
ed TO go TO Kansas; adventurous Young
men who will fight anybody. Sir, let me
caution you, do not hold out 10 the youth
OF this country temptation TO 90 into
scenes OF blood. IL you do this, you will
commit the gravest Of all controversies on
earth, aud the most important concerns OF
society to the youth of the country, for they
Will go there; and the cause Of a republic
may be decided by the judgmen, Of youth.
fui impulse.
VIII gentlemen ,ell me that the Prssi-
dent was not 10 intespose and save them
from such contest! Sir, he would be-
gndiy OF criminal dereliction of duty If
he were not 10 in,erpose; fer, by interpo-
sing, lie can save them from the conse
queuces of this issue. do not advise him
TO iirc the federal gun, Of which In senator
from New Hampshire spoke. God knows.
as have said, one drop of blood shed in
c.Vh stnie IN this country may not only
dissolve This Union, but may do worse.
SIR, | have such confidence in the good
sense OF the country that l believe republi
can institutions might survive the present
Union. Really it is broken already: 70,
The spiiit which cherished i, has been ex-
ungnished, and the very altars upon which
we ought to worship have been profaued
by false fires. | have been accustomed
only TO look ut this Union 10 DO preserved
by observing the obligations Of the federal
constitution, and the honor os co,npacts.
and rs to be maintained by the good faith
OF that old Puritan school which formed
The constitution, and did not have quite ss
much seniimentaIiIy rs some Of their sue.
cessois. do not say what kind of success.
sors they are. Sir, the men Of those days
had hardy morality which dealt with
events as they were. They had n wisdom
which knew how TO accommodate itself 10
circumstances, and did not lift themselves
so high that they saw more than Others.
and sought ethereal regions because the
earth was loo good for them. Sir, il il
not the puresi bird which always seeks the
highest regions OF mir. The vulture. il is
SAID, lives in the REGIONS of eternal snos.
and yet 1t can descend from its ethereal
height to live on garbage below.
lie President Of tie United States il
under the highest and most solemn ob,io..
lons TO interpose; and if were to indicate
The manner in which lie should in,erpose
IN Kansas, would point out The old COM
mon.iaw process. would serve a warrant
Oh ShaTpes rifles, and if Sharpe's rifles did
not answer the summons, and come into
court on day certain, or if they resisted
the sheriff, would summon tho posn
co0,'tafas, and l would have Col. Sum.
ner's regiment 10 be part Of that posse
con'tatus. The men in Kansas may be
deludcd, There may be good men among
them | no not wish for an outbreak. l
think there are many men among them wbo.