The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-08-23


! Pacific. No Southern State now demands i,
| no tempest agl'atcS the popular mind which
It's repeal can quiet; no great national neccs-
! Sity cGmTels the statesman. in the high cleo
| ton between opposite evils, TO tread this I'M
trod path. Iou say your object is not>a new
slave State -thcn let it he as it is. You say
| the Northern tide Of emigration will insure
lis freedom. Then why do the migratory act
oT repeating law which changes no result
! Why disturb the peace The country by this
wound inflicted on the preuliccs of your
| Northern brethren? Deliver us not over into
The hands Of the Aboliunists. They are
ever watchful to rebel against the overthrow
of 1850. We stood by YOU thcn-will you
betrdy as nO,r
Well, sir, this bill passed. come to the
deplorablc sequel. 1t was an invitation for
| all the clements of strife to concentrate in
| Kansas. The executive representing the con-
bincd factions of both North and South ought
to have been doubly careful to have taken
some man from the North or South who was
far above suspicion, strong to resist solicita-
tons, strong to rcpcl mcnaces, magnannous-
ly above private, personal and pecuIiary
considerations. Tic could have taken such a
man as my friend from Oregon, MIR. LANE,
now in my eye: they should have taken a man
with nerve enough not to be frightened by
! threats or lncnaccs, and honest enough not to
be moved by promises; they should have
| taken a man who knew of border life. with
| military experience enough to set Il battalion
in the field, whose head would not be dizzy
at the flash Of steel, who would have said to
| all invaders, clniSSaripS of Aid Societies or
maraudcrs from the Missouri border PASS
not hithcr. Who would have seen to it that
the great tourney between the champions of
freedom, and of slavery was fairly fought,
with e4ua. wind and sun, and a trllncheon
swaycd by no Partially. There arc men
WITHIN the sound of my voice, Of that party
who would have cut off their right hand
rather than allow the violent overthrow the
law they were ordered to execute, whose
cheek would burn with shame at the uncheck-
ed insoeuce with which Governor Recder's
authority was dcrlded or cluded: men who
would have bitten out their tongues ere they
made the confessions, poured by Gov. Recder
IN the President S car Or hearing them would
have held parlcy with the confcssor, proposed
honorable Punishment on foreign mission to
coax faithful but obnoxious instrument out
of the way, to avoid the scandal Of a public
dlsmlssion, and the greater scandal of \ con-
ltsslon of plumbers worse than crimes. and
weakness worse than wickedncss Ii there
were no such men within that party, it is UNI
fit to guide the dcstnics Of this country. If
there were, then are they thrice unworthy to
hold power they have so grossly abused.
Sir, that scene in the Executive chambcr-the
proconsul Of the President, narratng that he
let the very life blood of the Province he ruled
run unavcnged and unstaunchcd the very
flowers of her franchises he tramplcd down
at the sacred ballot box, maraudcrs from
either pole run n muck over her peaceful pop
niation, himself buried to the eyes and cars
in private speculations in public lands over
which he ruled of questionable legality and
of unqucstionable evil example, and deaf to
the cry of helpless agony that rung through
his domain, content to leave his people (!) to
their enemies if the Protector and the Prcsi-
dent could agree ON the color to be put Oil the
scandals, and adj Just the division OF the re-
Spons!hility: conlcSsing these things to the
President of the Republic, and that President
driving a bargain for a foreign mission. in lieu
of instant and ignomnlo,ls expulsion from
office: and, the negotiation failing dismiSSing
him gently for illegal speculation: silent as
the tomb to the civil war that he allowed to
rage: the outraged law he failed to avcngc
the rights of suffrage violated with IMMUNITY:
and the yoke of a legislation born in violence
and fraud by his Judgment fastened on the
ucchS of American frcc,ucn: these things cs
tabllshrd by a vast mass of rcSiStlcSs trstrno
ny. form new and melancholy chapter in
the History Of the Republic
Sir the party whose policy, however we'll
intended, has given occasion TO stain the
American name with civil blood by the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise, is not
| l,nlv tn ct nd RI pT
North, whose brethren have been sufferers.
Their dcnialS Of the outrages, their cxtcnua-
lions, their apologies day after day. in This
House, till the stupcndo'ls mass of the com
mittcc's evidence overwhelmed them: and
their carping cay,ls at that evidence, to my
Judgment yet rnimpcached, and, ifso, Of
crushing weight scarcely tends to improve
the odor Of the Democratic party IN Northern
| noS!rilS
That is my opinion of the result Of the
Kansas invest CATION. dare not mputc pea
jury to men by the hundred: The concurrence
of so many is itself conclusive against the
| hypothesis of fabrication; and | must he
lardoncd if my legal habi,swll not allow me
| to weigh partisan dcnials against testimony
sworn in The face of cross examination. I
make no plea of justification for some strained
or one sided differences, which my friend from
Ohio has drawn from chat evidence. tender
no apology fer the one sided results drawn 10y
my friend from Missouri. | am here, sir, for
no party. am speaking this day for the
constitution and the Union. am pleading for
the great ri hts of American citizens. am
| pleading for the honor and integrity Of the
| American government and the American
name will set down no word in malice that
would tingc the honor of the country or hide
one dark trait which the people Of the country
ought to know. The reason the North is OPP
posed to the Democratic party is, that they
have done these things.
Now, sir perhaps we begin to see why tho
Northern people will not support MIR. Buchan-
an. Why will they not support him! Why will
not the conservative vote be given for him.
for there is conservative majority. They will
not vote Cor the Democratic party, nor for the
Democratic nominee because they have been
guilty of these things. They will not vote for
them, because they have never rcpentcd in
sachcloA and askes. They will not vote for
them, because they have denied the wrongs
before the proof, aud defended them after the
proof. They will not vote for them, because
they have reiterated the insult. They will not
vote for them, because they have blazoned on
their banner the very words Of the ambiguous