The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-08-26
THE DAILY UNION

dead snakes tall after The head and body have been
buried.
There Is really no union now between the North and the
South and be believed two nations upon the earth enter
tanned feelings Of more bitter raneor towards each other
than these nations OF the republic The only salvation
Of the Union therefore, u be found IN divestng Il en-
drely from the faint Of slavery"
Senator WnsoS, of Massachusetts,;
Every generous impulse Of the human heart L with
every affection Of The human conscience with tbs great
hopes OF the human race all with a ana we shah tr
umph in the end shall overthrow the slave power OF the
republics shall enthrone freedom shall abolish slavery
in the Territories shall the national government
from all responsibility for slavery and all connection with y
aud then gentlemen then, when have put the nation In
the words Of Mr. Van Buren, openy actually and perpetu
ally on the side Of Freedom we shall have glorious allies u
the South. We shall have like Cassus M Clay. Loud
applause We shall have generous brave gallant men rise
upon the South, who WILL in their time In their own
foundations Of policy Of emancipation that shall give
freedom TO three and half millions of men in America.
Enthusiastic applause say, gentlemen these are our
objects and these are our purposes.
In the convention which adopted the platform south
ern State legmately represented IL was gather
ing OF the enemies of the South of those who have no
South and southern Institutions Sir who Ia the cand
date of this party for the presidency John O. Fremont
who, are told is southern man by birth and educa-
ton He may have been born and reared under south
ern sky do not know, do care where be was born
But u he was however he is traitor 70 the land of his
birth and the home Of his childhood What claim has he
upon the country What experience has he in political
affairs and what qualifications for the high position he il
seeking2 lie is who has made record, and
general wins has fought battle and achieved victory
But suppose Mr. Fremont should be elected President
the United States what would be the first acts OF his ad
minstraion2 His cabinet would be selected from Tia,
North aud II that would not be violation OF the letter
II would be Of the spirit of the constitution His foreign
ministers would be selected from that class of the north
people who would prejudice In foreign government
the institutions of the South All the officers OF the gov
eminent would be selected rcm the northern States.
MIR. STANTON, tintetruptingl ] would like ask tht
gentleman upon what authority he that Mr. Fremon
would select his officers exclusively from the North?
Mr.. BARKSDALE. Because, sir, no southern man, in
my opinion, would dshonor himself by accepting Office
from him. lGreat applause in the galleries.
Mr.. STANTON They have not been in the habit of re-
using Office far my observation and experience have
gone. s fa sz.a.. u. 10Th. .... a.
Mr. BARKSDALE They have never been rendered Of
flee by black-repubcan administration and never will
be; let the gentleman from Ohio mark that, sir.
Now sir to the Of this party in the event
of its success: n.
First Kansas will be hurried into the Union under the
Topeka constitution in violation of law and every prino
pie OF right and justice; next the Wilmo proyso Va M
adopted and thus slavery put under the os the
ment il will be abolished y ,o Dstric &c c,nnhia 49,
slave trade oeeen the States interdcted slavery ex
from the dockyards and arsenas and everywhere
se where the government has jurisdiction These sir
are the measures of the bcan party They are
not all Included in the PLATFORM know but should it sue
and the Union survives they will be fastened upon
the country. Sir make threats but tell the gen
lemen on the oiherde of this House plainly as il is my
solemn duty to do as the representative of hundred thou
sand eemen upon this floor that submit to no further
aggressions upon US" there is point beyond which for
bearance to be virtue'and that for the future
tread steps backwards" We done, gentlemen with
compromises All that have been made you forced upon
us and while have observed them in good tath you
have shameessly dsregarded and tramped them under
foot hold up before you the constitution as it came
from the hands Of its immortal authors northern and
southern men-itself compromise We claim our rights
under that and We intend to have them.
But Mr. Chairman there Is another party in this contest
and that is the democratic party 1t had its origin more
than half century ago. when the alien and sediton laws
passed, during the federal administration of John
Adams and since that period amid all the mutations
parties it has been true TO the rights and interests
every section of the conederacy Its principles pro-
mugated by Mr. Jefferson, illustrated by Jackson and
Polk and making glorious the administration Of
present enlightened and patriotic Chief Magistrate
Ii is now and has been, national party. When
Texas applied for admission into the Union fresh from heI
battefelds with her garments all stained with the blood
of her sons Mr. Fillmore and the northern wings turned
their backs upon her but the democracy of the North and
the South stretched forth their hands welcome her and
she added to the glorious sserhood of American
States And, sir how the fugtveslave law passed
point gentlemen to the record In the Senate every north
wing voted against and but three in the House
for it. Here is the vote upon it:
SENATE,