The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-09-25

the representatives OF my native state, VINO, Oh
her part, fought the first great battle between
Freedom and Slavery in these Halls. All honor
IN the twenty-one members of this House, and
the two Senators, who, on that trying occasion,
refused to bow the knee to the black Baal OF
America. Dissolution was then threatened as it
IL now threatened, and by men from the same Sec
ton. with this difference: we had no weeping
Jeremiahs" in our State then, prophesying, In
dolorous notes, the ruin of the country, as we
have now. The people then stood firm, and
sustained their representatives in resisting the
demands of Slavery. But they found few
Northern men with softened vertebra who yielded,
and the Compromise was passed, and missouri
was admitted with her slave Constitution and
the North. for its share, was permitted to re-
tain wilderness for thirty-four years, until the
South wanted it, and then they took that TOO
A gentleman who was a member OF Congress
of that time, 1.-THE venerable DR.. Darlington)
writing to a newspaper in his district, gives
oraphic description Of the scene presented on the
final massage of the Missouri Compromise. will
give few extracts
1be xau,sd dome re- echoed with threats of blood and
carnage disunon and civil war; and all the terrifying
Ssnres which heated imaginatons could conjure up but
b and faithful calmly pursued their course resolved
upon dischayging the solemn dunes comnltied 10 the
and leaving the event axem the nroudes the
of These threats of dsunon so abhorrent
20 v raro,ic mind and variance with the part
@ ;nnriion Of the Father his Country have become
disgraceully in latter times It's the glory OF
the middle States, among when % sanos pre-
controlled the madness of the extremists" Just
and legitimate acts OF Government never yer pfoauGec
and Americans be already so deterorated as to
consider restriction on the further extension OF human
slavery an of injustice or Impolcy. Ii would be
libel the of the men OF 20 to entertain such an
;dea for a single moment.n
aP S~Ma1eh S, Is2O-The die is Missouri is ad.
mitted with privilege of forming Constitution and
BILL and back with an additional secuon 10 e1-
cude Slavery in the Territories north of 36' V. The
Commute of conferences recommended the House
adopt these amendments, on which condition the Senate
had agreed 10 admit MAINE noo 'ns no" nnasI re
made 10 members the horrors of disunion were depicted
on one hand and the blessings harmony portrayed
the other some waverng friends of restriction dssp
reared the House. and three or four Went over 10
he other side and when the question taken, there
was n majority of three accedng the amendments
of the Senate arm proud however, 10 say mat nor,
,Ss feelings honest Pennsylvana faithful Pennsylvania
stood firm rock Two of her members had been OPP
and MT Fuerton) though the latter voted it till the
pinch came but the remainder were not TO be moved
Everything horrible was threatened, with the de-
termned aspect of menace One member tainted twice
roSsi5lg averted evils threatened by dstempersd
the slavehoIdng States and certainly, in my opinion
humbed the proud character OF our Republic IN The eyes
of the world"
The writer of the above adds, in a note, the
following:
Ofthe twentythree Repre- senaives OF Pennsylvania,
nj that day. the following named twenty-one resisted the
Slavery into Missouri and all free territory
on any pretext or compromise whatever; .
"Messrs. Boden Darlington, Dennson, Edwards, Por-
rest Gross, HemphI, Hibshman Hester iostetter, Ma
clay Marchand, r. Moore, s. Moore Murray, Patterson
Phson, Rogers. Sergeant, and Tarr"
The patriotic writer of those extracts has sur
yived that Compromise which was to live forever.
What anguish his noble heart must have felt,
when he learned of the contamination OF that
unparalleled peridy by which that Compromise
was abrogatedl He remarks, in a note written
since the repeal
every intelligent is now aware that the noisy
yaporngs OF the slave rover down SCUM al hsa
parties and squabbing factions i'll the North. The Slave
Power unit and toieraies no dissenting facnons III us
donljnons but il encourages teuds and divisions
elsewhere, the better to manage them Yet while the
none can know il beiter-hat the peculiar institution
would be safe hour under the influences result
ing from dissolution of the Union Why should il, SO
long it wied at pleasure the physical energies OF
the free States"
On the 9Th of April, 1920, the writer made this
prediction;
"Iventure predict that the settled policy Of the slave
holding States will be- to prevent the admission OF any
non-savehoding Stale into the Union, unless a
saveholding State shall be admitted 10 balance IT,"
Why should Pennsyvanians be expected to re-
pudiats the noble principles and exalted virtues
of their fathers2 Their deeds and virtues have
embamed their memories in the recollection OF
the patriotic and virtuOus, and will hand down
their names, associated with the good and great
who have lived upon EARTH to the latest posterity.
Do those who appeal to us to vote for Mr.. Bu-
chanan claim that he will subserve any special
or peculiar interest of Pennsylvania? No. With
the Democracy, there is but one question now be-
fore the country. Tariffs, internal Improvement
systems distribution of public lands, banks-all,
all have dwindled into nsignifcance before the
greater question: whether Slavery shall be spread
over the plains of Kansas, and thereby a new
market be opened to the domestic slave trade.
Governor Wise, of Virginia. in recent speech,
urged the peculiar claims of Mr.. Buchanan upon
the South, and declared, that if Mr. Buchanan s
policy in relation to the Territories acquired from
Mexico had been adopted, slaves would have in
creased three hundred per cent. in value. Has
not the free labor of Pennsylvania already felt
sufficiently the crushing influence of fifteen hum
dred millions of dollars invested in slave property,
that she should lend her influence to add to its
value, and consequently to the power of an inter-
est which already overshadows all others in the
country, and which has always waged bitter
warfare against Pennsylvania interests?
Mr.. Chairman, it will not do to tell me that Mr.
Buchanan will not observe the conditions upon
which he was nominated. He has sworn fealty
to the Cincinnati platform; and if he is an hon.
est and honorable man, he cannot do otherwise
nominated.
We are appealed to in Pennsylvania to vote for
James Buchanan, because he is Pennsylvania
to the " manner born," and our State pride is APP
pealed to- 1t will not do, gentlemen; the people
of my State have some State PRIDE but will not
be induced to vote for man whose ambition
leads him to forget what is due to his own State
and his country. He has no claims upon any
but those who approve of that wicked policy
which has caused the murders, arsons, and rob-
berries, in Kansas. He is bound to complete what
Pierce began, and has no claims upon any man
who could not support Pierce or Douglas.
With these facts before us, we are invited-nay,
urged-to vote for Mr.. Buchanan, because, for
sooth, he is Pennsylvania.
am fully aware that Mr.. Buchanan was nomi-
mated because it was supposed that he could
carry Pennsylvania and thereby save the part,
from that overwhelming defeat which it 80 richly
merits at the hands of betrayed and outraged
people But would ask those who urge us to
vote for him because he is a Pennsylvania, how
they can expect us to do so, when he is pledged
to pursue a policy-an infamous policy-that is
not of Pennsylvania, but of Douglas and Atchi-
son. He has DOTTED his individuality, and no
longer thinks or acts for himself. He is hereafter
to be the exponent of the Cincinnati platform,
and it is the exponent Of the views and policy of
Douglas and Atchison. The hemp placed about
the necks of Governor Reeder and William Y
Roberts, would scarcely set the easier because it
was nicely adjusted by a marshal appointed by
their old Democratic friend and leader, James
Buchanan, who as President, was carrying out
the Douglas policy, by subduing" and hanging
them for treason.
It will be recollected that few years since,
when we were about to acquire territory from
Mexico, to "indemnify us for the war" COM
nenced by MIR. Polk, Pennsylvania, through her