The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-08-09

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Nov, there Is one other point ii ihe gentIeas speech
wneh desire 10 nonoe The geneuan says that every
man ID tins country has the right besr arms; thai il
constitutional right and thai the government has right
70 'nerere with him In the enjoy Of this privilege
ADMIT This 10 be true constitutional ground and yet that
gentleman and his friends upon thai side Of the House
led ioi Mr BAnRouEs amendment TO the army b which
gave TIE President the ~ dsarm all Che people Of
hausas hat power 10 elothe an Executive with whom
they denounee as tyraDnieal Napoleon III has
desire to know whether the gentleman is honorng the
nsutauons principles, and Sentiments OF the northern
people OF his ancestors IN all his opinions and prin-
cpies la 1856 by the fifth section OF an act passed by
ns Massachuselis legislature every white person pro-
holea from lnlernarry ing with and every negro
from interniarryng with white person, and the
prohibition extended 10 Indians also and all snch
rages declared void That provision remained upon
the until Is4s when il wa. repealed and
since that time white persons and negroes this law
OF ls4S may be united in matrimony. Now, sir if
not very much mstaken the friends Of the gentleman
from Ohio n the legislature of that State years ago
hoHoTed Their fathers and mothers by the passage of sin
lar law And II you wall go through the northeastern
States yon VIII ind that In many Of them their
have been hoaored IN the extraordinary way. ~
These are the people who talk about slavery and It's
horrors in the South and yet they for consummsng
union between The races ascertain which viii absorb
The other Such unions inevitably degrade the free
labor OF the North and sink it far below the slave labor
o the South The free white who get his
consent TO such marriage have sunk low in the pit
OF personal deRradationmust have forfeited all his
selfrespect Such will be disgrace any society
Even the respectable negro slaves the South would scorn
all association with him.
Whom these laws intended for at the North? Are
they intended for the benefit Of the wealthyhe upper
ten thonsand"e lords o the loom = they intended
as special boon for the northern mechanic and day
iaborer Are such laws intended by the arstocracy
any other class than those who occupy the position Of the
laboers in the northern Staes is il astonishing that
the aborng classes of the North should have rested pa
utnty under an insult gross1 trust they will vindi
cate their character and their honor by hurting power
and place ell who endorse such laws. ... 0~...
TINS slavery agitation has been going for many years
ABOUT the 1885 1t had attained such strength in this
country and ii had sought its Influence upon the
siaEehodng Stales TO such extent by of the vi
est publications and pictorial disseminated
through the mails and by travelling agents. calculated
produce dissatisfaction and revolt among the slaves and
10 incite their Wild passions
The attention ofGener Jack the then President the
United States He invited the special attention Of Congress
70 II in his of December 1895 and recommended
remedy In connexion said he, with these proyis-
ions in relation the Post Office Department must also
invite your aftenion TO the painful sxcement produced
The South BY attempts circulate through the mails
hainmatory appeals the ssseS and 10
publications. calculated stimulate Them insurt ectiol
and 10 prodlc- eli he huIe scrviie war; In conse
OF This OF General Jarkson The sub
lect WIS tasan by Congress, and subsequently
passed, which prohibited the Of the mails such
murderous and inoeAdiary purposes
The objects which the abolonists then had in view as
reference TO their petitions will clearly demonstrate are
Frat The abolition OF slavery in the District OF Coium
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Second The exclusion slave States from nd dmsson no
the Union Florida being at that time particularly struck
by them i ,.s. \ S -s--as 49,. = :. ..af-,--
oue Of the first goyernor Of any State thai took posi-
uod ~ beif of The agitation, and fully and squarey
dorsed itihat undertook denounce those northern
Statesmen who resisted the abolition movement and to
denOunee all action on the part OF the Congress Of the
United States for the protection of the southern half of
this nation against their nslpe upon its rights and
Its peaewas The then governor of the State or Pennsyl
wanna. Joseph RitnT and among the who srrayeo
themselves pnently in opposition the recommenda-
tons contained his annual message Of the pres
eu candidates for the presidency Of the United States
Mr.. buchanan in hs spec delivered Lancaster the
lsth oi August 1898 dia-iy previous gube
material contest betSen Rtn-r and Porter discussed with
reai POKER and ability the questions involved IN thai
election and quote the following from bis speec
made that occasion;
Mr.. Buchanan said there subject OF vital i'm
Pot cc sp.s !. a. ss ssS's a Tss md Which bad
and therefore be would make few rOnsrfs upon it He
Before the spirit Of abolition had been copured up from
s dark abode by political fanatics and bot beaded enthus
asts, al oe"Pu' ai'Vey Peoo ad tranquil The south
" When The me,ssge Gov Ritnsr was received 10 W ash
ngton, in lSS6, IL considered by al abolition
aud such, produced which sh AZ
forget With the snIisty depicted the
tenA9oe' q insuGes, ws' asked and again,
Whether IN my opinion. spoke the
The keysons state, which bad been the hrmeEt buwark
Of ths Unon, and had always respected the constitutional
rights OF her sister sAte had embraced FAR her gov
could commit her the creed and placed herself
the ont rank Of abolition. Hrears for peops Of
grsaf co"taoAieea at ' Ie11 stse'o 20 ray rect t
doctae " s o0Hsider the question Of
ranseendaw ,Hlortgase. i"voiriRg 'eg ls fate @ s
ioaa Egerry, Only her., bar aroaghorf ne lsOrid 4
might here also proceed 10 Illustrate the effects or the
triumph this doctrine. What would be your situation
fellow citirens, II heyroe. odaiaed egsufy o 20.
lif,ca and rtgh, ~ Lits apd nAite
have already had forcsste of IL In the which
exhibited at Pennsylvania Hail. The subject .yning
and Z rscO frVra AZ" = s.... -. -
Thsge eItraes show tbs position Mr. Buchanan then oc
cupied upon this exciting subject and set forth frankly the
position that early day he Headmonsbed bis people then
that II vas war comnsnced which must later
II II continued end Ii dissolution Of ths Union At that
very time ss now the ground taken that slavery must
be aboIithed 10 the District Of Columbia that more
slave States soud be admitted into this Union that no
NOR SLAVE Territories should be organisd that The North
70 resist even The admission Of Flodaa State living
az the extreme Sonth hundreds Of miles distant from any
fire State and bounded only by saveholdiDg states OF The
Union. Z" = ''1 Y ..sr
These genemeh ssy slavery is to 20 no further Nov
t us see what has been The past action OF their fathers In
regafd 10 The question that may ASCERTAIN how far
they hoorg their ancestors in The course which they
are nov purssing Since the formation Of this govern
ment With tbe original thirteen St.tes eighteen have been
added 20 the Union making the present numbSr Of thirty
one and 81 these eghteeu so added nine have been
States and nine have been slave States And these new
ted par p5ts wh very short intervals bet the
admission Of the northern and Of the sonthern Stats In
order that the equilibrium might be kept MP betveea the
North and the Souh In the Senate Let call attention
10 tbe arssr N whit CD hey into this Onion, nnder
The rule and inufnce Of ancestors who SLED the sea
in Congress WHICH nov bed BY us ~ s......s
Vermopt and Kentucky, Tennesee snd Ohio Indians
and Mississippi Illinois aud Alabama Maine and Missouri
came IN iogelher, near the same dms- AID, mark
you sir when Missouri admitted the State OF Maine
OF frum the Then Stale Of Massachusetts for thc
purpose o. keeping up the equilibrium between the North
and the SOuth When has ssreholdng State betn di-
VIded for any such purpose thus IN tie history Of The
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