The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-03-13

nnaertske TO express The opinion for one, as an
said that distinguished Senator
"iha have Intelligence OF any fact or of any ,a
OF things ha would Justify Interference with military
power b The President with the troubles Kansas down
10 the Period OF which am speaking
That ia the challenge, three times repeated
and repeated in such hot haste that IL was mt in
on motion TO print. Entertaining the views
which do, could not, it seems to me. sit still
In honor and permit such a challenge as that to
20 forth TO the country unanswered. take Issue
w1th the Senator on every one of the propos
tons; deny them. ! say that the President has
omitted his constitutional duty, and that there
was state OF facts which would justify and call
for his interference; and will prove il ont of his
own mouth The Senator from Connecticut goes
on IN his remarks, and styles the Convention
iateiy assembled In Kansas Territory for the DUR
pose OF organizing a Constitution. a snuriops
Convention" The President calls II "a revolu-
ponary'- Senator from Connecticut spuri-
GUS. VIII not pursue that point further now
ior' III orcer 10 meet this subject in the manner
IN which, IN my Judgment It ought TO be MET
requires little broader range of discussion Than
possibly may have been heretofore induloed in
and to 90 that, shall go back to view the state
OF the country at the time of the passage of the
much-talked-of Kansas act, and to present-or
rather re-present-to the Senate and the country
the showing Of its friends upon which il was
passed.
When that bill was under consideration before
the Senate, it was stated over and over. and over
again, and declared by numerous Senators here
10 De a conceded fact, that Slavery never was to
60 into the Territory of Kansas / shall make nc
assertion which am not fortified with proof Il
sustain. IL will be found to proceed in the reg
nlar order Of the proof of this statement that Nr
Petit, OF Indiana, in a speech delivered February
20, 1854, which is TO be found in the twenty-ninth
volume Of the Appendix to the Congregational
GLOBE, on the 2lSth page, says:
Here let ssy gentlemen of the South that while
regard this mere shadow to them il is removing The
ban under which, thrir cizens have ishored not
giving Them substantial tangible lasting benefits and
there is therefore the why OF the North
should AT this Time remove this resirictionr
"These two Territories-Nebrsska and K.nsss-pov-
IN Their lnereni stage Just IN their birth will when they
proper there
That was the opinion of Mr. Petit. Next in
the order of time, think is a remark made by
Mr.. Hunter, of Virginia, which is 10 he found in
the same volume, on the 224th page Mr. Hunter
says:
Why should the North object TO the removal Of ,bi
restriction and object the passage this bil so far
the question Of the slavery is concerned
TO Them matter of any Practical nee whether
this bill passes ias, Does any msn believe hst Won
will have a slavehoding State in Kansas or Nebraska,
confess that FOR moment permitted such an illusion
20 rest mind but, upon n further Examination of
the subject came TO the conclusion that utterly
hopeless TO effect any such thing
On the 9th page of the same volume will be
found this remark OF Mr.. Brodhead of PennsyI-
vania:
a. have said that the question oSno practice. i'm
Foriance for every sensible man knows and every
did man will admit thar soil and climate the intro
dncon of slaves IA the Nebraska region which 10 all
above d. 5R.n
Then, sir in the opinion of that honorable Sen
ator, this was " so plain that no sensible man
could possibly be ignorant of it, and no candid
man could deny that, north of 500 3Or soil and
climate forbade the introduction of slaves; and
this Notwithstanding the fact that large portion
of Missouri, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and. |
think, Kentucky, lies within the same parallels
Of latitude as Kansas. Notwithstanding these
physical facts, the impression that Slavery could
not and would not go to Kansas, was SO strong
on the mind of the honorable Senator from Penn
sylvania, that he said nobody but a fool was
ignorant of it, and that nobody who had parti-
Gle OF candor would deny IL. This statement was
put forth in the Senate, and gentlemen sat and
heard, and nobody said "nay" to it and SO fff
as silence gives consent, it was admitted that
every sensible and every candid man knew that
Slavery could not go ncrth of 36o 30r.
Well, sir the proof does not stop there The
next gentleman whom will quote is Mr. Badger
of North Carolina, then member of this body
His speech will he found in the same volume on
the l4sth page. lie says:
"Iihink Mr. President, the highest degree prob
able that with regard 10 these TERRITORIES OF Nebrask,
and Kansas. there VIII never be any slaves in them
have niore idea OF seeing slave population ia either
of ihem than have OF seeing ii IN Massachusetts not
whit
That is quite strong as Mr.. Brodhead But,
SIR, have more testimony. In the same volume
on page 3ls, find that Mr. Toucey, of Conuec-
ticut asks,
"Why should Northern object 10 il, Will the in
-tunon be likely prevail those Territories. Climate
SOIL the productions OF the soil forbid The laws of
nature forbid H. The same general which ex-
PEELED that institution from The Northern States and push
ed II sOah Io the line which bounds would pre-
sinde II from that region, or expe il ii came.n
In the same volume, page l62, we have
some more testimony, though not from friend
of the bill. Mr.. Everett, of Massachusetts, says
and remember he was speaking in the Senate
Il believe it is admitted that there no great maternal
interest al stake think the chairman of The committee
iMr Doufns the Senator from Kentucky MIR ID roni
and perhaps the Senator from Tennessee, Mt Jones
behind admitted that there 10 prea iutere,t nj
stake IL s not supposed that this to become a slave
holding region The climate the soil the staple produc-
uons are not such invite the planter OF the
ing Staes, who disposed remove 10 turn AWAY from
the cotton region, of the South, ard establish himself in
Kansas or Nebraska. A few domestic servants NAV be
taken iherea few farm laborers but in the Isng run
everybody, am sure admits that Kansas is not 10 be a
ssvehodinS region and n certainly territory
north OfiLr
III there was anybody present who did not adj
init what Mr.. Everett said he was sure everybody
admitted, do not know but that it was due TO
candor for that somebody to get up and suggest
10 Mr.. Everett, as he had not been here a great
on the subject, that he a little too fast and
that there was somebody who did not admit it.
But, sir, there was no one to do that he was not
corrected, even by the honorable gentleman from
Georgia, Mr.. TOoMBs who, whatever other fail
ings he may have in the eyes of those who differ
from him on this subject, believe never was ac-
cused oil any want of candor in the avowal of his
sentiments Even lac heard that distinguished
scholar and near-sightcd politician at that time
solemnly declare that he was sure he knew that
everybody admitted that Kansas was not to be a
slaveholdipg State and if that was not why of
course, Nebraska was not
The next testimony | have is that of Mr.
Thomson. of New Jersey. In the same volus,e
on the 251th page, he quotes Mr. Everett. Mr.,
Everett, then, did not stand alone; he was en-
dorsed; several gentlemen got up and added that
they knew the same thing, and amongst them
was Mr.. Thomson, of New Jersey. He says:
at has been well and truly said by the distinguished
Senator from Massachusetts, MIR. Evereitl''-
and then he goes and quotes what Mr. Everett
said adding TO the declaration of Mr.. Everett his
own, that il was swell and truly said" This
important declaration of Mr. Everett of a fact
that Everybody knew" and endorsed by Mr.
Thomson, was further endorsed, in the same vol
ume, on the 249th page, by Mr.. Brodhead, OF
Pennsylvania, who quotes the same extract from
Mr.. Everett that Mr. Thomson did But Mr.
Brodhead was not content with that he though,
that, although Mr.. Everett knew it, and every.
body else knew il, he could add little force tC
that knowledge; and he went on to prove in tn,
course of some remarks that will be found on tn,
page | have quoted that what Mr. Everett sale
was true; and. so far as the book shows nobod,
contradicted him.
Well. sir, the evidence does not stop there
There was another Senator, whom | regret not t,
see in his place this morning-an authority OF
har n.