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In the House, Dec. Is, lApp. to Cong.
Globe, pagr III Mr.. Walker, Of Alabama,
said
/" After all, it is not the Union-the Union
alone, uppn which the rejecting man Of this
country lascs his hopes and rests his afec-
tons. Njtl him the Union is secondary IN
importanvc 10 the principles it was designed
to perpc,g..tc and establish"
I In the iiouse, Dec. %, lApp. to Cong.
Globe. raa 49, Mr.. Bennett Of Mississippi,
said;
Snow, s-, what 10 the first proposition OF
submission endorsed by the South in tho
/ Philadelphia platform? ], is, sir, that the
! Union Of these States is the paramount po-
t Utica, cool. What is paramount political
good. II - n good above all others; good
above the observation of the Constitution,
| above the sovereignty OF the States, above
the protection Of the institutions OF the
South. This, sir, is the first step OF submls-
sion. The gentleman from Mas
sachusctts (Mr. Banks stated.
that a, the lime of the agitation in the Con-
,ress of ,Aa United States in reference to
the Kansas Nebraska bill, he was opposed to
that measure, and that he is now In favor Of
a restoration of the Missouri Compromise,
and opposed to the extension Of slavery, not
only into Kansas, but into any Of the Terri
tories The great question agltated
in pabijc mind, is the question OF slavery
extension, and the power Of Congress to leg
isiate upon the subject Of slavery IN the
Territories. The Abolition party claim
every whrr, the power of Congress to abol.
ssh slavery in the Territories.
We would scorn, sir, Is southern people, to
present ourselves rs snppliants ut the feet OF
Abo!itionists, and claiming mercy at their
nanls. | come in the name OF my
people, not with threats, but with warnings.
If you love the Union, by the high obliga-
lions which tina, sentiment imposes upon you,
se warn YOU TO preserve 1t. Sir, il
was IN ls5 that this aggressive spirit on the
part Of tho North caused the people of my
State to meet in Convention; and in that
Convention the Union party Of the State de-
ciarei that there were aggressions by the
North that would amount 10 infOlerdbie OPP
preston. and would eventually sever the ties
that bind us together, and DISSOLVE THE
UNION; and that, contemplating the posi-
bic repeal Of the fugitive slave bill, a modi-
6cation Of the same, OR refusal to execute
tie provisions, the abolition Of slavery in the
Distric; oi Columbia, OR the refusal to ad-
init a new State into the Union because OF its
having "a pro-saverv constitution-int the ef-
forts 10 meet these evils the Union OF
the States must be considered the secondary
political good. Upon this platform, which
thought IN 1851, yielded up everything tina,
could be fairly demanded, hope now to be
permitted to stand; and warn the Republi-
can party in the House, that they come here
elected 10 do now the very things which the
Union party. in 1851, said could not be done
! except Al THE PRICE OF THE SEVER
ANCE % THE UNION. am pre-.
pared TO >av, the South win NEVER SUB.
NIT to the consunmation OF those act,
which in our election you are bound to carry
| out. Ii that conflict must come,
for one say LET 1T COMMENCE IN THIS
HALL; and hope, sir, that il it be neccs
sary to III lintain our constitutional rights, il
may commenced on this door, and that III,
frst drop Of HUMAN GORE shed in defenc,
of violated rights and insulted honor, ma,
CRIMSON THE WALLS OF THIS CAPT.
ToL.'
In the House Dec. 20, (App to Cong
Globe, .ge 3o.l Mr. Cox, of kentucky
said
81 make bold to say that the position as
sumei By them the Democrats, and tha
occupied by us the Southern Americ ans
| upon this great question, is the only positios
| that We as national men, can occupy consls
| tently with the peace, THE SAFETY, tn
I harmony, the welfare and the prosperity o
/ the whole Union. II they don't lik
| 20 be called Abolitiorists, will call then
| Black Republicans, which ever they prefer
! will call them the Anti-Nebraska party
he party which intends to agitate the ques
.,on of slavery in Congress and out OF it, n
/ TIE HAZARD or EVERY THING tina
| = held sacred in this Union. A gen
tleman near me says they have not said
| word vet about the restoration Of the Mis-
-ouri Compromise. Well, they have giyel
one hundred and six votes in this House
md the restoration Of the Missouri com
promise is the basis Of the union Of thos
me hundred and six members.
When you tell me that you intend t
PIT n restriction on the Territories
say 10 YOU upon that subject the South i
unit, and WILL NOT SUBMIT TO AN
SUCH THING. You do not understan
hat, or you would not press il 30 pertina
eiousiy.'
On the 10th Of December, in the House
lCong. Globe, page 56,l Mr.. Campbell Q
X ntucky, said:
We are led to believe that they the Re
pu ,lcan partyl are ready to push matters t
length which mast A1imately lead to
DISSOLUTION or THIS UNION"
Upon being Intercepted by Mr.. Stanton
IS to the proofs upon which this charge va
made, Mr.. Campbell read the following
which ne stated to be resolution adopte
by a convention at Cincinnati
THAT the repeal Of the Missouri Compre
mise was nm infraction of the plightcd fait
Of the nation, and that it should be restored
and If efforts to that end should fail, Cor
gress should refuse to admit into the Unio
any State tolerating slavery, which shall
formed out OF any portion of'the Ierris0r
from which that institution was excluded b
that compromise
Having read this resolution, Mr.. Campbe
proceeded to speak as follows
"My remarks were based on that resol.
fion. It is an interference with our instit,
tions when our citizens are denied the san
rights in the new Territories with the cit
xens of the North for that Territory b,
, longs to us as much as it does to you.
We regard this Colfcderacv as secondary
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