Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-12-26
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SPEECH DF HON. d'''H 49,
81; iavtsY AG'TATin,.
Dsls,srcd ~ fhr Horse o. Rspreit"'0s'r'S' N'ee""
Tho u,use having under consideration the iIo'!'
n r.f.r and prin, tie Annusl Message u! lie IRE
dent Of the United State
Mr.. LETCHER said :, :,
Mr SrE.erR do not propose to engage ~ u
iiscusson ct thoss Questions ci pn!Iry "r'c:, na
~ I'm eYsmin.d by the gentleman from hentu1i
| M. II. M,nsuAIL.l and the gentleman rom SOU
i,aroIina Mr. Orr propose TO correct me NJ,
nv a. furnished by the gentleman from oi''o; 81
| SurrNaS. and also the history reatlng 10 shaver
citation. a. furnished by tho venerable genii"inr
| from Ohio who siis over III ms corhe' :" 'FFt
Hollow" Mr. GiDDISGs'I al
we have been told by gentlemen on the other I'D
Of The House that the Democratic party are respoi
ible for the continual agitation OF lie ae'ery que
ton: tina. they have introduced it and kept II up
his Hall session SITTER session. and that to ns p1r'
ia attributable the consian: fermep, anu i',cel!i
between the North and the South IN this question.
Ihsyo been here for six sessions. including the pre-
sent and it is dae the truth of history to say ma
~ the opening of each session the elder gentema
from Ohio Mr. GIDDISGsl has been the first, on al
most every occasion, to introduce this subject mi!
the debutrs of tho House. He has made regular an
uual speeches upon the Presidents message, at eGc
one OF these sessions If anu not greatly metahen
and has undertaken Ia give his views very mach u
length in each and all Of those speeches. upon ~
slavery question, and tho final dispo.ion which, IN hi
opinion, was TO bs made ut II.
When the gentleman fr1n Mississippi. Mr. Ben
sETr,l on yesterday, had read at the Clerk S desk
parasraph purpor,ing to have been extracted from
speech Of the gentleman from Ohio, he was aske,
whether he ever uttered those similar sentimen
in this Hail in debate. understood him to SAY, 10
that no had never uttered those sentiments, but tina
he had no recollection of having uttered them.
have here published volume OF The speeches o
the gentleman from Ohio, which l found in the pub
lie library and propose 10 call attention To two o
three passages in several Of those speeches. for TIT
purpose of showing that if the gentleman did 10
use the identical language embodied IL the eztrac
then read, lie has AT ieast uttered the iiea aud
in some Instances, the precise words. La his spcec
in this Hall upon the Joint occupation Of Oregon,
page. l59, l6O find the gentleman from Ohio re
ported as saying:
Last year our Southern friends expressed grea
anxiety for Texas and tho Tkoie Of Oregon.' The
nov See difficulties before them; dangers presen
themselves to the further pursuit Of their plan OF fer
ritorial aggrandzement They have suddenly celi-t
10 mind the declaration VI British statesmen thar q
with the United States will DC war of emauci
patton They see il prospect the black regiment.
the British West India isiards landing among them
aud their slaves ocking 10 ,he enemy's Standard
Servie Instructions Torment their imsginaiions
fapne, blood aud murder dane, before ther alright
I'D visions. They are now sect IN every part Of III,
Hall, calling on Wings and Democrats to save then
from the dreadful! consequences Of their own policy
We'll, sir, | reply TO them; th, is yosr policy. mol
ours y0n have forced into i; against our vii! ara
our utmost opposition you HAYS prepared the Poi
.cned ohace, and We will press 10 your lip, until
you swallow the very dregs
81 would not be understood "a Desiring sarviis in
surrcctlUn bat | say to Southern gentlemen that
there hundreds of thousands If honest and pa,r
Otto men who will laugh at your calamity, and Will
mock you when your fear comh.' Ii blood and
should marx the atrugg for liberty of os.
who for a.es have been oppressed and degraded my
IN he nd N Ian, slll h. Thar
stern, nmyiftdiag justice, may be awarded 10 both
master nnd slave. | desire that every human being
may enjoy the rights with which ii, God OF nature
hos endowed him. II those rights can be rcgaincd
by the downtrodden sons of Atr.c in our Southern
States by quet and peaceful meals, hope they will
pursue such peaceful measures. But II they came;
rel min their God-g ven rights by peaceful measures,
] nevertheless hope they will regain them; ead, il
blood be shed, Should certainly hipc that it might
os the blood of those who stand between them AID
Freedom and not the blood OF these who have long
been obbed OF their wives and ch rer, and all they
bold dear in life
Here are passages in a speeck delivered many
years ago In this Hail, which em5ody every excep
tonablc idea embraced Tie eXtr,ct which was read
yesterday by the gentleman from Mississippi MIR.
BENEFIT, and about which the recollection cf the
gentlennh from Ohio was so much a. fault.
find in this sans book other references to which
desire TO call attention. FOR the purpose OF showing
that these views have been again aud again rrpes ed
ers to the TErone Of Grace, he says he has repeat
edy done, he has never asked Goo 10 avert the ca.
lamty Of ssryile instruction from his country, or
save Southern men, their families and homes, from
hloCdshed. rapine, and murder.
On the 453 page OF this same book. 10 speech
headed Agitation of the Slave Question" the gen.
iIeman said:
The people of Boston did not zee fl TO interfere
between the Administration and tine negroes: Of that
city. In the meme of humanity hAna them for il,
ard assure them nmd tho country that those whom |
represent never viii! interfere in such case. : he
citizen who would DO 50 would be driven from de.
cent socie'y IN Northern OHIO. Il Il hare, on this
poa! tia. take Issue win the supporter. o! tn.
law. Tbn: purroa which commands mr. 10 sssis, IN
catching suvee, is n lngrant usuEp";ion VI power.
unau;h"rzcd by The CONSTITUTIONS Ny constituents
hold that portion O: the law in deies:alln. Tn-y
fpns: a.' .h.2r H. cay, rs hev" Often said, Ny
rh, iii rod ,b i,,"r r y"T catch your aldve:. -
rect the wauderer on his way, and 81. WV, w.
full means to Ess;s, him 10 regain bis God given r..
1t yoa pursue your slave there, they will lei JOS
catch him, IF sou can If he defend, himself agatha;
You, they viii rejoice. II you press Elm 20 ia. :!
fence, why, cir, they vii! look on snd submit; with
proper resignation. in such ceses they will carry
OF: their p.aee principles BY a5sH:i!og fFou e IT,
tsrfereuc-.'
Asein resd from :he Congregational Globe Of lG
March, 1851, pnge Gis, volume rs, par: /, where
aDd the gentleman reported thus:
"Sir would intiInidae no one but tell you tierc
i. spirit In the North which will set At defiance all
the low and unworthy Vaccinations OF this ESecu'
tive AMI OF III. mlniDns of is power. When The
contest shall come; when the thunder sha roll, aad
The lightning fash! when tie slaves shall rise IL the
South; when, in imitation OF the Cuban bUndlnen tnt
southern slave. OF the South shai fee. that they are
men, when they feel The .rring emotions OF inlmof'
tally, and recognize tie stirring truth TIA; they sr-
men, and entitled To tbs rights which God has De-
slowed upon themi when The slaves shaii feel that
and when masters shall turn pale and ;rcn5!e; wLcI
their dwellings shall SIN Ike, and disrnly SIT on esnf
couatepauue; then, air, d. not say, We will Hue!
a. your calamity, and mock when your fear comert.
but do say, when that time shnil come, the love,
of will stand forth aud exert the Legitimate
powers OF this Government for freedom. We sha.
then have constitutional power to act for The good
our country, and 10 Justice 20 the slave
When gentlemen upon the other side say that the
intend 10 interfere with il in tho States, cal
their attehion to this declaration, aud ask what
means, if il docs no: direct Interference viii
slavery wherever il exists?
Then will wa strike of the shackics from III
limbs of the slavss. That will be period when thi
Governlnen; will have power TO Act between SLAYER,
and freedom, and when il can make pence By giv!n'
fresdom 10 the slaves. And let tel! you, Mr.
Speaker, that that time ha.;ens. Il is rolling FOR
ward. Tho President is exerting = power that vi!
hasten IL, though no. intended 3y him. he'll Il q
| do the approaching dawn Of that political Bit
mora! millennium which nm we'll assured will Gem
upon the world.
call attention 10 these extracts from his speeche
for the purpose of showing thrt these assaults upo
Southern institutions aud Southern neu have bee
made BY thu gentleman from Ohio, and thoae who be
orS 10 h:s party, year after year, for long series
years. and that, so far 81 their opinions end thel
power could have influence, they hays not hesitate
to that influence and power in discussions upo
this foar aad elsewhere, in a visw OF bringing ab1u
the evils anc ire woe. pictured in thsse remarks =
They talk about knocking off the chains from ID
limbs Of the slave. To what slaves do they refer !
Anywhere else than in tbs limits OF the SouheF
portions Of tbs Southern States which have Del
ced-d 10 the Federal Government, either for loca
purposes in this District, for loca. purposes con
nscei with navy yards and DO ;yaTts, 10 enable th'
Government 30 be carried en- Where else ere the.
slaves TO be found The couclufiou IS Irresistible
that they mean 10 interfere with il in the States, an
that such has been their settled purpose for long yenr
past.
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