The daily union., 1856-12-16


tiou You have had associations fatal, in my opinion,
20 the union Of these States agree with the senator
the constitution and be made the instrument Of sectional
aseendeney TO either the other would desplse
BY As long a. am ia this Union, under the present
constitution you viii hear maintain nothing when ~
my opinion inconsistent with the continuance OF the Union
fair but the moment acquire such an ascend
eney to elect the chief executive officers nom the
northern section the exclusion Of the south can tel
you what will be The result There will be language OF
scerby. You will find the people settling down very quiet
ly. do not think there viii be any great noise am oP
posed to attaining end through anarchy do not wish
10 approach anything through anarchy and violence and
beT there Is too much sense in country force TO
90 ID war when we cannot agree Lot and Abraham
brothers but when they could not exactly agree one
70 the other "You take the leit hand ana w rSs
they had been before Here, however there no ne
cessy any such attitude If you will but observe the con-
The senator from Ohio has indicated another proposition to
which shall advert. 1t is substantially owe have right
agitation reaches yours It E not our lookout" That
not formerly the understanding There was no such agta
the other side who are In ahaton with
the abotons and free-soers tell who wrote an arti-
this subject in the last October number OF the Edin-
burgh Review | wish Of them to answer me.
MI. WADE and Mr.. WILSON. do not know.
Mr. BUTLER. You have not only agitated by your own
speeches action but assert before the American people
that you have brought into your service either directly or
indirectly the public press Of Great Britanyour rival and
your enemy time. Such article as that which has
appeared the Edinburgh Review not written in Eng
country You brought into service foreign and
press make your brethren, you sometimes
call Was that the case at any other time When IN the
history this government has portion care net what
appealed for foreign aid to put down ons section at tae
pense of the other Read that article gentlemen !, nis
successfully than has been proved that Sir Phip
Francis the author of Junuss letters Come to issue on
the point and prove I almost demonstrate it,
Read the articlethe most deliberate the most ar in my
opinion the abywrten article that has appeared
| Mr. BENJAMIN. 1t was written by gentleman in New
York. know the author.
Mr. BUTLER. There it is. 1t speaks of our country,
writer represents himself writing in Great Britain
You have here fact which intend to carry to the public
that in the bosom of this conederacy you found
willing to write British review to make south
institutions But that not war on the South
is superior the South We have dont
these things. When the President standing here as the
sentinel on the standing sacredly
bound to maintain all the parts Of this conederay,
the American mind for the dangers that are likely to result
from such issues these he In the senate OF h
United States 1t occurred before that such an issue
do not know, Mr.. President, what win be the result o
things but If events carry to separation let 1t not
effected boodshed and anarchy and If events do not carry
us there for sake live such terms will save
varaby made on South Carolina South Carolina Away
John Richard Roe in this affair. Massachusetts, some
The senator has spoken Of certain resolutions offered il
the legislature of South Carolina There counter resou
on both win be laid the table, and that will be thu
Mr.. WADE. do not know that.
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that certain things will when you not know wha
ia going on in the legislature
Mr. WADE l know all say-that these resolution !,
were into the legislature and spoken avorab OF
not kagT how they will III be C win do know
action Of my legislature 1t has right what plsaes
and i Is going to do anything wrong When sout
ciTp5na C ssar %srs psry te VI nfa fuss from Eer
Mr. WADE. Then she has not made up her mind iaseiy
\ Mr. BUTLER But she will have mind different from
I have i
made one small speech Of fifteen minutes since was mere De
did share Of ass s sas on
The senator has alluded to the message ei noy. %
he has right make what nf 8bs
If the slave trade had not been SUP II s sss
""id haze been the conult,ol " SECTIONS no, -
to see that the slave would have the ascendency
know that article proposed to be inserted in the
constituon-it was one OF the articles which at one time
should be decided by twohirds OF the States
Mr. George Mason bad introduced it. Some northern gen
interested in the navigating INTEREST," and you viii
strike that clause requiring to regulate com
and reduce it TO majority, in good faith, will
no laws to suppress trade until ls0s There stand
the compromise, and State and Georgia way dt
that they Esau cheated out of their right
by Jacob but it very policy to give the regu
of commerce for the privilege of the slave trade unit
1908.
got the profits ofnH Gentlemen, II you will give back al
very large number Of the slaves but what would dC
with them do not know. think you would not know
made the profits out Of it, Northern morality did in
terere much then with the carrying trade They carried
Africans well anybody else. remember the poo
and Of the tales they told OF their capture
The institution Of slavery South Carolina, Virginia. and
the other saveholding States is the insi
tuition when forefathers condemned IL than the
condition Of the native African equal TO the elevated posi-
tion Of this people, Our slaves of whom you speak SO
much intelligent workmen. Many Of them receive two
and half pounds and three pounds Of food week. with
plenty Of clothing II the interest Of the master that they
shall be clothed and fed. They make their little crops and
perfectly happy Some OF them away, and they
have got coming back That the worst OF with those
fellows daughter They cannot stay away They have
actually got coming back. The best fugitive slave law Is
the fact that they cannot get work anything TO eat
when they 20 to the North, and they come back.
have made these deutory remarks in spirit OF resent
ment. have asserted what Is the fact that whilst had
power did not II to your prejudice but when you
have Il you it. far you to prejudice.
this shall lead to the result Of eeong exclusively and
tinuousy, candidates from section will undertake
what the consequence will be- think inevitable
There logic in which control IL IL
worth while TO talk about II but believe that II
relations different from what they and
friendly confederation OF confederaces should be
better regards discussion here Then should
and for do not elevate above the influences
OF such policy bat as long engage in such discus
sions here in any you choose be So believe the
senator from Ohio before said opposed slavery
that cannot be such element Of put eop
ardy northern institutions You know very well that there
such extension OF slavery equal the expansion
OF the settlement OF northern latitudes Bonaparte
statesman and he could have had the southern States
der his imperial WILL and control the North he did attempt
control England through his continental system cotton
would have been under command and do not think
the gentleman would be able TO get shirt Flax gone
wear tooc laughter but he get the cotton from
have sad nothing IN "oe, and sit down with these