The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-07-16
d1ulitral.
aopTucARoLlSA AND MAssAcHU sErTs,
SPEECH
HON. ]. J. EVANS, OF s, G.,

In reply to MIR. Sumner, of Massachusetts
delivered in the Sena.e Of the United
States, June 2S, 1856.
Mr.. Evans said: Mr.. President. The
subjects which have grown out of this nm.
sappy Kansas affair are Of very grave i'm
port. would willingly, very willingly,
hVoll, u 1t w,re pvssiS.c, minglins in lh:s
controversy. lhave no taste for t. It's
against the habits of the last thirty wears
'f my life; for within that period, so lar
as remember, | have on no o, casion
found ii necessary to make ANYTHING like
forensic ctloit. But, sir, tie Senator
rom Massachusetts, not now in his seat,
Mr.. Summer has not left me any cioice'
lie has thought proper, in n most ruthless
manner, to assai' my colleague. This re-
CURES, at my hands, something in reply.
In making this reply, do net purpose to
mdniSe in'any unkinI language, much
less 10 violate any parliamentary law.
lhe subjects which propose To discuss
are Tue iesltimate differences growing out
"t That winch he has introduced INTO hi,
speech. SO tar as am capable of under.
standing it-anL certainly have no de-
sire 10 misrcpreScnt either that Senator or
a"ybody else--,he great Object .f,he Sen.
al1rs speech seemed to Le threct,ld: !:
F'tsi, 10 eNc'te the people, tie Free Soil
l,'"pie-the :" tree people" as he called
lh"hi IN Kansas, Ia rebellion and resist
ance to the law. That seemed TO b,. his
tir>t "Gj,rt. Ills second ohjcc, wa. TO as.
.-sa and vitnpcraie my respected friend
and celleague, Mr.. Butter; to h ap a.
ne oprrolrinm he could on the Slave
States generally, and Ito State Of S,uth
Carolina IN particular. To this, sir, was
aided Tire further object of macnii,iuo
as Tar rs in him lay, the Present condition
a"d iorm"r, and particularly the revoIu.
si"nary, services 4 the State of Mlssachu-
se't*. Now, sir, upon each Of these sub
Jecis l have something To Say-vcsy little,
indeed, IN relation to Kansas. Sir. nv
heart b!cc Is at the unhappy condition ct
that country. The efforts which have
been made, from the time of the PASSAGE
ct the Kansas bill, to defeat its oncra,i9n
10y means which / believe originated in
tins Hall, have been inccss,nu and with.
ont any remission. Mr.. President. | an,
an old man; and the last thittyNy.ars Of
my life, the business Of it has Leeu to ~.
rive dhpaSsionately at just conclusions.
am too old to be excited hy party con
iiicis. have therefore cudeavorcd TO
turn my attention to this subjec, as dis
Pas'innaiely as ! could; m,l The de!ibcr
ate Judgment 10 which lave come j..
uiat ii the people of Kansas-the ar,
slavery ana anti slavery party--had been
suffered 10 a:t Tor themselves, thc ml,ap
Py condition. IN which that country is now
placed would never have existed. But.
sir, the politician, --th, S, who live by cy
ci.emcnt-wou!d not let this matter rest
have no doubt You will remember. sir
,i'a' before The Kansas bill was passed
hundreds Of thousands Of pamphlets were
distributed through this hand, ior the pur.
pose CT exciting tire public prejudice
/; against IL. IL was branded as n fraud. as
q swlndle, as a breach Of initl, on the mar,
oi the South. Those pamphlets w.,e
echoed back Ly the remons,ralccs OF ,lroe
thousand New Englana Clcrgymen, aud
laymen without number.
Mr.. President, beg to ask what was
tii's piighted faith which il is charged that
The South violated in the Kansas bill
What was il 1t was simply the repeal
oi the Missoiiri restriction--l DO not call
1t compromise, because it partakes Of
nothing Of the nature of a co,npact or
compromise. Well, sir, what was tba,
Missouri restriction do not propose to
enter into discussion Of ii. | desire
simply TO say that it was an act Of Con
gress. When Missouri came here reou;r-
Ing admission as State, objection was
made that she was slave State. Mis-.
SCUM bad right, presume to decide
tt'is matter for herself. She was settled
mainly from Virginia aud other slayehold- |
lng States. Slavery existed there ex,en. |
sNesy, nnd had existed there before the
purchase OF Louisiana, Of wh,cl, il was
part. Well. sir, for lhe sake of peace. !
alter there had been mucl, discussion ON |
The subject, the South, headed by Mr.. |
i.owndes, agreed that Missouri should be
admitted. and that after that time no
slavery should exist beyond q certain line.
As l said before, this was mere ACT Of
Congress. The North gave nothing for
At; They had no right TO object TO the
assnlssloD of Missouri as slayeholdino
S,ete, ~ was usprpaiion in them to pre-
,end that they had right TO exclude her. !
lhen, The North had no right to object,
sue gave nothing for this plghted faith of
tas soaib, as it Ia called. II wae simnIv
an aet OF Congress, subject to repeal when.
ever Congress thought proper 10 repeal
~ SIR, there was any iuslucement on
the pat otthc SontI 10 assent TO tl,is Mis-.
soi'ri restriction. it sas lie belief. wI.icl,