The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-17


that az reigou by the confusion Of duties Those quit
their proper character to what does not belong
ter they leave aud q the character they Wholly
unaequaned with the world In which they are 80 iond o.
with much confidence they know nothing q
politics but the passion they excite surely tns ena.sh
apace where days truce ought 70 Dc allowed 70 the
discussions and animosities Of mankind.
These are the words OF Edmund Burke.
Sir admit that the pryateers OF Massachusetts, did mo-
bic duty 70 the war o. sz put ney rosea tne seas =
cause when her constituted authorities denoancing IL
They fitted out and manned by Who In defiance
of the opposition of their State rallied conmon
nag All honor TO them but shame 10 their rulers who
stgmarissd their patriotism. The administration towns
then we're true TO the country They, believe are demo
cratic towns now will close this chapter Of the history
Of Massachusetts, with the summary of writer Of that day
To up the whole, Massachusetts, energetic, bold
firm, daring and decisive contest with the general gov
ennct She seized by the throat determined to strange
i'll she untamabe as lion or tiger, or panther,
less and inoffensye aud gentle and meek, lamb,
turtle dove, when she came in contact with the enemy
iOiye Branch page sl5
Mr. Speaker this poro of my task has been discharged
well or Ill, il has been discharged. Let il pass ..
To turn, sir, from matters of grave import to petty
anatomy OF words TO the maximum in tiHimts TO the SUI
pFemay in little things which truly commends itself to
The filter capacities of the member from the Suffolk dis
trct mr. BuRLsGAME] it would seem that the phrasinR
of my remarks has found in him. either an Astarchus
aZous for cannot under the pretext Of his words well
dene the part which be is pleased to enact II however
my language has been marked by characteristics which
have failed to secure his applause his the contrary
is without pecuiarties which Others may not
tirely approve. " @& .G r&sE
The izard and the snake which have exercised the dull
righteousness OF the mem the SNAKE Aands"
reptiles OF that Species Mr. Speaker altogether im
possibein the OF natural history and Massachu
sets may perhaps claim the signal honor supplying such
aspecimen 70 American herpetology-the lizard and the
snake say safely to the members market and find
no barren ground for fair exchange.
Sir whatever parallels the North may institute dispar
aging to the South glad that the rhetoric OF South
Carolina cutters little deimeut by comparison with the rhe
torc OF Massachusetts, speaking through the members lips
With the example before hnl--not n rorem it would
seenof the SNAKE with hands, with OF his own lie
pants schoolhonsess in the wilderness like SO many
Weathersfeld onions Ia whilst under the other,
the plant like beech-wood into nulmegs, is converted
into "spangies real pinchbeck of Massachusetts
uactur alike creditate to the ingenuity of the and
the rhetoric Of of its representatives upon this feor
But sir these licenses. Of speech are not confined to
planting school houses which unaccountably turned
into spanges' the field OF freedom. As the wilder
produces the arch itself bear speci
-nens of his rhetorical sprouts The earth Is too lowy
theatre for The ambitious reaches Of his speech He affects
the heavens themselves for the very pretty diversion
g lling them with Shining religion and cvili-
zation' Shining towers q religion Mr. Speaker The
towers OF religion, toppi by the predomi
nant weathercock pointing to the changes OF her peo-
pie, veering with each wind OF doctrine, and pass
ing, without concern, from dark religious fanati-
csm to wild aud God defyng blasphemyl Shining
towers of civz ttion," MIR. Speaker! The towers Of
Massachusetts civilization, which THEORETICALLY neses
aside thousands Of the children of her oins, who
scarcely draw the support of their existence from
oSertasked industry The towers Of Massachusetts, cv
zttion, which, satisfied with its own sCky results
would pra2maic and intrusive steal into our borers
force uron its baefu fIuits Yes, sir the towers OF
Massachusetts cvilztnon cruelty organizing human
ees and bones into living machines and rnorseessly
working away the impress of Gods image from and
women OF kindred slork and blood, doomed out
the energies OF life keep the greed Of askmastes no.
like the daughters OF The horseeech have learned
70 say enough" Massachusetts civilization the mephuc
air Of whose workshops its way through the lungs Of
their as 10 e
with their last wo'ds babbling O. green fields"
In auding to act vindieaung the dignity Of State
and the honor OF relative from the aspersions of
Queer the member Mr. Speaker has thought proper to
tha my colleague oe into the Senate and
Caiu smot- bis brother The words pretty doubt
they sound TO me like an dyl OF Gessner but they
also OF malignant import The chemistry Of malice Mr.
Speaker Is even ingenious thaa the chemistry Of
sceucei and ingenious indeed is that malice Of the
Der from the Suffolk district which could refine its
10 doom colleague bear The burden of knshp
with bis senatorial friend Sir in the OF my COZ
leagues through regard for his character aburc the
brotherhood Sir, every consideration OF moral worth
every suggestion Of genuine manhood and since the word
has been spoken by the member himself every demand Of
true chyay orbds that either personally vicariousy
such claim can be put in with the hope ITO have that
claim allowed
No, SIR, such bond cannot hold between the two On
one side the nober spirit makes abhorrent to bare
thought on the other the groveng instincts mark for
impossi6iiiy: Data fta seeuas-each Que 70 his allot-
msut OF existence There are PATHWAYS oh which asns
the ordinance Of Heaven, OF high tone asr 10 COM
panion through life but there sewers also FIJI,
teemng with the ecuenoe Of 9th Tor things OF an opp-
site character On the former my colleague viii pursue
bis course FAR unspproachably far from the latter in
Wnich the oaser natures may walow in sordd delight
but SIR the ea OF the member not confined 10 such
era )ucnndiues ms planting spanges In the shape OF
scnoo-houSes or quantity filing up the places OF the
nayens With shining towers In paying what be seemed
70 htod tribute to the peculiar beauties OF certain
delivered IN another place. had he instead of pro-
.esng admiration for the author proclaimed himself his
enemy would have thought Mr.. Speaker that he was
lhdulRng spirit Of malice in respect Of whom he
lovingly calls his friend and his guide There species
OF mepbisonhesn waggery-fun made lurd by fendish.
ness Which Goethe himself would diclaim-in con-
demsing such riepdn suhecting such guide to stand
dstending mouth. !.
Yes sur, the rhetoric Of the member Mlesan or other
wis., launches speech shp-a speech ship ".
rannythrough the ps Of bis friend and keeps him con.
Nusiyey strainng aud beavng under the launch for he
grerter pe,ion oftwo days." Too days aInsaiate 10
ker could suffice T. 7 '
Mr. SIeakr The function which society 10 m visatious
upon guilt assigns 10 the execuoner is that he shall
launch the criminal into eternity The member from Mas
sseiuses sir, has proved 10 he volunteer exc
cntoneI in this instance aud he has Launched the feIon
shP OF bis friend. Where, Mr. Speaker Why Into that
muchabused dead SEA" which had kindly prepared for
him and which he has unity acknowledged Launched
1t sir, where 1t has sunk so that
- Alto
DemersHs, smwsma baHd IN unda"
Sunk beyond the redemption Of the plummet line and
borne down 10 the lowest depths by lis Of OBJ
scentty, OF Islander, and Of infamy.
sut something TOO much Of this perchance Mr. Speaker
Not ubmndfu OF the precpt which requires that tres be
gwen 70 the Winds J have absiained from committing