Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-06-04

| ter the conclusion of his remarks, large num-
Der of persons fastened up the steps OF the hotel
to get a sight OF the Governor, and to congratu-
| late him upon his escape from the bood-thrsty
nnons of slavery propagandism
We understand that Gov. Reeder left for Bloom
ngton last evening, to be present at the Con-
ycnton which assemblies there to-day. His pres
ence and voice in the Convention cannot fail to
add largely to the interest Of the occasion.
IChicago Democratic Press.
| Rrutnl4 Outrage In the United States
senate Chamber.
We give that portion of Mr.. Summers remarks
which, we suppose, led to the preparation of
this outrage
With regret come again upon the Senator
from South Carolina, (Mr. Butler,) who, omni.
presentin this debate, overlooked with rage at
the simple suggestion that Kansas had applied
for admission as State; and, with incoherent
phrases, discharged the loose expectoration of
his speech, now upon her Representative, and
then upon her people. There was no extrava-
gance of.the ancient Parliamentary debate which
he did not repeat; nor was there any possible
deviation from truth which he did not make
with SO much of passion, / am glad to add as to
save him from the suspicion of intentional abcr-
ration. but the Senator touches nothing which
he does not dsfgure-with error, sometimes of
principle, sometimes Of fact. He shows an in
capacity OF accuracy, whether in stating the
Constitution or in stating the law, whether in
the details Of statistics or the diversions of schol
arship. He cannot open his mouth but out there
flies blunder. Surely he ought to be familiar
with the life of Franklin; and yet he referred to
this household character while acting as agent
of our fathers in England, as above suspicion;
and this was done that he might give point to II
false contrast with the agent Of Kansas---not
| knowing that however they may differ in genius
and fame, in this experience they are alikc that
Franklin, when intrusted with the petition of
Massachusetts Bay, was assaulted by a foul
| mouthed speaker, where he could not be heard
| in defense, and denounced as "thef' even as
| the agent of Kansas has been assaulted on this
| floor, and denounced as & ''forger." And let
not the vanity of the Senator be inspired by the
parallel with the British statesman of that day;
for it is only in hostility to Freedom, that any
parallel can be recognized. But it isagainst the
people of Kansas that the sensioities of the
Senator are particularly aroused. Coming as lie
announces, IRON a State"-aye, Sir, from
South Carolina-he turns with lordIy disgust
from his newly formed community, which he
will not recognize even as ''body politic."--s
Pray Sir, by what title does he indulge in this
egotism? Has he read the history Of ''the State"
which he represents? He cannot surely have
forgotten its shameful imbecility from Slavery,
confessed throughout the Revolution, followed
by its more shameful assumptions for Slavery
since. He cannot have forgotten its wretched
persistence in the slave trade as the very apple
OF its eye, and the condition of its participation
in the Union. He cannot have forgotten it's
Constitution, which is republican only in name,
confirming power in the hands of the few, and
founding the qualifications of voters on st. set
tied freehold estate and ten negroes" And yet
the Senator, to whom that estate" has in part
committed the guardianship of its good name,
instead OF moving, with backward treading steps,
to cover its nakedneSs, rushes forward in the
very ecstacy OF madness to expose 1t by provok-
ing comparison with Kansas. South Carolina
is old; Kansas is young. South Carolina counts
by centuries where Kansas counts by years.
But i benetcent example may be born i'll day;
and | venture 10 state that against the two cen
turtles Of the older State" may be already set
the two years of trial, envo!ving corresponding
virtue, IN the younger community. In the one
is the long wall OF Slavery; in the other hymns
OF Freedom. And if we glance at special
achievements, it viii be difficult find any thing
in the history of South Carolina which presents
so much OF heroic spirit, in heroic cause, as
appears in that repulse Of the Missouri invaders
by the beleaguered town of Lawrence where
even the woman gave their effective efforts to
freedom. The matrons OF Rome, who poured
their jewels into the treasury for the public de-
fenss-the wives of Prussia, who, with delicate
fingers, clothed their defenders against the
French !nvasion-the mothers of our own Revo-
luton, who sent forth their sons, covered over
with prayers and blessing, to combat for Human
Rights, did nothing Of self:sacrfce truer than
did these women on this occasion. Were the
wholesiiistory of South Carolina blotted out of
existence, from its very beginning down to the
day of the last electan OF the Senator to his
present seat on this floor, civilization might lose
Il do not say how little; but surely less than
i. has already gained by the example of Kansas,
in its valiant struggle against oppression, and in
the development of new science of emigration.
Already in Lawrence alone there are newspa.
pcrs, including High School, and throughout
the Territory there is more academical education
than i'll all Missouri, outside of ST. Louis: and
more far in proportion TO its inhabital ITS. than
in all South Carolina. All, Sir, tell the Sena-
Tor that Kansas welcomed as Free State. will
be administering angel" to the Republic, when
South Carolina. in the cloak of darkness winch
she hugs, lilies bowling"
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