Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-01-23


Al. M O. az psI5sslssl q lass Ess.s
sta1id forth 1 mean 20 onense-- with sisfonsery
which would reil bsepne \ domiaant majority
Ia this Hall Is
liz. Lescher, lInterruptingl DO understand
he gentenaan from Ohio 10 say that d master
has Z right y lill his sIsye In the sassaerii
Statess a
NJ Giadings. SAY rhat cannot be mis.a-
han IN. Il AK the gentiensn. ~ be = q naasses.
uoether. II lie attempt 10 ciastise slave n Viz
giria. and that slave defends hnaseiE, has be not
the right, under the laws of that State. 70 take
that sisve's life That is the point. Come
right tot.
Mr.. Letcher The criminal law which protects
me protects nv slaves.
Mr.. Giddingx He evades mr. question. Let
me ask The gentleman to answer directly. There
should be no equiyocation before the American
people. wish the gentleman 70 tell me whefh-
er, II he attempt 10 chastize a slaye and he re-
sist he has not the right to take the life OF that
slave. $50
Mr. Letcher, No, sir; there is no. such right
there, and never was. ~
. Mr., Giddings. Then I say TO the slaves Of
Virginia, defend yourselves. ! would TO God
coald proclaim 10 every slave in Virginia to-day.
You have the right TO selfdefenee and when the
master attempts TO exercise dominion over Won,
slay him, as he would yourselves But the gen.
,lemen Is mistaken. This deprivation Of self.de-
fence Is the very gist of slavery without it slave
~ cannot exist.
Mr. Reedc win the gentleman from Ohio
allow me moment to answer his question rs
Mr. Giddinss. Oh, certainly
Mr.. Reade. Have yen not in Ohio right TO
correct your children and make them submit TO
your aatheritys ~
Mr. Giddings. Not by, taking his life. Have
yo, not the right in North Carolina to take the
life of your slave?
Mr. Reade No, sir; we have no such right
our right over our slaves scarcely extends any
further than your right over your son in Ohio
/ now ask, would You advise the sons of Ohio,
as you would the slaves of Virginia, to resist
their father i,sii5Ya.Sa 8gs8s
Mr.. Giddings Ny friend from North Carroll
ma need not put such question. He kno@smy
sentiments on that subject, Does he intend TO
lower and disgrace the relations between a faith
err and son, by comparing them with those be-
tween master and slave? Why, let me tell a
fact can show from my own correspondence
have a letter from a Shareholder in Virginia,
wherein he declares that he owned female slave
nineteen years of age; that she was woman OF
f, unbleuiished character, member OF the Meth
odist Church, that she was set upon by young
man with improper purposes; she was atlietIc,
and, By one of those unfortunate blows which
sometimes occur, laid her rarisher dead at her
feet. in protecting that which was dearer. than
life to her--her honor. For this she was SEN
fenced to be hanged.
And now my friends, here is the issue. The
Democrats have at last, in one instance, been
ontspoken and bold in the avowal of their inten-
| ton to maintain slavery in Kansas. They declare
that the principles of the: Kansas bill shall be
maintained, that the doc srnes of that bill shall
be upheld. They declare, also, hostility to Know
Nothingism, as one Of the principles of their
platform. Now, sir, the combined forces of the
opposition arraved against this platform OF
theirs. We say that freedom shall be restored
to Kansas We say that the solemn consecra-
ton entered by our fathers thirty-fve years
since, shall be res.ssJ ed and transmitted to our
descendants. Here we stand. This is the issue
before this House. This is the issue for the cam
pagn Of 1856. Liberty for Kansas is our
motto. Upon that the people of the Union will
stand. We are forming our party. We are
: gathering our forces. We intend to be ready
for the onfict. On that issue We go to the peo-
pie, ana may God prosper the-right
A dice. You do not mean 10 hang us?
Mr.. Giddngs l do not think that you are fit
for hanging daughter would not hang
one of you-not one Of those who threaten dis
ohltior. Of the Union. will tell you what we
win o. If the threat be iterated and reiterated,
we v ill dig up the bones of Old Hickory, and re-
pub fish his proclamation of 1882, in which he
sw ore "by the Eternal! that he would hang eve
r. man who attempted dissolution of the Union
That win be quite sufficient. laughter That
will do the work. 1t did it then, and it will do it
| again. ~. q !. y.
Now, my friends, let me tell you, out OF the
sincerity of my heart, that this story of the dis
| 49, 81. Tpnp l,o Ii L. l.
| no longer current-we hold it inefable contempt.
1t were unless for us to organize this House,
unless majority entertain principles hostile to
the present Administration. We differ in our
views. Some hold that slavery should never be
| sustained by the Federal Government others
| think that it should be permitted to remain in
| this District; others are willing to let it remain
in Kansas; but all are opposed to the Kansas
and most of us would restore liberty to the PEG.
| Pile there All condem those who violated the
| Missouri compact. These various opinions can
| emily meet on the plain principles OF justice. to
| each and to ALL The election of Speaker has re.
| iarion to the transaction of business here. When
| that shall be accomplished. we shall then ar
| range ourselves for the coming campaign. In
| that, may separate-we may even oppose
| each other; but we shall all most cordially OPP
| pose the present Administration until it be blot.
| ted from existence. 2-s SIS -+A tsf
| And now in reference to this talk about the
| dissolution of the Union, about which we have
| heard considerable this morning, let me say, my
| friends, don't lie awake of night for the fear OF
the safety of the Union. Why, do not gentle
men know that, of late the leading Democratic
papre in the southern portion of the Union, tue
! Richmond Enquirer, for some months past has
| never ceased to proclaim the coming dissolution
| of the Union: Day after day it has called upon
| the South to prepare for the dissolution of the
| Union. But all this comes from the South. We
| never hear the dissolution of the Union advoca-
| ted at the North. No northern man, with any
reputation as a politician, ever advanced it.
| A voice. Did not Sumner?
! Mr. Giddings No, never. We at the North
| will stand By the Union. We will stand by the
| Constitution. Andl let me say to timid gentlemen
| from the North, be not anxious about the Union.
| We do not intend TO dissolve the Union and we
| do not intend to let you do it. Laughter. +
| Understand that. We mean what we say: we
will not only maintain the Union, but we will tell
southern traitors who threaten il that they shall
| not dissolve it. 1t has been cemented by tho
blood of our fathers who fought for its establish
| ment. We are bound to maintain it by all the
obligations which bind men, and we mean to do
| it. Threaten its dissolution, reterate the threat
| as often as you please, and we meet you with a
stern front and unwaverng resolution that such
tratorous object shall not be reached. Ispeak
| in all kindness. We have already got this House.
Next year, with Gods blessing, VIC shall have the
| President; and i'll two more years we shall have
the Senate. Then the Executive and Legesla-
| tive branches Of the Government will be in our
power. Then those who threaten its dissolution
had better look out
The Gong.
We find the following "rib-tckler" in an ex-
change: 81.
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