The daily union., 1856-12-31


lotbO1 The temper Of the nation ast, liberal, fobear
ing IL will contribute any money, and endure any act
hoes effect this great and important change indeed it Il
yours a. n always must be when YOU choose to havt The
Senate OF the United states is equally within your power
you only will perssteny endeayur for years. 20 have it.
Notwithstanding all the wrong that has been done not an
other slave State can now come into the un"n Make on
one years constant decisive effort and you can determine
what States shalt be admitted"
What does that mean2 The senator declares here
"The change be made without violence, and by the
liberal, iorbearng" "The House of Represen n
tiyes is already yours You have only 10 will persisea
for two years 10 command the Senate and then th@wok
he says, Is easy. What work Tue work OF the utter
extinction oslavy He begins with the declaration that
4 IL must end-t is not and be perpetual" he
says IL is 10 be ended by the agency of the ballooor
You have the Housyou command the Senate and then
the work Ia done How will you do itf How can you do
u The senator has not told us how IL be done
They ask nothing, they say but the power TO inerdc'
slavery in the Terrories and yet told by The
senator from New York that they have the House of Rep
aves they command the Senate and then the
work donethe work of the final overthrow of slavery
the final prostraon of the "5ayeocracy in the beautiful
and chaste language OF that senator and others
have great many other extracts 10 make, and one
them is from purporiing 10 have been made by
the from Massachusetts, Mr. WILSON at the Taber
nacle in New York. do not know whether he made it
mott if he did not he win correct me.
Mr.. SEW ARD. viii the honorable senator allow me to
ask him what paper he reads from
i Mr.. JONES, OF Tennessee. The Washington Union.
started out by stating that was dependent on news
i papers
Mr.. SEWARD. ! hope the honorable senator will ex-
cuse ask with the best intentions whether he reaa
from paper that contains the whole speech made, OF
only extract
Mr. JONES' of Tennessee An extract only. hope to God
the Union will never find time to publish whole speech
otyous you are incorrectly represented, will be very
happy TO correct 1t in any speech may publish stated
frankly to you that | was dependent newspapers
mainly, and if injustice is done TO any of you will
put IL right The following purporis 10 be an extract
from speech by the senator from Massachusetts,, tMr
WILSON
We shall overthrow the slave power of the republic
shall enthrone freedomsba abolish slavery in the Terrific
res shall the national government from all
sbiy for slavery and all connexon with it ,,ar
emen-hen, when we have put the ricn in the words Of
,' an saren, Openly, EQUALLY, and perpetually the
side Of freedom, shall glorious allies the South
We sha! have men like Cassus NJ. Clay. Loud applause
the South, (dough faces, who WILL in their time
their own tor the of the master and bondsmen
give freedom three half millions Of men in Ameri
ca Enthusiastic applause.l | say, gentlemen these
"Lst remember thatrnore than three millions of bond
men, groanng under nameless woes, demand that shall
cease to eprove each other and that labor for their
tell here tonight that the agitation of this ques-
ton OF human slavery will continue while foot of a
presses the soil OF the American republic"
That sentiment is doubtless very patriotic according
the opinions and views of that and the party
which he belongs read il TO show that the whole aim
purpose and end Of the ganzaton Of this party
the utter overthrow and subyerson of the institution Of
slavery II you are not laborDg for that what you
w nat language sucn as have read
mean, II does not mean that those senators look forward
10 the time when the soil of the republic shall not be pol
uted by the tread of an African save2 Why gentlemen
understood you all along | understood you TO mean
that whilst you did claim the power to 90 directl,
into The States to abolish IL, you would carry such
line OF policy as in the end must result in the 6nal
throw OF slavery.
| Gentlemen, with all kindness allow me to say 10 you
thai, unss you take that yew you have shadow OF
mantle 70 protect you in your crusade against slavery
You are dvesed OF the only apologhe only that
De Querel supposed philanthropy sickly
sort al senmsntay. you do not mean To strike ,e
very foundation of the ev you do mean to rid the
Union OF slavery, II is refined wicked crusade;
because 60 lar as the save Is concerned you absolutely
accomplish noting by keeping him of the Territories
II does not emancpa one II does not lessen hs number
OF slaves BY They 10 a worse condition than II
you we're to allow them y distributed over larger area
OF country where theySwould have better factes and
more comfor,s and convenlencfs.
Mr. President baye book before me which purports to
be publication of Tho sentiments Of and others
and II is filed much with the opinions Of such
Garrison and Phillips might rely them prove what
IS the uerior purpose OF gentlemen In this crusade against
slavery but grant am estopped from it-I forcstal
led by the OPEN bold and fearless manner in which seua
tors On this floor have repudiated- thank them for IT, and
congratulate the country upon all conneXion with that
class OF fanatics and have boldly affirmed here that they
are IA no wise responsible for auythng which may
from that Wig OF the party. thank you, gentlemen, for
this declaration II Is tue you have not all gone quite
lar as some o. e have gone and IL bespeaks improve
.nt 10 the moral feeling tone and sepmaht OF this
party when they will stand upon the floor Of the Senate
1
Il is uqsless for e to read what tney say, because
wiling 10 be frank do not hold you responsible for
them.
Mr., WILSON. What book is n2
M JONES OF Tsn..,s,ee | am reading from che
'%%"@sn rapers published in the city Of Washington.
do not hold you responsible for their opinions more
than would be held responsbe for the Upnons Of ultra
southern with whom have affiliated upon eerain
great questions Whsn made the disclaimer accept
ed IL therefore forhear reading hing they said
But Mr. President the senator from Ohio ia bis sCeeCh
i the her day SAID there two parlies in the uth
and that they hostile 10 each ohertwo parties ut
erly rfeconcable aud GnagOnstic each other want
10 know where they The senator meant, as infer
from hs speech that there ia the South shareholders
and ansayehoIders and that Shareholders constituted
very small proportion OF the aggregate number of the pop
4 ulsiou
/ Mr.. WADE. am not aware that spoke Of the parties
OF the South believe there parties there but
| think ! did not speak OF that matter in my speech.
Mr. JONES, OF Tennessee. think the senator said dis
ncy that there parties in the South hostile to
each other and the remark made in couneKion With
what he SAID Of the institution of slavery The impression
made my mind by what he said and also hy the argu-
ment Of the senator from Maine that those senators
proceeded the hypothesis that had in the South
population not holding slaves antagonsca the inst-
tuition Of slavery.
Mr.. WADE, 40 not think sroke Of that at all but /
believe they ought to be auagonsica to it. whether they
! or not
Mr. JONES' of Tennessee You have said now precisely
what understood you TO say then
Mr.. WADE. did not say 1t then.
Mr. JONES OF Tennessee At any rate you have said IL
now, and that is sufficient for want TO put my
represented here There Is large portion Of my consu
ens who Shareholders but in their BEHALF in the
name OF their patriotism and devotion the constitution
- the Union, utterly repudate the sentiment There Is