Daily American organ., 1856-08-15

The Democratic and Republican Parties, their
Policy and Action-Millard Fillmore and his
Party.
SATURDAY, August ., 1856.
The House being in the Committee OF the
| Whole on the state of the Union
Mr.. MOORE said:
| Mr CHAIRMAN: Until yesterday, it was not
my purpose to avail myself of the latitude
given to debate while in Committee Of the
| Whole, to submit any remarks whatever, know
ing, as we all do that whatever is said while
thus in Committee is addressed rather to the
country than to Congress | have, however,
for some time desired, in the spirit Of that can
dor and frankness which ought ever to charac-
terize our intercourse here, to address myself
briefly to gentlemen upon this floor, whose
duty it is, in common with myself, to forget
for while what fear engrosses too much
our attention, and endeavor in good faith to
accomplish some practical plan Of avertinga
calamity which all agree threatens the coun-
| try, and for restoring that good feeling and
harmony which ought ever to exist among the
different States Of this Union; but 3istrust
of my own powers, and that timidity and diff
dence which, lit were not peculiar to myself,
| is very natural offspring of my position as
neao member upon this floor, has heretofore de-
tered me from making that effort; and now,
admonished by the pressure of business before
US, and the very brief period allowed to accom-
| plish it, | am compelled either TO forego en-.
| tirely what have desired to say, or to present
| it to the Committee, where, for the reason
already stated, it may never reach many of
those by whom desire to be heard
We have heard much---very much---said,
and great anxiety has been manifested in
this fall, during this protracted session, about
an early settlement of the Kansas question"
shall not pause to inquire with what sincerity
gentlemen have at all times talked, or how
much less of feeling than was evidenced by
the words uttered, of anxiety for the early set
tlement of this question, but wish merely to
say that ], too, have been anxious upon this
subject and although for more than eight
months have sat here, indifferent, apparent
ly, perhaps to some, and have never in my
place uttered one word in debate upon the sub
ject, have nevertheless been exceedingly s.
licitous all the time, to see the earliest possible
settlement of this delicate and vexatious ques-
ton, so far as this Congress, constituted as 1T
as, can settle it. But pray what practical good
is accomplished for Kansas or the country,
con0uLsed, as we all concede they are, by a
mere feeling of anxiety, whether real or. ficti-
tious, on the part Of Congress? Gentlemen !
may talk long and eoquently about the
g wrongs of Kansas" They may discourse
beautifully about freedom free soil, fee
speech, and free men. They may portray, In
glowing colors, tho horrors of the peculiar
institution they may scorn and scoff at
the STAKEHOLDER, and execrate the very ground
upon which he stands, and may even, in their
poetic flights, go down to Mount Vernon, and
spit upon the tomb of Washington, in which
reposes all of earth" of that once "owner of
I,,., nocl II
out of this Hall, and craUl off to their apart
shed, over the folly, the .talsity, and the inta-
my of much that they had thus said to pander
to the morbid and insatiate appetites of few
detuded fanatics at home, through whose in
fluence and instrumentality, forsooth, they de-
sired to be returned again to this House. But
while all this is being done and while those
whose duty it is to defend slavery, and picture
its blessings, whatever they may be, hur back
whatever is said against them or their insti
tution," Kansas continues to bleed, discord
reigns, fraternal blood flows, and the breach,
already too wide, between the North and
South, grows wider, until danger and civil war
threaten us on every side. This may be the
part of statesmen, but surely no great gift Of
prophecy is required to predict, with the most
unerring certainty, that in very brief period
there will be no country to need the services of
such statesmen. And now, with this Dorse
than mockery, played off for so long, who is re-
sponsible for consequences The Democracy
have settled down upon a tnality. The coun-
try was peaceful, quiet, happy, prosperous al
most without parallel, when, little more
than three years ago. it was transferred by
Millard Fillmore to the present administration,
and now the whole country is con0utsed, and,
to say nothing of subsequent events, there can
not be found single man VIII , has the e6ront
cry or indecency to say that the introduction
Of the Kansas Nebraska bill, and the repeal of
the Missouri Compromise, was not the incep-
ti0n of the entire series of unhappy events
which have followed close upon the heel Of that
disastrous measure 1t is not our purpose to
trace the effect of that scheme, or to suggest
motives for its introduction, or mark its pro-
gress from the fatal hour when 1t was concoct-
ed, down to the present moment Of gloom and
dependency; but it is enough to say, that
wherever you may cast your eyes, you can
see nothing but havoc and desolation.
If a tornado had swept over the whole coun-
try no greater devastation would have been
perceptible in the natural world than is now
standing out in bold relief, everywhere, in the
political condition of the country. The govern
ment, from an unprecedented tranquility and
prosperity, has been precpitated into the veri-
est vortex of discord, and so deep settled
disquietude is everywhere exhibited-such a
portentous murmuring of the people, such a
distrust, such a want of confidence such a
sectional pickering and strife is now manifest
ed all over the land, that even che coolest the
bravest and the truest men of the country
are watching the passing events with the ut
most solicitude and apprehension, lest it may
result in open rupture and civil war. The
giant Democratic party Of 1862, where is it