New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-25
N 400 ,omusKrrs AND SOUTH CAa0LlSA'
SPEECH OF MR.. BgRLMGAME,

~, CHAIRMAN: The House will bear witness 'n's
rh.v. never pressed myself upon its deiieera''oas,
LIVER before ssked ts indulgence. nave
man. nor have sought to bring feP''"on ..
,,an's State, but while such has Deen ny wO...hr
vell ,s the course of my co"eaSaoe IN 49,. q, %
-. ,,or mi. aoor certain members nave seos ~ "
-, ~ CT. which I in part represent, not only
| 81 9TH blows. Ia remembrance OF THESE
"a .e;zipg the first opportunity which has pre-
SS...s for long time, stand here to DAY 70 say
-, c,r old Massachusetts,. Not that she needs II
O., for in all that constitutes true greatness In
IN gives abiding strength in the great qualities OF
A.sa and of heart In moral power, in maternal pros
,.yitv in intellectual resources and physical abiity'
nv TIE general judgment of mankind according 10 her
onuat;op abe is the first State. There does not ave
snv man anywhere who knows anything to whom
,,s;.. NJ Massachusetts would not be needless She
= as far beyond that az she is beyond ceDsure. Mem
bers here may speer at herhey may praise her past
NJ the EXPENSE of the presentbut say, with full
conviction Of s truth that Massachusetts, in her pres
ept performances is greater than IN her past rec
i,c,ions. And when have said this what more can
savf Sir, although am here az her youngest soa
bumbest member, yet as her representative iee toat
7 Am the peer of any man upon this floor Occupying
that high point with modesty but with hr nness
I cast Gown her glove TO the whole bind OF her as.
sasnts. She has been a-sailed IN the douse ano ou.
Of the House. at the other end of the Capital, and at
The other end Of the Avenue. Tbere nave oech
brought against her general charges ana specihc
charges am sorry TO add that not the least among
her sssalsDts is the President OF the Uaed otttos
Who not only assais Massachusetts, but the whole
North He defends section Of the Union al the
expense Of the other He declares that one sec',1n
has ever been mindful OF its constitutions IT, IT,
VACATIONS. and that the other has not He
dsclsr.s that if one section of our country were
fregn country, the other would have just cause OF
war against it. And to sustain these remarkable
declarations be goes into an eabo'ate perverson OF
htoYy-such as that Virginia coded her lands against
the of the South for the benefit OF the North
when the truth is che ceded her lands as snd
Other States did for the benefit Of the whole country.
She gave her lands TO Freedom because she thought
Freedom better than Slavery; because 1t was the
poicy of the times and events have indicated that
policy 1t il perverion of history when he says tnat
the Territory Of the country has been acquired more
Sor the benefit of the North than for the South. He
says that gu ostsniay, Sir, out OF the Territory thus
acquired six Slave States and two Free States have
come into the Union with pledge for four more, while
but two have come into the Union as Free, aud one OF
these as we all know, fought its way into the UnIon
through a compromise degrading to the North. Inc
North does lot ect to the acquisition OF Territory
when it is desired but she desires that the complexion
of that Territory shall be free. If such complexion
had been given, how different would have been the
fortune Of the Republic to day. This may be ascer,
tanned by comparing the progress OF Ohio Te inAs e
pear clearly by comparing the free with tue save
regions Freedom and Slavery STATED together In the
Qest race on this Continent. In the very year the m.
srim Fathers landed at Plymouth Rock, slaves landed
n visinis. Freedom has gone, on tramPling down
barbarian and planting States, building the symbols
of its faith by every lake and every rver, un'
til DOW the sons of the Pilgrims stand by tae
shore of the Pacific. Slavery has also made It's way
toward the setting 1t has reached the Rio Grande
on the South, and the groaps OF It's victims ana t1e
cspk of its CHAINS may be heard as II slowly asGendS
the western tributaries of the Mississippi RIVER Free,
dom has left the land bespanged with free schoos and
filed the whole heaven with the shining towers OF re-
igion and civilization. Slavery has left deeoation,
ignorance and Death in its path. When we loox az
these things; when we see what the country would
have been had Freedom been given to the Territories:
when We think what it would have been but for this
blight In the bosom Of the country and the SOUTH that
the whole South-that fair land God has blessed so
uuch--vould have beeu covered with CT les and vii
IN Id railroads. and that the entire tunty IN the
Mace of 25 600 600 of people, $4,000 900 would nave
ka;led the rising nom exutng in republican liberty
when we think Of these things, how must every hon
est maI-bow must every man with any sdino IN os
head or heart his BOSOM regret that the pocy Vi
ola Vi,ginn in her better days, did not become the
animated policy Of this expanding RePuDhci -
perversion of history, say when tne
piimses that the adoption OF the Oons'.usU.
nizeo by the fpt Congress assembled uhaor
the Constitution, and it has been sanctioned py every
President from washington down. Is p.Lvers .S
Missouri Compr omise was made against the interests
of the South and for the benefit OF the North. Inc
truth-he taxable tIuth-~as, that II was loIced
bv the South on the Moth. 1t received the u1iteu
vote of the South. 1t claimed as 0ry OF toe
South The men who voted for 1t were sustafneo IN
The South and those who voted for 1t IN the North
passed into oblivion; AID, though rome OF them are
hy.ically alive to-day they are as pohucauy oeaS as
are the President and his immediate advisers MOI
only has tue President perverted history but he has
turned Sectionahst. He has become the champon of
Sectionalsm He makes the extraordinary declaration
that if State is refused admission into the Cnon De-
cause her Constitution embraced Slavery as an institu
ton then one section Of the country would OF necessity
he CONNIE lied TO dissolve it's connection with the people
of the other section What does be mean Does
he mean TO say that there traitors in the South
Does he mean TO say if they voted down, that
fh.n thew ought not TO submit Ii he does, and If
thew mean ~ back him in the decla alton, then say
the quicker try the strength of this great Govern
ment the better Not only has he said that, but mem,
bev have said on this floor, again and AGAIN tnat II
the Fugitive Slave Law-wbich has nothing sacred
about (which deem unconstitutional-which SCUM
Caroline deems unconsttutional-if that be repealed,
this Union will cease TO exist
Mr.. KEITT-I wish to know from the gentleman
from Massachusetts by what authony be says South
Carolina holds the Fugitive Slave Law to be uncoh'
stitutiopAlf
M. BuRLIsoAMK--By the authority of The Charles
ton Mercury Taking that paper from his pocket hr'
@Of Ss action OF Massachusetts In the abrosaou of
Fssn,e Slave Law we e'ys o. NO and ~Sr.s
sess o.. upon Of e most eAe's'aea Pae
mon s.@sss shall Be delivered up bat gives
70 sct IN this The tenth snsndnent 70 th'
,S ss.,s p,V ave reserved to he s
The clause above coners no powsr oa' 70 70 S
ss.es - enc Of incidents Of sovereignty too de.I " BE-
hasted TO the General Government ~ ~. ,,v
and ho es, ssoss the eys Of al
condition, that in the useUcy Of our e'n'ss NIa s
sAx.rary lose landmarks OF PRINCIPLES 10 oo'aiu %
Ilpsve triumph pressed the Go err meat 70
ils0e incl