The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-07-16
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ment Of the circumstances, as far as he
reco!Iects them, and may probably DELAY
this to so simultaneously with his.
am, dear sir, with esteem and respect.
yours truly,
WILLIAM b. PRINGLE.*
Hon. William Aiken, House of Represen>
tives.
Mr.. Evans. On that letter have no
comment to make, and here take nv
leave of the subject of slavery.
Sir, have been at the North. have
seen much, very much, there to admire ::
have seen some things that I should be
glad my countrymen would avail them.
selves OF. | doubt not, if northern gentle
mon believe very few-none but inval.
Ids and commercial men-eycr visit our
country would come among us, and see
our institutions--if they were to see prac-
t,ta!.y how this form ofciviIization operates
there' very much Of their prejudice would
be removed
There is nothing that look upon with
so much horror as the sectional jealousy
winch is tanning every day, aid will
shortly be famed into blaze, | fear, be
tween the two sections of the country
There is nothing that could do, consis
tent with duty aud consistent with honor.
which | would not do to prevent it. am
no prophet would avoid. as far rs can.
to Irok into the dark future which these
things seem to indicate. Ihave often had
occasion to say that am a hopeful man;
that l never look upon the dark side OF
things if [ can possibly avoid it but It is
impossible that should conc .aI from my
self what the poet says, that
Coming events cast their shadows before"
MIR. President, l come nowto part of
this discussion which | would very will
lingly pass over. In the tcond section,
as divide 1t, of the Senator's [Mr. sum
nerl speech, he says that The cons,itu-
ton Of South Carolina is republican ia
name only" that were the whole history
OF South Carolina blo,ted from existence.
from its very beginning down to the dav
Of tie last election OF my honored col
league on this floor, "cviIization might
lose, | will not say how little, but surely
less than il has already gainel by the ex-
ample of Kansas, in its valiant struggle
against oppression, and in the develop
ment Of a new scheme of emigration"
These are. few only oFmany similar SEN
fences in the Senator's speech. Sir, is the
State of South CAROLINA to be vilifed in
this. way-to be vituperatcd Is my
honored colleague to be held up to ridicuie
compared to Don Quxote and is it to
be said of him that "there was no oytrav-
ngance of the ancient parliamentary de-
pate 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 sus-
picion of intentional alteration. But the
Senator touches nothing which he does
not distigure-with error, somesimes OF
principle, sometimes Of fact. lie shows
an incapacity of accuracy, whether in STA
ting the Constitution or in stating the
law, whether in'the details of statistics or
the diversions Of scholarship. He cannot
open his mouth, but out there flies blur
der?"
And yet, sir, this is what the Senator
says, on his oath before the committee of
the other House, was only Just reply to
what my colleague had said If you ex.
anime my colleagues speech, you will
find that personally to Mr.. Sumner he has
said nothing, except about two years ago,
when he WAS making furious speech
against the fugitive slave law, my col.
league asked him that, suppose Congress
we're torepcal the fugitive slave law, would
Massachusetts, or he might have said
you-.meanng the people of Massachu.
sets, s,-enforce the Constitution under which
we claim this right and then issued forth
thar burst of eloquence, as thy servant
dog that he should do this thing. z"
The only imputation have been able
TO find in his speech on the State of Mas.
SSachuset;s-thc only thing said at which
Mass&chusctts, or any son OF Massacbu-
sets, could take offensc, was a statement
that, AT the period when The emancipation
OF slavery took place in Massachusetts,. lit.
tie negroes were given away like puppies.
This is to'be found in her own historian
my colleague was quoting from him.
The Only other thing which he said was
that New England had bad a fugitive
slave law at some former period of her
history. The other Senator from Massa.
chusetts lMr. Wilson, denies that. I
have the evidence here. 1t is true it
might not apply to African slavery, but it
applied TO Indian slavery, which was the
same in principle. This is an extrac,
fron " the t.,tderacy Of the New Eng.
land colonies OF Massachusetts, Plymouth.
Connecticut, and New Haven, adopted
1913" This was just at the time when
some war--I think II was the Pequod
about to be undertaken. Ar
tcle fcur provides that the expenses of all
wars are TO be paid by contributions of
each colony, according to their polls; sand
according to their different charge ofeach
Jurisdiction or plantation, the whole ad
vantage OF the war, (ifit please God so t
bless their endeavours,l whether il be in
land, goods, or persons, shall be proper
tionaIly divided among the said confede.
rates"
In other words, all the lands thew