New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-21
FROM WASHINGTON.
Mr. SUMMERS SPEECH.

sun,.,. He tpoke three hours withou. finishing,
AID was a.tentivey listened to throughout BY a
crowded audience, Mr.. Summer has given long and
hboricus attention 10 the composition ef this pro-
a~stiop and i. viii raise his already elevated repu
t.tion. He made a number Of happy hits In INC
,.surse Of bs remarks, and mis- defense and eApo''
Non Of Tie Emigrant Ala Association, ana a'soci"
Eve enterprises in general, was parHou'AiP '"s
and complete. Hisfecling tribute 70 M '''a'".'o''0
-. ,,.nou.ced amid breatbless attention. aoc "a'
nv, Sne in composition and rhetoricai enec''
,,.,,. .,,iou. 10 watch the manner IN winch
~ c.r,rsr,s sort was receivee. At the begin
= -hen everybody else WAS listening very at
~eptiyely. Mr.. Mason of Virginia, Mr.. Douglas,
~, Toucey and Mr.. ToOmbs took to writ
;.s letters with wonderful Industry, all
s~enipgly very intent upon the subject matter of
tAeir epistolary correspondence. They, hewever,
veooyered from their fit Of letter-writiag after
while, and became quite natural as the speech
went on. Then, again. quite number Of the
Pro slsyery men undertook at various intervals
10 show their indifference to the course Of Mr..
Summers argument, or their disapprobatiOn Of the
boldness Of his remarks, by talking in the Chamber
in such way as to compel the presiding officer
several times to call them to order. Once, indeed,
Mr. Sumner himself stopped, and called on the
Sergeant-at-Arms to preserve quiet. In this nall
way the antagonists of Mr. Sumner prefer to meet
and treat him. The interruptions, to be sure,
amounted to nothing; but they disclosed the spirit
of venomous hostility which Slavery everywhere
exhibits towards free speech. Ten miles from
this city in any direction Mr.. Sumner would
not be permitted to talk in the way he
did to-day without being a victim to Lynch
law. 1t is hard for the Slavery men to be decent
in conduct while listening TO sentiments which they
would not permit the expression Of at home with
out counsellng the doom of death upon the speaker
and for the utterance Of which his life would GER
tainly be taken without stopping for judge or
Jury. Indeed one Southern Senator to-day de-
clsred that if he could have his way he would hang
Sumner on the spot. Such is the miserable con-
ditisn of things in this Republic, and such the
violent antagonitm Of our system. 1t was impOs-
sible to help asking oneself while Mr.. Sumner was
hurDg his denunciations uponthe vilaines practiced
under its inspiration, Of what use is it to
sssail even the damnable proceedings of the con-
spiratOrs against Freedom in Kansas before this
body, so large q majority of which is composed of
the very high priests of Slavery Or why waste
time or breath In appealing to its members for
justice or even decency toward that devoted and
unhappy Territory What better is it than preach
ing against sin in the lower regions, or appealing to
the devil to set up Sunday y-school in pandemo
mum Why inyeglh against the ruthless, tyranni-
cal, and infamous efforts to make Kansas Slave
State to men who mean to see it baptized in the
blood and the FIRE of the deep desolatiOn of civil
conflict sooner than move one inch toward rescuiug
It from its invaders and oppressors' One casnOt
contemplate the question without feeling that the
battle must be fought another field. 1t is
before the people Of the Free States face to face
that the question Of Kansas and the story Of her
wrongs and the infinite turpitude of her betrsyers,
should be and must be presented aud considered.
And there ii should be determined whether the
proceedings complained of should be submitted TO-
IL the people Of the Free States shall say aye to
that then let them hug their chains and prepare
for that further debasement which will be at once
their due and their doom. But il they say no, then
let the energy of this expression of their determ
nation be so pronounced as to shake the pollution
from the skirts of every branch of the Government
The Free States can save themselves and save the
Territories if they will, But they also, and they
alone, can throw all away, install the Slave power
in seat from which even they cannot eject it,
and crown it King over South and North alike. 1t
is for them to say what they will do in this great
crisis Of the national fate.
OF course, Mr.. Summers speech is full, compre-
hensive, well rounded, and embracing every aspect
of the great question he discusses. What he has
not said to-day he will say tomorrow. He will
soon be followed by Mr.. Wade, whose radical
views are well known, but who is yet in no psrsc-
nlar in advance of the temper Of the times. Ohio
has in him spirit worthy of the hour which hangs
over the nation. s. p.
In the House on Monday, Mr. KEITr of South
Csrolns, moved a suspension Of the rules to eaable
him TO introduce the following resolution:
Reed (the Senate eoneurrns tAceia,l That the Presl
pro teupOIe senate aud Speaker
sssoD day Of August noIt at e oloei asSats1
The House refused to suspend the rulcs-ioas e.,
Nays 77--as follows:
YEAs-MesrS Allen, B.i.'Le, Becoct, Br,ucs. broom,
SsdysadeT Cs,ne SGsS Of Gee & CSSs Of Ma Cox C5sSe
Flessnee Foster Fus Of Pa 9'oode oreewOca Harris Of
nd Hstss Herbert HGamsn lone: Of Tsnn 'sss, St Pa
Ky H. Marshall Of Ky, Marshall OF H.. MeOasen ht'et Of
Ina Paine Peet, Phslps rSryesr Rishara,Dn vs Rghs
@aisms' s's ISsISw Wright ef Ms. .nd wrsa Of Tenn
.0rsA,.s sss stsasssw Brsniou Brainton campssu OF
Penn Campbell OF Ohio ChaGee. CeaS, Crasa, CambAsk
Denro De Detsoh pSSS q 'linS. scrt Grsass