Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-01-23

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would suggest that, instead o. using ErsHs ana
phsnses upon whth ds0tfent indiyiduais may
pisce Different considerations We should spssk Of
principle. Instead ~ using soch terms 81 Demo
emf sd Whs3. Know Noshink ana Frce-soiler,
We should uss langnage expressing the sentiments
and psincspsea held by different men. If We viii
CONF e shs4. We shall hnd that We are moi halt
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ING 70 the yers Of each individual who listens 70
our remarks.
ana there ~ another point to shich wish most
respectfully 70 reply. Yesterday We listened 70
various remarks coming from different parts 81
the Han from gentlemen from dinercnt parts Of
the Union, but ~ having distinctive reference to
The North and south. ssr, that u distinction
which no nsn ever heard come IRON my lips IL
upon principle. enduring, eternal unfolding
principle, that place my whole, my entire NOR
81, political. ana religious being. have no re-
gard for PARTIES nor for sections, for they mean
noth,ng. u aruck me, when my Pennsylvania
ircnds upon my night MI. Jones' and he upon
my ieh ~. Allison were speaking this morning,
tnaf, they had spoken Of principle, instead OF
parfy, they would have found that there Was very
liisle difference bc1ween them; they would have
found common ground, upon which all could
stand together.
.aAad now speak OF this continual denuncis.
ton OF sectional views, and sectional feelings,
and sectional partaes they all come from party
which has been rrpudiated by the people OF the
country. They come from that minority OF sew
enty.f IN this House. And these are the gem
tleinen who propose here TO the majority OF the
House, that we shall resign and go home, II they
Will The proposition il unfair. We are doing
the work Of the country, for which Our cOnstitn-
cnts sent US here We are endcavoring to or
ganize this Honse; they are endeavoring to pre-
vent an organization. To illustrate my idea, !
siH remark thai am reminded Of the criminal
standing npOn the gailows, the rope fastened 10
the beam over his head and around his neck, the
drop on which he stands sustained by single
cord, which the sheriff stands ready with his
Ratchet to cut Now, says the criminal to the
sheriff, if you will resign, I will, and we will 60
home together, and appeal TO the peope!'-
IGreat lsnghter.] Gentlemen, let me tell you
that this Nebraska question has been tried be.
fore the American people, and judgment has
been pronounced upon your conduct. And now
your insenFibjity Of Your own condition re.
minds me Of theological wrter--I think 1t was
SwedcnborG who states that upon a certain
time he WAS entranced and carried to the other
world, where he met with class of fogy's spr.
its that had been In that world twenty, thirty,
and even forty years, but had not yet learned
that they were dead Shouts Of laughter
mention this for your Instruction. mention Il for
your edi6cation--iur your good hope you
will not forget Il, for really think It would be
more modest for you to reserve such PROPOSE
tons while you are inso small minority
again come home to gentlemen here who are
the professed advocates OF an institution, which
At the commencement of our Government, was
regarded by the fathers Of that day as limited
and sectional and which is now still more limited
and more cmphaticaliy sectional than twas then.
q. They had the boldness to avow their sentiments;
and, on a former occasion, when this House was
In great confusion, tossed about on this slave
question, like the WIVES of the mighty deep
amid the storm that dashed them into fury, when
oil the vitnpcration, and SANDER, and calumny
Of which mortal lips were capable, were hurled
at the devoted head of the Hon. John Quincy
Adams--thc old man eloquent recollect well
that he rose in his place, despite slayeholding de-.
traction and the contempt OF northern dough-
faces, and called on the Clerk to read the frst
paragraph of the Declaration of American indie
pcndence. now wish to refresh the minds OF.
my associates here with the principles of tina,
document, which was penned by the great author
of American Republicanisin, the apostle of Amer
lean Democracy II is tho first anti slavery doc
ument that ever read. II runs in this vein.
when, i'll thu course Of human events, il be-
comes necessary for one people to dissolve the
political bands which have bound them to anoth-
er, aud to assume among the powers of the earth
the separate and equal station to which the laws
of nature and OF natures God entitle them, de-.
cent respect to the opinions of mankind require
that they should declare the causes which inpel
them to the separation
What were thcys would put the question to
gentleman from Virginia, IMr. Smith, who with
knitted brow, cenched fist, and grating teeth.
denounced gentlemen from Massachusetts in Ian
gaage that would have better become some other
place than the Halls of Legislation With the
great apostle pf American republicanism. we Re-
puhlicans of this land "hold these truths to be
selfevidcnt--that all men are created eouaIn-
All men--not the high nor the low, the rich nor
the poor, the negro, the mulatto nor the white
but ali men Who boar thc ;maoo or CT
whose conn,cnance beams with ;mnSu,. ~ "ou'
"endowed" M, NV Tho prosa,,,, al.
not by the senate northe Hoss ~" ~ Pan n
hut .bv their Creator viii, ' sn,a eGmsIiuoh
rights thar among ,hssa ~ I me-, l,,aaenanle
pursuit Of happiness" e'' Wy NV A'e''s an' Tue
TO seeure these rights are
ers from the Consent NJ ,he ,m ora, 1as. pu"
whenever any form of rovern,nen, ha.nn.s ta 40
structire ofthese ends i, is tho r;ch, os tho ny
ple to alter or abolish /, and ~ ;ns,;,u,o ' peo
government, LAYING lis tounda,;on on snoh nr NV
ciples and organizing It's mowers in snch form mas as
~ and happiness ~ : = '> ''eA SUE
Now, lei me say to those rentlemen vbosro.l
of Renublicnnism that we haas SnS
is definition. Upon this rock the Rannh,i nan
church is built, and tho gates of Hell sha,i nn,
prevail apains, Il,
Mr.. Smith. of Virginia. wbv 10 Il ,b.. -.
,arty assumed tho name Of RennhEc,nss .ar
Mr. (,;da;nus pa,.ns. a.. .ss.