New-York daily tribune., 1856-02-26

~ tkose Of cur destitute who are lent there very
accessible 10 these two reasons expect pos,Ss
nan 10 have my position misrepges tel MSS'PeD
ne elssge that have cast impustions on The Peor
nan. Bat here expressly direIeim IL. ny s % Ill.,
ssts wsuld not believe such charge were ,hls House
10 make it, for they know me, ana kn"" 'h1' h1'e
ever been the poor mans fneDo'
Mr.. Crook, in opening the debate, had made
rpeeeh in favor Of the bill, described in the re-
pert as q ,tirring appeal, sometimes pathetic,
.suetimes patriotic, and not little "in6amms-
hu." Its leading ideas are stated TO have been
hat the golden moment for securing Kansas was
pew at hand; that the apple was ripe, inviting the
hand TO pluck it; and that it would be the mad
asst infatuation to neglect SO glorious an oppor-
tunity 10 secure for the South splendid territory
The Abelitionists and Free Sellers received full
share Of this eloqsence, and the speech concluded
with the poetic perOraton:
"strisei fer your altar. and yoSI srs''
sniie, & the green graves Of your 're'.
Mr.. Haris. on the other hand, was for applying
10 the bin "the cold, stern and rigid logic OF
ststesmanship.' He wanted no "Buncombe
speeches"-no "clap-trap harangues." lie ad-
mitted that We had "fallen on troublous times,
but thought it best to be calm, and be ready TO
"trim our sails" though it might be necessary to
do IL "smid the crash Of tbunders and by the
"nshtning's glare" Mr.. Harris isasensIble man.
He has no idea of losing the vessel. He is ready
to "trim his sails according the wind sets, and
Unnecessary, we dare say to take them in alto
xether and TO run before the gale under bare poles.
But with all his GOODNESS and craftsmanship, when
Il becomes necessary, be too, cSn reel of the
rhetoric. Take the following conclusion OF his
speech, which we give as curious specimen oil
what, in Georgia, as in fact throughout the South
they esteem to be eloquence:
"sir il does not become me to approach the vesti-
bue Of that temple where lie enshrned the immortal
ashes OF the great Calhoun; yet, pigrim-lke, may
stand afar OF and gaze upon the monument that
towers over him. The South Is now beginning TO
learn his worth. He talked to you Of concurrent ma
jortss TO obviate and cOunterbalance ma0rties nu-
nencal; but you laughed him 10 scon Now you
propose, by violating and outragng that comfy which
should prevail between State and State, to accomplish
what he would have accomplished by an equitable ad-
justment Of power Sir, dissect the proceedings OF
your National Congress up to very recent PERIOD
What do they show They tell you that the Amen-
can Union toters TO its fall. Who Is there here, that
like Sampson in his blind dotage, wOad embrace the
columns Of that glorious fabric, and at one blow pre-
cipitate its fall Sir the shadow rapidly advances on
the dialthe clouds approach the zenith and threaten
10 overwhehn us. Our policy should he to strengthen
ourelves-to build up our literary institutions, our
manufactures, and our internal improvements. And,
but few days since, urged this course upon this
House; but the vast considerations before you then
were trampled under foot like pearls before swine
Yet now a proposition is before you TO send from your
borders the very bulwarks and rampars OF your State
Sir, the times are gloomy. Empires and Kingdoms
and principates about to part in sunder and the
universal heart Of man trembes for fear
"'How little do we know that which we are
How less what shall be The eternal surge
Cur bubbles the old burst emerge,
Lsshed from the foam Of ages
While the graves OF empires heaye
But asa passing wave
"Let us be calm and prudent--wise as serpent,
but gentle as o dovei'
In q second speech Of Mr.. Crooks in favor OF
the bill, he showed how little was to be hoped
from private contributions, and at the same time
betrayed q curious ignorance and confusion Of
IDEAS as to the real state Of things in Kansas. We
give it as reported:
cit is idle to talk about meeting this great question
BY private efforts. | hold in my hand letter from
Col. Lomax of Columbus the secretary Of the Mus
.eogee Emigrant Aid Society He says: Pass your
bill If you cam if not all is los In this rich, iu-
'teliCent Southern city we have been able TO raise
'but s95o." Now, Sir, hold it idle to talk longer Of
appeals to the people. In reply to the gentleman
G,iu Musoogee who dwelt NJ long upon nOnnterveu.
ton, would Say that he would be right but for one
thing. There has already been intervention Shall
We meet il with interventOnl The 0rtgtaG! settlers
Kansas TeTe IT0- 0-StdreTy men. LuOrtr are
ing to change the institutions under which they have
20 long lived and which they prefer. already, By
foal means has Territorial GOucrRmeAt been estdJ-
hsked rhich ose people the original settlers dsspSe
asd aIkOr. Massachusetts is daily pouring her le
yions into Kansas. Intervention has already COM
menced. Aye, Sir, the borles of Aboitonsts have
already laid their unhOy hands upon the sacred pillars
Of the Georgia platform. They tremble meath thor
sacrilegious touch. But strange to say, who stand
upon the structure feel trembling Of its solid foun-
datoBs-the sentinel gives no alarm. hold, Sir, that
the time has come and is for this promised aud
pledged resistance. The time for talk bss past 'Ac-
ton must be now watchword. Let Georgia then
pass this bill. Fourteen sister States Will follow her
example, and many days a million of dollars
will be raised for the defense of Southern rights and
eur bones and 6resdess"
Nor is the ignorance displayed by the calm aud
philosophic Mr.. Harris scarcely less astonishing:
"Now, Mr.. Speaker, what does this bill call upon
Georgia 10 do To enter, Sir, into g contest with
Massachusetts, cho Is eptying her poorhouses Of
dice and foreign paRpers into Xmas. Can We
maintain such contest 7 Should stooP 10
III Ia il wise policy to do so l hold
cees and oAer machinery Of caakerIRg sore, Wk.ch
. preying upon her ritais. But we, by the adoption
of this policy send away bone and sinew--poor |
men, Il may be, but men whose hearts are honest |
men true ss steel-men whom we may depend in
the troublous times which loom up before us Gentle
men have alluded 10 coming crisis. They tell Us |
that clouds are rising and the horizons verge is
shrouded in darkness. Sir, II is melancholy truth.
The Union in danger, and it begins TO shudder and
txemble with the coming peril. Is this then, the time
for depopusting Georgia No Sir, mo- Let us keep |
men here. II they need sustenance wrench from |
out. IL they need labor embark in that great system of
which has been uroed unou you