Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-12-18

| the mast head. i know not what banners NAV
have been reared, nor by what hands but
undertake to Say that if any banner was dis
played throughout the whole length and breadth
of this COnfederacy, from the Aroostook to the
Rio Grande, or from the Atlantic to the Pa
cifc, with such an inscription, it found no re-
| sponSe IN the heart Of tile american Democracy
That mere neighborhood politicians should
have put up such banner is barely possible
Mark yon, | say, barely possible" 1t is much
more likely they were up by men in Disguise
men like the fellow in Kentucky, of whom a
personal friend of mine in the other House told
an anecdate. Being of low degree and of bad
habits himself, he courted most excellent girl
She was neither pretty nor rich and being q
dashng blade, he was asked by friend why
he courted this lady His friend said to him.
" She has no money, and is not pretty you
certainly do not mean to marry her" He re-
piled, q will marry her, but not for love and
not for money, but just to disgrace her fami-
ily." Laughter. That banners of this sort
may have been put up by the enemy, to dis
grace the Democratic family, is possible but
that they were put up 10y any man who has
true genuine Democratic Buchanan and Breck-
inrdge spirit in his heart, is not possible. 1t
may have been done by men who voted the
ticket, but they were men who belonged rather
to the school of the Senator from Massachu-
setts, than that to which tou Mr.. President,
and belong
Mr.. TRUMBULL. Mr. President, if |
supposed that this message was aimed simply
at a few Abolitionists in the North who wish
as it. is said, to interfere with the existing in
stitution of slavery, | certainly should not give
it any of my attention. Not only the Presi-
dent, but Senators here, may abuse the A6oli-
tlonlStS as roundly as they please, and they will
never find me defending them on any occasion.
But this document, cmanating from the Chief
Magistrate of the nation, here on the first davs
of the session, has thrust upon US the slavery
question, the agitation of which the Senator
from Virginia seems to deprecate He speaks
of Senators aSitating this question. Could he
expect otherwise than that Senators would
agitatc the question which the President of the
United States makes the leading and promi-
ncut question of his message? Did he expect
that we should be still here when message was
read protesting to give a historical account of
the recent canvass and the recent election,
which misrepresented them totally? | shall
not go into an argument to prove here that the
great party which has swept the North, and !
SOY ll'H SNt pI INC IDldlCS WHICH lIe DcutlGIUdU
has designated as having sustained Mr. Buch-
anap, entertain no views hostile to the Union
or the Constitution, or that they do not wish
to interfere with slavery in any of the States
of this Union. They adopted platform they
inscribed upon it their principles they pub
llShed it to the world, and every man can read
it. \ part of that platform is that the rights
of the States, the union of the States and the
Constitution of the country, must and shall be
preserved. That is our creed. VIII YOU tell
us that We want to interfere with the rights of
the States! 1ou impute to us that which we
have solemnly declared we are opposed TO.
| think it is just such remarks as those to
which we have now listened from the Senator
from Mississippi, that are alternating one Sec
tion of the Union from the other He is ar
grIing here to show that the northern sentiment
wishes to interfere with the institutions of the
South. Does the Senator desire that state of
things? Why does he seek to faStcn on US
sentiments and opinions which we diSclam and
disavow? lie asks why we did not dsavow
this at the time in the North We did it at
the outset we did it everywhere, ana on all
occasions
But sir, this meSSage-and | shall not now
take time to discuss its various positions-con-
tans the most unwarrantable assumptions as
to fact, and it states conclusions of law not sus-
tanned by the authorities. The President of
the United States undertakes to say that the
Missouri compromise, the act of 1920, under
, which Missouri came into the Union was OBJ
Soletc and was unconstitutional Where did
he get the authority for saying so The Su-
premc Court of the United States has said in
so many words, that in regard to the Terrific
rieS of the United States Congress possesses
all the powers both of the Federal and STATE
governments as to n State That is the lam
guagc of the Supreme Court of the L. States
Is it denied by any body that the Federal and
State governments together have authority to
keep slavery out Of State.
Mr. CASS | should like to hear that dc.
cision read | never saw it,
Mr. TRJ MBULL. 1t is in the first vol
umc of Peters Reports. | desire the pages to
bring it to me from the Library. Never has
it been said by the Supreme Court-no such
decision can be found-that Congress had not
authority to exclude slavery from the Tcrrto-
rieS ! have now the book for which | sent.
| | do not know, however, that | shall be able
to turn TO the decision at once | ask my
! friend from Connecticut Mr. FOSTER to oblige
me hv looking for it, When it is found shall
furnish it to the Senator from Michigan, and
shall he very glad to hav him read it and pom
der on it | hope it will convince him.
| Much of the Presidents message is taken
up with discussion as to the equality of the
States and the rights of the States The Scna-
| tor from New Hampshire has well exposed this
portion of the message in commenting on that
part Of it which processes to set forth what was
| enttloJ Inv tho alnutio,, 1N,o DrociInOt
says ..z-.-.
The people of the United States have asserted the
stuonal equality of each and all of the States OF the
!, Union States
Did anybody dispute it ? The messagcpro-