Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-05-24

ambition which would hesitate at nothirg;
hardihood of purpose which was insensible to
the judgment of mankind, madness for
Slavery which should disregard the Constitu-
ton, the laws, and all the great examples of
our history also, consciousness of power,
such as comes from the habit of power; a
combination of energies found only in hun
dred arms directed by a hundred eyes ; con-
troll of Public Opinion, through venal pens
and prostituted press an ability to subsi-
disc crowds in every vocation of life-the poll
itieian with his local Importance, the lawyer
with his subtle tongue, and even the author-
ty Of the judge on the bench; and familiar
use of men in places high and low, so that
none, from the president to the lowest border
postmaster, should decline to be its tool; all
: these things, and more, were needed; and they
were found in the Slave Power of our Repub-
lie. There, sir, stands the criminal all un"
masked before you-heartless, erasping, and
tyrannical-w an audacity beyond that of
Verres, a subtlety beyond that of Machiavel,
meanpess beyond that of Bacon, and an abil-
ity beyond that of Hastings. Justice to Kan
zas can be secured only by the prostraton of
this influence for this is the power behind
greater than any PRESIDENT which succors
and sustains the crime. Nay, the proceedings
l now arraign, derive their fearful consequence
only from this connection.
III now opening this great matter am not
insensible to the austere demands of the occa-
sion; but the dependence of the crime against
Kanzas upon the Slave Powe r is so peculiar
and important that | trust to be pardoned
while l impress it by an illustration, which to
some may seem trivial. 1t is related in Nor
thern mythology, that the god Of Force WIS.,
iting an enchanted region, was challenged by
his royal entertainer to what seemed a hum.
BILE feet of strength-merely, sir, to lift cat
from the ground. The god smiled at the chal-
lenge, and, calmly placing his hand under the
belly OF the animal, with superhuman strength,
strove, while the back OF the feline monster
arched far upwards, even beyond reach, and
one paw actually forsook the EARTH, until at
last the discomftted divinity desisted; but he
was little surprised at his defeat, when he
learned that this creature, which seemed to
be cat, and nothing more, was not merely
cat, but that it belonged to and was part of
the great Terrestrial Serpent, which, in its in
Vulnerable folds, encircled the whole globe
Even so the creature, whose paws are now
fastened upon Kanzas, whatever it may seem
to be, constitutes in reality part of the Slave
Power, which, with loathsome folds is now
coiled about the whole land. Thus do | ex-
pose the extent of the present contest, where
we encounter not merely local resistance, but
also the unconquered sustaining arm behind.
But out of the vastness of the crime attempt
ed, with all its woe and shame, L derive a
" ell founded assurance of a commensurate
vastness of effort against it, by the aroused
masses of the country, determined not only
to vindicate Right against Wrong, but to re.
deem the Republic from the thraldom of that
0lgarchv, which prompts, directs, and con-
ceutrates the distant wrong
Such is the Crime, and such the criminal,
which it is my duty in this debate 10 expose,
and, by the blessing of God, this duty shall
be done completely to the end. But this will
not be enough. The apologies, which, with
strange hardihood, have been offered for the
crime must be Brushed away so that II shan
stand forth, without a single rag, OF fig leaf,
to cover its vileness. And, finally, the true
rene must be shown. The subject is COM
pick in its relations, as it is transcendent in
importance; and yet, if am honored by your
attention, l hope to exhibit it clearly in all its
parts, while l conduct you to the inevitable
conclusion, that Kanzas must be admitted at
once, with her present Constitution, as a State
of this Union, and give new star to the blue
field Of our national flag. And here l derive
satisfaction from the thought, that the cause
is so strong in itself as to bear even the in
frmites of its advocates nor can it require
anything beyond that simplicity of treatment
and moderation of manner which [ desire to
cultivate. Its true character is such, that,
like Hercules, it will conquer just SO soon as
it is recognized
My task will be divided under three differ
ent heads: First, The Crime against Kanzas,
in its origin and extent; secondly, The Apol-
ogies for the Crime; and thirdly, The True
Remedy.
But, before entering upon the argument,
must say something OF the general character,
particularly in response to what has fallen
from Senators who have raised themselves to
eminence on this floor, III championship of
human wrongs; 1 mean the Senator from
South Carroll Ia, (Mr. Butler) and the Senator
from Illinois, (Mr. Douglass who though
unlike as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza,
yet, like this couple, sally forth together in
the same cause. The Senator from South
Carolina has read many DO ks of chivalry,
and believes himself chivalrous KIN ght, with
sentiments OF honor and courage. OF course
he has chosen a mistress to whom he has
made his VOWS, and who, though ugly to 9TH
ers is always lovely to him; though polluted
in the eyes of the world is chaste in his sight
Il mean the harlot, Slavery. For her his
tongue is always profuse in words. Let her
be impeached in character, or any proposition
made to shut her out from the extension of
her wantonness, and no extravaganza of man
ner or hardihood of assertion is then too great
Cor this Senator. The frenzy of Don Quixote
in behalf of his wench Dulcinea del Toboso,
is all surpassed, The asserted rights of Slave
ny, which shock equality of all kinds, are
cloaked by a fantastic claim of equality. Ii
the Slave States rannot enjoy what, in mock
cry OF the great fathers Of the Republic, he
mlsnamed equality under the Constitution
in other words, the full power in the national
territories to compel fellow men to unpaid
toll to separate husband and wife, and to sell
little children at the auction block-then, sir,
the chivalric Senator will conduct the State of
South Carolina out of the Union Heroic
knight Exalted Senator A second Moses
come for second Exodus
But not content with this poor menace,
which we have been twice told was "meaS-
ured," the Senator, in tie unrestrained chiv-
airy of HIS nature, has undertaken to apply
opprobrious words to tfose who difIur from
him on this floor He calls them " sectional
and tanatical;" and opposition to the usurpa.
ton i'll hanzas, he denounces as "an uncal-
eulating ianaticism " 10 be sure. these
charges lack all grace of originality, and all
sentiment Of truth but the adventurous Sem
ator does not hesitate. lie is the uncompro-
missing, unblushing representative on this
floor of fragrant seotiohalisnt, which now
domineers over The Republic, and yet, with
| ludlcrous Ignorance OF his own position--un-
| able 10 see himself az others see him-or with
an eifrontery which even his white head ought
not to protect from rebuke, he applies to those
here who resist his sectioaaiisn the very epithet
which designates himself. The men who