New-York daily tribune., 1856-06-03
ready 10 commit it by violating The Cont .Atisn
Tahe the following specimen:

lPstl: but after be found the indignation it Invoked
upon his bead and heard the aenunciatons hurled at
him from every quarter and saw the smile OF scoIn
that play ed upon every face he shrunk from the words
he uttered, and endeavored to make an instrument OF
the Reporter Of this body TO shield him from the infamy
which be deserved.
Now. Mr. President I have few more words TO
say which utter with didence 10 older Senator'S on
this floor. We have no means of preventing these vlo
lat0ne Of the dignity and propneties OF the Senate
There is no penal statute which can reach man VINO
only avows his willingness to commit crime. But, let
me ask, suppose a private citizen however wealthy
and well born, however highly cultivated his mind,
however great his talents, rich his requirements
should openly avOw a readiness TO commit moral per-
jury; should day by day evince disposition to nsfi;
gate other men to crime which, from want OF personal
courage, he did not dare perpetrate himself; should
daily encourage other TO violate the rights OF hs
neighbors to steal their property, to kidnap their
slaves and to refuse to return them; should dahy as
ss the feelings of his neighbors by wan.on rude and
uncaed for assaults upon their characters and when
rebuked for it the harshest, most offensive and op
probrious language, Ike the spaniel should quietly
or resent the insult-a sneaking, snuous snake.hHe
poroon who would violate all the rights OF associates
or fri nds, ard never make reparatlon or acknow-
edge his enor,. and who held himself IRE
spopsible to all law, feeling the obligation
Leiher Of the Divine law, nor of the law of the land
nor Of the law of honor; ask you, how would such
miscreant be treated Why, if you could not reach
lin with the arm of the municipal law, if you could
10 Coventry. You would exclude him from the pale
of society; you would neither extend TO him the cour
tesiss that are shown gentlemen, nor permit hlm 70
offer such 70 you You would make him feel that ne
was stunned ike leper and oathea like hthy rep
tile And you would soon render him as impotent Tor
evil az he was d-ir cned for good Such characters
though rare. may be found and have oeen known' i
can give from memory, the general outlines OF one
portrayed by Mr.. Dickens, in his novel, DAVID Cop
peifelc- that Uriah Heap. irish was mean, yet
afgt cted honor was malignant, yet ieigned oeheVo
| nInd
| stiga.ed others to violence he dared not commit,
vet assumed an air Of meekness; suggested crimes
and melted Others TO their commisson yet pore hlu'
self with studied amenty OF manners, ana cuo'e eA
nrfssiops of bepignitv We have such character on
his floor. | have suggested our means of rebuking,
if We cannot silence him; of disabling, II we cannot
d arm him. Ii we cannot check ln1lv1duat aouses,
we nay preserve the dignity OF this body Ii we can
not restrain or prevent this eternal warfare upon the
| feelings and rights of Southern gentlemen, we may
| rob the serpent Of his fangs We can paralyze Ms
Influence by placing him in that nadir OF social degrl,
| cation which he merits am surprised, repeat,
ain surprised that honorable men, but especially oouh
EN- men should far forget their rights, end those OF
their constituents and their duties to hem as wen as
to themselves. as to lend any countenance 10 such
| character as have portrayed"
| Mallory followed after Clay much in the same
style.
Mr.. Sumner then delivered the well known and
triumphant speech-One of the chief masterpieces
of American eloquence-beginnirg as follows:
"Since had the honor of addressing the Senate two
Jays ago. various Senators have spoken Among these
several have alluded to me in terms clearly beyond
the sanctions of parliamentary debate. vi tns l
make 10 complaint though for the honor OF the Senate
at least, it well that it were otherwise IL "
them il seems ft, courteous, parliamentary,
ITO uup.ck the heart with words.
Ard fall scursins ikeaYery
;,t yitb tha wi
find in such exposure of themselves. They have GER
tsnly given us n taste of their characters. Two OF
them the Senator from South Carolina Buter who sits
immediately before and the Senator from virginia
| Mason who sits Immediately behind me, are not
yourg Their heads are amply crowned by time
They did rot speak from any ebullition of youth, but
from the confirmed temper of age. 1t is melancholy
as tLey are 1t charitable to believe that they
| are in reality better than they show themselves.
q think Sir that | am not the only person this
floor who, in lately listening to those two seconh-
dent champions OF the peculiar fana,csm OF the South,
reminded Of the striking words of Jefferson pctur-
! ing the rfuence of Slavery, when he says: The
ia perpetual exercise of the most bosterous pas
si0ns, the most unremiitDg de-polism on the one
part, and degrading submission on the other. The
man must be prodigy who can retain his manners
and morals undepraved by such circumstances. No
body who witnessed the Senator from South Caroline
and the Senator from Virginia in this debate will place
| either of them among the prodigies' described by
have seemed, in the characteristic fantasy of the mo-
| nent, plantation well stocked with slaves, over
which the lash of the overseer had free swing Sir
gives me no pleasure to cay these things. 1t is not
according to my nature. Bear witness that | 90 It
only in just selfdefense against the unprecedented
sau,s and provocations of this debate. If Senator'S
expect by any ardor of manner or by any tyrannica
frOwn, TO shake my fixed resolve, they expect vain
thing
Thus for We have cited The Congressional Globe
.1olo 4
we omit to copy here the following statement from
Tie LouisrHe Journal, which, we dare say, is none
the less faithful for giving some incidents which
The Globe is wont to withhold from the public:
ave happened 10 be in the Senate Chamber near
the close OF the last session of Congress during of
the night dscussios of all manner Of Slavery questions
Judge Butler, who is reaav gentleman of many fine
and generous personal qualities, had become exceed.
bgly elaed from frequent visits to the Senatorial
restaurant. Summer was making a severe speech
that evidently Tad reference TO the forcible expu
sion Of Mr. Hoar, q venerable citizen of Massa
cLusetts, from the limts of South Carolina but he
Gid not mention South Cardinals name. Mr.. But
Ter Interrupted him by asking in fierce tone, Does
he mean South Carolina Sumner proceeded without
noticing the interruption. Il demand, exclaimed
Butler starting again to his feet, whether nc means
South Carolina for, if be does, let him say So and
will give him something TO make him remember me
{ and South Carolina as long a. he lives Sumner
still proceeded quite imperturbably, besowing no at
tenon upon his excited opponent just in front of him.
= Does he mean South Carolina ? calculated Butler
for the third time. 'Yes, do mean South Carolina
thundered Sumner, with spirit than we had
thought an AbOltionist could possess. lie finished
bis speech without any further interruption, and Butler
rose TO reply but the fine old South Carolina gentle
man was too far gone TO be haf equal to the tremen-
dous occasion"
Without pursuing thi. Congre ssona history fur
tier, We have certainly produced enough proof
that for saveholdiDg Senators, after their conduct