The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-04-23

On the politics Of the country delivered in the House Of
Representatives April 7, 1856.
The House being in Committee of the Whole on the state
Of tbe Union
Mr. KElTT said
Mr. CHAmaAS The Nebraska vendetta il acconpIishca
The weird orchght which giared upon the fasfoa band
hsre 70 sap and mine the constitution revealed imp
eahe dlseordanL factions. Week after week fearful
spectacle rose before The Suuth for two months saw
me controlling party in section OF the coaederaey
parayng ie government ia iis struggle to obtain the
mastery In the popular branch or Congress in order 10 de-
vote s powers TO her destruction Ia that struggle fanA
isla bas niunphEd It's leader after lying in state for
weeks 70 sight Of the Speakers desk has ct last been gall
yanzed into the Speakers chair His cold finger excited
BY abolition electricity, has wandered srouud the dial
plate and now points 10 the stroke Of and
vile insurrecon In charity the curtain drop on this
scene IN the drama let cloud and darkness descend
But sir another actor appears upon the stage. While
the scene-shiers arranging for the subsequent
dent 10 creeping through the ntersiiees and wrgglng
forward 70 the foot-ights the member from Indiana
Mr. CoLFAx With face trained in the mirror Of free-so
morality, be waves Cuba from him with one hand but
with the other syy clutches after the British possessions
IN North America What spectacle here rises view
The member from Indiana, and his party, with mailed
hand would tear from Great Britain her possessions in the
North but at the moment they would gladly her
enbated navies thunder along your southern coasts and
her flag float detauy yonder southern island while
negro mob shouted around the chariotwheels of British
authority Az they would bring African barbarism where
civilization planting her memorials they would bring
stey where Heaven has scattered tropical fertility and
they would do this because there is there that pneu-
erty in the dirt which make free SOIL
And these are the men whom of the South bade
to call brethreat With their blood warmed into inso-
lence with the trumpet of philanthropy their gozng
down upon the South like army with banners" they
come TO set their 10 do It's work and seal her
overthrow with havoc and conhagration. Between the
South and these men there must be To the demo
cratic party and TO conservative the North and 10
their representatives here-and such there are-who
acting with, but not Of the fusion party ! would
and fa-
naticism know it has already darkened the northern
mind and is fast usurpng the northern conscience bat
the struggle must be made and the sacrifices incurred
Better adventure upon the pers Of unknown
upon dead nGfsTsf In emergencies bold men triumph
Any can peas for the market tbs only the hero
who can SOW the dragons teeth where they spring up
armed men
Sir there Is confusion all around us-in foreign
well as domestic affairs At this point wish TO make
remark two upon foreign relations However
and threatening the complications NAV 10 be- they
are with cautious diplomacy, susceptible Of disen-
tangement and pacific solution The complications
pervened by the expedition Of Walker against Nicaragua
present the gravest embarrassment but they may be
tied by time and wise of Against England
have no chronic hostility and if she pracses but prop
er abstinence from intermeddng with legitimate and
peculiar relations would do her only deeds of kindness
and good will Totering under pressure of debt
roded with TAXATION rife with discomfort and with her his
torc gores partially ecsed and her best blood drench-
ing foreign soil il requires great stretch Of imagins-
ton to her in the future turning for aid and
cor. The spectacle will be in the history Of the
America like old Edpus blind and bleeding resting up
on the arm Of Antigonel .. ..a
Tidngs have reached us that peace viii be patched up
in the Paris conferences May the in the
drama be continental leagae Of desposm against eonst-
tatioaa and representative government free trade and
free press which win crush Great Britain and bring back
the middle ages upon Earupe unless Great Britain and the
United states form alliance entente e0rGais blockade
every continental port sweep every vessel from The
waters capture every merchantmen, and oppressed
nstonsiiies the assertion Of their rghts7 But how
this be done while Great Britain and majority Of the
States Of the Union regard The African oppressed
nonAlity, and spad enough 70 think that they
make him the equal OF the Teuton the Cel the Save and
the Magyar Sir, the middle ages may nia Dsu'
l tEaerra
As grave and fruitful in speculation as these topics are
cannot press them now for must turn TO domestic Is
sues. Events erowding around as big with tn,
destiny OF the republic Cast your eyes the field
battle In the next presidential election Many flag which
IN other days stopped down upon the field when the
fortunes Of the fight roughe have been whed
amid the rage Of political STRIFE Borne II thre,
hags seen via the democratic blackrePublcAn, and
knou-Dothing Gags The party which bears the latter
may dismiss with single remark It's platform il
Of verbage nspides crudtes hatuent professions and
imPaPabe abs,rActonS However respectable in chArActs
and talent IL Is too incoDsderable in numbers to be
than shrrnishilg party upon the held 0f battle.
Fading each other then the democratic aud black
republican banners and the question ia "Under which
haE To determine this let what inscriptions
upon the banners Upon the carried by the black
publicans are The restoration Of the Missouri restriction
the abolition Of the interstate slave trade the rejection
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peal Of the fugyessve law Thus il will be that
all differences 0f opinion merged into Rnslavery hate
and that all sections OF party rallied crusade against
the South Under the Plea Of justice this party commits
frAud and Il grins Indignantly from behind the mask o
religion. This psry has rrsorted to the Missouri Com.
promise lever with which to turn the mind and
conscience of the North and this hall IL still re-echoing
the cries Of volaied faith and disregarded oompActs7
vii strip this issue OF false and iactitious
and what section reeks with violated faith.
in 1920 Missouri authorized TO form State cousti.
I tution- The act 10 as follows:
sBs .~rcssd 6c That the inhabitants Of hafportion Of
The hour Territory to be- and they hereby author
ired form for Themselves constitutions aud State govern
ment and 70 such they shah deem proper
and the ssd STATE hea fOHsa shall be admitted into the
Union upon equs footing with the original States in ali
respects whstever."
In conformity this tbe inhabitants Of the TERRITORY
Of Missouri did sorm constitution and State govern
ment and heu orped did apply for admission into the
Union The North then rejected her. Why7 Had she
not q right be admitted Let the facts answer The
~ Of Missouri 10 @form constitution and State govern
ment the very words used ia the author
hing The inhabitants Of the Territories Of Ohio Indiana
Illinois, Alabama and Mississippi form constitutions
ton put upon these scis by tho several Congresses whom
they amensblc2
Let as take the case Of Ohio The construction IA ouna
in preamble the provide for the due execution
Of e laws Of the United Sstes within tie State of Ohio
which reces that the people Of the eastern division Of the
Of Norsber 1904 form for Themselves constitution aud
government and did give the said State
Of the State of Ohio ksby Tho ssid S Aas boo0s g
ne Tpasd &rfss" Thus have the solemn decision Of
Of the United States without any further act by the
Legislative body The construction put upon the
whereby Indiana, Illinois Alabama and Mississippi
formed their constitutions and became States Of the United