Minnesota weekly times., 1856-11-22
ElOquence.

The following speech is from the Hon. A.
Bingham, of Ohio. 1t is said to have produced
thrilling effect upon the House. We can well
conceive that it would do this. The records of
Parliamentary eloquence in this country furnish
few finer passages. Mr.. Bingham is speaking of
the ''bloody code" of Kansas:
''Aye. sir, Congress is to abide by this statute,
which makes it felony for a citizen to utter or
publish in that territory anything calculated to
induce slaves to escape from their masters. Hence
it would be felony there to utter the strong words
of Aigernon Sydncy-''Resistance to tyrants is
obedience to Coda felony to say with Jeffer-
son. 81 have sworn upon the altar of my God
eternal hostility to tyranny in every form oyer the
mind and body of man''-a felony to utter there
In the hearing of Il slave, upon American soil be-
meath the American dag, the words of fame which
shook the storm soul of Henry, "Give me liberty
or give me dcath'-a felony to read in the hear
ing of one of these fettered boudmcn the words of
the Declaration. "All men are born free and
equal, and endowed by their Creator with the
same inalienabe rights of life and liberty''-a
felony to utter those other words, blazing in let
ters of living light the great written charter of
our National Government, ''We, the people of
the United States in order to establish JUSTICE"
the attribute of God, and 'sto liberty" the
imperishable right of man, do ''ordain this Con-
stitution"--a felony to harbOr or aid slave es-
dom in its hight-a felony to shelter the houseless,
and to clothe the naked, to feed the hungry, and
to help him that is ready to perish - a felony to
give to the famishing cup of water in the name
of our Master. Oh sir, before you hold this
enactment binding upon an American Congress-,
tear down that banner OF freedom that floats
above US, Tor stirring "reminiscences linger in its
folds, and the stars upon its field of azure
have CLEANED upon the field of s'poised BATTLE"
where the earthquake fire led the charge, and
where American virtue and American valor main
tanned the unequal conflict against the mighty
power of British tyranny and oppression. Before
you hold this enactment to be law, burn our i'm
mortal Declaration, and our free-written Consti-
tuition, fetter our free press, and finally penetrate
the human soul, and put out the light of that
dcrstanding which the breath of the Almighty
hath kindled.
SIMPLIciTy.-A neighbor of ours not long since
introduced to his son, about six years of age, a
little brother who had just arrived in this world
which all agree in abusing but none like to part
with, even in exchange for better. The boy
looked at his infant brother in some little per-
plexity, and then raising his eyes 10 his father,
inquired sew here did you get it ?'' "Boucht
him, my son. said the father, with laudab:e gra-
witty. Again the boy looked at the baby, and
after short time asked. ''why didn't YOU pick
out white one, father ?" - Albany Kn;cker-
booker.
CURIoUs FEELINc.-Sallie Jones says that when
she in love she felt as if she was in tunnel
with train of cars coming both ways.
Jimicks says that when he was first in love he
felt as if he were being hung-and had cat in
his hat and peck of humble bees under his
waistcoat. Jimicks knows the symptoms.
Juiana says that she fclt-oh my-as if she
were in a bower of moonbeams sinking in a bath
of efulgent honey beneath blaze of balmy stars
to the tune of slow music.