Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-05-10
SPEECH OF SENATOR WADE.

SPEECH OF SENATOR WADE.
Alta recent Republican meeting in New Jersey
Senator Wade made speech of which the follow
ing is extract
We we're told by every advocate of the compro
mise of 1850, that this question was seiueu, Una
it was finally adjusted that it should not be agttat
ed in Congress. They fancied they had put 1t t(
rest forever-t was talked of only ms hna!ity
Pierce's administration took up the matter, rejoic
ing that it had been settled and speaking OF II
only as an unchanSng compact ana VINO Woul1
passed awav it should be more rife than before
did not believe it finale. dld not con
slider it rght-and did not consider thatanythine
could be final that was unjust. (CheerS') men
NAV make their fnalities.a they may fancy thai
they have settled all questions that arc veXauous
and unhappy. and they will find that all human
things are changing aud progressive ana tnat inc
only fnalty is God Applause
On the Kansas bill We are beaten, we struggled
hard but in vain. ] remember how they caieu IL
popular sovereignty, they said the North might go
there and the South might 60, and the baiiot-box
was to decide whether the territory should be ded-
icated to slavery or freedom. care not ABOUT the
constitutionality unconstitutlonalty OF the MIS-
souri, Compromise, for was 1T not compromise
between the North and the South, and the honor,
Justice and interest of the South demanded that
she should hold her plightcd faith eternal. Ii II is
unconstitutional they should have discovered 1t
before the compact was entered INTO but' sir !.
is never safe to compromise with inlquitS,we ouGht
not to have done it. If the North hnd iougnt win
brave Bonton, the South was Just giving up the
point; o what great pity the Nortn ou @ nO' s'a"u "a
up with him and settle the point in ls2o. But
some think the only safety ia in giving up they
would give up everything to the South uht we De-
come, as they believe we are, natioh oi POI
troons
lam not very belligerent man. but would not
he forced from nv point from my faith Which OF
YOU would be bulied out of your point OF your rSh:
IF let him speak, for him have offended.
(cheers.) We have been told that we must not say
ANYTHING about this subject for it will raise ex-
citement and dissolve the Union. If ever l am
connected with government where cannot speak
for what is right, just and true. without dissolVlng
it, say let it go; it is not worth the keeping.
TGreat cheers, with several Kisses. Quite an eS-
element occurred here The cheers became almost
deafening after the misses had been heard. Voices
cried to the speaker, That is right" THAT is
right" "Go on" &C.. while others cried, Put
them (the hissers) out" "Put them out" After
silence was obtained the speaker continued.
Mr.. President | do net mean that any man shall
&c from here believing that argue for dissolution
of the Union. Nor am | very thin skinned or
easily frightened. say again, and repeat it,, II
there is great gigantic evil in our midst, and |
cannot stand up before the people,and speak plain
ly upon it, say, sir, there is something rotten IN
the Union, and it wants overhauling. Loud ap-
plause and cheers, with few hisses But say
there is such thing dissolution of the Union,
it is the greatest humbug tried to be played on
upon the people, since Blrnum showed his woody
horse. Laughter. The dissolution of the Union
who will dissolve it Cheers. l am. sr,a repub'
Iican and understand you are organizing arepub-
lican party here and, therefore, say to you, 1T is
no new doctrneit is the principle of our old repub-
lican fathers. | ask for nothing more, do not
contend for ono single inch beyond what all the
patriots of the revolution contended for. Ap,
plause.
This, sir, ought to say-I will say it whether
l ought or not, (laughter) that my father was a
soldier in the revolutionary army he was pri-
vate and soldier. He fought in almost every
battle from Bunker Hill to Yorktown ; he wore
himself out in the field, and left nothing for his
children but his principles. (Applause.)
His principles his conversations left strong i'm
preston upon my mind, and may God preserve me
from ever forgetting them. lApplause.) He was
advocate Of the principles of the Fathers. He
did not believe that those principles which the
Declaration of Independence had pronounced to be
sef-evident truths, were sell-evident lies. loud
applause And which of you, my friends, does !?
have heard it proclaimed upon the floor OF the
Senate of the United States, that that document
upon which all your institutions are founded, was
great lie, and without being rebuked by the dom
inent democratic party. (Cheers.) -.
Mr. President, ] do not like to say anything
offensive to any man. and think that every senti
ment that comes from me will be perfectly fitted to
the ear OF every American mere, Whetpcr hepupi-
can or not. j was recurring TO the great super
structure of the principles upon which our institu-
tons are based. Our Fathers warned us and indi-
Gated that it would be right frequently to recur to
them. They are the great polar star of our Re-
public, and the very moment you deny that every
man has not the right of life, liberty and the pur-
suit Of happiness that moment you become an ad-
vocate of despotism, (Applause.) lie who advo-
Gates that is the tool of despotism the most con-
temptible, and the very moment he has power to
trampe his neghbor under foot he will do it.
tell you they the great polar star of our nsti-
stitutions and every law that tries to deprive
man of these rights is cruel and unj ust law.
Those great men who dared to peril their lives,
their fortunes, and their sacred honor to maintain
their principles, believed them 10 be true. Zap
plause.) Had it not been from consciousness of
their truth, the American people could never have
gone through that sou-stirring trial. But latterly
there has been division. In the North these prin-
ciples have been fully acknowledged; in the South
thew have been alIy-whatever they may
have been theoretically y--disregard and trampled
under foot. Am / wrong when declare that it is
not safe for any man to go into all most any south
ern citt and proclaim these principles, that am
setting forth tc-night despotism is growinguP