Demoine courier., 1856-01-17


threaten i that they ssal! not desolve i.
II has been cemen'ed by tho bio ID Of gu
fathers who fought for iis es ablsshnsn.
We are hound 10 maintain II by all IN,
obllg tiions that bind men, and we mear
to do il. Threaten It's dissolution. rel,
crate II as oit.n as you please, and W,
meet you with a stern front and nm wa.
verIng resolution tina; such a trai,orou.
object shall not be e led. speak If
all Kindness. We have already 90, ,hi.
House. Next year. with Gods bless.
ing. we shall have the President; and in
two more years we shall have the Sen.
ate. Then the Executive and .episla
tive branches Of the government, will BE-
in U power. Then ,hoee whe threat.
en- dissolution had better look ou,.
A VOICE You do no, mean to haoa
US! "a
MIR. GIDDINc-I do not think tina, YOU
are fl for hanging. (Laugh,er.) | would
not hang one Of you-not one of those
who threaten a dissolution of the Union.
| will tell you wha, we will do. II the
threat be iiera,ed and reiterated, We wi
dig up the bones Of Old Hickory, and
rePublish his proclamation OF 1892, in
which ne swore "by the Eternal! tha,
he would hang every man that emp,ed
a dissolution of the Union" That will
ne quite sufficient. (Laugh,cr.) Tha,
will do the work. It. did it then, and i,
viii do il again. Now, my friends, lie,
NE tell you, out Of the sincerity of nv
heart. ,ha,this story Of the dissolution OF
she Union has grown stale. IL 10 no lon
ger curreni; We hold il in inefibIe con
tempt. II were useless for US 10 organ
ice this House unless a majority enter
tain principles hos.i lie TO tbs presen, AL
m%inistra,ion. We differ in our views.
Some hold tina. slavery should ne YER be
sustained by the Federal Governmen,;
others think that it should be permitted
10 remain in this District; others are vii.
ling to let it remain in Kansas; bu, all
are opposed TO the Kansas bill, and mos,
OF US woald ressore liberty 10 the peo-
pie ihere. All condemn those who VIC.
lated the Missouri compact. These va
rious opinions can only meet on the plain
principles Of justice TO each and 10 all.
The election Of Speaker has relation to
the trausac i'm Of bu,iness he o. i, When
tina, shall be accomplished, We shall ,hen
arrange ourselves for lie coming cam
paign. ir that we may separaie--we
may even oppose each other, bu, we
shall most cordially oppose the present
Administration until it be blol,ed from
existence.
Mr.. WAsBHURN-I II seems now TO be
conceded. or, if not conceded, to be ca
isfaciorily proved By wha, has fallen from
the lips Of the honorable gentleman .ou
the other side, that there is in this h,ll
bu, n truly national party. and ,ha. is
the party which has been giving its vote
20 the honorable gentleman from Mass,
chusetts Mr.. Banks) for Speaker, laugh
teri that is, as is plainly aud iegibiy ex-
hlbiied and expanded before the eyes. Of
of all men. the oaiy national party in
this country. He has proved. sir, Idare
say, 10 the satisfaction of this House
that the Democratic party, last rear ESQ
dominant aud triumphant, with one hun
.dred and fifty members here. now dwin.
died Gown to about twenty-five, is not a
national party. and canno. represent the
national feeling Of ,he Union. Tha, is
un~quesiionably true. II does d rep.
resen, that feeling. Il presents a sec
.lon. and nothing else, and nothing bet
ter. And, sir, l submit tina. the gen,le.
men himself fMr. Walker) has shown
that the party which he belongs is as sec.
,ional as that. There is no difference
for he acknowledges and adriss, that hs
is Influenced, after oil. by the same idea
the same principle. and III: same thought
which governs the Democratic party.-
Tie will make his A~mericanism subor.
dinate TO mis- pro-sIaveryism. He, sir
has been for several days voting for q
candidate here in this hall who, he no "
declares, by implication, If not by words,
stands with him in favor. really aud prac
,ically. of the doctrines Of the Kansas.
Nebraska bill-there, and nowhe 9 else
because Our business is with the thing.
and interests of the day; ard any man
who to-lay is ready, lie pre- pared to sub
to the doctrines Of that bill, occupies
precisely The same position with the men
who voted for its passage. TO that ex.
tent Of responsibility will any man and
every man occupying hat position be
held by the country. Then | say the
gentleman from Alabama belongs sub.
s.an,ially to this same party, aud 10 q.
sectional upon this question as the Dem
ocraric party itself, for | maintain tina,
that party is thoroughly entirely, and in
teasely sectional. II makes every in
ierest, every ihought,; every idea, subor-
'dinate tof,he IDEA Of the, extension and
perpeluatiou Of human slavery. No
man. however .rae lie may have been as
a.demecrat--no matter how sound he
may be as a democrat upon all the doc
trines. Of the party, whether Of: che. tariff,
public lands,. internal Improvements, OF
anything else, so long aAhe iscomsidered
unsound upon the question of slavery,
he Is not c ,nsidered a democrat; he is al
once repu6ated and tabousd:- :hefe is no
piacs under the governueAi, from. The
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