The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-05-01

to satisfy the avarice and ambition Of is leaders is the
Interior purpose The offence of the President and the
democracy H. that they viii not yield 10 the arrogant de-
mands Of that minority sud their leaders upon this hoor
Yes sir il is the ayarice and ambition Of the fec that has
aroused and is stimulating this spirit OF aoouonsm and
Of sectional domination to seize upon Kansas aud it
from southern settlers by fraud or by force.
Fanatcsm and seconHism as waves In the Of
popular passion which selfish aspiants ashng into
ury that they may ride upon their into office IL
not the elevation Of the negro to perfect equality with the
white they seek but the elevation Of themselves the
high places the government IL is not for the defence Of
the North against the aggessons and usarpaons OF the
South that they labor but for the destruction OF the South
which stands as lion IA the pathway OF their preierment
10 the presidency the cabinet and foreign ministry 1t
Is not Kansas for free labor that they struggle
but secure il steppngstone for their selEsg
grapdiLement Through all the habments Of language
with which they cloak their designs SELF is apparent
the person Of the Greek beneath the gauzy
veil with which she was invested To satiae their lust
shine aud rule they will mperil not only present peace
and prosperity but blast the bright hopes of the future
greatness and glory OF our common country Determined
rule ruin, they strive TO consolidate the North to
struggle for sectional dominion the South not only
under the forms of peace but the listed field and
by civil TO enforce its mandates at the point Of the
sword
But sir hope that the smooth and insidous pretences
by which they striving 10 enkindle of opposing
sectional interests, dreadful than foreign invasion
win be exposed and by the northern people in time
ioresall their efforts disappont their selfish hopes and
defeat thcir traitorous designs.
There is | trust and believe, in the democratic
party and the few remaining national wings of the
North, an enlarged patriotism which apparent
uonal interest can corrupt and love of justice which
selfish sophistry seduce. They know that the
assertion that the men Of the North and the Of
the South enemies is libel upon both aud
tempted fraud upon BOTH in order the selfish
billion Of pretended friends of and undsgused foes of
the other section Of the Union They know that in
thern blood has been freely shed in defence of northern
soil northern shipping, and northern and that
southern paused to their costs calculate
their gains when the interest the honor of any portion
Of the Union was assaled by foreign foes They know
in he haa barp
upon every industrial interest of the North while neither
claiming asking federal bounes for any industrial in
ttres of her They know that the South has yielded
her own territory as well as the common territory
mainly by her diplomacy vaor to the North, with
unselishness and generosity for which parallel be
found in the history of any other confederate States
They know that the South has never claimed or enjoyed
than her share of the trusts and donors Of the federal
government and that if her have oitener filled the
presidency II by the will OF northern less than south
roemen They know that the South asks nothing that
the North grant and ought grant They
that the South ia and viii ever be ip minority in both
houses of Congress- and is poweress for aggression
the North in peace and under the forms of law. They
know that if Kansas should become slave State the
balance Of power will still be forever continue with
the North They know that northern interests and north
ern rights are neither menaced nor endangered by the
South and above ALL trust that they not only know
but feel that the reemen Of the Sonh fellowcountry
men, friends, and equals with whom they affiliated not
only by compacts uuder the federal government but
by reciprocal interests and congenal principles; and
only by these, but by mystic chords of sympathyas
strong though not sacred solemn pledges of faith
growing out OF kindred blood, a language his
toric recoectons of united trials and united rumphs in
the past and cherished love Of their undivided heritage
Of glory in the present
But sir it, contrary my hopes and expectations black
repubcanism shall achieve the triumph the North SO
vauntngly Predicts if its leaders shall succeed there In
identifying patriotism with seconalism liberty with IL
conousness loyalty 10 the constitution with disloyay
the rights of Justice TO the South with injustice the
North southern with enemies and their northern
friends with traitors If its leaders shall raise storm Of
inuate fanstcism and yindictve sectional malice which,
sweeping the North, shall overwhelm and PROSTATE
the few heroic champions Of the constitution Of the equality
of the States and the equality of their citizens who
stand sennes the sacred trust Of popular and State
rights IL its leaders fresh from fields of sectional victory
shall possess themselves Of the executive and egisla
tive branches of this government, know not what the
South will do bat think know what she ought to
do in resenting insult offered and resisting injuries med-
tated in indicating her honor and preventing her hum
alton trust sir despite the nsolent and insulting
Of poverty weakness and dependence the Union hurled
her by her enemies this floor that she will
take counsel OF her fears bat OF her hopes ratherhopcs
inspired by proud recoections Of past heroic achieve
meBs By exuDg consciousness of her present power by
glowing visions Of her future greatness aud by that ndg
ervor Of soul which her wounded honor and imper-
led independence must enkinde trust sir, that when
black republication shall take possession OF this gov
and weigh ia its balances and against t ayaco
and ambition the honor and the rights Of the South she
will soop imPetrate justice pause to erposulae
but will boldly throw her sword into the scale and
her privilege Of self-defence.