The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-08-20

not believe that any considerable portion of the national
conservative Of either the North the South will
lend themselves in aid OF such outrage upon the eons-
tuition must inevitably enaanRer the peace ana har-
mony, if not the existence, OF the Union.
Mr. Chairman have said nearly all that intended to
say when took the floor In the States Of Wisconsin
Iowa Michigan, illinois, Vermont Maine, and New lamp
shire there Is this time and from present indications
there will not be- any electoral ticket for Fillmore and
Doneson In the remaining States not
faint hope of receiving electoral vote for ticket
put forth for sham and tossed by play thing In the
State OF New Jersey the prospect not more hattern and
in Delaware the conservative democracy VIII dispute
every inch of that gallant State. Am asked defeat 10
certain and reachery clear why do not the Fillmore
forces dsband and rally under the banners OF Bu
chanan Fremontf The answer is at hand. The Fill
more wing Of black repubcanism must play out the game
adroty commenced IL they succeed in keeping up
organization in the South they may possibly by
ing few old wing States in that section, throw the cleo
ton into he House of Representatives and then the
combinations that placed N. F. Banks in the Speak
es chair would conduct John O. Fremont to the presiden
ta mansion. This is in my honest Judgment the secret
scheme that underes all their For this have
they toed by night and by day To this end have been
directed the congressional potshe extraordinary pro-
ceedngshe disregard of constitutional law-the expu-
sion of membership violation Of parliamentary decorum
which have characterized the session Of Congress
drawing TO close. rsa.s a * 5t 5ssHa 3la
But sir, before resumng my seat justice demands
acknowledgment OF the eminent and patriotic services OF
the national democracy of the North who now always
stand by the South in the maintenance Of its rights and In
defence of the constitution Although they struggle with
W. III common cause.-the preservation OF Inc Union anu
the perpetuity OF free battle
against common foe and rally like brothers under
mon flag cannot forget that the contest in the present
fight peculiarly ours, and that the subugaton and
thrament Of the South the aowed purpose for which
all these combinations formed Their generous deyo-
ton to the cause of their country when all round them
have proved thess and base inspires in the southern
heart an abiding confidence that that Providence which
has protected far will watch STILL and
duct US in safety through the peris Of this contest
II the constitution shall outve the assaults and consp
acies of ls56 the stars and stripes Of hiryone Free
and equal and independent soveregntes shall again be
restored to our shorn and mutated bannerif
try is still to continue to be the home of eemen and the
asylum Of the oppressed and downodden of other Chimes
will be because the gallant and patriotic national Of
the States shall have said to the angry
pillows that now threaten to enguph in ruin
the rights and liberties Of nearly thirty millions of freemen
"Thus far shalt thou 60, but no further" &Zg