The daily union., 1856-12-16

speak for nobody else say the from Virginia
that when be contends condition upon which this
Union shall exist limitation shall be placed upon
growth xpanslon Of slavery in the Territories Of
the United States believe he Is met with just as hrm
resolve on part OF the people Of the North that this Inn
tation shall be imposed what may. do not wish
disguise the principles upoa his canvass hA pro
ceeded know the senator from Alabama claims tlat
great majority Of the people Of the United States have
spoken regard to the presidency think that re-
mark was well considered Have great majority OF
the people OF the United States pronounced in favor OF the
advancement OF Mr. Buchanan 10 the presidency do
not so understand the facts believe that he is in mt
nsry In all the northern States viii not say that such
is positively the fact because have not the tables OF
the votes but have scarcely doubt that he is immensely
in the minority in almost every free State and In the ag
gregate North the majortes against him are perfectly
Mr.. FOsTER Indiana gives him majority.
Mr.. WADE. In all but Indiana, am told, he is in
minority. Indiana is the solitary exception.
Mr. BlGLER. In Pennsylvania Mr.. Buchanan has a ma
jority.
Mr. FOSTER. A majority of seven hundred.
Mr. WADE Seven hundred the majority there II
you make anything out of that do so but when you
look the vote given by the people OF the North you ma
that is perfectly wheming it is avalanche against
YOU How is il in the South cannot speak for that sec
on but know that two parties exist there exceedingly
hostile to each other and great minority gave their votes
to another than Mr. buchanan Then how can you speak
of him as being the exponent Of great majority of peo
Ole Of the United States Sir he is minority President
and he claim the palm ofrepresenng the opinions oil
majority OF the people of the United States Ii is by the
os shrewd and adroit management to say the least by
hiding and conceang what s avowed here that you
have able carry othe free States In the State
in all the democratic mass meetings Tor
President know thing about there was inscribed
in great letters up their banners buchanan Bresknrdge
and Free Kaases and their orators proceeded 10 snow
that Mr. BuchanaS safer upon the subject OF freedom
in Kausxs than any other candidate endeavored 10 en-
tighten thsm upon that point and 10 snow Of the soub
over the North knew il would be SO; but men dld not
90 appreciate it hundreds OF housanas
of votes no doubt were lo sne an bsr
ana what fell from the mouths of their catots as ue
II the speech of the senator from Virginia haa gone ou
saving that we Of the South of Mr. Buchanan parry
claim that slavery shall be expanded into the Territories
an element of political power or this Union shall De d
solved you would have found unanmity Tor our cana
date instead of divided councils Claim that as victory
WIN sir the President himself in that toothess malice
which has dictated this message claims the result as tn
umph Of his own opinions the psGT w not
sa him for because Heaven knows he ought 70 have
ali the props to sun him which his fertile imagination
suggest do not sn 10 ROD nun O. o Une bp
he occupies; but declare 70 him that ne aa not
speak the truth when he said his haa oeen en-
ssss The election Of Mr. Buchanan was anything .
A endorsement of him. II the people OF the United States
by vast maorities had approved his course he being
he won,o have received nomination the hands OF his
party He ws,s discarded Why2 Evidently because he
had been mixed with proceedings SO utterly obnoxious
and Objectionable 10 northern mind 1t was known that
if the author of the BILL the approyer OF
the BILL who had stood by nd procured It's passage had
been the candidate nothing coua nave saved MN lro
total defeat at the hands Of the freemen o ne NOT
he knew it. and the party which selected .-e cahuune
knew it and the votes of the people of Illinois uoW ~
Enthusiastically There stood two individuals pitted again.
each other the side the chief engineer (n may
the expresson through the House of Representatives
Of that BILL standing godfather to it there and on the
other side man who opposed it inch by inch who de-
nounced and repudated il as repudate it. The acts OF
these public they known to all they
pted against each other in the State of Illinois for
governor How did they come out of the contest The
godfather of the Nebraska bill utterly overthrow
Does that furnish unmstakable evidence that If the
President Of the United States who was mixed up with
the transaction had been pitted against who
not implicated in it, such would also have been his
fste2 doubt it not.
Bot Mr. President have detained the Senate much
longer than intended when i As | said at the
commencement should have been glad If senator's had
allowed the to be taken without renewing the discus
sion to-day but perhaps the hundred and sevenfvc
thousand men in Ohio who are assaied vilihed lbeled
and traduced by this message would think that ought
to stand up here in vindcaon of them from the high
charge Of having adopted principles and doctrines tending
TO subvert the Union and TO produce strife and contention
and civil between the sections Of the confederacy
They obnoxious such charge ! am glad that
are likely TO understand each other upon this question.
Here let me remark that trust no more will be said
in either section dissolution Of the Union 1t is
topic 10 which have never alluded before; but when
an ultmatSm is put forth in the Senate of the United
States upon ch alone the Union be permitted to
stand, and that ptmaum Is utterly inconsistent with
the settled doctrines and deliberate purposes of the other
side think we ought 10 all kindness and in all fairness
dc present different positions and to act in accordance
with views. / have before me paper containing
portion of the recent message of Gov Adams OF South
Carolina and resolutions introduced into the South Caro-
dina legislature preliminary steps towards dissolution
Sf the Union That Is action do not object TO it. What
object Is the eternal harpng upon this topic say
the time for action has Nobody is TO be enlightened
by taIk--nobody s to be frightened by 1T; but II man
thinks the Union has performed it's functions and should be
dissolved let him stand up the advocate Of dissolution
When think that time has come hope shall not lack
the nerve TO state my views here however, entertain
such opi ION. have advocated dissolution OF the
Union and ar not In favor Of dissolution hope TO
hear no more ,lk OF that kind. would prefer to zee
somethng done upo, the subject know very well that
this Union is not TO be preserved by sentiment Gentle
may make hgh-soundiEg speeches TO reconcile con-
icting sections of the Union tsey may talk OF the COM
struggles through which we have gone but no ma
ton was ever kept together for any length Of time by such
considerations those. let not deceive ourselves
When either section Of this nation becomes satisfied that
continuance Of the Union not In accordance with i,s beet
interests that in the Union It's institutions cannot be Sc
cure, and that its best and permanent interests require
disruption OF the Union then that event vii he brought
about OF this think there be doubt Your pa
tioc speeches and your affections for the Union wiz be
az cobweb, to stay the progress Of opinion For one
do rot believe that there Is any why the Unio2
not be main tanned z the principles announced
ultimatum are really tG be acted upon IL that be So in
my Judgment we rreconcSlably at issue.
ssssil no mans motives / haze pondered enough on
ths human mind and human action TO snow that circum-
stances have much more to do with options and ac-
tions than generally willing to avow an now
black republican you call me- imbued hope wiz
principles OF universal freedom aud real democracy its
advocate all occasions but IL bad been born the