The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-03-07

on tic state OF inc Ih'oh
Mr.. AKERS said:
When Consrc,s adjourned. and tie men,
hers went hume To their constituents, they
found the whole country c"nvulstd with II
tempest which they had called into being OH
the hoo. Of this House. and which reckless
G.naticism WAS fast guiding and deepening
into public ruin. No part of the country was
entirely exempt from the all prevail, mt excite
mcnt-From North to South. from the rising
10 the setting sun-in every State of this great
Conftderacy tile slave agitation sim"ltane-
ously ragged.
had hoped that the storm. from its very
violence. would have exhausted its fury lur-
ing the Presidential campaign: but IN this
hone have been most sgnally disappointed.
At the ycly threshold of the present session
we found ourselves a.ain beset by this ntol-
,table nuisance. The presentation, 10y one
Of nv colleagues, of the credentials Of the
DELEGATE from Kansas, was embraced as tit
Yccasion for inaugura.ing anew the "relgn OF
agitation" The Presidents Message added
fire to fire. 1t furnished. i'll both Houses OF
Congress fresh food for the seam of the asi.
ta,ors.-'ih,is far they haze 'faicd snmptu-
u,,sly" upon it every day" One-half of the
present session is now laSt: and up to this
good hour no measure Of national iatcrst-
none of private nature worth natnlng-has
been ., csent.d or discussed.
The Private Calendar is full of touching
appeals to the justice and magnan',''ty VI the
House in behalf IF widows and orphans whose
husbands and fathers have died in defence of
the country: hut the "still small voice" IS
scarcely heard above the din of the slavery
ngitatitn. Tie agricultural interests OF the
country, especially of the great aud growing
-, I n rain IN,
part, arc asking for congressional legislation;
but thus far they have made their appeal in
vain. And thus it is also with the nanufac-
curing and commercial interests of the coun-
try. The practical meaning of our action,
faithfully rendered into plain and intcllghlc
language. is precisely this; the pillow may rust
in the turrow. and The rich soil Of this out
YprrnJ contincnt-thc most fertile that ever
iinbib,d tic rains, ur tmskcd i'll the sun-sliow-
crs of hcaven-m may cease to clotllc ilseli with
,ollirg harvest wealth: the flying shuttlcs and
w,rlng spindl,s of our growing inanutacto-
rics may stop: those sca.going vessels which
furs,-cird the continent with the maSts ct ~
world wi de commerce may lot. and 80 down
.t their anchors; mines Of mineral opulcncc
flushing their rich galleries beneath the noun
sain. may remain undcvcopcl: interests of
all classes, constituting Ia ti,ir combined
aggregate the very puLulum Of the nation $
life. ALL must stand aside until We shall have
taxed the slavery agitation, and obtained
from it a sufficient revenue OF political capital
to return us to Congress; 1t Is burning
shame that members should consume the .''he
of the House, and waste the 'noney OF the
country. for purposes so selfish and So tra"sh'
with evil.
On Yesterday, the previous question was
demanded on the resolution to refer ana PRINT
the message. Tbs concluded would terinl'
nate the pending discussion; and with this
view voted TO sustain the dr,,aId. sundry
members had urged me 10 seek the hoor and
address the House on the motion to refer and
print. They stated that the district which
represent had been for more than year UNI
represented: and that it is border district;
and of course feels deeply interested IN inc
questions which nave oeen drawn ''.'o 'n's
discussion. t'lt that theie :; was force IN
these statements: ana accordingly i souen'
the Hoor;; AS II happened l 'ai'eu o"'.a'.'
H"p 20 inc '''''e WIN Wv. p.'I: a I","'I H.
was ne,""Lo. n'' w.. r.s,,',,;"m rIsrnd ~
s'e ~ y. w "'n "' ,h S dr,,,,I i, Mo horo IF
s. ,";u :" o" ~ ,,.,o Wv ~
VII NV, ,," n,', o,s "rcst;on was sustained hy