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

men In slavery aud the right Of Massachusetts, Vermont
Michigan and Wisconsin TO protect by their egisa
on the liberty Of every man that ueads their soil unti
Lis liberty has been forfeited by due process Of law
Then charged in the message with having entered
upon path which has possible outlet but dsunion.
When the republican party organized the ayowal was
made that the Union be msnained The declaration
IT Mr. Webster Liberty and Union and forever one
and inseparsbe'the declaration of Andrew jackson,
The Union be preserS were borne throughout
the can on all banners In the public press and
before the peope everywhere the doctrine tanned
t,at for the Union and If any men, North or
South laid their hands upon IL they should die We had
the pow,r traitor Deaths and leave traitor names In the
| history Of the republic. 49,
This charge of dsunion made against he republican
party by the President with i'll grace from the
chief Of party which has 10 its ranks every political dis
unions the United States The senator from, Georgia.
[Mr. TooMas not here declared 'If Fremont were
elected the Union would be dissolved aud ought be-"
The from Louisiana, Mr. SMDELL the organizer OF
Me- Bu hanans wing OF the democratic party and Its
ach leader during the canvass avowed the
same sentiments Governor WISE whose indecent assaults
upon Cuoue Fremont and hs mother shocked oe feelings
every gentleman in America threatened to dissolve the
Uuon he ready to organize the militia of virginia
place them upon footing and they were ready, he
said ITO hew their bright way" through all opposing To-
gions We now told by the Richmond Enquirer that
Wise who made the tour Raleigh who called the
grand juries and ndc Bolts for defending the
Union his domnion thai he only made these threats to
the Union The Richmond Enquirer OF the 9th OF
October declared that Fremont elected would
be the duty OF the South dissolve the Union and form
southern confederacy; and told further south
that if Fremont elected 1t would be their duty ITO
march Washington and take possession of the archives
and treasury the United Sate0 forgetting that the
OF the Treasury were at Boston, New York. ana
Philadelphia, "in the euemy's country"-th North.
The President charges us with engaging in sectional
movement which he tells has been rtbuked The sem
ator from South Carolina Mr. BurLha gave as reason o..
candidates from the North Has the senator from
South Carolina forgotten that bis own State In l196 SET
the example Of that species OF sectonaisn by voung or
pick nd
and Pinekuey2 Has he forgotten that Id 1914 the
federal party supported De Witt Clinton, Of New York.
and ugersoll, Pennsy vaDia both of them from me
r States Has be forgotten thatin 1928, jackson ana
Calhoun both southern men, supported on one sds
and Adams and Rush. both northern mel on the other
Has fogotten that in 1886, the whig party generally
supported Gen Harrison for the presidency and Mr. Gran
ger New York. for the vice presidency both
Why this charge about sectionasm, because both
OF The candidates happened to from the North Why
may the West complain both OF the candidates hap
pen to be from the Atlantic coast Our early statesmen
be between the South and the North but between the
East and the West tell the senator from South Caro-
tina that we had candidates from the North because we
had from the South for either of those offices who
would however much they might have agreed with US
venture TO assume our position.
MIR. BUTLER. Will the gentleman allow me to make
Mr.. WILSON. Certainly.
Mr.. BUTLER The proposition which made was per-
hsps made hastily without having looked at the true his
torcal statement of facts My proposition was that tho
had been made between the nonslayehoding
and sayeholdng States by the nomination OF candidates
until this Time may have used the express0n that the
President and Vice President heretofore and think ~ 10
except in instance have been from the North
from the South. will say to the senator from
Massachusetts that it is curious piece of history that
South Carolina never voted for OF her sons for the
pesidency and Massachusetts, has voted for three of hers
They were worthy. Mr.. Webster worthy; Mr.. John
Adams worthy and Mr.. John O. Adams worthy.
think could enumerate men in State equally
worthy but they were not nominated Ny proposition
was that this issue had never been presented before
Mr.. WILSON. | want to correct the senator from
South Carolina in matter Of history In 796the federal
candidate for the presidency John Adams and for
Vice President Thomas Pncknsy. South Carolina was
then in federal hands There intrigue gotten up
in the country defeat Mr. Adams, and make Mr. Pinck-
ney President and South Carolina played her part in the
intrigue by voting for Jefferson and Pinckney.
We should rejoice to have found southern man of tall
ent, Of character and position before the country, who
would have taken platform of principles and accepted
nomination for either President Vice President.
More than southern of high character was con-
suited in regard to movement will tell the senator
the why southern did not venture TO as
sume our position and accept OF the nomination. They
had no faith in our movement no faith In is power no
faith fidelity to freedom of the people of the North
remember the words OF southern statesman who was
consulted in relation this movement few weeks be-
fore he close Of the last session. in conversation With Mr.
Clayton he said You northern people stand by US
when stand by you Whenever any southern states
has undertaken stand by the rights OF the North,
your people have forsaken him and he has been borno
down. When we prove that we will stand by southern
who will stand by true national prncipieswhen We
establish that character for ourselves in the North then
and national platform that comprehends the whole
try, Including the North IL nominations 70 be
IN Ade believe could find more than southern man
ready stand upon the Philadelphia platform and to
cept nomination for the presidency the vice pres
dency. e4 asFa
The from Virginia Mr. MAsoN] claims that the
South has constitutional right to the expansion of sa
very political eement the Territories. He
sured the Senate that be cared nothing about the dnc
tons between the Garrison abotonists the rad
ica aboioniss and the republicans that be held oppo-
siton the extension of slavery in the Territories TO be
upon slavery in the States because they had cons
tutona right to the expansion of slavery political
element In 848 the from Virginia. who tails us
that it of profound indifference to him and tho
people of his State whether claim the to abolish
slavery the States prohibit in the Territories voted
to prohibit in three hundred thousand square miles of
territory In lS48 this voted extend to the
Pacific the Missouri compromises approved the 9th
| of March, 1920. He voted for this proposition:
"That the eighth section the Missouri Compromise act,
approved March g. 1920 be, aud the is hereby de-
ciGred extend the Pacific and the said eighth
sccop together with the compromise therein elected, is
hereby revived and declared be in full force and binding
States in and with the understanding
with which 1t was originally adopted
The Virginia. who voted to prohibit slavery
to the Pacific in Utah, in portion Of New Mexico,
aud in the larger portion of California, comes Into the
Senate and when propose in 1866 do what be voted
s4s be tells that these distinctions matters
indifference him and to his State When propose
exercise the power he exercised them he ready TO
stand up the doctrine OF his letter of LAST autumn he
s ready for the perpetual aud eternal Of these
Staes Let inform the senator from Virginia that the
one million three hundred thousand of the North who
voted doctrine embraced in the ordinance OF
1881 will not be deferred from maintaining their principles