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senator from Mississippi Mr ApAl referred 20 the cen
to show that seven hundred th0ossd northern
had gone into the slave States II the Beusp from
Mississippi had read through the very page from which
he made the quotation be would have discovered that
the statement is not correct BY that very page bel
would have discovered that in 1859, less thnn two
hundred thousand northern-born were in all the
slave States In 1850, than two millions OF the
natives Of the free States had removed from their own
States into other Statistics than two hundred ihou
sand Of that number had gone into tho slave States More
than two millions Of immigrants from abroad were In the
United States In 1850, One million eight hundred thou
sand Of them in the free States three hundredan
Beventyeigh thousand IN The slave States Ninety per
cent of all the emigration from the free States goes TO other
free States; eighy-hye per Cent OF all the foreign mmgra
ton goes TO the free States While only hundred
thousand seState had passed Into the sayeholdne
States In 1850 than six hundred thousand natives
OF slave States had removed into free States la 1880 hive
hundred and 6fty-sx thousand men, born in the South
were residents OF the five States OF the Northwest saved
TO freedom by the ordinance of 1885, Virginia has sent
sixty thousand tmgrants into the free States OF the
N6rthwesates covered by the ordinance of l767than
all the free States have into the saveholding portions
Of the Louisiana purchase Florida and Texas would
his State has sent than three hundred thousand
Of her into the free Wesonly fifteen thousand TO
these slave Territories. The abong of the South,
whose battles we fighting, seek homes in the free
States and let remind senator's that 10 this class of
men in southern Indiana and Illinois they indebted for
Sir the free aborng of the North aid go into
tie saveholding States, and they never will Establish
slavery in Kansas and you exclude the entire population
of the free States from that Territory with the exception
of few teachers, professional men, and merchants The
farmers the mechanics the laboring of the North
never put themselves on degrading equality with slaves
In 1850, while five hundred and fy-sx thousand south
had passed into the five northwestern States
than ninety Thousand northern of all the free States
had passed into Foride Texas and the whole Louisiana
purchase which dedicated to slavery. tell the sena-
tor from Texas that the great why maintain the
doctrine Of the prohibition Of slavery in all the Territories
OF the United States that want to preserve those Ter
ritories to the flee laboring
IcSnmend to the consideration of senator's who would
open the Territories to slavery these words of the Hon.
FAULKNER of Virginia. concerning the Affects Of slavery
upon the condition of the farmer mechanic and laborng
man
1t banishes free white sbor-it exte-mnaes the
chanc the artisan, the manufacturer 1t depryes them of
occupation. 1t deprves them Of bread 1t the
vnergy Of community into indictments into imbe
vouny languh droop, die that the stakeholder may -four
nn shall all interests be to one all rights
chancbavs not the middle classes their righrghts in
compatible with the existence Of slavery 7"
Sir the senator from Texas spoke sneerngly of bleed
ing Kansas Throughout the canvass efforts in favor
of making Kansas free State, and protecting the
legal rights OF the people, sneered ct as shrieks
for freedom and for bleeding Kansas" remember
that the evening when The to New York that
Pennsy carried in October, the Empire Club
came out with cannon, banners aud rasparencies The
Five Poinswbcro the waves OF abolition fanaticsm have
reachedthe inhabitants Of that locality, like the
people OF the lower Egypt Of the West stood fifty
by the democracytLe Five Points and the Sixth ward
were nut-and upon transparency borne through the
streets OF the great commercial capital OF the western world
was the pic ure Of three scourged black that
Transparency were the words bleeding Kansasp
thought then that degradation which hid reached
tho profoundest depths Of humiliation but that deg
radiation has been surpassed here in the national capital
In that which pssed along these but
few evenings before here--a procession formed
under the Immediate eyes Of The chiefs OF the executive de-
partmens of the government and filled with their retain
ers led by government ohicalswas borne upon trans
parency The words "Sumner and Kansas-et them bleed
The senator from Texas sneer and Others may
at "bleeding Kansas but tell him thing, that the
next day at ten o'clock after the presidential election there
sssemblage of men, continuing through two days
in the city OF Boston, from several States and from "blsed
ing Kanaas'-men, some Of whom you guarded through
the sumner months for treasonassembed together 10
take measures to Kansas and assure that SENATOR
and others who may think this struggle for Kansas is end
ed with the election that money has been contributed
since that election than during any three months Of the
whole controversy Thousands of garments have been sent
to protect that suffering people, We have resolvcdand
we to keep that resoluton-that IL by any lawful
effort any personal sacrifice Kansas be saved to free
DOM shall be saved in spite Of your present adminstra
ton or anything that your incoming administration can
do
fusion made by the venerable senator from Michigan Mr.
CAss my colleague Mr. SUMSER whose forced absence
from this body for the last months must have touched
the sensibtes Of every honorable in America. Sir
he is not here to speak for himself If he were his phys
cal condition is such that he could speak for himself
with safety but he will come here again. II God in His
mous voice of his native State to whose cherished sen
ments and opinions he has been He may not
until the seat which knows the venerable senator from
Michigan shall know him The venerable senator
recs from this body by the memorable DECREE of the
pie Of his adopted State. know my colleague well enough
however know that he is too inagnanimous to hur
shaft at the absent
But the takes objection to this figure Of speech
The rape of virgin Territory compelling to the hateful
embrace of slavery The senator calls this "unpa-
triotic metaphor" showing prurent imagination" /
would remind the that to the pure all things
pure If this metaphor fit to be made, surely it
unfit to be repeated and subjected to that senator's
criticism But is not the figure true Was not Kansas
virgin Territory Was it not free And has II not been
polluted by slavery Were not the sacred words Sa
very shall be- and is forever prohibited written upon
every foot OF its green sods Every breeze that swept
it bore to the world the words Liberty for all
You took this Territoryyou took IL and have you not
compelled TO the hateful embrace of slavery Slavery
il herecaried there by invasion That invasion has
and from Michigan and other
supported the administration in its policy of coercion Sir
soil of Kansas has been bahed in the blood OF brave
men for the sole offence of loving liberty.
But charged by the President with intoxicating
spirit which would lead the people OF the North and South
stand face face enemes- Sir repel that charge
rs utterly and wholly false There is such feeling ia
the northern States towards the people Of the South But
few months ago. the senator from Georgia. Mr. TooMBs
whose views upon this question of slavery known be
extremely ultra to the city Of Boston and ectured
before Of the intelligent audiences that
sembled in that section Of country He received
by all with that courtesy and that kindness OF feeling
which every southern who visits that section receives