Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-01-08

ate on the 9th, shows the difference be-
tween a man and locofoco contrivance
for the representation Of modern Democra-
cy: II
Mr.. Wilson proceeded to speak upon the
leading questions of the day. He com
menced by quoting the remarks of Daniel
Webster, in eulogy of the ordinance of 1871,
to the effect that those who passed that
measure were deserving of more honor than
Solon or Lycurgus, and the Legislators of
Antiquity. That tribute of justice to the
great work of the old Congress of the
Confederation brought upon him and his
section of the Union the charge Of making
onset upon the South, and interfering with
her domestic institutions, so as to endan-
ger the relations existing between the mas
ter and the slave. Gen. Hayne, his dis
tinguished opponent, who then fought the
first great battle of notification, under the
eye of Mr.. Calhoun, who presided over the
Senate, brought these accusations into the
Senate, and hurled them against Mr.. Web
ster and the people of the North. MIR.
Webster met these accusations and unjust
reproaches towards his section of the Union
with a prompt and emphatic denial. In
his reply to Hayne, the great expounder of
the Constitution said, it had been the poll
cy of the South for many years to repre-
sent the people of the North as disposed to
interfere with their internal and exclusive
domestic concerns; and went ON to deny
the truth of the charge. So he (Wilson,)
standing now as the representative of Mass
achusetts on the floor of the Senate; as Mr..
Webster stood then, could say, as he said,
that all these charges are utterly groundless.
No attempt has ever been made, from the
time when Washington first took the oath
of office. to interfere with the constitutional
rights of the people of the Southern States.
Mr.. Wilson commented upon the Ian
guage of the Presidents Message, as ap-
piled to the Republican party, and said that
the charge that they were engaged IN
revolutionary movement which could only
lead to civil war, was full of partisan malig-
nifty. There was no truth or justice in it.
Mr. Pierce came into power almost unani-
mously, but would go out with the bitter
hatred of thousands of men who voted for
him. Like one of the early Dutch Cover
nors of New York, he came in with very
little opposition and would go out without
any opposition at all. Laughter.) Mr.
Wilson expressed his surprise that Mr.
Pugh should have invented such an excuse
for the chief Magistrate as to say his Ian
guage did not apply to the Republican par
ty, but to Abolitionists of the Garrison
school. That would not do. The Presi-
dent intended to arraign those in Congress
who differ from the ultra abolitionists.-
The latter desire to effect the abolition Of
slavery in the Southern States by means Of
the Government, but the Republicans
while they would gladly see Slavery abol-
ished all over the world, do not claim the
power to interfere with the institution in
the Southern States. He (Wilson) had
travelled more than thirty thousand miles
throughout the Free States during the late
campaign, and had never heard man say
a word against Slavery in the States. The
Republicans are State Rights party, and
had laid down in their platform that the
rights of the States shall be preserved
He alluded to the fact that the Empire
Club of New York, representing the De
mocracy of the Five Points, had turned
out in procession in honor of their victory
in Pennsylvania in October, with trans
parency representing the scourging Of three
black men, and headed BLEEDING Kansas
He thought that was the depth Of degreda
ton, but it had been exceeded here, in the
metropolis of the nation, and under the eye
of the Executive. A procession had late
ly passed through the streets of Washing
ton, headed by a Government official pear
ing transparency inscribed aSumner and
Kansas, let them bleed" He stated that
more money had been contributed for Kan
sas since the election than before, and il
anything could be done lawfully to save
Kansas to freedom, it should be done in
spite of the efforts of this Administration
to prevent it, or whatever the incoming ad-
ministration might do. There were hun
dreds ofthousands of men in the South who
sympathise with the Republicans, but who
had no opportunity to express their senti-
nents at the ballot box In this connec-
ton he alluded to Prof Hedrick, who was
removed from the University of North
Carolina because of his devotion to freedom.
Mr.. Pugh inquired ifmen in Massachu-
setts had not been removed from office ow-
ing to their political opinions, and referred
particularly to Mr.. Loring, u. s. Commis-
sioner in Massachusetts, for executing the
Fugitive Slave Law, and asked how he
(Wilson) justified Massachusetts,.
Mr.. Wilson did not believe that it was
a parallel case. We, he said, believe the
Fugitive Slave Law to be unconstitutional,
inhuman and unchristian. Professor He'd
rick had performed service to liberty, and
was crushed by the South. Mr.. Loring
performed service for slavery, and We
crushed him. He (Wilson) did not con-
slider the vote for Mr.. Buchanan as an in
dorsement of the Kansas bill, as great
frauds were perpetrated in the Northern
States on that question. The doctrine of
Mr.. Cass on Squatter Sovereignty, which
is repudiated by the South, was preached
at the North, and served to cheat and de.
lude the people. The Democratic monsters
head is in the South and the tail in the
North, and iron heels are on the tail
Northern Democracy amounts to nothing.
The Democratic power is in the South
Those of that section who say they want
peace can have it, but not while they seek
TO extend slavery over free territory. The
Republicans will insist that Kansas shall be