The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-01-31


earliest period the present time and tell S II one has
existed whose principles and practices 30
phatcaly condemned by the awakened Intelligence OF
free and enlightened people Ii has had indeed but short
and htful existence, like
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more"
It has its shadow in the sunlight popular indgns
ton, only that it might t7EH
"Descant on its deformity."
Sir it does not rice to the responsibility of faction
all dslusion then to imagine that it attain to
permanent power in this land Of civil and religious freedom
Mr.. Chairman there was time when my colleague and
myself were united with other conservative under the
great wing banner Of the country There time, in
deed when he and were candidates ON the electoral
ticket thought then that he cordially approved of most
of the principles of the wing party thought then that
he held the opinions in reference TO the rights OF nat
urazed cizens-of Roman hocs-and in regard to any
change in the naturalization awswhch held by the
whig party and its prominent leaders.
In the great Harrison campaign of lS4oin 1874 when
Mr.. Clay was our eandidate-and in 1852, when we
rallied under the lead Of the gallant Scott and in
which latter campaign man acted more prominent
part than my to the principles OF
ncty and unequivocally declared by the whig party
of its essential articles of political faith 1t was
nouuced the floor of the Senate by great leader Mr.
Clay when the Philadelphia converts burnt 1t was
in 1910 and 1874 by the public speeches Of
prominent men, and by the written addresses of central
State, and other committees II was announced in 1852 by
try And what the principles of the native
party The extension of the naturalization laws pro-
sipion of Roman Catholics by excluding them from of
fce opposition to all foreigners and, in fine, that cleo
trica wachword which reads in this way: Americans
shall rule sir the doctrines of the
present so-caed American party Shall then, be
all nay iie2 No sir Let my colleague If he chooses lead
the way to such tergversatons For one mean TO re-
main true to myself
had been killed in the recent presidential contest have
eulogsc obituaries to its memory and had wished
for it uninterrupted repose in the tomb to which it had
been consigned But sir II eeems am mistaken Non
sielr 1onsoa has come again Ilaughter had hoped,
sir that the spirit of Monsieur Ionon like all other per-
nrbet spirits had to that place Of rest assigned to
them, which ancient writer's do call by the Of Linn
boa place, sir, which, told, "neither Heaven
He'll would haveD Great laughter But, sir it is not
The dead carcass Of know nongsm has been galvan
lied by my colleague and made stand erect upon this
floor But oh, how changed in all its features! ats bones
marrowess Its blood ia cold and there be no specn
atien in those eyes which once slared witha Sir spirits
my tbs and sometimes too as hobgobns damned. Nay,
sir it has often been told that they do appear spirits of
light call wanderers back from the paths Of vice. It may
be- sir that my colleague Is the chosen trunk of such
spirit Bat tell him he must be go clear in his high
otce-mus be sure to give such proofs OF Holy Writ
shat Inspirations mantle doth surround him." else the
Hcshly spirits Of this earth will resist him and his
e ard drive them back to the dark from which
they sprung,
the voice Of Maryland has been heard "rruth crushed
to EARTH will rise again. and smothered embers but
the food Of flesh conaagrations. Maryland! my own
dear native STATED Thou art loyal to the constitu-
ton and thus loyal to the South But thou wilt be loyal
to the South II our enemies throw away the consttu
ton Ipry God, sir iii His infinite mercy that the doc
rines Of my colleague the great masersprit of ee-so
ism in Maryland may not prevail among the great
Of our people. He the black-republican party.
wish ITO avoid these nuptals" and with the blessing
God they shall not off, will meet him the hust-
ngs. will meet him anywhere and everywhere on the
face of this broad EARTH sooner than surrender my dear
native Maryland to the embraces of free -soilsm. :"
Sir with reference to the vote of Maryland in the late
presidentia contest have but little to say She is my
mother aud will not raise parrcidsl against her.
No matter how she may have been led into the ways Of
error; matter how she may have been seduced from
the paths Of political truth; matter how she may have
been driven from her constitutional allegiance love her
STILL She is still my mother. Her desnes indssolu-
bly, mingled with NINE and sha stand by her, and with
her. in all and every vicissude of fortune When The
day Of trial and tribuaton comes shall be found faith
full subject of her sovereign Will But sir must confess
that look the glorious future for redemption of her
error. look to time not far or am sure, when the
birthplace Of religious freedom shall be lighthouse in
the sk 70 allure every wanderer the globe who pants
for civil liberty.