Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-02-06

the fact IN MS annual message. i thank
him for his message in the name of the
constituency j represent, and in my own
name. l thank him in the name Of con-
stitutional law, and in the name Of lib
erty and equal rights. Now, while the
bugle note is sounding for another con.
Aict four years to come, like that we
have ust passed through, | deem it only
fair to say that | will, as l hope every
lover of the Union will, be found stand
ing side by side with the President and
his party. Of course we cannot expect
that the Republicans will take kindly this
exposure Of their designs. 1.-The CALLED
jade" winces. They can have no more
love for the present Chief Magistrate
than the followers of Aaron Burr had
for Jefferson, or those engaged in the
whisky insurrection in Pennsylvania had
for Washington. They may heap abuse
on the President-they may accuse him
of having libelled them-they may al
lege that he is partisan President, and
may continue to pour upon him the walls
of their wrath but, sir, if l mistake
not, the American party of the South
with the exception of my colleague)
and the Democratic party-all conserva-
tive men everywhere-will give against
them the same verdict that the President
has. If what the President says does
not apply to them, why do they take it
to themselves ? If they do not belong
to the Garrison, the Wendell Phillips
school, who would burn the Bible aud
the Constitutional they do not belong
to that school of politicians who are in
favor of abolishing slavery in the States,
and who claim the mower to do so, as
the gentleman from Ohio Mr., BINGHAM
this morning announced unequivocally,
under those principles of the Constitu-
ton which secure the right of trial by
jury, the habeGs corpus act, and the great
eternal principles of liberty which are
to be found in every line of that sacred
instrument-if they do not belong to
the school to which the honorable gen.
tleman from Ohio Mr. BINGHAM and
the senior member from Ohio Mr. GID-
DINGs do, why trouble themselves with
all this abuse of the Presidents mes
sage? | hope that message will be scat
tered all over the world, as a warning
everywhere against men who would strike
down, or attempt to strike down, and de-
stroy the eternal principles of constitu-
tional liberty which are found in that in
strument.
Sir, the message is not unprecedented. :"
My colleague Mr. DAVIS is moi Singh
lar in the use of that term There has
not Black Republican spoken upon this
floor who has not denounced the message
as Unprecedented" and false to the his
tory of the country. 1t was commenced
upon that side of the House, and has
been followed up by my colleague. He,
at least, seems to agree with them in this
respect. How. sir, is it unprecedented
Why, sir, from the earliest history of
this Recommendation the days of W ash
ington down to the days of Gen. jack
son, you will find precedents of this kind
in Presidential messages.
General Washington made the insur-
rection in Pennsylvania in reference to
the tax upon whisky, the subject of
special message to Congress and he not
only did that, but asked for force to
suppress it, and Congress gave 1t to him.
That message was more vituperative and
abusive of the enemies Of constitutional
liberty than this. Jefferson denounced
the alien and sedition laws of 1898, in
round terms. He denounced the con-
spracy of Aaron Burr and all his coad-
tutors. Madison denounced the conduct
of Gov. Strong, of Massachusetts, du-
ring the last war, for refusing to bring
out his troops to fight foreign enemy
And, sir whenever there has been
danger from combinations of men to sup
press or to obstruct the process of law,
It has been the practice of every Presi-
dent to communicate such facts to Con-
gress. We have had an instance during
this very Congress, in President Pierce 5
Kansas message. There we're obstruc-
tons to the laws in Kansas. / care not
whether it came from what Black Re-
publicans call the "border rufiians" OF
Missouri, or the emigrant aid society.
There was state of revolution there,
and the President communicated the
facts to Congress, and asked for power
to suppress the;troubles. 1t was all we'll
enough then with the Black Republicans.
1t was music in their ears when the So
called "oorder ruffians of Missouri" we're
referred to; but when an attack was
made upon the "emigrant aid society"
it was all discord aud distraction.
say it is the duty of the President,
upon all emergencies of this sort, to com
muuicate the facts TO Congress, and let
the people decide for themselves. Then
my colleague il mistaken when he says
this is an extraordinary and unprece-
dented message. / have pointed out the
precedents, aud whether there were pre-
cedents or not, there is constitutional
obligation upon the President to commu-
nlcate such facts to the Congress of the
United States.
In everything which has been said by
my friend from Georgia, fMr. STEPHENS,
my friend from North Carolina, [Mr.
BRANCH, and every gentleman who has
spoken upon this side Of the House re-
lating to the power Of Congress to ex-
clude slavery from the Territories, fully
and thoroughly concur, and / take OPP
posite grounds from what my colleague
has taken. denounce that claim Of
power, as the President has denounced
it, as gross and palpable usurpation Of
power. II will not do for gentlemen to