Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03

REMARKS. 0F 80
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g, CetrsafffeS OF the ~tFhote; fpoH iHs Iee-
If the COMMITTEE on Federal Rela- I
Eoas. on The GoUernor's .hesssge.
Nh. CuAIRnAN:-I hope that the
..,;on of tine regenilemanfrom Leavsnwofsh
Al nreyail. and the Report be recoEnnait
ID That Report, sir, does not express
- opinions and sentiinents-it does not
= .,press the opinions andsseniiments Of the
,.ooe whom was sent here to orepresent;
nd cannot permit it to so forth to- the
,orld as an embodiment of the opinions OF
Ills House witheusaraisingmy voice in SOL
smu protes, against il. / do protestiagainst.
i sir; and I ask the at,eAtion of this
committee until Lean set forth briefly the
reasons for my opposition to II.
On the reception Of the message OF his
Excellercy, I felt wounded and mortified
BY tbee, many iipuendoes, insinuailons and
covert insults which it offered to that high
toned. chivalrie party Of which have the
Lonor TO be an. humble memter- The
massage ito to which ] refer, must have graft
Cd harshly upon die feelings Of every
reuiber Of this House, and need not be
,pea.ed here. In these passages, find,
a. that our party. the law apd order par
~, which unites. wi,hn ,its limits all the
rood and loyal. citizens of this Territory,
;s confounded with the horde of hreling
ruffians who invaded our, homes last sum-
per, spreading havoc and desoiation orer
the fair fields of this beautiful country. ~
tnd, sir, that his Escelency has stu,lious-
5aroided drawing the slightest distinction
between those gallant, men who took up
arms at the call Of duty, left their ,homes
and firesides unprotected, and marched to
the defence of the laws and the aa,horities
Of this land, and the paid ruf1ians brougi,
here for revolution and des,ructiena And,
SIR feel that my Constituents are insult
edand aggrieved by this course. I feel,
sir, that they are degraded and disgraeed
by being placed upon on an. equality
with those hirelings, the refuse Of the Nor
lhern. cities, who came here in, arms to
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subvert our government and drive US from
the soil. Sir, il. tie law and order party
he'd Of their own accord, without .authori-
ty Of law. taken up arms in defence o.
their county, IL would have been griev-
Gus insult and grossand wanton Injustice
10 place them upon the level Of that pred.
n,Ory band. Isay, sir,sthat if every man
had in obedience 10 the natural dictates o
his natural love for his country. shouldered
lis musket and marched to meet those rob
bers and drive them from our limits, he
would have been wfonged, grossly wrong
ed. if mentioned in the same breath will
MOse rnfians. How much more grierous
then, sir, is the insult, how much more
wanton and gross the wrong. when the
party thus assailed took the field, not only
from high and patriotic motives. but at the
call and under the orders OF the acting
Governor! Why, sir, they were moi only
obeying impulses which no honorable man
could resist, but were actually doing their
bounden duty as good, law-abiding, ORDER
loving ci:izens. To attack them, sir, as
the message has done, is an ou,rage-an
outrage that cannot be.excuscd or roliat-
I'd. have yet to learn, sir, that equal
and exact justice consists in throwing
Lame indiscriminately upon both parties.
| Lave always Teen taught, sir, that
the probability of opposing parties being
equally in error. was presumption which
acandid and impartial Judge would carry
with him TO the investigation Of such a
question; but, sir. to adopt that presump-
'lon as a fair. and just conclusion, without
investigation or examination, is a course
which bears its own condemnation stamp
ed upon its front. No re1ecting mind can
Tor moment entertain such proposition
No one who has any sense of justice can
res, satisfied with it, even whore interests
Of far less magnitude are at stake than in
the present instance. And, sir, / was
shocked to find it deliberately laid down
IN an official document TO which the whole
country has been looking with so much i'm
patience and anxiety. was shocked, sir,
to see that bare presumption, which, in
the very nature Of things, can only be
raised before the merits of such an issue
are inquired into, was there assumed as
hnal conclusion at which his ExcelIeney
had arrived without investigation or inqui-
fy, and in which he inteded TO persist in
the future. Nay, more, sir, he holds ou,
to us his willingness to throw the veil of
oblivion over the past, and hide US under
lis folds with the ruthless nliscrean,s OF
Lanes party, as precious boon which
Weshould accept with gratitude and thanks
giving. Now, sir, shall sing no anthems
IN praise of the mercy and justice of his
tseelleney. / feel. sir. that the whole
course of our party will bear the s,rictest
scrutiny. and am not afraid to meet it
Challenge it. feel that we have done
uothlDu which should br;nu tho hi,axh rf