The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-02-06


Sir was not at alI asouished the language used by
the member from Pennsylvana Mr. BARCLAY when com
msniipg few days ago, ON that part OF the message
was not surprised bin manifest much soreness vhen
7 reuembered the well-merited rebuke which he had
lately received the hands of an indignant constituency
for his betrayal of democratic principles which ne pro-
fssed That gentleman and many other gentlemen have
denied that they or their party inamed with desire
10 change the domestic Institutions OF the southern STATES
am glad sir TO see this manifestation OF repentance on
the part Of those gentlemen am glad they have ~ last
awoke from their dream OF conquest and power ana hat
the President has forciby exposed their wektd designs
unveiled their revolutionary tendencies as 70 draw
forth from them denial OF their guilt and some spirit OF
repentance. .E.
this Did the President speak truly when he made this
in his message have doubt bnt that these
gentlemen entertain views very different indeed from
those they entertained before the people bad sguay
buked them Bat did they act in the last with
this view and they not acnated by hostile feel
ngs against their brethren Of the South And appears
10 me that gentlemen have forgotten what they did
and what they said then Did they not indulge, before
northern audiences 10 abusive epithets against ther e
sw-czeus of the South Did they not arraign their m
sttutons before jury Of The North and condemn then,
without hearing Did your public orators and your
hired presses with nsnlts and vile wnsn
decency would have forbade you 10 use even Ains Nc
people of foreign government DID you not raise and
march under banners with sixteen only blazing upon
them And did you condeseend 10 take either your can
didae for the presidency vice presidency from that de-
voted section upon whose ruin disgrace and degradation
you hoped to build mp your own fortunesf
gain sir know OF no better method OF Judging OF
The intentions of parties than by their own decla
raons If you really intend no Interference with the in
q slavery n % nd Soa.nesn mn ySep
he declared In speech which he made IN siayeianan IN
1873: 4R se
"what, then You say, nothing b done FOR freedom
because the public inert7 Yes auch can be
DONE ythng be done Slavery be limited toits
bounds il can be ameorated = can be- and mnst
be- abolished and you and can, and must, 90 10"
Sir every one who knows character history of the
distinguished senator from New York frcm whose speech
have quoted knows well thas man in the Union ander'
| ~ I,tt thaf ,F rd5 had drn
SIR ghairmap that disting senator for be u truly
distinguished and however much may depse MS poiiti-
cal sentiments must admire him for the bolaress With
which he them ard pnlike moet OF biz associate
iS he courtesy which chaiaotfissf him in debnte meant
something, and the applauding mnltteas who listened 10
aud must be abolished and you aud can and mus, do
itn What slavrry Slavery WHERE Why, there ives no
slavery in New York. In Ohio. in any OF the
northern States Then what else did be aludeo what
else could he have aldcdf he did not mean slavery in
the southern States Aud mark son SIR be did no, say
that the people of the slsveholdng States could and must
abolish slavery but he said You the people OF Ohio aud
| j, the senator from New York, must do ~
Agap, sir, in the speech from which haxe reed,
! the senator from New York said
nWherein do the strength and security of slavery lie
You that hsy lie in the constitution Of the United
states all. lhey lie in the sentiment Of
the American people Consultations and .o~s can no more
can climb above its spring lncncate them the love
Of and the equal rights Of man under the paiena
roofs il that they are taught in the schools and 10 the
churches reform your code extend cordial wecolns
to the fugitive who lays his weary limbs az your door and
derpnd him rs would your paterna gods. Correct
vour own rorthat slavery has any constitutional
sntee which may lit be released and ought not 70 be ren
| guisbed."
Whenever the pus'o mind shall viii the abolition of
slavery, the way viii open iot st'' a#t S a&N
noes all this nothing, sir2 Wbo can read that re-
msrkabe speech Of that remarkable man ana come 70 an
other sensible concnoa Than that he meant TO convey the
idea that was the duty c the northern people, ana tbe
right TO abolish slavery whenever they had the power or
whenever the sentiment Of the North was ready
TO win ii? If meant not that, he meant nothing
4 Mr.. wAKEMAN. From what paper do you read
Ms. WRIGHT, Of Tennessc, From the Globe s@t
I Mr.. WAKEMAN. From what epeech9
i Mr. WRIGHT of Tennessee. From the speech Of the
senator from New York, quoted by the senator from
Mississippi Bnows and which The senator from New
of speeches and which he does not deny
i Mr. WAkEMAN. Oh that is another thing
4 Mr. McQU EEN Whose speech is It from?
! Mr WtltGHT of Tennessee Mr.. SEwARD's. And now,
sir wish to know the gentleman from New York
he denes that the senator from New York made thai
i Mr WAKEMAN. do not know anything about y
simply ask the gentleman he was reading fiom Mr. SEW
4 ARp's sp ech or from somebody elses-
4 Mr. FLORENCE Does ihe gentleman from New York
coincide 10 it2 That is the question
j Mr. WAKEMAN. Not at all. J say nothing on the
il subject.
4 Mr. WRIGHT, of Tennessee But this is not all, cir
Another distinguished senator Mr. WILSON whose dls,
tnctou however arises not so much from his ability ana
learning from his trucking subservency TO the lowest
prejudices and passions of mankind, in letter to
j Wendell Phillips, the great centre of ultra aboonam,
Il said
The anti slavery party alone too weak. They few
In numbers though their policy believe will yet be u-
pressed upon the country but the time is not yet"
Now sir to what policy did he refer He well knows
that the party which Wendell Phillips is attached, and
Of which he then speaking hold to the policy Of abo
shing slavery everywhere in The United States through
The action OF the federal government He that policy
will yet be impressed upon the couutry but the time Is
not yet meaning agree with the distinguished senator
from New York Mr.. SEwARD that, whenever the public
sentimen wled the abolition of slavery the way would
for it. If he meant not this then Is language worth
Il nothing. s
Bat SIR lei review the policy of that party set forth
by its advocates upon this floor On the Esd day Of July
last member from Connecticut Mr DEAN,l in stating
what he understood be the issue presented between
the conteuding parties, said
Thc of ALL the of ALL the basis OF all this lies
in the simple question: Shall freedom slavery be the ruling
predominant of the model republic of the world
That question can be answered in but way Freedom,
human personal freedom the fument of the great sent
that all created free and equal and endowed
by their with naiensbe rights life, liberty,
and the puut of happiness viii be the national ruling OF
this for future centuries the Of is glory
will drapery crmsoned by its bood reaches
century of its existence Human liberty and chate slavery
the very opposes of each other may well at
tempt wed the darkness the light make modest vir
tue the daily handmade Of abhorrent vice. minge bar
monze and unite in nationality the doctrine OF
liberty and republican with the personal
chael of the bought sold, bartered, or
changed and owned body and SOUL by the few II B po
litica and moral mpoFsibility.
Well sir in point Of composition that is very pretty
hat eloquentpret,y bold-not very clear
decidedly tarather the sickly order, bowev
tlc hnnu htfr xnatI1