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

in bis vote for Fremont IL banded, back to him
They would not receseit he was driven rom The polls
and conspeleto hide himself for days, until he could fnd
oppestssx 70. escape from 1.-The State 10 preserve his
life.
During the canvass, Professor Hedriek, Of North Caro-
lima denounced by the southern Tor intendng
vote for Fremont lie out IN moderate carefully
written letter declaring his belief that it would be for the
interests OF North Carolina TO keep her slaves TO
develop her resources aud that Kensrs should be
free Slate For that o,rce e professors of the North
Carolina University eane together and dsavowed any
sympathy with him. The trustees assembled and removed
him. Inc mob assembled and insuied him. He left, or
rather driven FROM his native State, He held little
appointment scientific cenneced with the publica
zion Of your Nautical Almanac, worth $500 yearan sp
pontment given him by Mr. Secretary Graham. He wentn
Cambridge where the Nautical Almanac is made up but
be has been removed from bis position in the government
service computer for the crime of having declared in
his native State that he believed the interests OF North
Carolina REQUIRED that Kansas should be free Let it 60
abroadsover the world that native of North Carolina
scholar man of scientific atainments has been removed
from his prof.ssorsbip from the State for such
offence and that this administration has removed him
from the lutte Office worth $780, computer on the Nau
ca Almanac for the reason Let go abroad over
the world Let the scientific and the literary men Of
the Old World understand that have party in power
in republican, America which lays its iron hand on man,
even from the slavehodng States who breahes the woro
liberty That is black and damniDg disgrace TO
this country and there is not American at home OF
abroad who carries manly heart in his BOSOM that does
not look upon 4 as degradation TO bis country pr ass
OF liberty who turn their eyes hopefully to us will hang
their heads in very shame for the nmy your adminstra
ton has brought upon the republic.
Mr.. PUuH would like to ask the senator question,
with his permission viii be explain to us how 1t hap
pened that professor removed from the Cambridge
Law School in Massachusetts, simply for acting COM
missioner under Congress- and also attempted
to be removed from his udgesbp under the State laws by
resolution of both branches Of the legislature and his
mova only prevented by the veto Of the governor I'll
struck me that they parallel cases.
Mr.. WILSON. Perhaps that senator sees parallel;
in the it was professor acting, you
say under the law of Congress called the ugitvesave
law We believe tbatlaw 10 be unconstitutional inhuman,
and unchrisan He not compelled to act upon 1T for
he under necessity of holding that efce We did
not choose who executed that law he exc
cuted should teach law the young of the country
One professor uttered word for liberty and your admin
sraton crushed him. the other performed deed for sa
very and of Massachusetts, condemned him.
Sir have said that you have no freedom of speech at
the South Senators have denounced sectional be-
haye votes in the South Tbareminds me OF the
Dutch Judge in old democratic BeIks who kicked the de-
PENDANT OF doors locked the door, and then entered
Judgment for default. [Laughter] Your native sons
stand electoral tickets vote our principles at the
peril of life Then when you able with your iron
despotism crush out all there who would 20 with
round and tell getting up sectional party
you, there tens OF thousands OF men in the
South whose sympaihits with but they have no OPP
porlunty so vote. la the city of ST. Louis nearly
thousand Germans show their devotion to liberty
went to the baoboxes when they could get up no State
ticket for Fremont aud voted for Willard Fillmore, the
candidate with the word ProesP printed
their baots-an which illustrates your despotsm,
and shows that these no true TO liberty IN the
Old World will not be false 10 their cherished convictions
in the New. Mr.. Moses O. Church, of your State,
Mr.. President Mr. STUART in the lwas driven from
Georgia for writing home to his father these words;
Tbe working men, non-saveholdipg mechanics, and 9TH
ers who dependent their daily labor for their
port feel sorey the competition of labor and they
do hesitate to say they would vote for Fremont they
holders, and they fas finding out their strength
Even here, In the national Capitol, that vacant seat
pointug to Mr. SUMMERS char] an evidence that free
dom OF speech is always tolerated-not always sae
The senator Penns, vania, Mr. BIGLER. not
present. charged upon the offence of being opposed
slavery per Well sir opposed TO slavery per
But is it be charged upon that we mean to usurp
power which we have not and do claim, because
opposed to slavery per Sc? Mr. Buchanan declared
than thirty years ago. that he believed slavery to be
great POLITICAL great moral evil and he thanked God
that his lot in State where it did exist"
Does the senator from Pennsylvania call that warning
against slavery per The senator voted in the senate OF
Pennsy lS47 in favor of the Wmot provso The
senator from Virginia mr. MAsoS regards the assertion of
that doctrine upon the slave Saesupon slavery
per Does the senator from Penns lvania now in
The senator from Michigan Mr. CAss1 the other day
gave another dsquisiton upon his doctrine of sqnater
sovereignty While be occupied the floor of the Senate
giving additional notes and upon his Nchol
son letter and in illustrating the beauties of his theory
while be upon the floor claiming that people of the
Territories in their territorial capacity have the right
exclude Slavery dsting uished representative from Ken
lucky Mr. HUMpHREY MARSHALL bringing up the dem
ocratic party the confessional regard this doctrine
The from Virginia Mr. MASON wassummoned to the
House toexplain his colleagues casual remark which he
had made during the speech the from Maine
FrssEspEN Thedelegaton from Virginia proclaimed the
floor of the House their unanimous disagreement with the
doctrines the from Michigan then avowine and
announced by authority that the from Virginia had
been misunderstood After the close of that speech the
senator from Virginia in here and asked minutes
for explanation then avowed his doctrine to be that
Congress had right under the constitution egate
in regard to slavery in the Territories that the people Of
the Territories derived their powers from Congress- and
therefore had right to egsate at all That beau
tful illustration of this doctrine of squater sovereignty
which has been preached all the North and by which
the people have been cheated, deceived and deluded
The from South Carolina told days ago.
that the revolution, when the government first
framed they all patrios-they did quarrel
these sectional questions The from Texas Think
held the language that of this degenerate age
raising these sectional questions would ask these
forced these issues upon us in l774 when
the old Congress met and framed the articles association
the second article prohibition of the slave trade
which had been forced upon The colonies by the policy of
the British government That prohibition of the slave
trade sustained by the North and by the South
South Caron endorsed it, In 1887 when your constitu-
on framed of the North were not responsible
the existence of slave anywhere under the authority
of Congress. Most OF the northern States bad taken
measures in favor Of tending to, emancipation in
their States. When the constitution framed there
not man in America who believed that the idea
Of property in man, to the words of Mr. Madison,
was imbodied in that constitution When Washington
entered upon his duties President there action
the national which made the people Of Mes
sachuses OF any State responsible for slavery any
where outside of bis jurisdiction. Were pro-
crihcd who held the views that this side OF the
chamber now hold No, sir; the men who promulgated