Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-09-15

The Republicans have also carried every Con-
gressional District, including the Sd aud 9th Dis
tricts, where there was some donbt Of the result
The star in the East shines brightly resplendent
in the constellation of Republican States.
BBNToN's ABRIDaRMENT OF THE DEBATES OF
CoNGRsss, PROM 1889 TO 1856 The eighth vol
ume Of this great national work, by the author o.
the Thirty Years View" published by D. APP
pleton & Co.. New York, has just been received
from the general agents Of the publishers D.
Kmball K Co. of Providence. This volume com
prises 757 pages, and opens with the first session
of the Eighteenth Congress, April 10, 1924, and
extends to March 10, 1926, thus embracing
period Of not quite two years, including the last
eleven months Of President Monroe's term, and
the frst year of that of President John Q Adams.
This includes the exciting period attendant upon
the election of President by the House, in Feb
ruary, 1926, when John Quincy Adams was
chosen by the casting vote OF Henry Clay, as
Speaker, this being the close of Mr.. Clay's ser.
vice as member of the lower branch Of Congress-
or the eminent statesmen who figured most
prominently at this period, very few survive
Calhoun was then Vice President, Webster was
the representative of Boston in the House, Clay
was Secretary of State, Judge Mclean was
Postmaster General, William Writ was Attorney
General, Richard Rush was Secretary of the
Treasury, Lloyd and Mills represented Massa-
chusetts in the United States Senate; Bell and
Woodbury., New Hampshire Van Buren, repre-
scented New York; Benton and Barton, Missouri;
Hayne and Guillard, South Carolina; w. r.
King, Alabama Gen Harrison, Ohio K NJ.
johnson, Kentucky BerIien, Georgia Thomas
Clayton, Delaware; Randolph and Tazewell, Vir
GINA; Hugh White, Tennessee; and McDufie
and Posnett were in the House from South Caro-
lima, Burgess from Rhnde Island, Everett from
Massachusetts,, &c.
The subjects discussed in the Debates here re-
ported are generally of consequence, and some of
them directly concern the politics of this time
Among them are the Panama Mission, Negro
Slavery in South America, Slavery in the New
States, the Public Lands and the graduation Of
their price, Internal Improvements, the Tariff,
the Monroe doctrine, etc. The Panama Mission
debates will furnish something new to most read
ers who have reached only to middle life, and are
especially worthy of the attention of young men,
erning party in this country, and from that know
ledge is to be derived the only practicable means
of efecting that party's overthrow. The discus
sions that grew out of the Panama affair showed
how mean aud marrow minded was the Democrat
ic party Of that time, and it has not improved
any, but rather lost in character and conduct
since these discussions took place.
There is considerable Of John Randolph's ora
tory here, and old Roanoke, with all his faults
and eccentricites, was always sure to say some
thing that was worth hearing and which it is
not uninteresting to read at this time, under an
entirely different state of things. He was, how.
ever, on the eve of meeting his match, and we
shall, in the next volume of the Abridgement,
have some of the savage encounters that took
place between him aud Tristan Burgess.
The following is extract from the great
speech Of John Randolph, March 2, 1926, on the
subject of negro slavery in South America, in
which his natural average to the institution, in
spite Of circumstances surrounding him, was
manifested:
"From my early childhood, all my feelings and
interests we're in opposition to slavery in every
shapes to the subjugation of one mans will to
that Of another and from the time that l read
Clarkson's celebrated pamphlet ION the slave
tTade), was, am afraid, as mad Clarkson
himself read myself into this madness, as l
have read myself into some agricultural improve
ments but as with these last l worked myself
out OF them, so also worked myself out of it,"
We have in this eighth volume the commence
ment Of Edward EVeretts Congressional career,
very full report Of the speech which he made
March 9, 1926, on proposition to amend the
Constitution being given. This is his maiden
speech, in which Mr.. Everett made that cele-
brsted bid to the slave power (avowing his readi.
ness to buckle on his knapsack to put down a
slave instruction, &c J, which has so checked
his political advancement at the hands of free
Northern constituency, and deservedly SO, ever
since. Mr. Everett argued against eliminating
that clause from the Constitution, which allowed
the Shareholders at the South a representation Of
three ffths Of their "chatlel" property, in the
following strain:
Having touched on this point, ought per.
haps TO add that, If there are any members in
the House of that class Of politicians to whom
the gentleman from North Caroline (Mr. Saun
ders) alluded, as having the disposition. though
not the power. to disturb thu compromise con-
tanned in the Constitution on this point, am
not Of the number. Neither am l one OF those
citizens Of the North, TO whom another honora-
bic member lately referred, in a publication to
which his name was subscribed, who would think
himmoral and rreligious to join in putting down
aseryile instruction at the South. am no sol
der Sit ; my habits and education very un-
military but there is no cause In which would
sooner buckle knapsack TO my back, and put a
musket on my shoulder, than that. would cede
the whole continent TO any one who would take
Ito England, 20 France, TO Spain would
see u sunk in the bottom Of the ocean, before
would see any part Of thi9 fair America converted
into Continental Hayt, BY that awful process
Of bloodshed and desolaton, by which alone such
catastrophe could be brought on. The great
relation OF servltude' IN some form or other with
greater or less departures from the theotetic
equality Of man is inseparabe from our nature.
I know Of no way by which the form Of this ser
vitude shall be fixed, but political institution.
Domestic slavery. though confess not that form
Of seryitude which seemg 10 be most beneficial 10
the master--eertsinly not that which is most
beneficial to the servant--is not, in my iudg.
ment, to be set down as an immoral and irTelig-
ious relation. | cannot admit that religion has
but voice TO the slave. and that this voice IT,
Rise against your master" No, Sir, the New
Testament says, "Slaves. obey your master"
The contrast between these sentiments and
those uttered BY John Randolph, a STAKEHOLDER,
on the occasion, Is very striking. Mr.. Randolph,
and Mr.. Cambreleng Of New York, both admin
isssrsd to Mr.. Everett very severe and deserved
rsbukss Tor his doughfaee sentiments.
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