The Washington union., 1858-03-25


put forth the sentiments of the South and can
assure gentlemen they do to send republican ncrn-
bers to this House than any other that could
possibly he invented
Mr. Chairman there is another argument which have
heard advanced thisdoo by friends which Injuries us
at the North, particularly among the moral and religious
portion OF our party which constitutes avery large portion
of UaDd TINT is, such an argument ms was presented
the other day by my friend from Georgia MIR CA,
nni in which he cndeasoftd TO ptofg that savctt yas
an institution from God enoined upon us ty the In
sped Word and that it was necessary in order to give
an elevated tone to the morals of the community Now
| have no doubt the gentleman really thinks Ia:
a right to think so but =, NOT tb;nk that God bas
e'' "', .-..s particular to do with IT,
qpRrehend the geptHwan Iron feqrgis does sot nd
Ep'ate f lpstitut'ur 30 u' CIT Of tcsrtt Rot tht OH
iat't' aw, he does out Of his zeal promote the
interests of his constituents and Of his State But he
does Mr. Chairman, he must take the whole well a
part of the law and il he refers to chapter XII
g. of that same law Of Leyicus he will find the follow
ing
And the swine though he divide the boor and be footed
yet he gheweh no, the sud he unclsan 10 tvu. 4,
y hs tesn tfu 80 not ea dnd e odrtaas a f6 not touch
Now, when the gentleman from Georgia is again can
ae for reelection should hs tell his constituents from
the stump that it contrary to the Divine law for
them any longer to eat pork bacon and Chat he
sidered it his religious duty that law made the
law Of the State of Georgia. think it would bc a long
time before should him here this floor again
clothed with representative bower, te world fall '"sr
Er to his religious Zeal lAuHbt.r. Well now, the
democracy of Connecticut are n God fearing Christian
people Their standard of morality is high.
Mr.. GARrRELL. dislike very much to interrupt the
gentleman but ,l,
ear @ ss",mn" n%' o% s esSs %s sy think S"s
he is right If both right let us drop the subject
and content ourselves with the reflection that your people
are not our people, neither is your God our God.
But there is more argument which does at the
North great injury, and which does the South good
4 he m mt
ism existing at the NORTH Is co,tsatd With that esisiha
at tNe SoutH How, ID is true, Mr.. Chairman, that
cordng to the there is crime and paupcsm
at the North in proportion to the population than there
Is at the South But il not true in point of fact In
the State of Connecticut papers consist of the poorer
portion of the aborng classes supported the public
expense, who are either too young, too old physically
disqualified for labor imagine that you have laboring
people at the South and apprchend that your negroes
like white men, rr bpn haye tr tb'ldtood tn tislt
I'D dse have their times when they cannot work. and
when they must be supported by their masters pre-
sumo you have just many of them with you in proper
ton to your population, have with but go
into the census, the record, and yours do not The
only difference between is that pnupers sup
ported at the public expense and yours by private inivd
uals.
In regard To foreign criminals the gentleman says we
have mo,s pr Of them with US than they have with them
,nt ana' 7 aaoap.edy true Bu y M t2 Nhbted
try reside north OF Mason and Dxons line that nearly
every that emgrates to this country cmgrates
northern ports. In regard to the native criminals the
gentleman is right again. Bat why is this Is IL I've,
cause there is really less crime committed at the South
IN proportion 10 her population, than there is at the
North Is 1t because your people not just as r and
Just MS wicked as ours are will not say more So The
fact that the csiS elbows less crime ut the South
''ah ut hc North in proportion to the population is
p~d dce evidence either that your laws less strn
gent or less rgidy enforced that the aker has
not been as willing to your vices has been
Why, Mr. Chairman, have laws at the North which if
them.
half your people. Laughter We have Maine-liquor
laws Sunday laws, swearing laws gambling laws lottery
laws horse racing laws and hundreds of other laws,
which you do not have, if you do do not enforce
We used to have law IN Connecticut which forbulc
man kissing his wife on sunday. Ho. HouA siith c'm-
nal law be etfoiccd Iii Georgia! Laughter.
Ny GAKTRELL. We would have such law there.
Mr. BISHOP, We're such law enforced there amongst
that warm blooded and aicctionae people every dwelling
house would be converted into prison. Laughter
But, Mr. Chairman, L will not pursue these points
trust have said enough to convince southern friends
that we are decent people in way, after all,
and that slavery would not improve condition.
have only alluded to these topics in the hope that
gentlemen would abandon sueh cou,sc Of argument.
The democrats uf Connecticut, aid of the North, will
stand y you in all that is constitutional and right, and
YOU can ask no more DO not, then, gentlemen, i'm
ploe you, weaken usand by weakening inure your
selves through such unnecessary and useless comparisons
But, hr Chairman, hasten to the consideration Of the
Kansas question
In discussing the Kansas question Mr.. Chairman,
deem 1t unnecessary to back further than Fcbru-
ary 1857, when law passed by the territorial legs
ature providing for the calling of convention to adopt
State constitution am that it is claimed on
the other side that the territorial legislature bogus
legislature from the beginning and void OF all lcg,
thority This the claim made by the republican
party during the last presidential election. Every rcpni
can orator throughout the North with the report OF the
Kansas investigating committee Tor his Bible, and the
bogus legislature for his text cndeavorcd to convince the
people that the Topeka legislature the legal lcgsa
urc OF Kansas, and that the territorial legislature
usurpaton Congress by providing for the payment of
the members OF the territorial legislature, aud by other
provisions, has decided in the most solemn manner the
legality of that body The people Of these United States
by vote Of two million hundred and fifty hous-
snd against million three hundred and seventy five
thousand have acknowledged the validity of that cgsa
ture.
MIR. SHERMAN of Ohio. Congress-
Mr.. BISHOP / cannot yield any of my time. The
iority against the Topeka legislature million
three hundred AMI seventy five thousand than the
entire vote in its favor And not only this, but the free.
state of Kansas themselves have acknowledged the
validity of that territorial Legislature Under the laws
ot that body they, last October elected majority
of the present territorial legislature Kansas Under
those laws they elected the free State delegate to
this House who holds his seat upon this floor and
not solitary member has been heard to question the
right of that delegate to his seat here. Thus find,
Nh Chairman, that the executive and legislative depart
ments of the government that all political parties in
Kansas and all political parties in this country have
by their acts acknowledged the validity of the territorial
legislature of Kansas The verdict of the country is
unanimous that point and il is too late to claim
that the Lecompton constitution null and void because
the legislature which called it into existence had legal
authority
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