Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-02-23
DFFERRED DEBATES.
Rousrks Of bir W1LInars, Of Hiokmsn, il the House
Of REPRESENTATIVES, February 4, 1883, On the Bel
Rasolutiong.

gentlemen whose speeches are more able and inter
esting than can hope to make anything may have
to say an aware, too, that in undertaking "a
snsEef the eloquent gentleman from Wilson, OH
Golladay,) have undertaken no obild's play
may be permitted TO remark, that do not know
which most 70 admire, the candor aud boldness 0,
his expressions, or the beauty Of bis diction.
Ny friend concludes his speech by very pathetic
1 appeal 70 our simpathies. That appeal was touch
ing and eloquent, and can assure my friend that
we're it not Tor the imperative mandate Of public
/ duty, would certainly respond to il.
Mr. Speaker, public men, a. well ssstheir acts,
are public property, and the publicm men in whom the
people have intrusted their interest, cannot have
their public career too often too rigidly scrud
/ Bizsd- This applies particularly to our Federal
Representatives. Our own destiny and that Of pos
teriy is in their keeping Il is for them 70 bring
/ veal or woe upon Hence, sir, / an not one Of
those who think we ought to eseheW all federal
| questions in this body. When We lock around US
and see the gathering storm Of fsnsteism lowering
/ thick sRd dark; when We see disssntion and dis
fractions in the Federal Union, it is tige, sir, that
federal matters should be talked Of here and else
/ where; yea, around every freside in the Union.
The Hon John Bell is public servant, entrusted
With the interest Of Tennessee in the United States
4 Senate By the Legislature Of the state ne repre-
| sents Il is then legitimate and proper that this
tribunal should investigate the manner in which be
has executed that trust, and If 1t is found that be
has faithfully and truly represented the people Of
/ Tennessee il is due TO him that the world should
know Il through fair and Impartial investigation;
and it, on the contrary, it is found that be has not
reLresented his constituency well, painful as be
| duty may be, We owe it TO ourselves 70 make the
| exposure Of his dereliction Of duty
was sorry, sir, to hear the speech Of my friend
from Wilson / did net think the sentiments he Ut
tered land they similar those Of other gentle
mem could hud lOdgment in the heart Of q south
ern man. much less an expression from 8 talented
RaTra fatfV onf hie hat tha
Missouri compact was, 70 use his own expression,
"a halloWsd compact, that was saoctifed by an eX-
istence Of nearly forty years" lie and other gen
temen1 believe, called il q ''time honored com
pact" / was sorry, sir, 70 hear these sentiments
for had my friend been making that speech TO
Black Republican audience he would have received
unbOunded applause. l had read such sentiments
IS those in their speeches this same question Of
the repeal Of the Missouri restriction and have
q volume Of the Globe containing them, beg leave
70 read few extracts, not TO show that my friend
has any Black RepubcaDsm in his composition, for
[ know him 70 be q chivalrous southern gentleman,
but TO show that his remarks may have tendency
70 place him 10 false position before the country.
l beg leave 70 call the attention Of the House 70
the speech Of ). R. Gddings, the Kansas BILL the
notorious Ohio aboltlonist. He says: "Long since,
our predecessors esHsscrGsd this immense territory
10 freedom. That dedication
was right and just It was in accordance with Gods
higher law. Il is just and proper now, and will
remain while God Of justice rules the dsstinies
Of nations"
And in 8 speech upon the same subject Solomon
P. Chase another abolitiouist Of the same State,
say: "And what does slavery ask for noWf Why,
sir, it demands that tms-hoHOTsd compact shall be
rescindsd-a compact that has endured thrugh
gk0LG generation" 80.
And William H. Seward, the great arch fsnd of
sboltonism, says: 'WhEt If the letter or the spirit
Of the eompromse Of 1850 did supercede, or impair,
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that is reason, not for abrogsting the rrepetlsbe
aud tvOLabEs compact Of 1920, but spurious AMI
pretended compact of 1860" sc.
Mark, sir, the identity Of the expressions Of my
friend from Wilson, 10 that Of these notorious Black
Republicans. l know, cir, their ssntimsuts on the
question Of slavery are antipodes % his, but when
the people Of the North come TO read such seDti-
meuts expressed here, it will have the effect Of par
alyZiug Of those in the North VINO wiling
to cODcede 70 the South It's constitutional rights
But let NE for g moment examine this compact
that has been herslded 70 the world 80 sacred
and halloWed compact. What is this Missouri
Compromised Il is, sir, that slavery shall be
forever prohibited north Of &c degrees 80 minutes
That Is 20 say 70 you Southern men, you shall
have the rights, under the constitution and
laws Of your country that is enjoyed by the citizens
Of the Northern States You may have fought your
countrys battles all along the vale Of timeysa sir
your besrtsboOd may have stained this same soil,
but when the dust and smoke Of battle, is cleared
away, you are forbidden by relentless law from
living and enjoying your property as others DO on
the same soil, that you may have Hstered with your
blood and supported with your taxes. This, Sit, IS
the Missouri COnpTomise-this is what is styled
" hsllowed compost. But my friend, devotes much
OF bis time prove the CoRsuLutioRaijy Of the Mis-
souri, Restriction. ! tell him that, / cannot argue
that question now, SO it has been decided by the
Supreme Court to be unconstitutional in the Ceebrs-
bred Scott case, and while that decision remains,
/ cannot discuss the question.
But sir, passing sgain from the cOnstitutiOnali;y
Of 1t, 10 the eXpedency, think my friend from
Wilson Is the last man VINO ought TO complain OF the
passage Of the Kansas bill, or the repeal Of the Hs
souri, Compromise The passage Of that act WAS rot
the particular measure Of any political party, bat
Democrats and Wings each came in for a share Of
the honor and responsibility Of its passage. Would
sir that could claim all the for my party,
but csudOuT and jusuC cOmpels me say hat the
Wing party are entitled 10 q mOiety Of the praise
In the House Of Representatives, II had two Wing
advocates from Tennessee, viz: Charles Ready and F.
K. Zolicotfer.
Now gentlemen, you heard my friend from Wilson
last evening say, that this compromise was hal
lowed compact and that its repeal was 3 shame aud
al outrage. Charles Ready has been twice re-eec-
ted. By whom, sir Z. J. Golladay and the Ameri-
can party! IL its repeal was An outrage, why did
YOU not denounCe Mr.. Ready for voting and speak
ing for it guess my frisAd viii have hard time
explaining his Vote for Mr. Ready, and l imagine
my friend from Rutherford (Dr. RchsrdsOu) will
have easy time explaining ms tor him. if be
takes the view that It was 81 outrage. might also
remark, that M IT, nd from Davidson (Nr, Vaughn
who spoke 90 eoqusu,ly few evenings ago, this
question, viii 6ud II difficult TO explain why be has
voted for Gen. Zy.IcoHer on Two occasions while be
denOunCes the Kansas bill.
But sir, have no besilsncy in asserting that the
great body Of the people Of Tennessee favour
of the Kansas bll and that the people Of their dis
s..Fr-- 4 4 - H.
oofsr ] hud in the True Wing, June 25th, 1865, /
(nOW the Patriot the Isii0WIug announcement: |
90 For Congress the name Of Gen. f. i. ZOlcUEeris
presented Tor re election. H. course IN Congress /
mas given extraordinary degree Of satisfaction 70
al parties, 30. " Marx the language, SIR not q /
moderate degree, but extraordinary degree Of sat-
isfscJiOn. This sir the feeling 1880, this I
subject, and before leave il, would like 10 hrsr
my friend from Wsyns (Mr. kendrck,) explain Why |
be now opposes the Kansas bid, when he advocated /
it with the exception Of what is called the alien 4
suffrage festure, all over the 7th Congressional dis
.rlcl 10 that year. But passing from that part Of
he Kansas BILL that repeats the Missouri Eestrc- I
ton, End my friend and other gentlemen con
iemnlug what they call "squstter sovereignty" l |
don't know whether 1 fully comprehend their mean
ing, but undertake 10 say if there il anything Of
hat sJrt in The Kansas bill il is 10 the constitution
3 the United States, for every feature and provision
Is made expressly subject 10 10. II you mean by the
Term, The right Of territorial legislature 70 exclude
slavery from the territory, the Federal Court has
decided that territorial legislature has not the
power, and that the nsnsas bill cOnfers no such
power. Before this question vas stJudlcated it was
likely 20 produce much dis5euuuu IN the ranks Of
ny own party. 1 confess, sir, had much alarm on
ne subject ssW the breakers surgIng high IL the
distance, sud heard the multsring thuuders Of dis
,0Td scRoing over the troubled waters, sai trem
lled, for the safety Of my old party craft that had
ode riumpbsnuy the swelling pillows Of opposition
N SO many occasions. Many democrats Of toe usrtb
md SOUTH entertained different views on this sub
cot, but the matter was referred 20 the Supreme
court where il egitimstely belonged, and they deci
led that, " the people Of q territory like those Of
state must reguliGe il when they form their coDsd
uuou. 20 In this, SIR, al good Democrats acqules3s
10 there is dscord ia tHa ranks Of the Democratic
Jarty on This subject.
But, Mr. speaksrr gentlemen are barred from put
ing in this pies for Mr. Bell even II It were good
ne. He makes no such objection himself his op-
ostion is on very different grounds, for he only
I'D NOT oppose tim the Esusas bill but be stands
ommiitsd s. 3 real sQusuer sovereignty nan, BY
is vote on the California BILL that has real sgUater
overeg uly in it. So, gentleman If you mean what