Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-04-20

say that this statement 10 20 ,oolored by bis party
views a. TO make il, in my opinion, utterly unrelia.
BILE. Let US see how 1t runs:
1.-THE people Of Kansas, thas deprived, not merely
of self-government, but even OF peace, tranquility,
and security, fell back on the inalienable revolution.
right of voluntary reorganization. They deter.
mined, however, with admirable temper. judgment
loyalty, to coniuct their procesdings tor this pur-
pose 10 Difference aud subordination to the authority
of the Federal Union, aud according to The line oi
precedent.
And OF whom do you suppose that ia predicated =!
the Topeksites: among wnom are to be included
General Jim Lane. and bis band of msrauders.-
Those are the persons whom he thus characterizes III
his history. But. panic majOrd cGn0mus. he his CIV
en- us a chapter on the Supreme Court. and, although
it is not my purpose to trench upon the province OF
the Senator from Louisiana, tMr. Benjamin. VINO
made, on yesterday, q defence OF that august body
go complete and eloquent, that any attempt on my
part to add to il, might mar, but certainly couio MOI
It, still sir, BY way OF testing inc cns.
actsr of this history, it may not be omlss 10 re"u
few extracts from that chapter:
1.-THE new President, under q show OF moceratlon'
masked a more %effectaal Intervention tnan inst W n'
predecessor, In favor of slave labor and a slave STATE
Before coming into office. he Approached, or was up,
preached by the Supreme Courtot the United STATES
Again:
'Th- day EMANCIPATION came-the frst one among
all the celebrations OF that great national pageant thht
was to be desecrhted by a coalition between tne Exc
cutive and Judicial Departments, to undermine the
w
And yet, again: A.
Judges, without even exchanging their silken robes
for courtiers' gowns, paid their sslutations to the Pre-
.ident. in the Executive palace. Doubtless the Presi.
dent received them as g~raciously as Charles l. did the
Judges who had, at his instance, subVerted the STA
tutes of English liberty" ~
Such are the choice excerpts from that chapter OF
bs history, which ia not only unsupported oy hu'
thorities, but, as the Senator from LOUISIANA hs
shovn. contrary To the facts OF the case.
And what is il that he proposes 10 90 WIN th's
Court a. a punishment fer all these things lie says
.Sir, the Supreme Court Of the United Ststes 81.
tennis To command The people OF the United States
IN accept the principles that one man can own other
men, and that they must guarantee the lnViolao,1i'ys
of that falae and pernicious properly. Inc PeoR'eoi
the United States never can, ana they never "il'' az
cent principles so unconstitutional and 80 sbhorrent.
Never, never. Let the Court recede. Whetnsr IL
recede or not, we shall re.organ'ze the Court, ana mus
reform its political sentiments and practlces, ano
bring them into harmony with the ConstltutIon sna
with the laws Of nature. In doing 30 we shsii no, on'
" re assume our own just authority, but we snail re
! ctore that high tribunal itself to the position 1t ought
TO maintain. since 90 many invaluable rights OF CHI.
zsns, and even Of States themselves depend upon hs
impsrtiality and its wisdom"
! That is TO say, the court is to be go re-organlzed as
that it shall deny the right Of property in slaves; II
shall be 30 recognized az to put The institutions OF
one half this confederacy beyond the pale OF lie
Constitution; itis TO be so re-OrganiHen rs 10 rei"rm Tvs
"poItical sentiments and practices, ana 10 CONFORM
10 what he calls the Constitution and the laws III n7-
ture. MIR. President. / think the Senator has endea'
yored to teach us before that our government onght
to administer a higher law than the Constitution IT,
self; a law which resides 10 the breast OF the 1SFer'
nor. and which is 10 be interpreted by himself. NOW,
eli, he invites us to destroy the judiciary system, and
10 re.orgsnize II upon principles which are difec''y
inimical, not only to the Constitution, but TO the peAce
and the harmony of the Union. u tthst Is not all: lie
tells US, for the future We are TO have 8 perpetual ID
4 .o.aoo;,a uyor III. auva lnpakInU nj irhp lA0Or.
at will henceforth meet You boldly and resolute!y
here; it will NEE: you everywhere, In the Territories
or out of them, wherever you may go 10 e1tenn
slavery. Ii has driven you back III Calllornia' ana
in Kansas; il will invade you coon in Delaware, Ma
rylsnd, Virginia, missouri, and Texas. 1t Will meet
YOU in Arizona, in Central Americs, and even in Gu
ba. The invasion will be no, merely harmless, bu,
beneicent, if you yield ssasonably to i's Just ana
moderate demands" The
interest Of the white races demands the ultimate
emancipation Of all men. Whether that consumma.
ton shall be allowed 10 take effect. with neeGfu' ana
wise precautions against sudden change and disas
ter, or be hurried on by violence, ia all that RENAME
for you to decide"
Thus, sir, it SCENE that We are to have perpetual
war-an interneoins ltrife, which 10 TO last anti
slavery Is abolished everywhere; a war which, It It De
not perpetual, must, az every man sees, 1881 III least
for centuries. Such are the vaccinations OF his pro
phetic inspirations; such is the prospect which he
holds out for our fu;ure-a government, a5 l SAID, 10
be- guided by a law higher than the Constitution
which it sbsndora, a court to be re'organlzrd, i cup.
pose, to minister to tho pasaions aud the feelings oi
the mob, and a state OF things which Ia TO entail upon
us a perpetual civil strife here nj home.
Nj. President, is this what gentlemen calls pro
gr-ssl Is this the future which ne predicts for usi-
The great Italian poet, when he Furnishes the pre-.
phets in his hell. turns their faces behind instead OF
before, and compel them 10 walk backward Tor
ever after. Ii seems TO me that our phrophet
must have received his sentence before his time
The Oceanas aud the Utopias, which figure IN politi.
cal fiction, were organized for pescs; but this !Sena'
tor condems his imaginary republic to eternal war.
But with your permission, Mr. President, ] VIII iol
low his history a little further. He tells US that al
other nations have already abolished, or are ABOUT
soolishing, slavery" This ia to reconcile ns to that
catastrophe which. with go little emotion, he predicts
for us. This. too, il said in the face Of the fact that
the French Government has really revived the Arr
can slave trade itseIi. Such, at lrnst, IL the
opinion of the Engl-h Government. If you com
pare their present mode of supplying th-ir co.
uni-s with African labor with that older one
which was called IN. slave trade, | think i; will be
found that the comparison will he in favor OF what IL
deHominated slavery, tor that does nj least afford the
slav.tle protection of interest WHICH ID gives 10 him
by the master who owns him.
This, too is said in the face of the fact that the
British Government, ever eince is emancipation oil
slavery by name, has, under it's system OF apprentice
ship and Of Cody labor, been su6Jecting me inferior
10 the superior race, 90 as to enable the latter to com
mand a eervitude scarcely more voluntary than the
older form, aud probably not as advantageous 10 the
laborer himself. But, cir, John Bull has seen a visinR
lately which may we'll cause him tn pause IN bis path,
and to ponder over his prospects, for the future. He
has seen the mighty shades Of Akbar and of Aureng
ze5e coming like Hecuba, from the gates OF dnrk
Ness and the rfcesaes of the dead, 10 haunt me marble
halls of the palaces of the Great Mogul, for the pur
pnsa of reminding, il possible. some laf.nt SPARE of
manhood N the hearts Of their degenerate snrces snra;
aud to challenge the stranger for the cause Ct hs pre-.
s-nce in what we're once the high seats of OrIentnl
power. He teels that it WAS An aveng'ng Neineris
VIII oh, on the hundre'h anniversary OF the battle OF
Plassy, that gave him India. proclaimed that saturna
liza of blood and Of crime which spnred neither the
strength Of man, nor the purity of woman, nor the In.
nocencs of childhood. He now knows that In the
settlement of nations. they may reckon IN a day Tor
the accumulated wrongs Of a century. He feels that
these doctrines Of the abstract quality oil all men,
whatever may be their condition or color, are abso.
lulely Incompatible with that differentiation NJ the in
ferior to the superior rare, upon which depend hia
power and his empire. He must aee how useless wns
the sacrifice OF the West lnd'a colonies Wn,'h
were amnng.t the nnhlest jewels of the Bri
tish Crown. He must fa.l. too, tina: the course
Of detrimental legislation. in which he has
been engaged Of late, ia fast saprlng 'h"
foundation Of the fabric OF power when ne raised
in the lnsry strength Of h- manhood. He may be Too
proud to own his error but depend upon 1t he will
apply the proper remedy. He will resume bis EN-.
pira in India, but it will he on tho Imperial maxim,
parcprc subjects, ct dsbslore sRprrbo,. He will crush
ont the last spark of resistance under the armed hee!
Of the conqueror and when more than a hundred
millions of people are plscsI under his absolute rnle
and control, when they will hold their lives. their
property, and all that IA dear and sacred in the rights
Of man. under his arbitrary will, he will hardly have
the face to stand before the world hgain to preach
sgainst African slavery.
Sir, Of the two | prefer to see him as be used to be,
surely. Volunteering, if you will. but truthful. honest
and brave, rather than in that more modern part Of
philanthropio professions and pnritanic pre'ences
which he enacts 40 poorly. ] know that his Bullets
are hard to stand but if | am to have his opposition,
lei, me meet him rather in open and manly encounter.
than receive him az the priest who wears the gown
and tha robes merely to conceal the cont of mali that
liss within. But he will have to strip him of his robes;
The Phiiatines ar. upon him. and the day IL coming,
7 fear. which will try his strength to the utmost
Although We Of the South have much 10 complain of
at hs hands, yat, cir, l wish him we'll through with
that day; for | cannot but feel that With him would