Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-04-17

be violated, and the use and enjoyment of Ter
| ritory acquired by the common treasure Of all
the States, would be closed against the people
and the property of nearly half the members of
the confederacy."
And then he concludes with this very cheering
doctrine for Southern men and Southern interests: !:
"Savery can, therefore, never be prohibited in
Kansas, except by means OF constitutional
provision, and in no other manner can this be
obtained 30 promptly, if a majority fthe people
desire 1t, as by admitting II into the Union un-
der It's present constitution" 9h f'@
The President points out the way in advance.
He stimulates the FreeSoilers in Kansas to dislike
the constitution He requests this prompt means
Of getting slavery out OF Kansas to be recognized
in the bill of admission. s.
Here ia the message. submit 1t to the Chair
man, to the Committee, and to Southern men-sup-
pose, that instead Of having the name of James
Buchanan attached to it, II had had the name of
the distinguished gentleman from Ohio, JosHUA
r. GIDDNGs at the end of 1t, ask, if that name
had been attached, whether it would not have
been an entirely different case 7? We would pro-
nounce IL rank abolition document And yet,
sir, our Southern friends come up here and talk
about assocating with Abolitionsts, and of hug.
| ging Abolition doctrines as sweet morsel Why,
Mr.. Chairman, the whole thing in that message il,
in Uih Kansas--out Nth Slavery i,. Kansas"--
and identically the same thing is in the Senate BILL
that the South is called upon to rally as one man to
the support Of have asked many of our Lecomp-
ton friends If this GREEN amendment, which they
have got in the bill, speaks the language Of this
message? Some say no. others soy it does and
there is another class who the answer the
| girl gave to her mother W ID, if certain
gentleman was counting her rcped, cit is a
sorter 30, and sorter not 50, and rather more
sorter so than sorter not SC" Laughter.] Now,
| that amendment. is a very little thing-only few
lines. There is not much of it, but tell you
never read it over but it reminds me very much
of the boy who was scolded for not making the
potatoe hills on wet morning large enough.
"Well dad, said he, " il is fact that they are
small, but / tell you they have got darned sight
| of dirt in them" Laughter Sir, if this is a
| pill gilded over TO make it acceptable to some
| Green men, Southern men ought to be ashamed
of il. know that this peculiar policy is prac-
tised in our little electioneering scufles in our
| country, and suppose everywhere else, but
l never supposed it ought to obtain in the
Congress Of our nation. Once when / charged
friend of mine with having said some foolish
things in a speech which he had made, and told
him that thought he had hurt our cause, he said:
"Ab, Gilmcr, you do not know the folks as well as
| / do great many people are Ike nest Of
young birds, If you tap the side of the tree, they'll
open their mouths, and swallow the worm down" !"
| Laughter. Southern men supposed that we had
| got something by the Dred Scott decision. l. for
one, as a Southern man thought we had obtained
something thought that we had got upon safe
ground; that we had perfect equality in the Ter
ritories that we could go there with our institu.
tons and our property, and be just as safe there
ms the men who go there from any other section
with any other species Of property. But If this
is the meaning, if this is the result of the Dred
Scott decision, then those Of us who 60 into the
Territories with our slave property, have to run
two chsnces-frst that the people may exclude us
when they come to form heir constitution, and il
they do not run us out at first, then whenever the
majority Of the people desire it. they may run us
and our negroes out. And this is the doctrine
upon which the South is to stand-this is the
doctrine, mark you which Alabama and other States
are 10 60 out OF the Union on, il they cannot get.
1t Il not from any objection to the constitution OF
Kansas that !, as Southern man, oppose her ad-
mission. i would be pleased that we could fairly
and properly get slavery permanently in Kansas.
But object to this doctrine, that we can be pro-
tected in our property while in partnership, du-
ring the Territorial state but the moment we be-
come an incorporation---a State--every man that
owns joint stock Ia instantly liable by constitu-
tiopal provision 70 have his property con6scated.
And this is the doctrine which we have been told
here, month after month, and day, after day, that
every Southern man must stand upon, otherwise
he is an Abolitionist and opposed to the interests
Of the South
Mr.. Chairman, what Is the question which has
agiated the country for the last four yearss II Is
one that has taken up the entire attention of Con-
gress We have been figuring about il until j
believe, not only the country but the Government
itself is uron the verge Of bankruptcy This qucs-
! ton commenced with two faces-one for the Free
Soil Democrats Of the North, and one for the
! South; and the same identical double face is in
this bill, and will detain the Committee only for
a moment, while refer tham TO some history Of
! Il. We had our troubles some years ago, grow
ing out Of the discussion Of the compromise mea-
sures, In January, 1851, the venerable fathers Of
| the land, Wings and Democrats, gathered together,
with Henry Clay at their head, and drew up a
pledge TO the country that from and after that day
their influence would be exerted against every
man for Office, State or Federal, who would re-
fuse to stand upon the platform Of the adjustment
measures Of 1850. The people rallied to that
standard. The Democratic convention met in
Baltimore in 1882; the Whig convention met at
the same place. and they both bowed down at the
same altar Of peace upon this srtsting question.
| They re-affirmed In subst ,nce what Mr.. Fillmore
said in December, 1851, tlat this compromise OF
1850 should be fnaty and there should be no
more agitation Of the slavery question In or out Of
Congress. To that both Of the great leading par
ties were pledged to the country. They put their
candidates upon tAat platform. General Pierce
was elected. He was installed. Unfortunately,
however, he in a short time made some injud-
cious appointments; he turned out the true Dem.
ocrats Of the North, men who am proud TO find
standing in the same ranks they did then. Van
Buren, Dix, Cochrane & Co., the Buffalo plat
form men, were then coming in and the party was
about to break up. Something had TO be DONE
The Administration was going down. A prescrip.
ton had TO be made. 1t was given-and on the
principle that you prescribe TO one choked with
turnip, get him 10 swallow pumpkin, and Il
would relieve him. Laughter. They went upon
this Cincinnati platform. l am not going 10 de-
tain the Committee 10 show how our friends viewed
il in the South. That is well known. l desire 10
show how the matter stands with the Administra.
ton, to show what the Democratic Free-Soilers
said before, Afterwards, and all the time. few
months before the Cincinnati convention met,
distinguished Free-Soiler wrote to the North Mr..
Hubbard, Mr.. Woodbury., and all these noisy men
Of the Buffalo convention, began 10 give evidence
that they wanted to return TO their friends Here
isone; give IL as fair specimen Of their letters
and speeches Itis the letter Of Hon. c. C. Cam
breling:
"HUNrNeroS, December 8, 1885.
"WitLrAN n. Ludlow, Esq:
"MY DEAR SIR: Even Southern men In Kansas
acknowledge that IL will inevitably be free State
TINS rs THE LAST sTRueaLE FOR sLAvERY; for the
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