Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-12-02
Speech Of Senator Hammond, Of
SOutil Carolina.

cred by Senator Hammond, before a
large assemblage of his constituents at
Barnwell CHI. S. c., on the goth of
October. Senator H. has long been
regarded as one Of the leading politi-
clans of the extreme Southern School
having been intimately identified with
Mr.. Calhoun, in his great notification
movement. For many years, however,
this distinguished Senator has been, in
a great measure drawn from political
strife, and has employed himself in the
quiet pursuits of agricultural life, and
in the inviting pleasures of literary and
scientific Investigation. That be did
not cease to study political economy,
may be seen from his elaborate and able
reply to Dir. John GARRISON, the cele-
brated English Abolitionist, in a series
Of controversial letters, and We have still
further evidence Of his thorough nc
quaintance with the science of politics,
in the speech to which We are now re-
fcrring,
No production of the sort has, il
many years, created so profound a sen
s%ation, or elioited such general CON
ment from the press, without d~istinc-
ton OF party. The N. Y. Times speak.
Of it as "calm in its tone, clear and
precise in its positions, and enincntly
judieious and dispassionate III its view
of current events" The Buffalo Courier
endorses all that the n. Y. Times says,
and feels assured that sits positions can
hardly fill to be accepted as sound aud
judicious." The Albany Argus wishes
at could be read by every Northern
man, without distinction of party
The Utica Observer regards it as con-
trasting admirably "with the incendiary
and reasonable TRADE of VIM. Fl. Sew
ard" and viewing it as one of the most
important signs of the times, recon
mends it te the careful p~erusal of ev-
cry reader" The N. y. Herald. the
National InteHigenc~r, aud in fact every
conservative journal in the country
commends this effort Of Senator FL. tor
the calm, philosophic. and statesman
like views which it contains. We have
not space to publish the speech entire,
but must content ourselves for the pres
ent, with a brief synopsis of the leading
points discussed by MIR. H:
1. The Missouri Con,promise.-Sena-
tor Fl. thinks the repeal of this Com
promise was unnecessary, ~inasnuch as
the North virtually repealed it, when
she refused to extend the line to the
Pacific. By this act the South was
morally absolvcd from any further OBJ
legation to regard this compact as bind
ing. The kanSas-N Nebraska bill, whilst
it affirmed popular sovereignty, and re-
enacted the repeal of the Missouri Com
promise, misled the South to make eff
forts to create q slave State out of Kan
sas, and hence, new life was given to
the abolition movement, whilst the
country was plunged into useless agi-
tatiou.
2. The Lrcompton C~,nsta"tiom and
English BIZ: .
Senator II. thought from the outset
that the South ought to have rejected
the Lecorapton Constitution with dis
dain, AMI he wa: in favor of kicking it
out of Congress. He voted for it, sim
ply because the South were then in ia
yor OF it, but Re torcsaw that sooner
OF latef it must be submitted to the poo
pie of Kansas, an; they would reject it..
lie voted for the English bill, merely
as q matter OF com PROMISE. 1t was not
true, however, that that Bill contained
a "6r;Je." So far from this being tie
case, the Lccemutcn Convention claim
ed for Kansas 23, 000, 900 acres of land
for the new State, whereas the English
Bill cut down this claim to 1000, 900.
making a difference of $4,000, 000.in ia
vor of the government. This whole
Kansas imbroglio was a stencil in the
n~ostrils of all truly patriotic men,, and
he regarded it as the darkest page in
our National History.
8. The equality Of the SonA IN thr
Union. Senator II. considers the ques-
ton settled, hat the South has IRE
trieyably lost her equality in the Union
The North must hcrccforth, and forev-
err, have the numerical asccndeucy in
both houses of Congress, and the South
must look for her safety, to the j~usticel
of the North, ind the provisions of the
Constitution.
4. The future policy Of the South. Sena-
tor II. is opposed to the acquisition of
Mexico, andthe Central American States
or any Of them. Contact with the mon
grel races, which make up the popula
ton of these States, would only con-
taminate us; whilst they would strength
en- us neither politically nor commerce
ally. Cuba, in the language of Mr.. Cal
houn, he regarded as forbidden fruit"
and if acquired, would only prove an
outlet for the slaves of Virginia and
and tend to break up the Su-
gar Culture in the Southern States
The opening of the slave trade was al
together out of the question. The pub
lie sentiment, even at the South, was
against it, and all attempts to revive it
must prove aportive.
The dissolution of the Union, was an
alternative to be considered. only as the
asst resort. The South with her great
.l Zoo oDJ onfton hnll tho rom-