Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-03-27
SENATOR wADE's SPEECH.


oVrrespOndsnt. 81 the Evening Post.
WAsHINoros, March l4th, 1858.
The Senate yesterday was the theatre Of one or
two interesting scenes. The House VAS not in
session, and the announcement that Senator Wade
would speak attracted the friends OF that gentle
man, as well as the lovers Of sbnrp debate, to the
Hobbies and galleries Of the Senate Chamber. MIR.
Wade commenced by saying that tho subject
which he was about 20 discuss was somewhat
threadbare. but the excitement created among the
people Of his own state by the recent aggressive
steps Of d~espotism made it ncumben upon him
20 review, in brief, the history of the slave power,
and to show to what extent the present. admin,s'
patiUn is its subservient instrument. The ques-
ton Of slavery WAS one Of enormous magnitude.
The minds Of the American people were ponder'
ing upon little else. 1t had created a wide differ
enoe OF opinion among the people the south
fayoring and demanding its spread ard perpetuity.
and the North opposing its extersion ana resist.
ing it's demands. lie did not know tba. the diff
erence could ever be recNnciled. though it was
possible that the means might be discovered by
which the gulf could he bridged and the bonds
Of the. Union be preserved. a great deal had
been said about northern nggressions, but in his
opinion the record showed that the slave power OF
the South has always been the aggressors. He
said the charges Of northern agyressions we're
always general, and reminded southern gentlemen
Of The saying Of an English statesman, that fraud
always lurked in generalities. lie called upon
the South to specify In their indictment, AMI then
he would meet them. When northern gentlemen
CUnTKO UHEItSSlObS uIOu u u wv SfNN''Js
Az instances he mentioned the annexation oil
Texas. the passage Of the Fugitive Slave law,
repeal Of the Missouri Compromise, and a series
Of aggressions made upon the free people OF Ran
sac that would disgrace any ruler IRON Nero TO
Nicholas and now as a browning act OF iniamy'
the slave power proposes TO iasten q constitution
upon that people which they hate. and by a ma
iority Of ten thousand votes, at a legal election,
have repudiated'
Senator Wade paid his respects to Mr.. Benja'
unin, Of louisiana, who made a toWery any lnsen,
sous Leconpton argument on Friday, IN favor Oh
the right ef the master to mis- slave, claiming iuat
because under the laws of ENglGGI he had no
remedy to obtain his slave who had escaped, that
he was none the less a slave-that he is still his
masters property-that the master has a divine
right TO him. Mr.. Benjamin illustrated his point
by reference to "a nun in England who sings to
the enchanted ear Of the civilized world strains OF
such melody that the charmed senses seem to
abandon the grosser regions OF earth, and TO rise
to purer and serener regions above. God has
created that man a poet. HIS Inspiration IS h's;
his songs are his 6y right dirtne they are MS
property. so recognized by human law; yet here
in these United States men steal Iennyson's
works and sell his property for their profit ana
this because, in spite Of the violated conscience
of the nation, We refuse TO give him protection
for his property" Senator Wade said he regret
ted the senator from Louisiana (Mr. Benjamin.
was not in his eeat, for he would like to ask him
if. in his opinion, "a man in England, whose inspi-
rations are his own, who has a divine right to his
own songs, has not also an equally God'g,Ven
right to his own soul and body This point created
qnite a sensation.
Senator Wade alluded TO The remarkable speech
of Mr.. Hammond, and contrasted the value to
society Of the aristocracy and democracy, or labor
ing classes in this country. The former were the
is.y, non productive. useless class. illustrating
their ingenuity, perhaps, in stuffed chicken o
mixed glass Of French brandy. The latter, il
the North at least, were the producers; They rec
-. - .;.n,aov Thau - oil lahDrprS-
they labor with their hands and heads. Th
specimen feuits of northern labor--the products G
northern mud sills," could be seen by going I
the patent building! lie said it was true that |
the North there was a class OF ignorant an
vicious people, a large proportion of whom wei
foreigners, (termed ''barbarians" fy Mr.. liam
mond,) and be reminded the senator from Sou'
Carolina, that it came with i'll grace from him
denounce them, for, vicious, ignorant and baroa'
ian as they were, they composed the corner ston
of his party (Democratic) in the North. The
always oteyed the bidding of the slave power.
In alluding to the cry of dissolution always ST
ND when the North resists the encroachments
slavery, he said Texas had recently given tn
country notice, in a series OF resolutions WINE
passed her Legislature, that if the Leeomptt
constitution old not pass she should 90 out OF u
Union. At the same time Texas had application
before Congress- for money ana troops 4
thought he would want some information iro
the authorities of that state before he voted the
supplies. He would like to know, FIRST. it TIT
wished for troops and money to fight the Unit
States lie denounced the Supreme Court as :
instrument of the slave power. They forgot u
rights of bred Scott and plunged into a pohtic
WHIRLPOOL. Mr.. Wade said the pohcy VI IN
decision was so clearly, thoroughly, and ah
shown by the Senator from New Hampshire M
IIa.e) that no man has ever dared call II In qo'
ton. lie cannot be answered. Mr.. WADE ahu
ed with great force to the extraordinary panegy'
poured out upon Chief Justice fancy by. t
senator from Louisiana. "Why he went so tal
said MI. Wade, 'as TO even send the old ma"
Heaven before he died Laughter q"
think that decision will ever send him there
to utter such inhuman principles will send Il m
there, God forbid that | should go there at I
expense Of such utterance." lie said Mr. L
chanan thought it a mystery how any one cou
ever differ with the bred Scott decision. viii
sends slavery wherever the constitution goes.
cited the fact that Mr.. Buchanan once asserted l
doctrine directly opposite to the bred Scott dec
ion himself. But" added Mr.. Wade, "f \
Buchanan is q mystery to himself he is no myste
70 me, sir"
Mr.. Wade made a very happy allusion to
ancestors Of the senator from Louisiana, IA
Benjamin. who is a Jew. lie said Moses en-
cd q whole nation OF slaves 10 run away ana
engaging in that underground railroad scheI
he was no doubt denounced by Pharaoh and
chivalry Of Egypt as a furious aboii'ionist
There was n class in those days who prefer
slavery in Egypt TO liberty in canaan. IL
were Irrational meu'-not northern men W
southern principles" but Israelites with Egypt
principles This sally produced a great dea
merriment. lie reviewed the election contests
Kansas which gave birth to the ~Lecompton con
tuition, showing that the government OF han
has been one system Of force and fraud.
said that any man who votes for Lecompton
not only politically dead, but he may thank
God if he escapes with that.
Mr.. Wade came to a discussion of the Toor
bill, and alluded to the parlor caucos on I
measure. when it was agreed according to
expose of Senator Bigler) that there should not
any clause inserted in the bill 10 allow the pee
of Kansas the right to vote for or against the
~ssitution which it provided for.
THE TWO REVEALS.