New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-07

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leader Of the Democratic party Mr.. Ioomeel es~
up in the Senate OF the United States, and wiz
liberation, not acting on impulse decm,s sne' s..
this Union 10 myth, that be has calcuH:.e" ~ ~
value, that the people Of Kentucky oVe !" ~ ~
wisely, but too well; aud when no meniO'r oi w
Democratic party in the Senate protested aso'n.'
these doctrines. When such men express such 'r",
timents, the time has arrived when the na'r'''i' ~
men Of the country should unite 10 IeouAo ~
sentiments and to vote them down here; ""' "
vote them down elsewhere. ..
When We Hext appeal 70 the peopF Oh tu'3 -
said Mr. Burllga there viii stand side Dy 'u1
with us the great chief OF Democracy, tne autno ~
the Nebraska bill; Walker, who added al elnt'I
10 the South; Stanton and Forney and Bancroit, an
a host of other Democrats; and, above al, Ia ,sr
gallant Senators from Kentucky and Tennessee, Tue
acts Of whore lives for quarter oi ceh'uf! '-''
alorg the annals of their country. 49,
After vehement denunciatOn OF the doughIact'
of the North for sitting still in their seats and ao"
ing men TO call their constituents 'mud-sllls ''iu
white slaves" Mr.. Burlingame SAID II was 10
wonder that Southern men called the men OF tue
North slaves when they saw the conduc' OF ou.
doughfaces. But the dOughfsces do not re present
the Norlb. They are but our walters on row
dence, our MacsycOphsnis, our lr!ah HeeP''
whom shall soon sweep away and thtrhinhtc'
They are fading away fading away On, Tor al ar'
list 10 take their features TO transmit them 10
curious and scorniul posterify, for the places Nicn
now know them shall soon know them no more
forever. .
Mr. Burlngame thought it his duty to bear test,
moDy to the manner in which the Douglas men had
| borne themselves in this great controversy. lhel
have kept their political faiths they have adhered
10 their doctrine of Popular Sovereignty; they nave
not fawned or trembled in the presence OF dom
neering Administration, nor yet in the presence %
that great tyranny which holds even Tue Adui.u'-
n L - al fn -
that We should say that they have borne the Drunt
| of the battle He urged the Republicans oi New
| York Pennsyyania, Ohio Indiana and llIn0ls 20
stand by these m. in their districts, and send thrli
| back to Congress. He differed in some points win
them as did the Republicans, but nevertheless they
| ought TO be sustained
lie next compimented the Americans for their
patriotism IN taking sides against Lecomplon "hch
they saw il was sectional movement, aud Tor the.r
honesty in regarding it az synonymous with fraud,
with forgery, with perjury, and ballot-stufing. IL
| was a proud day to him when he heard the speech
| Of the venerable Senator from Kentucky (Mr.
Crittenden) the melody of whose voice and of whose
patriotic accents still sounded in his ears. He was
glad to hear him denounce fraud. He was glad 10
| hear him stand for the truth. At that moment the
heart of Massachusetts beat responsive once again
| TO that of old Kentucky az in the days when the
Bay State bore on her banners the name OF Henry
| Clay.
| He spoke in similar terms of Senator Bell and OF
| Messrs. Gilmer, Underwood and Winter Davis. He
| did not agree with these men on the subject OF
| Slavery, any more than he did with the Douglas
| men. lie took what he thought higher position.
He held to the power of Congress over the Terri
ries. They did not. While he opposed the Lecomp
ton Constitution for reason, they opposed II loI
other reasons We have all cause of war against II
and against the Administration. We had come to
act together as a unit not by any precOncert, moi
by any trade amorg the leaders, but by the sponta
neous convictions of honest minds. We had come
together, not in spirit OF compromise for We com
promise nothing, but in a spirit of patriotism lie
trusted that this might be for the future.
Mr.. Burlingame was heard with much attention
His remarks upon doughfsces caused good deal o.
AutteriDg in certain parts of the chamber, and ap
peared particularly dista-tefui to Mr.. Hughes OF In
diana, who probably considered them slightly per
| sOnal.