Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-26
NUMBER II

iiVed; and when Mr. Calhoun, at latter da ,
said, as he did say, TINT if the SupresA,
/ Court should decide that the doctrine ",
( not true one, that the decision wo;.id b.
entitled to no respect, to no observance
| pray. was not he u'tering sentiments under
mining the Constitution OF The United Slu,es
ond eur institutions! lie said then in sup
posed case, what l say row He said iha,
ii the Supreme Court established the doctrine
that The Constitution did not carry slqvery
! into The Territories, that opinion Of their.
would be entitled To 10 respect. | saw tl,u;
they have decided according to his wish. and
that the decision ls entitled 10 no respecl.
for 1t iS opposed to al The precedents Of this
, Government, and opposed TO all the doc
| trines which lie at the foundation of our in.
st't1tions, and opposed to The previous de-
cisioas Of that Curt.
Now the Seaator says we are aggressive
Prny whn began The agercssion? Was NOT
| this eoaniry at peace after Ihe compromises
! Of 1850! WAS not ;llc coantry quiet! sssno
reoPencd The aai;a;ions Wh1 Introduced
the torch Of diseord atuong the people OF
these States! Those who advocated the re-
peal of the Missouri restriction You OPEN
ed it at a tiiHe ol profound peace, not we:
and we warned you then, that il you insisted
! on It these flames would be kindied again,
and God only knew how. long ;hey would
burn. That aggression has been going Oh
in Kansas from that day 10 the present Il
has nut ceased even now; and the issue j.,
here presented in euch shape that the m
ator from Illinois is compelled, fsons a Sense
oi J9stice and day, and regard 10 his own
honor, to oPTose the perpetratioa of the
outrages that have taken place there.
You say that you make 40 aggeessions on
Us; you attack none Of car Interests LJok
III ;ho uttaLk niide on them this very ses-
sion. The fishing interest is IN iApor;unt
matter in (Iiis cosntry, projected by the
Government Of the United States Has
there been no attack on that! Has not the
honorable Senator from Georgia gwen pc-
| tice of bill TO regeal all The navigation laws
of the United States! Has he not pat shat
question before committee! Is that nc
attack on the interests Of the Northl I am
speaking of their interests. | do not fee
disposed 10 argEe the matter now, butt re.
gard it Only the beginning. know moi
how far il will 60. | Oil not allude TO il if
|
asks me for proof of ary desire on the part
of the southern people which is to be found
| to attack the interests Of the North, ali
have to sag Is, look a: your policy. Yot
/ have broken down our manufactures as fu
! as you could. Some of you are now seek
/ ing to break down our commerce, and yol
| ask US what you have done, and when viii
we cease oar aggressions! Sir, we have
been on The defensive from the beginning.
! we were the defensive in 1854 when the
/ Missouri compromise was repealed. W.
! have been on tire de feasive ever since; w
stand on it to-day. What we advocate i
/ that same line which was then established
Il the consequences are injurious to you
! blame yourselves for that; we have had nj
hand in lhem; we wafne d you from the be
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