The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-07-13

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the leader Of the Democratic party oe,s n
m the Senate Of the United 6tateS. A,
with deliberation--not acting on an in
pulse-deelares, and I heard him, tb,
this Union is myth; that he has calcu
ted its value; that the people of Kentuck
love It, "net wisely, but too wells" an,
that this Lecompton Constitution involve
the safety of the Union; and when IN
gallant Senator from Tennessee 1Mr. Bell
accepted the issue, when he re.stated tbes
points, the distinguished Senator from
georgia bow'd his assent, and saw him
and no member Of the Democratic part,
IN the Senate protested against the doc
trine. l say, when such men express sucl
sentiments, the time has arrived when thu
national men Of the country should unit,
to rebuke such sentiments, and vote them
down here, and vote them down elsewhere
THESE are the men, are they, to taunt the
loyal old State of Massachusetts, with bav.
ing legislated herself out of the Union. bo
cause she has declared, of two given Offices
1t is incompatible for one of her citizens tc
hold both Of themY She bad right to
bold both Of them9 She had right to
pass such law. No court has decided il
to he unconstitutional. When the court
shall so decide, Massachusetts, with her
accustomed obedience TO law, will sub.
nit. She simply saws this: "If YOU de.
sire 10 carry men back to old virginia-to
old Virginia's shore'-you must do it with
your officers, and not with hers" That is
all. But did not come here to-day to
defend her; l am not her TO plead for her.
She denies the jurisdiction of this House j..
She is not responsible to it for her local leo.
islation. l stand here upon the great doc.
tTine, which l believe in, that the will of
the majority, consii:ntionally expressed,
must stand until it shall be constitutional
~ reversed; and so far as the threat which
has been made is concerned, I-disdain to
aruge IN Its presence-stand here, before
the people Of this great country, and tram.
pie the threat of disunion scornfnlly and
de6antly down under my feet.
Why have you brought this sectional
question herei Why do you seek to forco
a Constitution upon a people whom YOU
know abhor iti What are you to gain by
it'll Did not the gentleman from South
Carolina (Mr. Milea) very truly say that it
would be a barren victory-that it would
wither in your grasp9 And he said, speak
ing more fully in the interests of the South
than most Of YOU, that he did not care
now much about the passage of the Lo.
compton Constitution. What are you to
gain! Is your dogma that there can be
in man, borne in the bosom of
that Constitution, recommended by such a
course moro warmly to the hearts of the
American peoplei Will you moro easily
persuade them, at some future time, To be
more willing to admit States from other
Territories, where the system may be more
TO the clmate9 Will not the
people say, and with truth. that this sys-
tenn, which requires such means az these
to strengthen and sustain itself, is danger.
'us to the peace and prosperity of the Re-
public? Will they not hate your system,
Decau Of your conduct in this case p
What! will two Senators from tn State,
who must be fugitives from the State that
hey will pretend to rcprescnt-will that
State, held down, as the gentleman from
South Carolina said he would hold it until
ls64-compensate for the ill-feeling you
lave crcatedG Will they compensate you
or the alienation Of the people which will |
AXE placel Will they compensate you
or your party dismcmbcred, broken and
ostg The gentleman from South Carroll
IA (Mr. Miles) gave US statistics of the last
lection. 1t is true, that with the suspi-
ion that you would do this thing, We
wept the North, and the East, and the
Vest, with, as he says, moro than I,3oo,-
100 votes. We swept the great and popu-
ous States Of the country with the mighty
en-wave of tie peoples enthusiasm. We
rought down the victory into the very
hadow Of your malign system. If we
id 1t then, what will now be your fate st
he polls, when yon 60 back to IN indig-
ant and betrayed constituency You
an no lorgcr say you are for Free Kansas:
10 @W nail you to the record. You can.
OF say any longer that you are in favor of
he great doctrine Of popular sovereignty;
'e wW nail you to the record. You can.
OF say any longer that we arc mere Free
ON shriekers, because there shall stand
de by side with us the great chief of De-
,ocracy, the distinguished author of the
.ansas Nebraska bill, and he will tell you
lat you have betrayed your constituents.
We will summon clouds Of witnesses
ON all the winds of heaven. We will
lmmon them from the South, the East,
nd the West. We shal summon tho gal.
mt Wise of Virginia, who dasres that tho
tate shall be slave, but who j. too hon
It to cheat the people. We shall summon
7alker, who has added new empire to
the South. We shall summon
tanton, and Forney, and Bancroft, and a
ost Of others; and, above all, we shall
'mn,on those gallant Senators from Ken.
cky and Tennessee, the acts of whose
yes fora quarter Of century shine along
'e annals Of their country. We will call
oo, them, and they will tell you you
ave betrayed the people; that you are
rcing upon the people Of Kansas a Con.
tuition conceived in fraud and violence.
nd how are you to meet those charges?
ow are you 10 answer to great and in.
gnant people--for they will question you
with tongue Of fret They will 90
lck beyond your proceedings here; they
III question you rs TO the doings and pur-
eas - L.