The Washington union., 1858-03-06
THE KANSAS QUESTION.

-AaAmocraic aeeng Mozart M Me- Rwk, March 2, 1858.
After the adoption Of resolutions strongly approving
of the Kansas policy Of the administration Mr. Hughes
introduced 10 tho meeting by the chairman. and
spoke follows 80 $50 stsas-.i,- $50 ~ !. y.
Csusrss or r,x Exrrss STATE esteem 1, high
privilege to meet wi< you tonight and address you
but In common with you. deeply deplore the tansac
emincntly proper and elected from the loyal ends Of
the Union end the ooastution In New York this spoa
faneous aAd Qpsng msoifcstatOn Of affection for thc
honor Chisf Magistrate Of the nation and approval oi
IBIS policy on that vcxed question which has so long ds
turbed the ropose Of the country.
alIude Il oouvsc to that most unexpected and In
sious movement developed within the Lass onshs
but doubtless plotted long before TO denauonaize ana
destroy tAc beaAocsatc pAsy-the last remaining bull
wark between the institutions Of our country az trans
united to s aud that great sectional and anatical COM
binaton of factions which has for some time past threat
ened them with destruction
It is that movement and the evidence It has given to
che world opposition within the ranks Of the north
democracy headed by the defeated and disappointed
candidate for the presidential nomination. organized 10
make the administration, it, policy and on the
principles lately approved by the people Of these Uni
ted States ut the it is that mischieyous and
eacous movement which is stirring the hearts OF the
people and causing them to rally with devotion around
the President of their choice BY resolutions legislative
expressions meetings letters addresses and above
ALL by that electric sympathy which all and feel
but few describe the people of this country attest their
confidence in the administration and their determination
to sustain it. MFf +s s4 If tyaaa a
Indiana has spoken, and it is source Of pride to me
of her citizens my own State, the foremost If
you will pardon for saying IT, to breast the storm Of
1885, not the last to declare her devotion to the true
faith in the beginning of the present troubles Cheers
for Buchanan Pennsylvania has spokcn-the Pres
dents noble State and her loyal voice, while IL
her honored statesman Of unwavcrng support
Dukes with merted condemnation the unnatural brood
who have plotted against him wisiin her own bosom.
Where will he nj Empirc State take
their position VIII they stand by the old hag-by its
honored bearer, lyes by united cabinet OF northern
and southern men, with the great statesman of Michigan
at their head by the democratic Senateby the great
majority of the democratic representatives Pennsyl
vana and Indiana [yes, yes or will they follow Gree
ley and Bancroft, Preston King and Stephen Douglas.
Jim Lane and Frederick Douglass mo, no. and misses
Topeka 1ecomptOn that IL the question. Those who
dream of compromises middle ground between these
twowill realize their dream. They little know
the ultra character and schievous purposes Of the
publican party and their ignorance is wilfu, for the
proofs are before them. g4afu va 81 Fssal 5aa
We In the midst of new slavery agitation of re-
cent origin, and propose to truce it, and show who
responsible for IT. from what quaEterit comes and whittier
it leads 6ag'F aesiE H# etaSssis sel s4 F~
II is not the work of the called republican party this
Mthe people had believed half the professions Of that
party In the last election concerning religion morality,
and freedo II would have tiurnPhed But they did not
believe them. They knew them to be false and mis-
chevous, inccndiary ia their origin and revolutionary in
their fruits Fegsls4 4as s4glA usaa.ss " ~
They rejected that party and its doctrines at the ballot
box 1t had not their confidence and therefore could not
bctray maod them. Had they renewed their clamor
upon the presentation Of the Iecompton constitution.
without the a OF deserte from the democratic ag it
would have fallen uneeded upon the of the people
already wearicd snd dsgusted with freedom shrekng,
The election of James Buchanan had brought peace to
the country hnr-earncd pcaceand he who broke that
peace by renewing the dscord of slavery agitation and
infusng life and spirit into the broken cohorts OF
abotonism throughout the land has incurred fearful
responsibility before God and his country before this age
and ages to come. Loud applause. The government
had been rescued in every branch from the hands of its
enemies the administration to the perform
of its work in full possession Of the legislative and
executive powers. e
There was work to do. dsordered currency had af-
ctcd the people and deanged every department of pub
lie and private finance the growing greatness of
Pacific States required the fostering care Of coprchen
siye and paterna policy rcbellious Utah dced the e
raj authority foreign relations solicited attention.
aud the times demanded that the government should de-
vote all it's energies to the great subject of udicous
territorial expansion, adequate to the necessities and
prospective glory Of mighty republic
The 4th OF March, 1851 was glorious day. The
sun OF heaven shown with benignant ustre upon the
SIMPLE yet impressive ceremonial of Inauguration. All
nature seemed to rejoice the auspcous event Peace
and confidence filled the hearts of the attendant thou
sands And when the venerable sage Of Pennsylvania
stood before his countymen that day. and with simple
brows of Cncnnatus took the oath to Support the
constitution Of the United States pronounced most ap
proprate address, and assumed the and duties of
the first office in the world the whole impressive scene
seemed to say The danger is past the constitution is
safe there shall be peace and tranquility at home re-
spcct and abroad increasing greatness glory and
usefulness in the future. .s.sss5R
Well do remember the emotions with which wit
nescd that ceremony. Elected to the Congress in
session in the preceding autumn had that day for the
first time in my lifc entered the Capitol Standing on
the eastern porco hallowed to by historic associa-
tions and looking upon the happy result Of the most
fearful trial to which national institutions had ever
been subjected final Of Its kind had fondy hoped
pictured To myself end Of sectional STRIFE and the
dawning of of constitutional repose and ma
tonal prosperity.
imagined that the stern rebuke of indignant ma
ton he'd scnccd the voice of nternecine dscord
duced it to impotence congratulated myself that
ed upon public life when the agitation of negro slavery
had received its final quiets in the permanent adoption
of the principle Of constitutional se;government and
when objects OF truly national Importance would occupy
the halls OF legislation looming up in the per
spctive bound republic embracing in its sister
hood Of States the Gen OF the Antilles and the aror
isles of the Pcifca republic before whose power and
majesty the mightest empires of antiquity would pale in
the comparison.
realized however cxtravagant they may appear to
had it not been Cor that vaulting ambition which DER
leaps tseif -ts,at sin by which angels fell. 43f
When tba pr4sent session Of Congress opened with all
this bright and glowing future before like clap of
thunder from cIoudless skyfrom the Senate of the
United States the boarsc voice of dscord the bat
tie cry of the dark host of fanacsm lately routed and
broken before the steady advance of the united democ
racy''Kansas " "bceding Kansas 'tfery,n,a cousa BEL
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