Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-08-20
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ANOTHER SPEECH FROM MIR. HAM
MOND

Hammond Of South Carolina.
Mr.. II. does not want any more territory
at present, from Mexico. for the reason that
the South lacks the negroes wherewith to oc
cupy it. He belongs, doubtless, to that CON
siderable class Of Southern politicians, who
think that the first effort should be made foi
Cuba. where the negroes already exist
With Mr.. II. disunion is a foregone con.
clusion' the only question being one of time
lie graciously promises, however, to remain
in the Union so long as he can rule it,
Mr.. H. takes the Southern ground frankly
and boldly Of increasing the army and navy
We have been long aware that this is to be
one Of the great questions between the two
parties. As the Slave Power can only govern
by corrupting portion Of the North by pat-
ronage, it necessarily iayors large expenses
and bloated public establishments.
Mr. H. said
"Whon he went to the Federal Congress,
six months ago he found the admission Of
Kansas. under the Lecompton Constitution,
the all-absorbing and exciting subject before
/ the Representatives of the people and the
l Government To him the whole theory and
scheme Of Squatter Sovereignty was matter
of disgust. The Kansas Nebraska bill was a
dclusion and deception from the beginning.
lie felt satisfied that on that basis the South
would never unite The President plead and
tried to do his best, North and South but
: II was evident that it was subject fraught
with trouble lie Mr.. II was ever opposed
to the Kansas-Ncbraska bill, and if there was
a single good feature in IT, it was that it al
lowed the people, free from Interference, to
frame principles for themselves after their own
fashion. IL was a snare TO thosoat the South
II was rotten with fraud, and those who made
It tiinched from its consequences. It's only
effect was 10 add another free State TO the
Union
Mr. Hammond then alluded 10 other top
les before Congress during the session. He
voted for the increase of the arHy and navy.
lie had heard number Of Sophmore speeches
against increasing these arms of the national
defence They were worthy of college stu
dents, rather than grave Senators Of the ma
tion lie apprehended little danger from
standing army and as to the extravagance
of these measures, he replied to Senators,
that if the expenses of the Departments had
been examined. they would be found double
that of the army. The navy should be in
creased, because the South was utterly indie
fansble in its present condition. In the port
Of Charleston there was but one naval steam
er Of light draught The Southern coast
needed for its protection a numerous feet of
small vessels The fact is. our navy was
what it was forty-fve years ago, and is in
sad and disgraceful condition.
"Senator Hammond said he would now
address himself to the great questions of the
relations of the North and South lie would
speak as he thought and it would give him
pleasure for his hearers to take what he said
in the spirit in which it was uttered In his
opinion, there were many grounds for appre-
hcnsion at the South but there were also
strong reasons for hope and confidence
Whatever relations might eventuate between
the North and South. they would be in the
end consistent with the rights and security
of this section. Under the present aspect of
affairs, the South would have TO remain in the
Union. He would rather see the game play
ed out between the North and South than see
the Union brought to an end. If we dssolv-
ed the Union, and had engaged in brush
with some people-which must occur in set
ting up for ourselves and lawfully establish
ing our institutions--it would have been best
for us; but now, if we can rule in the Union,
let us remain. BY the word rule he did not
mean the securing high office to Southern
mon. The achievement of success in cleo
tions is insignificant in comparison with the
establishment of those great principles of
free government on which the South has fixed
its stamp, those true and just principles which
should govern the world. The United States
now stands in the first rank of nations To
obtain this position out Of the Union, the
South would require many years.
"Mr Hammond then took up Senator Sew
ards remark, that the battle Of the sections
was fought and won in 1850. He admitted |
that battle had been fought between the
sections, and lost to the South. There was,
however. another greater battle fought and
won. This threw the larthing -candlelight of
the New York Senator victory in the shade. /
The New York Senator meant that at the /
North they had majority, and finally sue
ceeded in drawing sectional line-that they |
were united in Congress, and were nineteen
free to fifteen slave States, (were it not for
gallant little Delaware, he might have said
twenty to fourteen. This was the result of
the physical or numerical battle and victory
Our battle and triumph was moral one, in
stemming and checking the false and absurd .
phlldnluIbpN VI TUG NlNlllntu Wbllu On 4AlIl-
can Slavery. He did not heed, then, this
boast Of a Northern supremacy. Yet he
would say to the people Of the South, be
prepared for if the North, in order to sub
serve her purposes of ambition or fanaticism,
should attempt to reorganize Federal courts
of law on the representative basis, and thus
destroy the conservative nature of that court,
and thereby get the Government into their
own hands, then the people of the South must
dissolve the Union. We must dissolve the
Union if they effect any one of their aggres
siye purposes-tarifis, banks, or direct tam
pering with slaves. But he did not think to-
day the North could. Even if, at the next
Presidential election, the North should, by
combination, elect an Abolitionist, he did not
think that on that issue the great body of the
South would go out of the Union. But il
this were followed by second election of the
same kind, he thought they would.
"Senator Hammond alluded to the fact that
the Northwestern States were not SO much to
be viewed as enemies as New England. In
diana would have been a slave State had not
the question been lost by one vote and if
the Union were dissolved, it might still be
slave State. The North cannot unite perma-
nently, while the South can. The North