New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-19

Grest oouhI' ,Sncs them9 Cannot you live content
81, the in,ti utioDs which please you De.tei, aoo
IsNve tbese felow-c'izens VINO INV JUG. 'uo S'no
~ ,c ADOPT Slavery that you nave your instnu
tgbt " .;pv their liberty IN peace also ls there
.t;nC .,o", n the difference OF our institution.
2iI 6euobt ~ mske u iIiinlca TO one aootter
Mic" s il with our fathers Did not they
HOW .s,b.r in peace and harmony Did not
nvo Nv, fsb. together Did not they legislate
tooss,beri lid they ever abuse and reproach each
otser sbou. the question OF slavery NeyeF' tnM l.
bsve read Of. Why is l. that we cannot do as they
did7 Have we degenersted from those fathers, or
hsv. we grown so much better and Purer thsn they
4erel l doubt whether We are any better ana 90
OF beiev- notwithstanding all that s tad aDou pro-
oress that we ere at all more sensible than those
fathers who made the Constitution oil the uated
Sates and laid the foundation OF this great fovern'
meet Of our. They gave US an e1anpe .. oiotueT,
hood and when we look at all that connects us all
that urites and makes us ole people now much more
powerful would it's Influence seem TO DC 70 connect US
together than the power of Slavery and Anti Slavery
TO divide u.s. We are united by circumstance of
which We cannot west ourselves. We are united in
lapgusge in blOOc in country IN all the memories OF
the pas in all the hopes Of the future. This is our
connection, leading and pointing to the brightest des-
tiny that ever awaited apy people. AL the unnum-
bered blessings Of the future are In full prospect but
there is this little, this comparatively small matter Of
cOntebtioD that seem disposed TO nurse up into con-
tinud occasion for ph1jppcs and for repr0acles.
This is not the right temper whswhlch to regard the
subject. elimination ard recrmlnaton is not the way
10 strengthen our Unon-,tat Coion OF brotherhood
Of good wil OF cooperation for al great national pur
poses, which our fathers formed. 49,
l gratiied TO hear comparisons made OF toe
mighty resources Of the different sections Of this coun
Try. 1t vas proud exhibition. The honorable SEN
atCr from South Carolina Mr. Hammond) gave us, Ia
a very int resting and eloquent manner, the mga'y
RESOURCES Of the South. They are beyond estimate
beyond calculation. This is replied to by gentleman
from the Moth, who gives US the shty resource
ard the mighty DO yer Of New England aud the non
alaveholotg States. Well, Sir if the conclusion
which might be drawn from it was true that each OF
nity ty mr.
and q country that any of us might be proud OF
Whist a magr fcent country is made when we put 1t all
together What magnificent abode for man, such
ss the Almighty never gave T 70 tt any otISI p'O' "Ho
Ii seems to me the most natural union lnthe world
the South with her great and her ricn productions,
while the North sbOunds with ingenuity, laDOr, me-
chapicdl skill navigation and commerce. Inc very |
diversity of is the natural cause OF union
between us 1t would not do for us al to make cot
tOD nor would it do for all to work in your manu-
factories Nature seems to have organized here this
country adapted to a union of people North and |
South Nature has given her sanction to the Union.
Ns;ure has traced that Union, and you alone disturb
it. Gentlemen, you alone disturb 1t by making this
subject Of Slavery the Of dssenson. OF tue |
disSepson itself il is not so much the cause, for We
seldom come TO question that calls upon US to
act the subject. Now, if we were through |
with this petty Kansas affair what Summer sea |
Of bou1dless expanse lies before us, where there |
is nothing but repOss TheIe Ii no other Terri |
tory that you dispute about in my lifetime or the
which controversy Can probably be made; We went
through many difficulties this subject before the
Missouri Compromise, but, on other occasions, the
question has presented itsef with practica conse-
oueI cep Now we have reached the last of it, the
leas Of it, Let settle this matter IN peace; let us
settle it in good temper; and sec nothing before u;
but lcpg period of repcse, and hope, OF mutual
cOncaticn. OF one thing am CERTAIN tset criinna-
ton and recrlmnstion between the North and the
South. the getting up and maintaining OF sectional
feeling sectional passion, sectional preJudces can 90
"A al. t1ara NOT Mana
tor here who does not recognize and feel all this as
much az | 90. All certain OF It, :,
MY vote on this subject Sir, hes nothing sectional IN
it. The difficulty nave really in voting Is, that this
is regarded by sectional question: aud am
on ne side OF that section, and L am voting for the
other side Of it, If divide II as sectional ques-
ton Now do not regard it as sectional question.
NV allegiance Is not to any particular section do
NOT want 10 know any such thing a. u section in my
conduct here. | want TO be goVernei by coas,itu'
tiona spirit, and constitutional ana just PrlncpS,
in all 40 matter whether it relates 10 the NCrth
or to the South do not want to increase the section
sty which exists in the country by placing myself or
my vote upon it SO for az regards this question.
want 10 wipe ont that sectlOnasn lwlsh that no one
here wou vote upon il as d sectional question: do
not. vote upon It as Senator of the United States
of America That is my country, al d my grea, cOuu
try The Constitution Of the United States intended
to wipe out all these lines of division and sectionaisn.
II is We We that disturb our own Union. 1t Is we
that make sections il is that make sectional lines
10 divide and distract the country whose Constitution,
whose present interest," whose future hopes all tend 10
unite u.s.
There are some doctrines which have been ad- |
yanced here with which disagree and upon which l
will briefly express my views Some gentlemen nave
argued aud they have the high authority OF the Presi
dent TO sustain them, that the as-Nebrasks act
gave all the authority that is usually conferred by
what is called an enabling act on the people OF Ier-
ritory never considered It do not be!Ieveit |
is TO be considered Some gentlemen on the other
hand mant that, under the Kansas Nebraska ACT,
the Convention were bound submit the Constitution
TO tie people for the pUduar suffrage; indeed, that
the right cf the people 70 have every Conveatioa
submit every Constitution to Them do no. agree u
that doctrine. The people are too sovereign to De re-
uuired to DO that They cOnfer upon COnyen- |
ton tbe power to make a Constitution that shall be
good without reference to any other power. The
efeigpty the Territory IS 10 this Government 1t
belongs to the people VI the United States one and
all. Tte people of the States it; snd they are
the real soveregus of the Territory, and their
representatives.. THey have no government but what
we give IL is not in the nature OF things that they
should have All sGuatter soNerelgnties ana soVer.
eicnes OF all sorts vanish before t1e sovereignty Of
the people of the United States.
But the Presdent says IN reference 10 tlls hahsSs
Constitution that although 1t contains provision
that after 1904 Convention may DO called to change
Il the people cau nevertheless change It before that
tme TT at 10 cay the people, by their irresisuoe
power, can at any time, notwithstanding Tie pro-
visions Of then Constitution 10 tue contrary, change
as they please SIR this is very high authority, the
President Of the United States; but II is, IN my hum
bic judgment, o very dangerous doctrine and very
untrue one. The people oannO; bind themselves by
ConsttuioDl thought that was one OF tue great
virtues and purposes OF Constitution. We admit
them to be sovereign. Why cannot they mske what
sort Of Constitution they please The Constitution
which sovereignty makes, N all its parts and n al its
purposes must be the Iule Oi cOuduct for ALL IL can
rot be abolished except III the manner prescribed aud
pointed out ia the Conttuton itse ii any manner is
prescribed ..,.