The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-03-18

and permission, and by an enabling act
sometimes from Congress.
If the Senator from Illinois, whom re-
gard as the Ajax lebanon of this debate.
does not press thce question of frauds, |
shall have little or nothing TO say about
that. The whole history Of Kansas is dis
&'stng one, from The beginning to the end
have avoided reading it as much as
could. Had | been Il Senator before,
should have felt it my duty, perhaps, to
have done so; but not expecting TO be one
| am ignorant, fortunately, in Il great meas
urc, Of detail and | was glad to hear the
acknowledgment Of the Senator from Hi
nois, since it excuses me from the duty Of
examining it.
! hear, on the other side of the Cham
hcr, great deal said about gigantic and
stupcndous frauds and the Senator from
New York, yesterday, in portraying the
character OF his party and the opposite one,
laid The whole of those frauds upon the pro-
slavery party. To listen to him, yon would
have supposed that the regiments of cni-
grants recruited in the puricus of the great
cities of the North, and sent ont, armed
and equipped with Shapes rifles, and bowie
knives and rcvolrcrs, to conquer for free.
dom in Kansas, stood by, meek saints, in
noccnL is doves, and humble as lambs
brought to the sacrifice. Think Of them ::
General Lanes lambs. They remind one
of Col. kirks lambs, to whom they have IL
family resemblance. presume that there
were frauds and that ii there were frauds.
they were equally great on all sides; and
that any investigation into them on ,!i,
floor, or by a commission, would end in
nothing but inilcling almost uncomfortable
disgrace on the United States.
But, sir, the true Object of the discussion
on the other side Of the Chamber, is to a~.
itatc the question Of slavery. have very
great doubts whether the leaders on the
other sile of the House really wish TO de-
feat this bill. think they would consider
1t vastly greater victory TO crush out the
Democratic party in the North, and destroy
the leaders of the kansas- Nebraska bill:
and | am not sure that they have not
brough about this imbroylo for the very
purpose. How strange is it that they tell
us that, year after year, the majority in
Kansas is beaten at the polls They l,avc
alwa::s had a majority, but they always GET
beaten! How could that be? 1t does
seem, from the most reliable sources of i'll
formation, tl;t they lave IL majority, and
have had a majority for some time. Why
has not this majority come forward and
taken possession Of government, and made
a free State constitution, and brought it here?
We should all have voted for its admission
chccriully. There can be but one reason :
If they had brought, as WAS generally sup
posed at the time the KanS;ls Nebraska act
was passed would he the case, Il free State
Constitution here, there would lave been
no difficulty among the Northern Demo
Gratis they would have been sustained by
their pco lc. The statement made by some
OF them, as understood, that that act was
a good free State act, would have been vcri-
lied, and the Northern Democratic party
would have been sustained; but lis coming
here Il slave State, it is said will kill that
party, and that is the reason they have re.
Trained from going to the polls that is the
reason they have rcfraincd from making it
free State when they had the power
They intend to make it a free State as soon
us they have effected that purpose of de-
stroylns the Democratic party at the North,
and their true reason here is to ayia,c
slavery. For one, / am not disposed to
discuss that question here in any abstract
form. think the time has gone by for
that. Our minds arc all made up. I am
willing to discuss it-and that is the way
it should be and must be discusscd-as a
practical thing, as thing that is, and is to
be; and to discuss its effect upon our politi-
cal institutions, and TO ascertain how long
those political institutions will hold together
under its effects.
The Senator from New York entered very
fairly into this field yesterday. 1 was sur
prised, the other day, when he so openly
said the battle had been fought and won.-
Although l knew, and had long known it
to be true, was surprised to hear him say
so. thought that he had been entrapped
into hasty expression by the sharp rebukes
Of the Senator from New Hampshire and
am glad to see that yesterday lie has
come out and shown that it is matured
project of his; that these words mean all that
| thought they meant; tina: they mean tha,
the. South is conquered province, and tha,
the North intends to rule it. He said that
it was their intention to take this Govern
ment from uniust and IN faithful hon,ls NJ i