The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-03-19
CONGRESSIONAL.
WAsntNoron. March o.

relative to Southern States Right Con
ventlon in tho event Of the rejection of
The Leoompton Constitution.
When the bill for the relief Of Com.
Jores, was passed. the bin Tor the admis.
SION OF Kansas under the Leoompton
VonsIitution was taken up.
Mr.. Hamlin, Of Ne, said that no sub.
Ject Of equal importance had been con.
sldered since he had seat in the Senate
Tie regretted that il had been a party
question. There was no despousm on
earth like party desputism. Ho had felt
u, but thanked God that he was a free
man now. In all the records Of time but
QUE act of similar turpitulo had ever been
attempted. tie had no eulogy to bostow
on The Union; it needed none. Its eulo.
.gy Is wnttea in the past. lie then re.
pled to the statements Of Mr.. Uimmon
arrai sning his remarks under three heads
tirst, The faith Of the S5lth and how
she kept it; Second, The capacity Of the
south as distinct and separate govern.
menti Third, The character of the labor
ing masses Of the North, He said. in
speaking to these points, he should be
compelled to use the term "the South"
put into his mouth by the Senator from
South Carolina. But in his heart he
knew no South. no North, no East, no
West. We are citizens of one common
country. The North moan to stick to the
Union. They don't mean to 20 out Of It,
neither. He denied that the North ever
broke It's plighted faith, and said he was
ut loss to know what the p rase the
Faith Of the South" meant That sec.
ton had broken legislative faith with re.
spect to tariffs by attempting to break
down the North after il had invested its
capital in manufactures With reference
10 Mr.. Hammond's question, "What
2uaraotee have the South that the North
will not establish another National Bank?"
Mr.. Ii. asked what guarantee tho North
had that the South will not saddle them
with National Bank? Irdeed, he ex-
p9cted to see the day when the South
would seek protection in a tariff. He
then combatted at length the modern doc
II nes Of the South, that the General
Government was founded on the prinoi-
pie OF slavery, which he contended was
an abandonment Of the principle Of her
fathers. Proceeding to the Missouri
Compromise, Me-. Il. said that was the
work of the South. She WAS jubilant
over its success, the North generally ao-
quiosoing. Who repealed il after seour-
ng its benefits? The South nut - e.
nus Iusll moe OF Southern faith. He then
reviewed the Dred Scott decision, saying
in conclusion that the ldges who gave
IL to the world rank in inlamy on the
pages of history with JsfIries. In re-
viewing the history Of the admission OF
Texas, he said she was admitted on the
basis Of the Missouri Compromise, with.
out which she could not have been nd
mitted. The North was induced to vote
for II because she was told that North oI
36 30, in that Territory. sh9 could have
three Free States. The South obliterated
! that line in 1854. Was that good faith9
Analyzing the present character Of the
Democratic party, he said il was now in
the leading strings Of few prominent
Southern men. South Carolina rules IL.
Calhoun's resolutions, offered in the days
Of compromise, thon secuted from the
Senate, were now the governing prnci-
Piles in Congress. Modification now
reigns supreme in that party. II has
control Of the Senate, the House, the
President and the Supreme Court. The
Democracy had even improved upon these
principles and were about to declare, in
passing the Lecompton bill, that white
men had no majoriJies they we're bound
TO respect Mr., Hamln controverted Mr..
Hammond's assertion that there we're
more poor people ia the North than in
the South, contending that in the latter.
notwths anding the large numbers of its
paupers were thrown upon the North,
the poor portion still preIominaled. In
snRR&.t Of TINS position he quoted from
Southern writer's, nolu ling Mr.. Ham
smolh- ltnNelf. He next passed so the
consideration Of Mr.. Hammond's asser-
that the white laborers Of the North we're
slaves. He said that the Senator entirely
misapprehended the character Of North
ern laborers. lie { (Hemlin) was labor
ing man. He was educated in printing
oaic2 and he now toiled in his fields earu-
ing by The sweat Of his brow the food
that he a.e. Another Senator and his
friend was laborer. They are represen-
Iatiyes Of the North
Without concluding Mr.. Hamin gave
way to an executive session, after which
the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPREsEsrATIvEs.
Mr.. Keitt. of s. c., discussing the
constitutional power to admit new States.
defined his views Of political government.
contrary to the views Of some Of his
friends, that the people Of Kansas cannot
change their Constitution prior to 1864.
Mr., Clemens, Of Va. asked how Mr..
Keitt reconciled that declaration with the
expression in another part Of the Lecomp-
ton Constitution, that the people have a
right TO alter that instrument.
Nc. Keitt replied. that a general deelar-
alton in the bill Of rights is like a pream-
BILE and is restricted by the body Of the
bill itself. AS to the admission Of Kan
sas into the Union, If the Republicans
tell the South that no Slave States sball
hereafter be admitted, they Will shake
every pillar Of the political union. =
Should this policy be carried into effect,
no Federal tax galherer would ever again
tread she soil Of che South. When the
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