Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-07
AN ABLE srEEcrt.

Hon. HumPhrY Marshall, Of Ky, ono of the
nblest, most philosophical and sngacous mem
bers of Congress, delivered a speech of eXtraor-
binary plaiuness and power on the English
Lccompton) bill. He nobly and undauntedly
took his stand side by side with his colleague
in the Senate-Mr. Crittenden. We are sorry
that we have not space for the whole of his
speech: it is worthy of being read and re-read
entire.
He closed his remarks as follows
Mr. Speaker, have tried in this matter 10 do
exactly what was right. 1 have kept in my
minds eve, all the time, the tendencies see
before me in this country. | knew that the Gulf
States had made platforms upon which, it was
said, they would feel bound to secede from the
Union. | am told to go forward, lest they do
s"rcdc. Now, sir, who is so bold in this assem-
bly,, rs to rise and say that he Is a diSUni0HiSt?
Mt one. Who is there in this assembly, who
will rise in his place and say that he will go to
the Southern States with the black flag OF disu-
Mon unfurled for that people to follow? There
is silence, sir, over this House, in response to
that inquiry, like the silence of the grave. Sc
cession disunion! Why, sir, IT'S the eye Of
childhood that fears the painted devil" have
no fear of disuniOn. ! have no fear that the
people Of the South will listen for moment to
the whispers of disunion. They are chivalrous,
proCaims himself disuniOnist!
But, sir, had heard of discOntentS, and was
careful; and choose TO say to the South, that,
when | cxertcd myself to get these Republican
members 10 put themselves upon that vote,
did 80 with an eve to the fact that there were
platforms formed ut the South which did hope
that vote would sink forever and forever Now
am here to render also to that party the trib-
ute of my heurty and sincere thanks, my hon
est and profound obligation, that their patriO-
tsm was equal TO the task Of giving that vote,
which believe they did with wish to estlb-
lish peace and concord between all sections and
sith the hope that that vote would accom-
plish it.
Now, sir, who in the South wants 70 establish
a sectional Southern party? The Democrats
are not content with the proposition that the
doctrine OF popular sovereignty shall he carried
forward, and that the people of Kansas may
have State free or slave, as they prefer. They
now proceed step beyond that. read
from paper Of Tuesday, April %, the Rich
mond South. l will read single sentence, to
let yOu see the manner in which the progress
OF this controversy is regarded, and the point
which we have reached:
In the mean time, if the Senate bill pass,
Kansas may come into the Union slave
State or she cannot come At all. That is the
issue
You who represent the South, ask you in
the most solemn earnestness if that is the issue
upon which you propose to go TO the country
ask YOU il that is the issue upon which you are
prepared to precipitate the South? Your plat
form made the declaration that the people Of
Kansas might determine this Inatter-that the
people OF Kansas werr to have the right to vote
whether they would be free State or slave
State.
But YOU are understood in the country by this
bill TO have made up the issue, as understand
it, that she shall come here as a slave State or
she is not TO come at all. Does it not result
from that proposition that YOU arr attempting
to inaugurate in this count v an aggressive pro-
slavery party-a party that does not stand upon
the constitutional rights Of the people Of all
tions, but a southern prO-Slayery party which
proposes to ARInt its banners in the face of the