The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-09-02

were opposed to this Lecompton stitution,
J, its legitimate offspring. Some of tbs who had
justified all the previous outrages in ansas OPP
posed it also, and have heard it SIS that my
! distinguished colleague claims cred ior oppo-
sing it and killing it, Why, my fell : -citizens,
4 mig colleague was brushed out of the ~, as you
/ would brush away fly. In the 81 tie of the
i United States, they passed it over t heads of
j the Republicans with all the assist zee Judge
i Douglas could give-us. He was COUP jling with
us, and advising with as, and attemI pg to de-
Z wise plans by which it cohld be defe .ted yet it
| went through the Senate with deci led majori-
4 ty; but In the House of Representa- ives, where
| the Republicans were stronger, they ade stand
against it, and the Question was taksh on reject
| ing this Lecompton Constitution, this fraudulent
4 concern, and but single so-called Democrat
voted against it. Major Harris, Of .5is State,
was the only one who united with ~ Republic
1 cans, and came up like man aad vo ) to reject
and kill the thing forever. (Good 70 peman-
4 three cheers for Harris. N
| Fellow citizens,' do not mean tbs twas but
one man voted against i'll think ere were
/ ninety -fve-bst we got but little bel som these
men who claim credit for having defe d it; that
is what mean to say. .e
The proposition was made to am( the bill,
and it resulted in what you know the Eng
lish-l believe some people call its pdle Hut
1t ia no matter what it was, the Peep # Kansas
buried it out of sight on Monday Is [Great
cheers. Now, where are these mer .y'ho upon
| that matter united with the Republic s--where
| are they? a q
They say that they differed with Il !, Admins
| tration upon single measure. VIII was that
| measure? Why, it was on the ado q IN of the
Lecompton Constitution, and admit L g Kansas
| into the Union as a State under it. Well that
| was temporary issue, and is dead, uried, past,
and gone, forever. There is the end st. Where
/ ar the men then WIN united with q ReDuhli-
cans to defeat that iniquity and fraur who have
proclaimed in loud tones that it wa q swindle,
| and that there was an unholy atten OF to force
that swinde upon the people of Kan as? They
have gone back and united with tho men who
conspired to force this Constitution Ut on the peo-
pie of Kansas against their will, lthey a sim
gular sort of associates for honest 'faen TO pick
oat,) and they claim to stand with them. Now,
! wish that this burying of the LecOnpton Con-
stitution by the people was the end OF this ques
| ton, and that Freedom night triumph forever
i afterwards. But the contest is not ef ded This
| is but one Of series of acts adopted - this par
| ty in 1854, when the policy of the c. nntry was
| changed in regard to the government of the Ter
ritories on the subject of Slavery.
| THE DESPoTISM AT WASHIl &TON.
The power which was then ina qarated is
using all the departments of this vernment
! not merely to extend Slavery into snsas, and
bring it in as a slave State, but to ke all the
interests of this great country suhorl late to the
| Slave Power. The despotism of w bington is
almost cruel as THAI which has svaled in
| Kansas. There is not, holding Off through
| out this vast country, single man is known
to entertain views in opposition to e right to
take slaves into free Territories. | an utter
disqualification for office. All the oartments
at Washington are organized upon ;. g plan of
prescribing men who believe thatSl, Try should
be excluded from the free Territori i. All the
committees in Congress-or all tn important
ones, which mature the business fo The action
of Congress-are under the control f his same
power. The Supreme Court is unde tae control
of this same power. -
You all recollect the case which excited the
whole country two years ago, whea o Senator
of the United States was struck dow q, and beat
en- nearly to death, in his seat in the Senate
| Chamber for uttering his honest 8 n4iments in
| opposition to this Slavery Propagan iism. But
| worse state of things than that e. is:s to-day.
| The gentleman who was thus strclen down in
/ the vigor of manhood, and has been suffering
from that day to this, and who, his best friends
| fear, may never recover, Suffering With anguish
| and pain and torture, from blows Unlisted upon
him unawares and without notice. hat gentle
man, now just able to walk, has sir 9 made his
| appearance in the Senate Chamber: swing been
reelected by the people of the stas of Massa-
| chusetts; and when ht comes t1e; and rises
with difficulty from his chair tvs " g after the
| act was done, for whict some may -ad the ex-
cuse that il was done 1nder excite snt-I saw
| now, the very men in Z tnteroit @ this power
affect to treat him VIII contemp tCries of
Shame, shame" We Id you belle :, It? Not
Northern Senator belof iiDg to Ghia ro-Slavery
gSTtsy dares syes speak him. lest offend his
sion of Congress- when. lpan ona 5cela zion it was
stated in the Senate tn t the Sfpat.r from Mas
L l4.I ..l
Der, who was also indisr osNd aeer Il contempt
was observed through Lhe Chauibes st the idea
of his indisposition, am the leai era Of the Pro-
\ Slavery Democracy affect to beievt that it is a
pretence on the part of han W no - been suf-
fering these two yeartz I'm my Judgment, the
world has never seen e ehfsaited such ;.efned ma
Lightly and cruelty as ,1is attefaqt ! treat with
scorn that suffering mas. This IL 5rse thou
| sand fold than the s,iris which, rder excite
ment, could strike the alos, for nj Is premedi-
tated and continued rial ce. 10 applause.
| A voice: "Three cheer &c : Sun ere The cheers
were given heartily. &
mention this, my fs To- s-citi .en TO show the
eesaition of things at Wellington Let me tell
""a another fact. | w-nt as your representative
| ago to Wasrip ston, ain st entire
TWO yeal' Navins fiet more .han two or
| stranger never - N"tA il n life ] re-
| three members of the 5eJi. .n,s,i,ao Of
| manned there as one .lf the r,sprer-. -.
this State, through two se' sions of congress,
there to consult with 3se spres.nh ives of other
| coequal States for the be good - common
| country and for thosetw. years " IS not placed
on committee whia ,ver IAets Republican
Senators were not o4sulted--Ne 1gere ignored
/ by this proscriptive, i ol rant pasS, that made
| adhesion to the intere Is IF the u Z power the
only test by which the, lowed .srson to take
part in the proceed, gs of 'teeS Government,
wherever they could Few mt it. -
little different site of thug prevailed af-
ter the Fremont election 10 1855 ;lt let me tell
| you how it is now TsS (ommitte were organ
lied anew at the com er cement & theilast ses-
sion of Congress, ane | have wi Z, me a list of
them. On looking at :, you will + d that all the
leading committees az; rot orl Natirely.; IN the
interest of the Pros avery psr but are con-
| trolled by Southern ~neh. The Committee on
Foreign Relations is u.,e of the Tsfit important
1t is presided over bsJMsson Of Il ginia, and a
| majority of that conlf;ittee are 1n the South.
ern States. The Coh-mittee on tke Judiciary il
presided over by Bayssd of Delss4Se, and ma
jority of that committee are fsor The Southern
States The COMMITTEE on Nav9 fairs is pre-
sided over by Mallor, zof Florida, Al d majority
of that committee ar from the SEuthern States
| The Committee on ilitary AtfasE4 is presided
over by Davis of Mississippi. On est Offices, by
Yulee of Florida. Th~ Committee, OIL Finance, by
Hunter of Virginia Southern pel are at thu
head of all those COM; littees. Th6 On Commerc,
is presided over by Cl-y of AlabaS a-that on In
dian Affairs by Sebas ian of Ark ,sas believ
there are two other com-aittees beside
that on Territories, O. which MrSOouglas is tn
chairman, the chair anship of @sbich is give
to the North; perhap, the Commi ee on Enrolle
Bills, or something OF that kind CIV, the North
ern or free States cor titute ms. ority and yo
see how powerless tn y are in the business of tn
Senate.
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