Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-12-17

Mr.. Hickman, had spoken of forcing the south
back into the Union, should see proper to re-
tire, but whenever it was found expedIent to
do so, the Union no longer exists. He said
without hesitation that the election of Mr.. Sew
AID, or any other man who endorses, proclaims,
and holds the sentiments declared by MIR.
Seward-call the party by what name you
please-he was in favor OF immediate dis
union, and he thought he spoke the sentiments
of his entire state. How could it be expected
that southern gentlemen would consent to the
election of Mr. Sherman who came here reek-
ing with the pollution of doctrines adverse to
southern interests. The resolution of Mr..
Clark was proper under the circumstances,
and he warned gentlemen that they would
preserve slavery or perish in the attempt.
His patriotism began at home, and he was
for South Carolina against the world.
Mr. Milson in explanation denied that he
ever said that any man who endorsed Helper S
book was unfit to live.
Mr.. Clemens wanted the House to vote for
Speaker, Directing to gentlemen sitting there
five hours to ventilate their rhetoric. He gave
notice that he should retire from the hall
whenever he was physically disabled from at
tendance on the session. If he conld not get
a pair they would have to do without his vote.
The clerk stated that, having been empow-
cred by tie House to suppress disorder both
on the floor and in the galleries, he should dis.
charge that duty. He hoped no case would
aaise compelling him to exercise. the authority
thus conferred.
Mr. Simms of Kentucky, said Browns
toray into Virginia had been followed by a
crusade against the rights Of the south. He
would speak plainly, and tell the gentlemen
on the other side that from the very founda-
ton of the government there had been dis
eased public sentiment in the northern states
on the subject of slavery. He spoke of the
continued aggressions of the republican party.
The republicans number more than one hun
dred on this floor, men of character and influ-
ence who have sought on the stand and else
where to diffuse opinions practically tending to
notification Of the fugitive slave law, and to
contempt of the bred Scott decision, because
it has declared that Congress has no power to
restrict slavery or exclude it from the territor-
les. The balance Of power i'll the U. S. Senate
one deemed safeguard by the south, has been
lost, and northern preponderance will be still
further increased by the admission of other
new states. Nothing now is left between the
south and her assailants but the democratic
party and the Constitution of the United States
an eXpounded by the Supreme Court. The
abolition party in the north having failed to
reach slavery in the south by direct legislation
have sought to overthrow it by instruction,
by poisoning the public mind, and by keep
ing up a constant theft and robbery of
that species of property at the South, scat
tering incendary documents throughout
the land, and have elevated to high public
trusts men who PROCLAIM there is an irrepressi-
Bile conflict between slave and free labor. He
was no disunionist, but would ask was there
to be no limit to these assaults on the south =?
Were they to bow their heads like a conquer
ed province, and be deSpoiled of their proper
ty, without redress He then proceeded to
reply to Mr.. Hickman's remarks about the
south violating compromises, and denied the
charge. For forty years the south have re.
monstrated, time and again, and have all the
time been yielding their constitutional rights.
If there be in that burning lake, where kissing
serpents and fiery dragons torment the damn
ed, place more fiery than all the rest it
should be preserved for those northern fanatics
who strive to scatter the seeds of sectional
strife amongst brothers and friends, and with
the torch of the incendiary in one hand, and
the dagger Of the assassin in the other, would
invade even the capitol of the nation, and
amidst its fallen columns, exult in the dissolu-
ton they had caused. Unless the north ceas-
ed invading the rights of the south, they would
be prepared to meet them at the cannon
mouth For the last forty years they had sub
mitted to this thing for the Union, although
smartlng under ten thousand wrongs. 1t was
time to talk plainly, and have no more dodg-
ing or subterfuges. The north had raised a
tempest it cannot control. 1t has overleaped
the constitution Of the country, and the laws
of the land He doubted whether the regrets
expressed on the Republican side of the House
for the Harper's Ferry raid, were sincere
As a representative of a Godfearing and
Union-loving people, he uttered his solemn
protest against the ten thousand wrongs COM
mitted on the south He charged the Repub-
lican party as being the cause of the dangers
hanging over the country. He was no alarm
list no disunionist. For the Union he would
peril his life. But, if the shock must come,
and if the fell calamity of disunion was upon
them, he wanted to see his native south stand
on the constitution of his country and, as one
man, stand in defence of its rights.
AS a preliminary to voting for Speaker, the
House was called and the following is the
result of the
SEVENTH RAIIOT FOR SPEAKER