The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-12-22
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tlonis's in the Senate. They aro good
remarks, and find an abiding place
deep down in our hcart. Read them
But, Mr.. President, the Senator from
Wisconsin. who spoke ably and with
deep interest. and who always speaks
with degree Of earnestnoss which at.
tracts my attention, has asked what has
produced all this trouble and he wants
to know what tho people OF the South
mean. think | can snow him what has
produced all this trouble. He seems to
suppose that it is conflict OF arms in
distant territory. No, sir, no; i is tho
miserable, inlermsdlling, ne(srlous spirit
OF many of the people Of our associate
States with matter which concerns them
not. They grant to us, they say, the
full right of the enjoyment Of the pecu.
liar institutions which we see fl TO adopt
and uphold; but day and night, year Of.
ter year, we are assalled everywhere, and
| by all the means which human ingenuity
can adopt. They giveu US no rest. We
are entitled, at least, to an exemption
from these eternal disqueludes from our
associate States. Because, in common
territory belonging TO Us all alike and in
common, we choose to consider that we
have a right to hold our property, and
they there denounce end meet US with the
bayonN, lorsooth, because we assert our
rights, and nothing more than our rights.
under the constitution, we are held as
tresspassefs we are held as agi;ators.--
Why, sir, it would be almost ludicrous
if the subject were not so serious, TO look
al the manner in which We are treated.
They throw frebrands among US; they
constantly, and without remission, taunt,
abuse, irrIlate, disturb the people Of the
Southern States and when We turn
round with the simplicity Of Impotence
only, and say to them. "gentlemen hands
of, it is not your business, il is ours"
they say that we throw frebrands among
them. Now, sir, | challenge the instance
when has s.ayeholding State, or the
members thereof, even sought TO iniurs
any portion of the people Of the Northern
States III their own affairs? When did
we ever undertake to subvert any Of
your institutions? W here do you find
US crusaJing against. you and vililying
with aviluperaton which is becoming the
very blinGsgate and the source OF bill
lngssate Itself? Where do you find US
engaged in such warfare on you? No.
where nowhere We expect from you
abstinence from interference with our ai.
fairs deal with your own as you please.
There is the source oftrouble. You say
it is slavery, 1t is slavery; but who
makes it the trouble Who carries the
war into his neighbor's border? Who
agitates the subject Of slavery Extensively
10 you! Nobody. We do not seek 10
lastcn it upon you you seek to depsive
US Of it; you seek to shut US out from
the common domain; and, because we
assert our rights, which trust in heaven,
will ever be asserted, even at The risk Of
the dismemberment Of this great, magn.f.
cent republic, you accuse us of agitation.
Gentlemen, the responsibility is with
you, not with US.
Gentlemen say that il anything can DO
shown in their doctrines or principles
which naturally tends to elimination
in the acts which we have recently seen,
they are liable and ought to be repudia.
ted. beg the attention of Senators TO
what shall read. shall not indulge
in any remarks; either harsh or unbecom.
ing, because the Senator from whose
speech mean 10 quote is not in his seat;
it would il become ne to say aught that
would be unpleasant to him even il he
were in his seat; but he is absent.
shall, therefore, simply read what he has
said, and draw my conclusions from it.
quote from a speech Of Mr. Seward, tho
Senator from New York, and | suppose
that distinguished gentleman may bs con
sidered as leader who embodles the
sentiment and feeling, and surely it is not
to his disparagement TO say no little Of
the valor, of that powerful party. In a
speech delivered by him in the Senate
Chamber, on the Sd Of March, 1858, this
language was held:
"Free labor has at last apprehended
its rights, its interests, its power, and its
destiny, and is organizing itself to as.
sumo the government Of the Republic
1t will hence(orlh meet you boldly and
resoIuely here; it will meetyo every.
where, in the lerritorias or out OF them,
wherever you may go to extend slavery.
1t has driven you back in California and
in Kansas it will invade you soon
Mark the language ait will invade
you soon."
ain Delaware. Maryland. Virginia,
Missouri, and Texss. 1t will meet you
in Arizona, in Central America, and
even in Cuba. The invasion will be not
merely harmless, bu, benefcient, il you
yield seasonably TO its just and modera.
ted demands"
What a wonderful similarity Of senti.
ment and purpose with something that
we have recently heard disclosed! Now,
gentlemen, | wish not to be misundsr.
stood. | know that tho Senator here
has in his mind-his language is suseep'
tible Of that Interpretation, properly no
doubt-the idea OF moral invasion, tho
influence of a moral sentiment an INTEL
lec,ual contest i. may be; but mark the
lanpuaes and see tho result Of the teach
ing. He goes on;
81, proved so in New York, Psunsyl.
v,nia. New Jersey, and the other slave
states, which have already yielded in that
way TO its advances. You may, indeed,
get start under or near the tropics, and
seem safe for a time, but it will be only
a short time. Even there you will found
States only for free labor TO maintain
and occupy. The interest Of the white
races demands the ultimate emancipation
OF all men. Whether that con.ummat:ou