, 1859-12-20
Halo on D!KupIpp.

IN 1aSor OIL Dlauuion In case Republican rresi-
dent we're elected in 1860, John P. Hale On
Tuesday last, gare his opinions on the subiectin
brief speech, which commanded much atten-
ton at Washington. Ar. G win, of Californis.
had just taken his seat after proclsiming that
The South YVES ready to 60 out Of The Union,
and clarifying her greatness and Independent
atrength. Ar. Hale said that if Gwins position
were the true one, We had been living under an
utter dclusion:
We .1e no. union Of States; the free States
are subject provinces, and our people do not
choose President They but perform IN idle
ceremony. You sit there, according to the
enuneiatlon made this morning, the Representa-
tires oftifscen States, and you proclaim to The
majority Of this Onion that if they dare to exer-
csse their prerogatiTe and choose President
representing the views which they entertain,
{snd the suppositioa presupposes that they are
J. the views Of majority oil the people Of these
| United STATED, or else they.conld not elect q
President, you viii dissolve the Union. You
substantially. By this declaration, declare that
tion. 1t is no choice; you people Of The free
Statcs or Of the on-slaseho1ding States-if that
| Is phraseology suiting any ear bettef-you are
not part Of the sovereign power of this Con-
iede'acy; you oceapy to Us the position that
He made the DEGREES, the preroratiye Of the paF-
l'ament was toregister them that was all. They
call That government of law. The Senator
from California speaksto us as If there had been
an appeal made to us. I do not consider it SO,
rather consider it rs forew4rning Of q stat.
! Of iacta WHICH, lit exists occssnt to be known
AMI cannot be E1own too soon.
This Is the remedy, sir. an glad to hear If.
Ihe remedy is that majority Of these United
states must surrender, giye up their convictions,
forbcar, III the exercise of the highest functions
with which God ever endowed frcemen, to let
tlesr ballots speak the sentiments of their un-
thing Tint is manly in them, if By chance they
ever got anything Of that Sort there, and 60 10
the polls next fail to 20 through the idle cerc.
mopy Of voting, when it is already foregoue
conclusion, and if they do not register your de.
cFess. the Union is to be dissolved. Sir, i. is
dissolved now. If that is the state of the case: it
is not Union; We are not co States, We are not
here the representatives of aoreJeign States. or
OF States having any political rights: We ure
here simply to register your decrecs-uo sir,
not that, but our people are to conc together in
that shall be made for them BY The slareholdinc
States ct this Union.
recollect IN eastern tale which may serve as
an Illustration, and trust the story Is not be-
low the dignity Of the occasion. It is said that
IN eastern monarch, dtstrustng his physician,
bad determined to put him to death. The ply
sician begged hard for his life, but It WIS Of no
avai Al last be said: IF you insist upon put
ting nc to dcath, hars ouly one request to
make. md that is that my dissevered head may
be put in basin Of water, and then it will an.
sweF any question you may put to it," The
monarch replied: ''1f had any doubt about
taking your life before, l have none now, for I
want 10 try titat experiment" Sir, want tu
try that experiment, aud want to see whether
am tue Representative on this floor Of such
craven slaves that they can he driven from their
convictions, md the exercise Of their high fran.
chsc: BY the anuunciation that if they do it
this Union is to be dissolved. Sir, it is no Union
to them; this Government is nuthing but u
badge Of oppression and degradation and fhu-
initiation, il such be the tenure by which We
bold our places in this confedcracy.
is this m appeal that is made to US? It is not |
an appeal TO us as freemep, not as the represen.
tatives OF free States, not as men. If you re-
spected us or our constituents. yon could not |
tnakc such an appeal. 1t is not an appeal to be |
made to men, OF to tseemen. 1t does not address |
itself to our reason, but to our fears. know
4 has been said, sometimes 1eproachfu''y, that |
the only way to appeal to is either to address
tur fears or our pockets. This declaration to- |
day, made upon the foor Of the Senate, is based |
upon the idea that there is nothing manly, |
nothing patriotic, nothing that spurns degrada. |
tiou IN ourselves or in the people whom We rep
resent
SIR, if Senators think tbat that is the Why this \
difficulty is to be solsed it is not for me to COM
plain. thank them fos the warning; aud |
ask them IT they feel any sort Of interest to know
now it is received by the people Of the Free
States. 10 read the returns that will come from
the next election, and ascertain how many are
scared, how many are frightened, how many are |
driven by such an arpeai. us it has been called.
It is not for the to s1and here md make profes.
as they arc lnadc, aud harc none to make;
but will s4y ttis-i do not know whether
shall get credit fur my sincerity in i'll hare
declared again and again that desire the Union
OF these States to BE- perpetual. desire il to
be perpetual as Union Of equal States; but If
quail before the announcement Thai the exercise
OF their honest convictions is 10 work DISCO
luton Of the Union, aud If thought thut such
an intimation as that would frighten even one
OF our women from the course Of her duty iu
she approaching crisis, which is to be solved BY
the result Of tho ne1t presidential election,
would fcorn to represent them,
But, sir, If could, without arrogance or pre.
sumption, make M appeal to gentlemen who
believe that dark clouds hang over us, and that
the future is portentous Of evil, would ask |
them # thoy reully believe that this is the way
TO deal with such state FITTINGS. Gentlemen
have told us. orer and orer again, that the dan t
ger Of dissolution Of this Union is imminent.
Sir, if it is not only imminent, but deeirabe,
oES EeHL4eHltu Hok 10 lndu1Ee IN thlS 6tFntn OF /
remark. think, and believe history iustifies
ue in it-other gentlemen eau speak for them
selves-that represent people that cannot be
driveu. Tley are few; but when they were
much fewer thnn they arc how, when they were
not one-haf in number what they are now, they
left tlicir plows in the field, and they left their
women to look after the ho1nesteads, 5, and they
turned out from n,onntain and valley and barred |
their breasts 10 the invading foe, wherever and
Whenever be might come. Sir, do hope in
God, that the day is distant, yery distant, when
their fnettle or their courage shall be put to The
tent, in ANYTHING that bears even the semhlance |
Of fraterual contest; but let me tell gentlemen
TINT they will dpd in the end they are mistaken.
If know myself, hare nercr indulged in m
oPprnbious epithet in relation to auy State Of
this Union. or to any public man Of this Union
have endeasored, according to the measure of
my feeble abilities, to Erappie With the ques-
tlons which hare presented themselves in this
Chamber, and On tue theutcr where the conf
dcucc OF my constituents has again and again
placed me. but should fee! myself unworthy
of their confidence, would not dare to look
them in the face nor to shake theirhonest hands,
If failed, on any fitting occasion, 50 tar as |
was able, to vindicate them from what believe |
to be unjust; aud, sir, the idea that this people
eau be driven By any such aununciation Of what
is 10 follow the exercise OF their Judgment, ut
terlY disbeliera and disavow.
While know that it is the province Of every
member upon this floor 10 present his convic-