The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-12-21

'"ey "le ""efal ana ought TO be repudla-
ted. 1 beg the attention of Senators to
what shall read. shall not indulge
IN any remarks, either harsh or unbecom
M, because the Senator from whose
speech mean to quo;c is tot in his seat
IL would III become me to say ought that
would be unpleasant to him even if he
were IN his seat a; hut he is absent.
shall, therefore, simply read what he has
SAID and draw my conclusions from it. |
quote from speech of Mr.. Seward, the
Senator from New York, aud suppose
that distinguished gentleman may be con
siGered AS II leader who imbodies the sen
uinent aud feeling, and surely it is not to
hls dlsparagement to say no little Of the
vaIor, OF that powerful party. In speech
, delivered 10y him in the Senate Chamber
on The 3d of March, 1853, this language
was held
"Free labor has at last apprcheuded its
nights, It's Interests, It's power, and its des
tiny, and Is organizing itself to assume
the g1Hernmen: Of the Republic. 1t viii
hencetorih meet you boldly and resolute.
" here ; 1t will meet YOU everywhere, in
the Territories or out Of them, wherever
YOU may go TO extend slavery. it has
driven you back in California aud ia
Kansas II viii invade you soon."--
I Mark the language at will invade
lon soon"
lin Delaware, Mary land, Virginia, Mis-
/ SCUM, and Texas. 1t win meet YOU in
/ Arizona, in Central America and even in
/ Cuba. The invasion will be not merely
harmless, but Lenefcent, il YOU yield sea
sonahly to is just and moderated de.
mauls."
/ What wonderful similarity of scn,i-
ment aud purpose with something that
"e have recently heard disclosed ! Now.
gentlemen, | wish not 10 bc misunder
stood. know that the Senator here has
in his mnd-his language is susceptible
OF that Interpretation, properly, no doubt
I the idca OF moral Invasion, the intlu
"ucc ot a moral sentiment, an INTEL ,c,uaI
contest II may he hut mark the Ian.
cuagc and see the result Of the teaching
. He goes on
at proved SO in New York, New Jer-
>ey, Pennsylvania, aud the other slave
states, which have already Yielded in
that way To- lis advances. You may, in.
deed, get a start under or near the ,rop.
lcs, and seem safe for time. but il will
he only "A short time. Even there YOU
vii found States only for free labor to
maintain aud occupy. The interest OF
tie white races demands the ultimate
. emancipation Of all mon. Whether that
cu,isuuim4lIum shall hc allowed To take
,N.or, ~llh uccIIuI and wise precautions
against sudden change AID disaster, or be
hurried on 10y violence, is all that remains
for YOU to decide"
Yes, gentlemen "f the South, YOU have
an institution obnoNioms to the philo>oph.
ical, sentimental humani,arianism Of the
day YOU must give II up If YOU do so
at our request, all will bc well aud easy
with you but such is The urgency Of
these motives upon us that il YOU do not
. give up your property, yield your power,
surrender your Independence, permit your.
selves to hc dwartrG in the ConlelrTacv,
. hy The destruction Of all that makes you
people, we wi, Go II by violence Most
magnanlnous, gracious, and mcrGrtuI
master, we thank you for the priviIeL &c of
choice. There is tho conflict t"rcShadow-
ed IN March, 1858 more than eighteen
months ago close proximity Of time with
the exhibitions e certain recent naniles,
tos--lAmguage and purpose mistaken by
tie crude mind OF those who employ
/ physical force i~s'ead Of intellectual pow
er. You see, gentlemen the tcndencv.-
You asked for an indication of principles
in your creed, in What YOU have said and
/ done. | have presumed TO show 1t
There it stands. II v"u value the Uuion,
a> YOU say vou do, II is for you To- preserve
It, The South cannot preserve the Union
II does not behoove her IN her downtrod.
den amd feeble condition but she cannot
1t she would. 1t is for YOU, it becomes
your interest, your concern, your power
III the future. II the Union be so dear
TO You /; is for YOU To preserve it, and not
;of the South. You have the power, she
has not, She stands still aud endcavors
TO defend herself.
The honorable Senator who last spoke,
asked what meant this recent ebullllom.
Sir, they mean this They mean that the
heart OF the Southern people has been
stirred 20 the bottom they u,ean lha:
they have borne it as long as it is virtue
to bear, and they mean that they will not
forfei: the charter Of freemen. | tell :he
honorable Senator that he may mistake
that feeling. Do you suppose it is posi-.
ble that nearly half the States OF the
Union, your co States, States associated
with you, shall he compelled to bear all
the burdens Of foreign condition that
while we are linked together, AS if frater,
nalIy, we must keep standing armies on
our borders, be continually harrassed, irri.
ta,ed, disturbed, stirred to madness, and
that we shall continue To bear all these
burdens of a foreign attitude, aud take
none Of the comPensaiing good. The
thing must stop. The Constitution was
wisely conceived, skillfuIly, admirably con-
structed, adequate to aIlthe purposes for
! which N was intan1el hnt onr nrasent