Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-12-23

it was the deliberate purpose of great, pew.
erful and all-pervading party to drive them ou'
and coerce them to obedience under isstit,:
tions which they abborred from the bottom d
their souls. They were driven o-t ;. they were
murdered in cold blood their property was
destroyed they appealed to Congress foF re-
dress, and they only got insults here instead o.
sympathy. When l state this only state
what 1 know. This Government did at least
eonnIve at this band Of conspirators who were
arInng themselves lawlessly with arms beloag-
ing to the Government and invaded that peace
iul territory and took possession Of the bailot-
boxes, and drove the citizens away from the
polls drove them away from their possessions
and exercised tyranny over them. But that
took place good ways off and did not create
the same excitement as when similar transac
tion comes near home. In his Judgment the
, the only difference between that case and this
was that in the ca We Of the Kansas in
vasion. il was made with no other intesfion
than to introduce slavery there at all hazzards,
and by force of arms whereas old John
Brown and his men with like unlawful pnr-
pose undertook to extirpate slavery from .ths
State of Virginia The Free State men then
got no consolation from the Government. One
Senator used this language "we will subdne
you; your are traitors ; we will hang every
man of you"
He said he did not go back to these things
for the purpose of justifying John Brown and
his crew in the invasion of Virginia, buf only
to show why it is that the men of Free States
to a considerable extent, do sympathize with
, this old hero In the darkest hour of Kansas,
when her rights were all in peril and every
thing looked gloomy there, and tIe Federal
Government failed to interpose in her behalf,
then it was thut old Brown appeared ON the
stage of action, arming himself as well as Ae
might, and commenced to do that justice To
himself and fellows that the Government Cleri-
ed. He did it with beroism and deterIRina-
tion that challenged admiration from bis fIiends
and even respect from his enemies. He drove
Border Rufiians from the Territory and con
quercd peace. 1H"i"'i
He believed that Brown was tnaddened by
the scenes of blood he had witnessed in Kan
sas, for he did not think any sane man on earth
would have undertaken the enterprise He
also said he had never seen single persoH
who justified Browns raid, for Northern .peo-
pie do not sympathize with crime. ~"
A1e tnen pEOcSeued 10 reply 10 Mr.. john
sons criticisms on the Republican platform
He said be was not one of those who suppose
that all the Shareholders are deeply criminal,
for he knew how habit and customs modify The
feelings of men. Washington himself was a
Shareholder, but he expressed himself in hopes
that that institution might be abolished BY
some means. How long would he be permit
ted to remain in Virginia now and make such
declarations? He had been accused Of de-
the Union. He Wade would like
to know when he had done so.
Mr.. Clay quoted from the speech of Mr..
Wade in 1856, where lie said this pretended
union was all meretricious there was not q
business man anywhere, who, if he had such q
partner, would hesitate 10 kick him out at once
and have done with him-meaning such 8
partner as this South -H'
Mr.. Wade admitted that he did make q
pretty fierce speech, but did not think his lam
guage was correctly reported.
Mr.. Clay asked why he did not disavow il
four years ago when it was quoted here
Mr.. Wade-I am not in the habit of re-
tracing in the face of the enemy. If the
speech was literally reported, it was done by
an enemy to the Republicans.
Mr.. Clay-I saw it in a newspapers supper.
ting his party, where it was highly commended.
Mr.. Wade said that he was at the time al
lHdiBg to the irritation in consequence Of af-
fairs in Kansas, and the manuer the pro-slatcs
ry prosecutions were per5evered in, the remov-
al of the Missouri restrictions, &c. Then he
declared that unless some means could be
found to prevent these things, it would ulti-
mately result in Just what he was charged with
saying in making the different sections great
enemies as two hostile nations. -.'1
Mr.. Clay said there was stronger language
than that in the speech, and read another ex>
tract to the effect that there was no union now
between the North and the South, and the
only salvation of the Union was to be found
in divesting it of the taint of slavery. H.H
Mr.. Wade do say now that there Is no
very considerable degree of good feeling exist.
ing between the different sections Of this ma
ton. 1 do not know to-day but what that
sentiment, if not true, is very nearly true
Now Northern men cannot travel and do bu-
siness in the Southern States. As / read in
the newspapers, great numbers have been re-
Gently sent back, not because there was any
particular accusation against them, but because
they were from section of which the South
was exceedingly jealous. yce
After further debate the amendment to Mr.
Mason's resolution was rejected. Yeas ~,
nays 81. .----.-
Mr. Masons resolution was then unanimous
ly adopted.