Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-12-30
SPEECH OF Ma. HICKMAN,

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Presidents newspaar on myself and {
others, I have but a wsrd to say. II made 3
by the President hinisrlf he knows it to be
false; if by any othsk person. be does not
know it to be true. Tbe reason l occupy 4
my position on this floor is because / 1
could not be purcbastd. { Applause III
This reading me ous ssf the democratic
party has been faith lily persevered in
for thelast four years 81 many nobler and
stronger than the. seman from Mis-
Souri ( GrF. Noelf). and sriil they have
not yet got rid of me; and it will take
four years longer of persevering effort if
II choose TO remain in their good COM
pany. My treason has a history connected
with it--a history with which the gentle
man from Missouri ought to be acquaint- !
ed. 1t dates back four years, when in
this hall, on the grievous charge which
pervaded the country being made, and
which was believed, that fraud and
all manner of crimes had so far invaded
7 the territory of Kansas that they had
prostrated thoroughly the people, l chose
at the time to introduce a resolution to
investigate the charge. That was the
time my treason commenced, for | then
took the stand against combined dem
ocracy, and l charged upon that democra-
cy a persevering effort, both in this Hall
and in the other wing of the Capitol, to
stife that investigation and suppress the
knowledge of the fraud. Then l was
: read from the Democratic party, and yet
, after the committee, which was to some
, extent instrumental in raising, had made
their report to Congress, no man in the
country was sufficiently reckless to deny
t that the charge was fully and completely
Z proven. Then was denounced as a rem
j egade. Why? Because chose to diff
a fer from the democracy, believing that
the charge ought to be investigated, and
e that if fraud existed it ought to be re
! realed. And have they ever washed
d their hands of i: to this day? No, to nj
e greater extent than silence may have
!. done it. returned TO my people will
: all the brand Of treason the party coulc
place upon my forehead, and Mr.. Bu
Y chanan, the present President of TIN
1t United States, endorsed my democracy il
2, the face of that protestation which hal
e gone up against me, and insisted on N,
denomination, as be believed that
le would be valuable to his canvass. Nh
2, Buchanan, at all events, did not denounc
lg me. Now. as to the charge Of Treason
Is and where it may properly rest, and a
Id to who is the renegade. As to the charg
of treason, we find the newspapers addin
n. to it a charge of corruption. Now,
k there be any man in this Hall who know
se of any sanction or agreement that eve
w entered into with anybody for any pu
be pose, let him proclaim it now or hold h
TO peace forever. 1 never did so anywher
in or any time. and | would not at this m
he ment enter into a covenant with ar
he party to secure even the election of II
ith friend Forney as Clerk of this House.
)ut As Mr.. Buchanan could not purcha
1m me. so / cannot be bought by others
.ek Applause IL maintain that nj
the may support every measure Of a dem
op. cratic administration, and yet fail to
OF democrat. If a man 81 1ported eve
nto measure and recommendation, and vot
- against a single interest of slavery.
ceases. ipso tacto, TO be a democrat;
if he votes against every measure of Il
administration, but sustains the guesti
and interests Of slavery, then that man
a good democrat. Laughter ~ |
81; that fact before the country as a soler
conviction, and as God knows it to
true. There Is contest between
North and South in the administration
ID The North knows enough Of their Sou
= ern brethren to know well that ii
-. claim the right to carry slavery where
they ike, that they may plant it eve
where. against the interest Of the No
: But when the interests Of the North
directly adverse to them, we are denou
:. ed if we attempt to press our interes
they press theirs. If this be aboli
:. why let il be 50. The North charge
~ :, South with having swept away the
efts Of the compromises Of the const
the tion. which they were bound TO respec
/, - The compromise Of 1920, which .
~ the South, Missouri a. slave state,
J. :. entered iato By the North under sol
bond that Slavery should never eu
north Of the southern line Of that s.
h an After getting Missouri, and Feaping
i a. tie advantages they could from The {