, 1859-02-05

no WeleoE ~ gdfe IL III tst<a qua P.tus ~ tes!
Lty Oh .hs sky to warn u that when this syatem
prevails, resistance becomes necessary anu H.
dispensable If we dcEire to live and be recog..
nized al treemen. There is apriuciple involved
here-a deep and important principle; Is'sone
which nerves erery man to say, Now. r'ghs
here In this tfIst step IN an aggression upon me
rights Of mankind, take my stand and l am
ready to fight ready to die in detence o! prln-
ciple wheFewl.h go all my liberties" Gentle
men mar laugh and sneer AZ much as taey
please, but here lies the nut-the very core Of
the whole thing. Sir, here is = principle acted
upon 70 night By the majority which says to ne ne
minority, Right or wrong, take aud wear this
yoke, receive The stripes, submit to The bonds
xe place upon yoa.'' Irehe!, air, aud intend
to rebel while live sRainst 4ach an aggression
on all my rights. When the. gentleman rises
tere and admorishes me thss ! am doing sone-
thing wrong, l teu him that If am doing hat
ii wrong, do it innoeentlY and in the faith that
am honestly defending great principle
Gentlemen think thai nobody has aright to
hare feelings except themselves. 1t is the gToss-
est wrong, sr-a wrong which that gentleman,
following ont bis nstural impulses: would shrink
from doing, if he WIS not himself the slave Of
-moeracy OF this House, it they know what the
word means; call them now to stand up to
that principle about which they clamor 50
much.
A Vo1CE-What is that9
Mr.. PECK-The principle Of settgoyern-
ment- Ifyou don't know Of what that is, it is
time you we're taught. These, sir, sre motives
which impel me 10 act "a do On this occasion.
It is not for the purpose OF being factious or OF
otstructing the deliberasions Of this body, but
because believe that there is principle un-
derlyiug this question vastly more Important
than anything contemplated in the bill itself.
Mr.ESGI4E, Of Menatd, nas oppose 70 Lsco1np-
tonism in all its forms and variations, but lie denied
that this was Lecompton bill. 1t contained Il
submitting clause in it 1t WAS intended TO he re-
fer'cd to tie people Of Chicago. When tue gen
,Ienau from Chicago said his zeal was so good
that he woal resist tue majority to his latest hour,
lie reminded Linn Of the story Of the farmer and
the ram. An old farmer had ram 50 fond Of
| butting that he coulln't 60 near but the ram
would be ~ and c ming at him. The old woman
/ couldn't 80 cut Tor basket Of chips but shc
| weuld find herself attacked, when she was not
watching, ly this old ram and the children were
afrlil to 60 cut Of the yard The old man finally
! concluded be would try 10 cure him. So he took
niger maui aud lung it On the limb Of IN old
locust tree, in front Of the house. Tucn be gave
| it swing towards the ram, and the ram comes
At It aud gives ii good, heavy bust. "Tha.ll
d." says tile old mau, and he went to bed, lcar.
Ing the ram and tic maui butting cacb other. In
tue 1norning lie got up, raised the window and
locked out to see what left of tue ram. and be
WAS all butted away except the tail, aud that VAS
Tipping up at the lnluL Lsuglster.] From the
very great zeal Of bis friend from Cook Ut. Peek
he would not b. surprised il he butted bimself all
away to tie tail. [Laughtcrl Bue While fiat
gentleman was msn Of zeal and courage, he
| Wlnted bin 10 know that hc WAS himself loru iu
the mountains OF Virginia. lie had been raised to
| i hardy life, und be ms now here to serve bis
constituents wherever The Democratic party and
| the sovereign people required. He would not see
principle put luwu. lie Presumed he would he
able to bold cut as long as that gentleman. He
IAr. E. land his friends had been enjoJing them
selves exceedingly. lie was used to camp meet
nys, and this begins 10 look Ike good old.fa:h-
getting to be some hope ior his friends from the
north. When LIE saw Whit he did, be was almost
reaiy to lose his individuality, cut his suspenders,
and 60 up! lie bad been thinking Of placing
seats iu tront, aud asking tie mouruers forward.
| tLauehtcrl His friends AROUND him We're per-
Ieesly cheerful, and willing to camp on The
| ground, anu llaTe as good time as they could.
lie waa the luther OF twelve children, and it WAS
i cnnlnlan thing far lis bays to say his bones
acbed with s,ren2tll. They achcd now, and be
guc,st il was with strength.
lie protested against the minority tramel|ing
the majority. It WIS pure Lecomptonitm.
They had come there on purpose to resist that,
like the Dutchman who went to get married.
Tbs squire said "Do you tske this woman to
your wifet' 'Why." snys he, "squire, come
a purpose - They had come on purpose to
carry ou. the will Of a majority Of the people.
That was Repuolicanism, and it was Popular
Sovereignty. II gentlemen we're disposed to
starye them out, they could just roll up their
sleeves and pitch in. If the bill Was bad one
the Democrats would be responsible for it. II
the Republicans thought it would injure the
Democrats in that way they would be glad to
| see the bill passed, but they knew it Vas good
bill, md they were afraid to let the Democrats
pass it. lie wanted the bill passed at once t0
get through the matter quickly.
Ir. HURLBUr, (of Boone)-Mr. Speaker
desire to take no party view of this question,
one Wsy nor the other. But these gentlemen
| do not agree in their story. Tho gentleman
from Na5sac (slr. Green) does not know. or il
gentleman from Menard, {Ar. Eag!e,} far les:
cautious. aud more an adept in bundsriDg, let@
out the fact that be does know all about it, ant
| says it is bound to he carried through hy 1ht
Democratic majority, and hs ehaEacterizes i
himself ns party mea:ure- Such piece o
legislation cutters our doora with fraud ans
wrong branded ou Its face. You need not st0}
to read all its sections to lind ou. that bill 81
brought here is wrong throughout Eothlpf
hnt the exsremest case tf hardship -nosha6t
but the strongest representations 1nnde By th
people concerned before the Introduction OF sucl
u hill. would justify any stranger in interferiu,
| with the concerns Of any city, town or village
In the localities interested. they consider
their measure, and the Representatives regard
| it rs his measure. The minority stand by thi
as 0 right The gentleman from raion has
J city down there for which he aeked charter
and he received it. Suppose !. an ahsolut
: stranger to his people. without my petitio
from the inhabitants Of Union County, withou
being called upon by nuy public meeting, witt
| out any public action On the part OF lhe peopi
/ | or their representatives,, should undertake t
propose change in their charter, such as
J here proposed, would it not ba considered an ii
te5tereree with hi: restsan is. insulting iuts
to tie people Of Chicago. as she stands now,
, one thing, but d proposition to change the cha
ter of city by the votes, not only Of the peop]
of The city, but those Of al! the country orouut
| is a very different thing. To use the well know
t illustration Of the Lecoup,on Constitution, it
t | precisely as If the Consultation Of Kansas ha
!. been submitted TO tie people Of Kansas and II
Z Legislature OF Missouri
= Now, one word as to the gentleman from u
: nard {Mr. Euele,) and that gentleman wall pa
don me for paying attention to hin last lie,
E least, il no microscopic object. He has got
on IN his usual mnnner-a style TINT is sort
Q cross between IN exhorter and clown. [taugl
7 ter and be has told US stories and made spee<
t about questions that really are questions OF pa
n tY policy. remember strand the gentent
e will pardon me for saying it. because shall \
b speak Of him except as be places himself by b
. own words and actions. lrememher that eat
i in the session gentleman on the other aldo
y the house, whom do not now see, offered s
d Of resolutions in which be described the gentl
e man from u enard {Afr. Engle) as the ''rhinoce
n o. Of the House," and required that the
If should be strong stall buils tor him, dor
!. know what was meant, but the gentleman fro
,. Meuard accepted the title and gloTitied hims'
. upon it. When the gentleman runs full tilt d
J. to this debate in such headioug style, be +
g pardon me if read him short lesson in ~
7 ngy concerning the history, habits, manner
J. H., Of the rhinocrros. Taking up and ope
u ing volume.
ID Tho author IRON whom propose to quo
h. Mr. Speaker, IS Of recognized authority on Z;
>, logical scierce md has evidently complied
n description from the vivid portfaitures Of I
le animal By Gordon Cumming. the lion hunter
er | South Africa, and DR.. Lvin gstone, the hero n
IN siouarY Of Central Africa
N "TheTc are two spcc;cs Of rlnoceros-t
ii white two horned species, called by the nati'
+; skaboaf,a' unl the black single. horned, called
Of tue natives 'norelo.'' Uprornc on this oc
IT. sion to refer enly to the description Of Tie bla
on sort) t1aughtcr.] "rhe rlnuce1os Is sht
he gTo-s and uuwieidly in form, lo1dcrous and {
he phantina in gesture and movement !; measures,
au adult specimen, ao'ut i've 1eet iour inches #
n his nose to the root Ht his tail, [tal.htct. and
bucklered With hide Of such astonishing thl
ness as to turu IN ordinary blll, unless hlrdel
by the admXturc Of pewter. tRenewed lau
n. teri There arc but few vulnerable points ab
/ him. Tile habits Of the rhinoceros closely
he | senb}e those Of the domestic hog-fl
il, laughter
.o. Tie C1AlIa--The gentleman will not be I
TO sonal In his remarks
oh 1iR. HURLBUT.-Nos sir, not at all. Tam &