Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-12-13


nleed ahd Sled up tiloesihsf with fes to.srot
people, Woud - Be willing 10 admit L % 4
state upon fn equal iooting with tbe other
States Of the CoDfedoracyi
Nr Trumbull answered that he would nof
admit any community epplyina Il hecoms one
Of the members Of this Confederncv 81 ~
admission Of which be supposed he wau endsn.
geIing the peace Of ihs Onion ITSELF In his
Judgment there was distinction betReen fhs
white and black races. made BY Omnipotenco.
lie did not believe these two races could live
hnPpily end pleasantly together. earh enjoying
equal rights without one domincerinp over ne
other. Therefore he advocated the policy Of
separating these races BY adopting I ., stem e
rid the country Of the black race As Il becomes
free lie would say thst be should not be prepar-
ed, under the existing state Of affairs, to sdmig,
as sovereign State Of this Union, communi.
" Of negroes, or Indilps either
Mr. johnson thanked him for that admission
lie proceeded 70 show whence John Browns
iofay originated and read extracts from Jefier--
sons works and other documents, showing that
both the elder Adams and John Q Adams con.
iemplated the idea Of dissolution ofthe Union.
John Adams refused 10 contribute to On institu.
tion Of learning in Southern State, because
when the Union would be dissolved it would
not he IN his section
1AN ebhhNtu NlH0 Auoh w JtHdNoI 09WANU'8
speeches. reading copies Of extracts embracing
that portion in which he speaks Of an '.irres
pressible conflict" between slave labor and free
labor He denied that there was any such
conflict; the only conflict was between labor
and capital and there always existed an antag-
oniem between them.
lie spoke eloqushtly in defence Of the Union
He would rather see this country involved ia
hostiiiies with every citizen and country on
earth than engaged in a civil OF serVile war
lie went on 10 denon' ce John Brown in strong
terms as q horse thief and murderer in Kansas
He was surprised to hear the gentleman from
Wisconsin (Ar. Doolittle) apologize fOr him The
other day.
M. Doolittle rose and sa d ne made no apol--
/ ogy or justification of Browns actf. The De0Dio
VI the North have no sympathy for bis crimes.
but may have sympathits for the individual
himself He had stated some fac aud circuEs--
stances preceding the difficulty, endeasoxiDe 70
point out the school in which Brown was edn-
Gated to stake his life upon the slavery question
He then read some extracts from the history 0t
Kansas by Gov. Geary's private Secretary, cor
rObOTating his previous statements, and be de-
clared that as bad and as wicked as Browns
foray was in Virginia, il sinks into insignifi-
cance when compared with the forly led into
Missouri by David r. Atchison. The one was
OF brown ana 81 men agalnst great state -
What is that, when compared with the invasion
of Kansas with almost 5000 men, when at the
time OF invasion there were not 5000 voters il
the whole territory
Mr.. Johnson continued his remarks Ia denHn
citation Of B;own, quoting the letter Of Mrs
Boyle TO GOV Wise. 1t seemed like righteous
retributiOn that Brown and his two sons shoul,
lose their Ives for the murder Of Doyle end biz
two sons in Kansas.
Me, Davis, Of Miss, reported that the sp&eia
committee had waited on the President and b
informed them that he would send in an exec
utive document on tomorrow.
On motion Of MIR. Mallory the Senate the
adjourned.