The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-12-17

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pec.ing The insasion y Harpss's Esrsl.
Mr. Mason de1issd - corsect the DsosSos.--
That associates lad bsen eoce Or twics asCsib.
Cd 70 him 4 ~ course u ~ debate, A. 4
vas q misapprehension. What be +sa16, Vas,
that be Wished to ascertain from what source
Brown dsrivsd the funds and counsel which
| led % the invasion. He had reason % believe
| II came chiefly from ths New EoglAnd States.
Mr. Wade continued. The basest Of purposes.
The great party 70 which be (Nf ". } belonged
had been charged with completely In this A.
| fail, but he treated de change with scorn ard
contempt. Is had been 80. entirely overstSAin-
ed that il now fell on his ear without causing
him single emotion. But be knew Whist the
| effect OF such charge would he In that part d
the country where Jealousy exists With regard
10 the acts and motives Of Northern men.
Mr. Wade. lie regarded John Brown ~
| insane. and asked the Senator'S 70 Discriminate
between the man and his acts. II the state OF
Virginia feels deeply d this incursion into her
| territory, and the murd Of her citizens. what
we're the feelings Of the Northern men few
/ years ago, whose relations and friends had gone
| into tar istantterritory, and formed colonies
there, weak and feeble, scattered through that
wilderness, where they found that il was the
| deliberate purpose Of great. powerful and al
| prevailing party to drive them out, or eoeTce
them to obedience under institutions WHICH
they abhorred from the bottom Of their souls.
| They we're murdered 10 cold blood, their pro-
perry was destroyed. They appealed 70 Con-
gress for redress, and they only got insults in
stead Of Sympathy. When state this state
i what know.
This Government did a. least connive At that
| band Of conspirssors, who srming themselves
| lawlessly with arms belonging to the Gov, RI
meD:, invaded that peaceful territory and took
possession Of the ballot boz, and drove the cit
liens away from the 5polls; drove them away
] from their possessions, and exercised tyranny
over them, but this took place good ways of
and did not create the same excitement Is when
. similar transaction comes nearer home. Ia
bis Judgment the only difference between that
case and this was. that in the case OF the Kan
srs invasion it was made With no Other purpose
than 20 introduce slavery there 1t all hazard.
and bv force Of arms, whereas old Brown and
his men with alike unlawful purposes, undertook
to extirpate slavery from the State OF Virginia.
i The Free State men then got no consoi alton
from this Government, but one Senator used
this language: I'VE will subJne you. You
are traitors. We will hang every one Of your
Mr. w. said be did not 20 back to these things
for the purpose of justifyng John Brown and
bis crew in the invasion OF Virginia, bat only
TO show why il is that the men Of Free States.
to . considerable extent, do sympathize with
this old hero. In the darkest hour of Kansas,
when her rights were oil in peril and every thing
4 looked gloomy there aud the Federal Go7eru
ment failed to interpose, then it was that old
Brown appeared on the Stage of action aiming
| himself as well he might and commenced TO do
| that Justice TO himself aud followers that the
| Government denied. He did il with 4 heaoism
| and determination that challenged admiration
from his friends and even respect from his en-
emies.
/ He drove the Border Ruffisns from the Terri
tory and conquered peace.
1 Mr. Wade believed Brown was maddened by
| the scene of blood be had witnessed in Kansas.
| lie did not think any sane man Of earth would
have undertaken the enterprise. He also said
he never saw a single person. whog justified
Browns raid, for the Northern people do not
sympathise with crime. He then replied to Mr.
Jehnson's criticisms on the Republican plat
/ form.
| Mr. w. said he was nos one Of those who sup
| pose that all the slave holders are deeply crimi
\ nal, for he knew how habit aud customs modify
the feelings Of men. Washington himself was
slave holder, but he expressed himself in hopes
that the institution might be abolished by some
means. How long would be be permitted TO re.
main in Virginia now and make such declara-
| tions? He rad been accused of denouncing
the Union he would like to know when be had
done So
| Mr.. Clay quoted from the speech Of Mr.. Wade
in 1856 where he said this pretended Union
was all meritorious. There was not business
| man anywhere, who if tile had such partner,
| would hesitate 10 kick him out at once and have
done with him, meaning such partner as the
South.
| Wade admitted that he did make pretty
4 fierce speech, but did not think that his Ian
| guage was correctly reported.
Mr. Clay asked why he did not disavow it
four years ago, when it was quoted here?
| Mr. Wade. | am NOT in the habit of retract-
ing in the lace of the enemy. ii the speech
was literally reported, il was done, not BY 6
tiieDd, but by an enemy TO the Re 2ublicaDs.
Mr. Clay. | saw IL in u newspaper support
ing his party, where is was highly commended.
/ Mr. Wade said that he was at the time at
tending to the irritation in consequence of ai>
| fairs in Kansas, and the manner the pro>s,a yery
aggresssons were persevered in the removal Of
\ the Missouri restriction, &c. And then he de :
clared that unless some means could be found
TO present these things, it would ultimately re-
suit in just what he was charged with say Ing:
4 u
mics as two hostile nations.
MIR. 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 South, and the only
salvation OF the Union was 10 be tonnd in di-
vesting it entirely Of all faint Of slavery.
| Mr.. Wade. do say there is no very
CONSIDERABLE degree of good feeling existing
between the different sections OF this nation. /
II .1aFL ,.n. L..k H. ~.
| il very nearly true now. Northern men cannot
| travel and do business in the Southern States.
| as read in the newspapers. Great numbers OF
merchants on their way South to do business
have been recently sent back, not because there
was any particular accusation against them, but
| because they were from a section oil WHICH .he
| South was exceedingly jealous.
After further debate tina amendments TO Mr.
Aason's resolution Was rejected, yeas -, NAYS
80. N: Masons resolution UNANIMOUSLY adopt
ed.
Alter an executive session, the Senate ad,
journed
HousE.-Mr Rae resumed his remarks. saving
he came now to the question OF fixing the
responsibility Of the delay in organizing the
House on the Republican party. It had been
| shown that their candidate for the Speakership
(Mr Shermap) had put his signature to pa
per recommending the circulation of q book
| inimcable to the interests OF the South. If, as
the gentleman had said, he did not know the
| contents of thatwork, he knew a. least lis char,
acter, which il adverse 10 the institution o. slave
~ IN the South Was 1t strange that Southern
| gentlemen should be sensitive on the subject
when they considered that the sentiments OF
| Helpers book we're calculated to produce revolu.
| ton and bloodshed in the South. The party
which, BY their anti-slavefy course, gave rise 10
| the resolution Of Mr.. CLARK, should be beii re
sponsiole before the country for its introduction,
helpers book was mere incident to the TACT Of
the great Increase Of the anti-slayery sen;i-
ments at the North, which naturally lead TO
such results as those at Harper's Ferry. He
held the Republicans crimnally responsible for
agitatng the public mind in the Northern States.
Their conduct involves the safety Of the prop
erty OF one section Of the Union. The anti
slavery doctrine was the soul and life OF Re
pnhlcanism in the States where it has an exist.
| ence. lie denied in response to a remark made
| oy Mr. Curtis, of Iowa, that the Democratic
parry was pro-slavery party. On the other