, 1859-01-14

Illinois, III fteply to Hon. Aifret
lyerson, of Ga.
In the Senate of the I. s., Friday, lamar
:, 1859.
Tie question beins on the rccommitment pr I'll
P1citi: RAi.road bill.
Nix. TRCMEuLL said
But, sir, was about to caI! attention 10 til. CT
triordil,ary speech OF &c Senator trom Geocgia
lMr. 1yc!son,1 delivered yrstetday-a spcetl
winding up will i proposition TO r.commt thl
bill With its various amendments, for the 1urpos
ot having bill reported for the construction Q
two raIlr0ads and for wat reason! For tw
roads, becau@e lie looked TO 4 separation of tL
Conleleracy-thc very last reason on carth Why
wculd vote lo7 any bil th4t looked to auy sucl
Object. Sir, trust thr day Is far distant, whel
our legislation Will be slaped with reference to
separation Of the States of this Union. Has j
come 10 this, that the basis of our egisatl n is
be division? If 50, 1arprc!:eud it will not IL
long bctore we have it. Hut, sir, an glad fha
the Senator fium Genr.ia has spoken out e
boldly. lie las but ayowel what ltarc long uu
or. believe hc is 4 fair exponent OF it and tia
hlstiDgui> he'd Senator, occupying prominent 20
sitioa the couury aD, in Til. body, possessing
the confidence Ut the administrator and TIT
party in power
ME. IvERSus. Will lhe Senator allow M j
nlomeat?
1lH. TEtMErLL. Certainly.
Nh. 1yERsoS. Tie Senator Is greatly mistaken
when he says I'M in the confidence Of the I'D.
mi;sl>11aiio,t. did'no; speak tile sentiments d!
tie Administration. SufIr IL understand them
tD no. btev: the Administration maintain the
schtilucat> witch uttered yesterday. certainly
have ITO official or personal Connection with tht
Administration, Ur Cuy memb r nj it, although
iru,t st:c that approve Of tile c2a,lCct aud tic
Gcn.I I.li measures oi tic Administration.
Me- TErNrCLL. did not suppose, or mean tt
lie understood Us iatjmltiug that the t1lboratcly.
prepare and carefully y-writen speech Of tile Sen
alor lad received th. appreciation OF the Admin
i-1a11oa il advance Int lie bring associated with
the Administration. Possessing irs confidence aud
that OF the patty in power, did regard his vic
rs L fair exposition Of the views Of the so.cacd
Democratic party Of The r.sseut day. l have ua.
lerStnoJ, hc:ule they ere SO Openly aid frankly
aroHed here, that they we're the views Of ttiat
parry. 1suppo>cl that they loplid, rs tic Ssna-
tor lot1 us, tr the conttoi Of this great Govern
and judicial, hy liz slave holding interests OF the
canatry."r a Jissointi"a Of thr Uu:nn.
Sir, now caa it lie that those vivws arc not in
hlrinpny with tie Views IF the party, II litaln 1r
l!lr relations he tloe, to i? understand by tue
Act"n "t tue party. AMI have sought to show
this tn the country lc1nre, thu they n i1uorse the
v-ry doctrines which lIc has 20 frankly and plainly
ayJwr crt in tlc Seuate, uLd that it amounts 10
simply this: I'VE vii. coutro1 the Government +;
"" wIl have thu F3tl onaye mi the power of The
Government; Ne will di-hurse its revenue and Ills.
lnn-c lis l'At,on &c and govern the North aud
wien VIC cannot 10 it, ne will dissolve connection
with you; Nc will unite with you for the pntprse
tarrcly oI r!in: and controlling you for our 1en.
cut Hd asgran1z2n,eut; but when TIT: 1inr comes
that We do 50 cea-e the Republic ceases 10 exlst;'
and wl'en practical III assure is peuling belofc
t4Is boy i liz tiou j, Natle tu rtconn. it for tie
scIy purpose OF establishing twu roa ds across the
tontiltn Ill, locking III division OF the tonfcder-
1cy. Tue Senator said yesterday.
Wheo tie k:l ublican party or fts leeimate
;ose'n ent; when i lsa 'e prrsieni. boil Houses
c1nLot snd still: II it d,eA 1t d:s- i've and reign,
i nlusl 70 On"
Sir, believe that 1t cannot stand still. l,
is plrty Of progress, Of power. II is going
on; und co!ucidc wilt the statements uttered
by that Sena or yesterday, that the time will
coale when il will take possession Of the Gov
rr.m-et. II has but 10 PURSUE the even tennr
OF its WY, sianding oy the Constitution, stand
1ng by 1ue Union, e1croucbing upon the rights
ot 10 SECTION OF the country, but csrryin2 out
aud L'u1n1aluin.> the pr'nc:p:es Ct the Cons.i4u
1'o:i, as our tl:aeEs made II. say II hos bu! 10
20 on IL Tat course to attain POWER md posses.
s!on Of the Government, and mako our Union
perpetual. Farlaer. :l- Senator said:
"siep hr step II Nil! b. driven oa~Al IN rs mad ea
r,e:. unH srtrS u AbnIIsh-d The Guion lt,solye
tn- OF tLesr iw1 th!lE Is as Inevitable oeath.'
1t ii by stattm=uts Ut :h1s kind, ns to the aims
aud d :cls If lie Kepub!ican n party. III al the
NJ hA hStt1 1o5 i
although | uccoEd to the Senator IRON Georgia
u ialr exposition 0! the Views Of tEe 70 calIed
Dcinocratlc party Of ths present day, | trust be
is col lair exponent ot tie public sentiment of
the South when it shall underst4ud tue position
OF the Rel ub!tcan party. Doss it propose to in.
iettere wi;h your institution Of slavery? Where /?
When? When, in any OF Its recognized public
conventions, has II ever asowed such princi-
pie! Never; but it has placed itself On the
Constitution, and on tie doctrines Of IeJer6on
and Washington and Monroe and Madison and
J.cxsou II regard 10 the slavery question: ave.
SIT. hnd Vi Polk too. II proposes to let slavery
Aloae where IT Is. 1t proposes to prevent lis
expansion luto conntrles that are free. and
where sIayery has not existed. is that i new
doctrine ia this couutsy: Why, sir, If the Ser.
a,or 1rou Gtorgia bad occupied q seat On the
noor OF tue Senate in 11s9, when the Cavern.
ment WAS organized, aud when Washington was
President, and whea the law passed excluding
slavery from the great Northwest, according to
the creed be now ayoWs, be must haye become
m advocate for disunlon st orce.
TEE ELECr1oS IN ILLINOIS,
But, sir, the Senator made m allusion to Illi-
nols politics, upon which would ray word.
He declared that
In Ill the late elections: conservative md sound De-
noe9 ct. the only q nsns sytpaiai1og wh the South
1t Il Se Ia IT, sst dS @ no % ne
~ I ~ FL Dssoezsss 1baaoa ShssseE155. H.
Now, sir, If the Senator from Georgia il L.
boring under any such Misrepresentation as that
the great Republican pnrty Of illinois, which
has not been triumphed over, is an Abolition
Whig par;T. be is very much mistaken. If he
is under the impression that the party sussain-
ing my colleague is Freesoil Democracy, he is
history OF this country to show tha, parties
we're disrupted in 1854. the Democratic party
as much as the Wing party. 1u 1854 was lnsu-
gurated measure never before IN issue be-
tween parties in this country. oeTer before u
party test. Immediately preceding that period,
IN 1852, both the then great political parties Of
this country had agreed upon the slavery quea-
tion. In their national conventions each party
had passed resolutions pledgipg itself TO the
country to ubide BY the settlement Of the slave
y question as made in 1850, aud deuouncing
any tnaa as an agitator who, under any pretence
Whaterer, should again ra1Be that question in
Congreas or out OF Congress Bus, sir, what
occurred within tHo years afterwards? Not
withstand'Eg this pledge TO the country TO abide
By the compromise measures Of 1850, Z PROPOSE
ton was introduced into this TerJ body, in
1854. opening up again she whole excitement
q proposition to unsettie not only the policy of
1850, bus tho policy Of 1910, under which The
country had acquired peace. When that new
proposition was introduced 70 repea! the Mis-
aouri compromise, which excluded slavery from
what now constitutes kansas and Nehrnaks,
parties took their positaon upon that question
The Senator from Georgia, ii he will look into
the proceedings Of the House Of Representatives
upon that question. will lind thss : majority OF
Democrata-not Abolition Whigs-but major
ity Of Democrats in the House OF Represents
tives voted against the kapsas Nebraata bill
mean majority Of Democrats from the North
ern St2tea. Less thhn hiatt Of them supported
the mexsure. Then it was that parties were or
ganized upon question which was no. before
In Issue between them.
One Of those parties, that which opposed the ic-
peal Of the Missouri Compromise aud tic expaa-
sion Of slavery, took the name Republican, amt it
is composed of persons belonging to all the pre-
rious pAr1ies-Democruts aud Wigs alike. The
party adhesiug to that measure, and pledging it
self 10 that pol cy which has disturbed the peace
of the country Tor tho last four or Eve years, aud
giEen us mora trouble than any one measure that
ever passed the Congress Of the United States, as-
Iutnnd thp rafnn nAmncrRt-An old name AnnIied