, 1860-01-27
JOHN BROWNS INVASION.
mr. % .u.laA, Speech in the Senate,
Monday, Jan. 23l. 1860.
At la'cpast one o'clock, the hour fixed for
'lt consideration uf tue t0llowiu. resolution,
offered % Mouday last By Senator Douglas:

MokAAA13 ~ 4AAs <oAs AoNos
At lacpast one o'clock, the hour fixed for
lie consideration uf tue following resolution,
offered oa Monday last BY Senator Douglas:
Et4,,eI That t:e Comm ttee IN lite lud c'ary Be II.
1ss 4 L. 81 L: Il: r. : :i: = &c
n5a aas Of OF -cr Stale Or i.tory. xnd 'ot ar
III, ! y i! = :: lis. g: Ss@s..
ton u ANY stae Or T.Ffito.: II 1k= CEtsu-
Mr. usuglus ross and suiJ:
On tue .lbt nr November last, the Governor
Of Vir.inia addressed m official communication
to the President Of the Cnited Sta.es, in Which
he said: II have Information trOul various 4u.r.
tess, upun winch ,ely, that conspiracy Of
formidable extent in nieans and numbers, II
formed III Oaio, PenusJ Jlrania, New York, and
o.ler Stated, 10 rescue john Brown aud his Us
The inf yrIua1ien is specific enough to b. reli-
Ablc:" af,d again, "l'laces in Maryland. Ohio,
and l'cnusyivahia hare bceu occupied IS Gepntk
.issIuds .ous Tor thrse tes;cratue., uln1.
s,rne,el by guards, Or Otherwise, to invade this
Stale, and We are kept i'll continual apiiehen-
sion of outrage frpu fire and raFlpe. apprlse
YIN III thess facts il order that yot may take
ste,.e to prcrve peace between the States.'
IL this communication the President of the
Unitct States returned q reply, from which
read the following sentence:
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us:n us s e.a liz siaies., III 81
This announcement produced profound isn-
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10 project the several States OF this Union
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snsay eos1s1rse. ahH trainers ~ 'as eous.l.u M
.1on pfoccedea :" 'naSs snafantce3 ios Tue pro-
'eet'on o: tne sss;rai States % fsaela! aNtue!-
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60 9 81 the constitution ihe un:te9 ola1es
Soah ,. iaasaetee to eTeEy State ol tas s, tn'on
nspauic1a g; torn4cf government: siau protect
s easo " M ,he'n :!'nss 1n'us.oo, a..o, oE appasa
s.h s1Ia u ,ue Lesil!sn'e' OF .. ~ LasensNe I
"nen !ae Legislature cannot oe eoaFcueo'
aon,est'e Tic'cnce"
~. i hat cause cc1ta'ns ts1tee c,s:'nst Guaran-
tees. t1Es', HAT the United Statcs shall guar
autee 70 crery. State Of this Union kernol!ran
farm of ~, 4t.t. limited