Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-01-26
LATEST NEWS.
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE WORCESTER DAILY SPY
THIRTY.sIXTM CONGRESS-.
ID y Y Vt1IIs -Js
SENATE.

Mr.. LANE presented the proceedings of the
Union meeting in New York, and read a letter
from the secretary OF the meeting, saying the
citizens OF that city are true to the constitution
and the Union, and wish the fact known Mr..
Lane expressed the pleasure it gave him to
present these resolutions, though he might not
agree with every word therein contained He
hoped these meetings were indicative of
sound sentiment at the North, and that they
would continue to be held. He moved the
resolutions be read.
Mr.. HALE objected to their reception on the
ground that the Senate had heretofore refused
to receive mere record and expression of
opinion, which required no action at its hands.
lie made the objection in no feeling of unkind-
ness. lie was as much gratitied as any one at
the expression of patriotic sentiments.
MI LANE said II it was not in order to re-
celve the resolutions, he hoped they would be
incorporated in the remarks he had made.
Mr. HALE suggested that the subject be laid
over till tomorrow. If the practice Of the
Senate had not been what lie had supposed he
would withdraw all objection.
MIR. DAVIS thought it could not properly go
on the files of the Senate.
Mr. LINE Withdrew the paper.
Mr. FEssENDEN presented a memorial for
the payment of the mileage Of David c. Brod-
erick. Referred.
Mr.. PEARCE offered resolution to fill the
vacancy in the Board of Regents OF Smithso-
MAN Institute with the name of the Vice Pres
ident Adopted.
Mr.. BRowN's resouto on that the territories
are the common property of all the states,
came up.
Mr.. WILsoN-When this republic entered
upon its existence, it proclaimed to the world
the equality of man. Now, in its eighty fourth
year, is presented the humiliating spectacle of
nation distracted by discussions growing out
OF the bondage of four million OF men. Ev
erywhere in the United States, he said, an cir
repressible conflict" was now going on over
this question. In fifteen STATES of the Union
the privileged class of Shareholders ruled, alb
rogatng in support Of its interests, the consti-
tutlonal right of the freedom of speech and
freedom or the press The federal govern
ment, i'll nearly all its departments was under
the control OF the same power. Mr.. Wilson
then went into a history of African slavery in
this country and i'll England, from the time OF
its introduction down TO the present time, and
quoted the opinions of Washington, Jefferson,
and mauy other illustrous men, to show that
at the time of the adoption OF the federal con-
stitution, they held that slavery was moral
social, and political evil, and that they desired
and contemplated its extinguishment. The
first government was composed Of antiSlayery
men, and nearly all the principal appointees
OF the administration of Washington, enter
tanned the same opinion. Mr.. w. conrased
that state ofpublic opinion with that existing at
the present day, the mails daily bring intelli-
gence OF the lawless deeds of brutal mobs, of
indignities perprerated on freemen guilty of
no crime, unless it Is a crime to cling to the
opinions Of the Republic. The Post Office
Department, in half the states, was at the
mercy OF fanatical pro-savery post masters
families are punished; free negroes are offered
the alternative of punishment or slavery in
no country III ChriStendOm are treemen sub
jected to such insults and indignities as in the
slaveholding states OF this democratic repub-
lie. Southern statesmen admitted that the
opinions OF southern men had undergone
revolution; and this change had affected the
policy OF the Federal Government. The pow
er OF the slaYeh0ldlng class was obtained
through the instrumentality of the democratic
party which was forced to carry the flag, and
bear the burdens of the privileged class. He
recounted the history and progress of events,
from the close Of the Mexican war to the pres
ent time, to show thai the democratic party
had been compelled to act always in the inte-
rests of the slave power. The slavery pr0pa
ganda desired Cuba and Mexico, in order to
extern. slavery, aud 1t was to arrest this ag-
gressive policy, and to restore the gov
eminent to the policy OF its founders,
lhat the republican party was organized.
They believed that slavery was local and Sec
tional. and that Congress or the people of the
territories could prohibit slavery. On those
points they had joined issue with the Demo-
cratic party, which had been overtllrown in
nearly all the free states. Mr.. Wilson pro
nOunced the threats OF southern men to dis
selVe the Union in the event of the election OF
a Republican President, as u disuni0n farce,
which had been played in 1856, and was to be
repeated now. He said the northern Demo-
Gratis who were fatlgueing the weary ear of
the country with worn out profession of love
for the Union, dared not rebuke the disloyal
threats of their leaders, and were willing to
continue the destinies Of the country i'll the
hands OF men vino avow their intention to rule
or ruin. He quoted from idel, ToombS, Ma
son, and Others, to show that they had threat.
ened disSOlut ON of the Union in the event
of Fremont's election. During the present is
sue views had been expressed with reference
to the election next fall. He referred to the
remarks OF Mr. Clay of Alabama, that he
hoped the first fruits OF q collision might be i'll
terpreted to mean that those who had favored
dissolution OF the Union did not intend TO
leave the capital, but were ready for person
al collision. a bloody struggle in the nails Of
Congress. In reply to this threat, he had to
say that northern senators would not be lntlm-
idated by it. They were here, not to fight, but
to legSlate but lie would give senators no
tice that, should they be assaulted here, with
deadly intent, while i'll the discharge OF their
duties, those assaults will be repealed and re-
taiated by sons VINO will not dlshonOr tho
fathers that fought at Bunker Hill, and CON
quered at Saratoga. Though reluctant to en-
ter upon such a struggle, they would
not abandon it in dishOnor Mr.. VIII
son then referred to the disI0yal speeches
made at the other end of the capitol, and COM
mented on the remarks OF Messrs. Pryor,
Curry Pugh, Moore, Boyce, and Others and
on the disunion sentiments uttered by Dem
ocratc presses in different states OF the Union.
The American Democracy, led and controlled
by slavery propagandists, stood before the ma
ton as the enemy OF human progress. lie
recounted the wrongs it had perpetrated IN
Kansas and elsewhere, and closed by express
ing the nope that the intelligent patriotism OF
the nation would rebuke the mad exhibition OF
folly and tanaticism which would shiver the
Union into fragments, and proclaim IN the IAN
guage of Jackson "the Union must and shall
be preserved"
During his speech Mr.. Wilson read an ex-
tract from the speech delivered by Mr. lverson
in Georgia, in which it was sad that the con-
ditun OF the African slaves OF the south was
"better than that OF the white slaves oil the
north" 49,
Mr. IvERsoN denied the correctness OF the
report He did say that African slavery I'M
proved the condition OF the poor white man,
but lie did not say anything about hortherh
white slaves.
MIR. WILSON was glad to hear the denial.
Mr.. CLINGMAN SAID Massachusetts, for the
last ten years has nullitied the fugitive
slave law Men had to take oatlS to support
the constitution, and the laws OF tile state re-
quire a man TO perure himself before he can
hold Office there In 1850, Massachusetts had