New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-15

c'e couiu De guilty OF; and the gentlemen who rep
those States Oh this floor have not been
IN The censure which has been 30 freely besoed m
ther States. do not desire to repeat the yarops n,
probrious epithets which have been heaped uDon ma
40 MOI recognize the Senate as the tribunal before
wnen any state may be arraiened; but admit there
is tribunal before which States and representatives
may be nragned, aud before whose jurisdiction they
must plead, and by whose decision thew
mott abioe, and that is the enlightened public
tenment OF the county, of the world and of the age
ae 8" all culn.:,s lime, From that tribunal there is no
appear, and nvective and yoeration will not stand
.or ARGUMENT These accusations have been summed
up by ihe Senator from Georgia (Mr. oomosl, ana ne
seems to stand by the position he has as rmed as the
Attorney General of his section of the COUNT " to pre-
fer the bill Of Indictment against us. | will uswei
before the tribunal j acknowledge; and while t. ers
was very much that was offensive in his speech y,
there was one peculiar merit which it gives me pleas
ure to acknowledge. 1t was put ia the shape of an
argument and in that il peculiar for almost every
other gentleman who has addressed this Senate from
that side has seemed to think that nvectve,
ton, and defamation could be made to take the place
OF argument. BE makes the proposition and then en-
beavers TO sustain it; and propose TO devote
little attention to that speech have selected of
the charges which understand the Senator to bring
against the States and their representatives.
MIR. Hale then read some extracts from Mr..
Ioombss speech, concluding with the following
charges made by the Senator from Georgia.
al charge first that this organization has snnued made
Of effect fundamental principle Of the Constitution the
deavoed and endeovoIng accomplish the same result in all
nonssvehoding States Secondly charge with openly
equal enjoyment Of and equal rights in the Territories
to M the OF The y ss
the intent to enable to accomplish result by the overthrow
OF the Federal Judiciary Thirdly charge that numbers
opersOn belonging this organization daily committing
lenses against the people and property Of these confederate
Of among independent States
and Legislatures of States elected by them have repeatedly
mted similar acts"
Now Sir before that .r;bunaI IN which tho Sanotor
from Georgia has appealed contend that full perfect
and sufficient TO every charge he has made and
all the causes which should lead to civil war, to be
found in the speech OF the Senator himself He says
of the South
I'VE occupy eight hundred and fifty thousand square miles of
territory stretching from Mason and Dixons Line to the Mex
ican frontier the est the fertile and the oveest land
that God to With noble rivers bearing their
bosoms to the the aest and richest products of the
earth with capscious and commodious harbors inviting
the commerce of the world to take them to distant
useful and minerals of earth; with valleys and
plains fertile and saIbon inviting and the hand o.
products with than twelve millions inhabitants
and attached aud loyal 70 their social sysema loyalty de
voted that neither the sedOu teachings TO which
have referred brute has been able since the revou
society their allegiance their social system
Our people after maintaining themselves in all the necessae Of
wer.h Of their produce all the great Of the world This
country capable Of .uPP0rtng population larger than all
powers Of Europe put a ,ethtr"
And speaking Of the Government he says:
1--WE do charge these against the Federal Govern
uept There has been no time since the me when IT
ton than yesIs It's Executive and Ju
dcs Departments have firmly maintained the fundamental law
relation these questions aud the Legislative depart
has Appropriated the standard than at any
other period Of history within The last forty years.
Now, Sir here the finest country on earth and the
best government, so far as the General Government
is concerned and the Senator himself says that the
cOnsttutionaiiy Of the Fugitive Slave law has been
sustained by every State Court except that OF Wiscon
sin. What can he ask more? i find that the Senator
in his speech printed in The Globe in speaking of
my Own State, New-Hampsbire, SAYS that she frees
every fugitive from labor that may escape TO her Dor
ders though khe Constitution says she shall not, and
her public men swear TO support the Constitution.
That the charge he first pronounced 1t, but 1t 10
in little more modified form in his amended speech,
and reads thus:
into her borders unless the act Of o done y
officer of the United States OF other person in the execu
Mr. Hale then read from the laws of New Hamp-
shire to show that the charge could not be sustained
and that there atemptto free any fugitive who
might escape but simply to prevent the importation OF
slaves no the State Let me say said Mr.. Hale word
in relation to this legislation. We have III our States
small body Of colored men, and in my State there Is no
distinction in personal and political rights growing out
Of mans complexion, and never was. The only place
where there is anything Of the kind is In the law con-
corning the militia, which copied from the United
States law. They testify in the courts vote at the
ballot-box and so far as i know, ha7e exactly the
same political rights have and hope they always
dsloyalty to any in doing So In lS5! there was
case Of kidnapping for the first time in my State
which viii read
INF Hale read the case of boy six years old, who
bound out tlll he was twenty one, " ndh WIN
finally sold him.
Then we discovered, for the first time, that we had
no statute against kidnapping 1t created great deal
of excitement, but against nobody but the man VINO
did it, thOugh believe, had Just as much nght 10
charge that kidnapping upon the Slave States as the
Slave States have charge the John Brown rad upon
the Free States. i do not suppose any man ID the
Slave States knew anything about II; ne1tner 40 sup
nose any man in New-Hampshire knew anything OF
the raid of John Brown; but we might use the same
argument though the Supreme Court have decided
that black men have no rights which white men are
bound to respect. But we did no such thing. NO
body was held responsible, except the man who COM
Mr.. BENJAMIN wished to know when the Supreme
Court made such d decision.
Mr. HALE-In the bred Scott case.
Mr.. BENJAMIN said there was no such language
in any decision. The Judge WAS simply referring 10
the condition of the black man at the time OF the he'o
luton. ,.m,. l.
Gliding about the meaning OF tins decision tna9 Ieie
was about certain famous letter, written ny former
Senator to q gentleman who is now Senasor-lhe
Nicholson letter There have been more dierent con-
sfructions put on that than ON any dlsputen text Oh
Scripture in this world; ana uoh NOV 49, Ca ,bst
that letter means and have heard so much SAID that
I hardly know what this decision means. suppose
1neraIly and iudciay tba, nothing was decided ex'
cent the fact that bred Scott bad no right 10 bring his
action then in that Court. III. .;u;o,
M BENJAMIN insisted that it was not the opinion
of the Judge but merely historical iaeI: .a oon-
Mr. HALE read thai part OF the c,son, ana con
tended that the expression set forth as the basis Of
the argument on which the decision was Jussiiled;
viii now proceed to another part Of the speech OF t1e
Senator When he makes solemn apPeat; !" 81 ,bs
Torstitntion which they gave, because Il has been
soemny decided by the Supreme Court TO De law ana
- g. ~ Wiaconsin il charged with having tue