The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-12-13

( teen slave and ten Notwithstanding States,
! would be considered part Of the Constitution; bu
! II eight non-savc States vote against it, and We
| its ratification make it part of the Constitution
! we would say at once here amendments 4
! the Constitution which werr distasteful to eigh
| non-slaveholding States. and which they woult
! probably disregard, as they disregard the presen
| Constitution. Suppose those amendment
were proposed, and fifteen slave States ra
tity them. Suppose, also, that the non
slaveholding States ratify them, but tina
! New \ ork, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana
| Iowa and other border States refuse ratification
| why, what practical use would they be to us
None What is the use of discussing what WI
would be satisfied with, when nothing has beer
offered US? What is the use, when we dOn't be
lieve will be permitted to restrain the Senators
We now have? The Republicans DENY that unde
the Constitution slaves are recognized property
II we could believe they would 90 to their con
stituents and urge the ratification of proper amend
ments, we believe the Gulf States would suspend
their action. Certainly so, if the amendments bt
ratified and carried out in good faith If they viii
cease preaching the irrepressble conflict doctrine
and declare slaves to be property; that they
shall be delivered up when claimed as fugitives;
that all abolition societies shall be abolished
and abolition presses be suppressed: that abo
lition speeches shall longer be made, and
that we shall not have pirates and murderers
sent among our women and children; when such an
honest effort is made to meet the demands of the
South, there is a prospect of giving them a fair
consideration. Rounds of laughter from the gal
itiies anu Tue IeepuDIlcan senators lie c0nt1nu-
ed saying, Senators may laugh in our faces. Re-
newed laughter from the whole House. My friends
from Kentucky, Missouri ,ands other Union-saving
friends, may look and derision depicted in their
countenances when | make this proposition. -
Laughter. | trust they will understand The
Latin maxim says:-'Learn even from YOUR enc
mics some wisdom" 1 have told the people
whom l represent, long, long ago, that thew
will not be permitted to keep that which they
have now That they are regarded as paltroons
AMI that you talk of coercion and of holding
TINS glorious Union, as you call it, with cords Of
hemp. Yet you petition that this glorious Union
shall continue. Stop within your borders these
flaming presses and public speakers who excite the
people against US. l say to these States that YOU
shat mot-thats the word l choose to use; and
represent the feeling and determination of the
people representa- say you shall not permit men
to excite your citizens by making John Brown
speeches and bringing Strychnine within the limits
OF the State | represent. You shall not publish
newspape RS and pamphlets to excite cur slaves to
lnsurrectlon. ou shall not publish newspapers and
pamphlets to excite non-slavehoders against
the slave, STAKEHOLDER against Shareholder
We will have peace and if you do not offer it to US
we will quietly have our rights under the constitu
tonal compact, or withdraw from the Union and es-
tablish Government for ourselves If YOU then
persist in aggression, these sovereign States will
settle the question; and when you laugh at these
impotent efforts little as you regard them, | tell
you emphaticaly that cotton is King. Laugh
ter and some applause in the galleries. ]
--The PRESIDENT said the Sergeant
alarms will clear the gallery if it oc-
ours again.-Mr. HALE said-Mr. President, that
threat was made two or three times Yesterday now
is the time to carry it out--Mr. WIGFALL
said if the exhibition of feeling in the galleries oc
ours again, they should be cleared, aud ouce being
cleared will proceed. | trust the Senate will
act upon 1t; decency is looked for.-Mr. DAVIS
hoped the Senator would be permitted to proceed.
| think we attach too much Importance to the ex-
preston of the galleries. take it for granted that
those warned yesterday did not repeat it; yester-
day there was one set-to-day there is a new set
we will get them all instructed after while
Laughter from Senators. MIR. WIGFALL
resumed. | say that Cotton is King, and
that Cotton waves his sceptre not only over
thirty-three States, but the Island of Great
Britain, and over Continental Europe. There is
no ctowned head, either upon that Island or CONT
nent, that does not bend the knee in fear and ac-
knowledge allegiance to that power. Five mil
lions of people in Great Britain live upon cotton
\ ou may make short crops of grain, and they can
husband their supply; but exhaust the supply of
cotton one week, and all England will starve They
We can direct the trade of two hundred
and fifty millions to own ports instead
of Boston, Philadelphia, and New York, if
we go out of the Union. Our imports will
amount to two hundred and fifty millions and for
ty per cent upon that puts into our treasury one
hundred million dollars twenty per cent gives ff.
ty millions What tariff we will accept expect to
know in a few months and in another chamber
bduputeI III SSleIits- GU suppose numbers
constitute the strength Of the government. tell
you that it is the almighty dollar. When your
operatives are turned out, when your capitalists
are broken, will you go to direct taxation? When
You cease to have exports will you have imports?
Your factories will then be burnt down;
your capitalists will go to the wall
l know you don't sregard; usras in earnest
I wOnd fave the Union If | could; but
it is my deliberate impression, and have been
studying the character of the people you represent
for years past. that it cannot. Now the question
is, can the Union be saved? have always been
Union mani am now Union man-not from any
silly notion that it is of Divine origin; not that
blood was shed for it; not because it is an inheri-
tance from our fathers for it is neither the one nor
the other. This Union is compact between the
States. 1t is treaty between the States for the
common defence and domestic tranquility They
agreed to the organization of certain government,
and made wise distribution; they vested in the
State governments the powers necessary to protect
the liberty and well-being of the citizens All
States that are Republican, or Democratic, monar-
chical aristocratlc, slave. holding or nOn-saye-
holding, agricultura commercial or manufactur-
ing, can live under Constitution, as when the
old thirteen States ratified and made it binding
between them. By the late election it would seem
as if the North thought themselves responsible for
the domestic institutions of all the States One
State has not right to call out the army or
navy, or negotiate with foreign power to coerce
another. Do you suppose to be amused
with clap-trap OF fourth of July orations? As a
point. When these eight cotton States
withdraw from the Union, as they will in
the next two months, and meet in Convention
and adopt Federal Government, and establish a
Foreign Department, | shall advocate the adoption
of that same Constitution that was ratified by the
old thirteen States. | have doubt that when
Virginia, Tennessee, Maryland, Kentucky and 9TH
er border States see what we have done, they no
doubt will come into the Union, and not many
months will pass before this beautiful fabric will
again be the scene of our discussion, and in which
we will not only consider those matters pertaining
to our domestic affairs, but foreign relations Mr..
w. here read extracts from the Constitution and
laws of South Carolina previous to the inaugura.
of the first President of the United States The
immediate cause of secession is the election of a
Black Republican President. The peop le
of the North must know that the present
state of affairs was brought about by means
of the Helper book reading and the teachings of
the Senator from New York, the preaching of the
followers or rather pretended followers of Christ,
and the teaching in your schools of your children
to hate institutions. The Senator from New
York told his Wide-Awake pratorians that their
services could not be dispensed with after the cleo
ton. They would be needed to secure the fruits
Of the victory. A half million men in uniform are
being drilled for the purpose of organization to
sweep the country in which live with fire and
sword.-Mr. SEWARD here arose and said-I
want to know the ground and place where that
took place. Laughter in the galleries. MIR.
WIGFALL said he had seen it reported in the
say what was published in the newspapers | do
remember to have read letter which | received
from some unknown person in the Southern States,
protesting to mpute such meaning to something
said in some speech of mine. But | cannot tell
what l may have said that could have been
perverted so as to imply that ever said or inti-
mated that the Wide Awakes were being kept or
ganized disciplined, or uniformed, or associat'
ed at all, to secure the fruits of their victory.
think L can say safely, that never said anything
which could be so construed fairly. l hope the
Senator will excuse me. | hope that the reply
vii! not be deemed as putting myself to any obli-
cations to explain anything hereafter. Applause.
MIR. WIGFALL continued and said the
denial OF the Senator is all / ask.
only saw report of his speech. In re-
gard to the incoming Administration, it will
have one-half of the Senate, the Cabinet, and the
diplomats On its side. great deal has been said
about this being land of liberty and people who
boast that they have Alright to govern themselves.
Well, you will have an opportunity to try the ex-
pertinent. Laughter For myself, l don't believe
that | owe allegiance to the United States. |
believe owe allegiance to my State, and to that
State allegiance shall be give1.--Mr. WIGFALL
having concluded, the Senate went into Executive
Session, and shortly thereafter adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The SPEAKER, pursuant to the order of yester-
day, called the States for the submission of propo-
sitons relative TO the present condition of the
try. Nearly two dozen different propositions were
presented and referred to the Special Union Com
mittee. Many of them proposed amendments
to the Constitution on the slavery question,
submitted a series of resolutions, declaring,
among other things, that the Representatives
of the people regard it as a duty to forget
all parties and sections and devote themselves
honestly and earnestly to the cause of the country.
That any citizen of this Republic willing to barter
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