Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-12-20

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than anything else.
Mr.. GREEN said perhaps the sotlona ca
this law had not injured anybody, but ne
complained Of the public sentiment. dc
knew il was impossible TO reclaim slave IN
nine cases out OF ten, and they Eisked their
lives If they made the attempt. He thought
the law no more obnoxious than any IN case
of scoundrels who rob and steal. Applause
in the galleries, s.z,.--
The CHAIR said the galleries must 0e
cleared If the spplapse again was heard.
Mr.. WADE-NeYer mind, let them cheer
the Fugitive Slave law if they please,
Mr.. MASON said be should insist on order
if the indignites of the Senate did not cease
Mr.. WADE-This would be poor remedy
for a free man in humble circumstances TO DC
taken under the provision of this bill to be
carried, wher62 CWhere he came from. Then
he might be carried into the market place
anywhere in q slave State, and what chance |
has he This man may be kidnapped and |
carried into everlasting Slavery, and does |
any mAa who hss a regard fer the sovereign |
rights of the States, sit here and complain
that State could not make law TO protect
her own people against invasion and selaaret
| believe of all men those who have made
the most of these complains, are the last who ]
would rise here and deny the pOBerot SOW
ereign State State 10 protect her own eiti-
zens against any Federal Legislation what
ever. Then liberty bills have been madeinot
with view TO degrade the South, but With
honest view to guard the rights of their own
| citizens from unlawful searches ard seizures =.
I was exceedingly glad to hear Senators ou
| the other side say that the repeal Of these
/ bills will not relieve the case from the diff
/ culties-and have heard it everywhere that
the people Of the Free States are unfaithtal
/ in executing the Fugitive Slave law. Il has
been said, under such circumstances here
that, although was sura as 10 my own State
vet l could not rise 10 say did not believe
a word of what hey were saying. never
did and never could, until our enemies here
rise in their places, and, with a magnanihity
commend, have said this was not so. My
colleague Mr.. PughG with a magnaninity
for which / give him my thanks, has stood
forth to testify that, in the State in part
represent, Republican Judges, Courts and Ju-
ries have fulfilled this repulsive duty with
perfect faithfulness, and 80 said the Senator
from Illinois DOuglas), and so l under
stood the Senator from Indiana Mr. Fitch)
to have said. Therefore, the calumny is re-
moved from Us, so far as the statements of
onr political enemies can do 1t. know our
Courts feel themselves bound to administer
the laws Just as they find them. Let me
say TO gentlemen of the Senate on the other
side, where you have lost one slave BY the
unfaithfulness of legislative tribunals we
have had ten men murdered BY your nobs
against law. I cannot take up Southern
paper but read OF men who travel for busi-
ness, but you wait upon them by some Com
mittee and tell them to return. And what
is the cause2 why's you come from
Ohio, and they don't inquire what party you
belong to- Many of these acts have been
done under circumstances that would dis
grace a savage. We have no security IN
travelling nearly one half OF this Contederacy
especially the Cult States. Idon't care whai
;; a mans character may be, and If he never
violated any law under heaven. bus if be
comes from the North, and if he has e1er-
cised his political rights and voted for Lincoln
instead of somebody else, it is an ofense pun
. isbable by indignity, by stripes, and BY
! death. And YOU whose constituents are
guilty of all these these things, can stand NJ
o and accuse US of being unfaithful to tht
! Constitution Of the land | make thu
assertion here, that do not believe in th'
history of the world there ever was natior
e or a people where a law so repugnant to th
general feeling was ever executed with tn
!. same faithfulness as has been this most re
s pugnant Fugitive Slave Law. You have
0 law in South Carolina by which you take thI
y iers;.:E,=s.z AZ atnds
J. jail fees, eternal slavery stares him in thI
face. 1t is a monstrous law, revolving to thl
best feelings of humanity, and in conflict will
I the Constitution of the United States.
: don't say this by way Of recrimination.
know the excitement pervading the country
and do not wish to add a single coal to thl
lame, Nevertheless, wish the whole trutt
: to appear. Then, what is it2 You haF,
the whole legislation of the country yoI
! own the Cabinet and the Senate, and may
! add you own the President of the United
. States, as much as you own the servants OIL
your plantations. But can't see why South.
ern men rise up and complain of the action Of
this Government. have already shown Il
is impossible to point out any acts of which
, the Republican party have been guilty OF
which you can complain. Therefore un-
derstand that Senators who Justify the over
,, throw of this Government who would break
it up and resolve IL into its original elements,
do it on mere suspicion that the Republican
: psrty may somehow effect their rights. Now,
what doctrines do we hold detrimental to
your Are we the settlers forth of any new
doctrine under the constitutional tell you,
nay. There is no principle held to-day by
the great Republican party that has not had
the sanction Of your Government for more
than seventy years. You have changed your
opinions; we stand where we used to stand.
We stand on the Slavery question in the place
formerly occupied by the most revered states
men of this nation, every one of them, Wash
ington, Jefferson, Monroe, Adams, Jackson,
Snd Polk inclusive. And that reVered states
men, Henry Clay, Of blessed memory, with
/ his dying breath asserted the doctrine we
hold to-day. Why, then, are we held up
before the community as violators of your
rights It is late in the day to accuse Us of
harbering these opinions. Then, what doc
trines do we hold that are complained Of?
You don't complain of our Liberty bills
You don't complain that Mr. Lincoln is
violent man and will probably do any injury
to you The Senator from Georgia (Mr
Iverson) told rs he had no apprehension Mr.
Lincoln would do any act in violation of the
Constitution, rr.T Efls
i Mr.. IYERSON said he had said no such
thing. 3 H.a5T. FFa
I Nj. WADE said be understood the Sena-
tor to say SO, and he understood the griev-
snee to be that the Chief Magistrate, with the
power Of the Government could do away
with Slavery in ten years, r u -
4 Nh. INVERSION said be said the Republican
party might do injury. he thought Mr.. Lin
coin would violate the Constitution, when he
could with imp0nity.
Mr.. WADE-It is of no great consequence
whst the Senator sasd. say that Mr. Lin
coins character, from his youth up, has been
such that you have no right to draw any in
ference that he will trespass on the right of
any man, and if you hGrbor any other suppo-
sition it is in consequence of unWarranted
prejudice, nothing else. have listened to
arguments here for about week. They are