New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-27

publican party nominated candidate, and laid down
broad principles but adopted sectional policy or
creed and stands to- day where stood the men who
frsmed the Consultation. 30 much for his right TO
YeaA 10 men who have adopted a new creed and
e4 - pull down the Government II they are
"a el90akd The Republican party stands on the
rs6cy But new school isnow attempted, and we,
We chooee TO follow the Fathers threatened With
dissolution ofthe Union. The SeDatorfrom Mississippi
objected because had attended festival at Boston
in 1851. stand to-day by every word Of that speech
The report was not perfect however In that spscch
did cay then and there what have said all my life
that disagreed with those gentlemen ON their views
word or dreamed dream of hostility to the Union;
But did pay to them tribute of respect for zeal
and fidelity. have paid the same tribute of respect
to the Senator from Mississippi, for his ability and
as do with those Of Garrison. One represents the
one extreme, and the other the opposite. Mr.. Will
son defended himself for paying like tribute
to the FL gGshnen. He said he would explain
what he meant by slave power. He meant
In the early history of the country, the political pow
er of Slavery was utterly contemplate. The leading
men Of the South and especially of Virginia, were
opposed to the extension of Slavery There was
snall body Of men who were n favor Of Slavery, but
now this body Of men has increased till it is great
power and till they have obtained the control OF
Southern States. Would Virginia send Washington
here now, Jeferson, with such avowas as he made
on the subject of Slavery-avowals equiled by
any man on the continent This power has banished
all that clas- of statesmen and also all the old Henry
Clay Wings, and with few exceptions all the old
National men have been driven away and this Con-
gress now from the South is composed mainly OF the
disciples of Mr. Calhoun.
MIR. MASON inquired if the Senator from Massachu-
sents meant by Save Power the representation OF
slaves provided for by the Constitution
Mr.. WILSON said he meant the holding OF four
mil IF slayee n the yalue of
three thousand million dollars and holding them as an
element Of political power. This power is a bold and
aggressive power which governs the Southern States
and the Federal Government to-day. Slavery had
made agere ssions upon and denied the Right Of Peti
ton from certain portion of the countrya right won
by our ancestors battle fields. This right OF petit
ton was coven down in these halls for seven years.
Is OF thai an aggression on the rights OF freemea
For asserting this right the Slave Power passed vote
Of cepsure John Aoams of Massachusetts; aud
Joshua X. Giddings for submitting ssIes of resou
tions which be had a perfect right to do, was also
Isurd Again, after that the mails OF the Tilted
States were examined by Posmasters in the Southern
States The mails were rihed, and in Charleston they
were burned and the Postmaster General SAID he
could not approve, but he wouli Lot condemn. Was
not that aggression Then came the question OF
Texas For years the neutrality laws were violated
by this Power. There Mr.. Calhoun, in public dis
PATCH nsulted the moral sense of the country by
sending dspatchto France saying that the annexation
of Texas was for the purpose OF extending Slavery.
w n6n we Cdnlc W tue rIcc lSIlbOiicrj tuO fioV
States in favor of preserving them, and the Dem
ocraic party Of the North took the ground but
under the pressure and iron rule of this power, the
Democratic leaders Of Free States abandoned their
policy. And when California came as a Free State,
this power held her here for months waiting for ad
mission. Afterwsrd came the Fugitive Slave Law. Ii
there such provision IN the Constitution, there
also other provisions that should be carried out,
and there are those who believe this provision uncon
stituhopal. Then, Sir, came the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, and the Senator from MIS-
souri here made complaint against us as vioIators
of that Compromise. He says there was a bar.
gain made, but when one party here acquired
all the benefits then the bargain was broken.
Then, Sir, then followed the invasion of Kansas by
five thouand Mis5ourans, who took possession of the
ballot boxes, passed slave code, and passed laws
making it q crime for Northern man to say that
Slavery did not exist in that Territory He was liable
TO two years confinement in the penitenary and the
men who led those bands have been appointed to Office
by the Government, and confirmed by this Senate
Then the Lecompton Constitution. Was not that
an aggression It came to this Chamber, when it
was well known it was not the sentiment of the
people of Kansas. 1t was sought to force this
Constitution on an unwilling people. Then caine
the English BILL which was an insult to Kansas.
The Slave Power to-day is menacing and intriguing
keep Kansas out of the Union with Constitution OF
her own making. Then comes this new doctrine OF
The right of the master TO carry his slave to the
Teri tory, and hold him as property, under the Con-
titatiOn Of the United States. This is new doctrine,
and new reading of the Constitution, which we re-
ect. This is an aggressive policy and Is intended for
The future. Then we had the Ostend Manifesto, which
was disgrace TO the diplomacy Of ths country, in the
face of the whole civilized world. Then came the
Cuba question. More than FIVE years ago, propo-
alton was made for commercial treaty with ina,
island and had the Administration of the country had
s interests at heart, they would have adopted this
treaty. but the commercial interests OF the country
have been sacrificed because this power wished to
They have law in South Carolina, that when a
coort inhabitant and citizen of the Northern States
comes 10 her ports in vessel he lie seized, put ato
ail, the writ Of the habeas corpus act denied him,
and he is forced to bear his own expenses In 1913 or
1874 Massachusetts, sent to South Carolina one OF her
foremost advocates 10 have this law tested before the
judicial tribunal Of that State and the country. Inns
law was pronounced by VIM. Writ as unconstitutional;
and Judge johnson Of South Carolina, then on the
bench of the Supreme Court, also sad 1t was uncon-
stitutiona But when Massachusetts sent one OF the
first LAWYERS of the country 10 test the question, he
was forcibly expelled from that State, and they
passed law imposing ihe highest penalties Oh any
person who TO that State for the purpose OF op
stracting that law by any legal process.
Mr. HAMMOND Dem, s. c. said those were p>-
lice regulations necessary their personal protecton
Mr.. WILSON said, when South Carolina passed SEQ
rights of others She had right TO mprlson cizehS
Of Massachusetts who had committed no ohense.
Mr. HAMMOND said negroes were not citizens oil
the United States. The Law complained OF had been
modified.
Mr.. CHESNUT Dem, s. CO. compared these 20.
lice regulations to the Quarantine laws Of the United
States.
Mr.. WILSON said the law had been declared I'M
constitutional by VIM. Writ and Judge Johnson Mas
sachusetts sent lawyer to Charleston to test the mat
ter in the Courts, and he was driven away.
Mr. CHESTNUT said circumstances justified the act.
An insidious warfare had been waged by Massachu-
sets on the property of citizens Of South Carolina lie
belle sed the law constitutional. IT, under excite
mept an agent of Massachusetts was elected, the fault
lay with Massachusetts herself, who had created the
excitement. -