The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-04-03

slavery character
Often. l might say almost daily. durin
the long contest for the Speakership. hay
threats of dissolution of the Union bee
repeated in this Hall And whence cam
they! Not from the Republican sid,
Not once has this reasonable threat bee
made on this side of the House. Not one
has it fallen from Republican lips. l a.
sert, sir. without fear of contradiction, tina
erery threat of q dissolution of thi
ConJeaeracy Of States made on this Jloo
since the assembling Of Congress, ha
come from members Of The Democrat
party.
For few minutes, sir, let me call tn
attention Of gentlemen to few of the man,
remarks of this character to which we hav
been compelled to listen. 1t is not pleas
ant task, but it is proper it should be done
The country should know what Democra
cy is here at the capital.
Referring to the Record. We find tha
scarcely day passed. during the long con
some De%ccssss;e mo election of Speaker. n ~ shi6G' i6'
party, did not prescribe the terms on which
alone the Union can be perpetuated
On the 9TH of December, the third day
ef the session, Mr.. GARNETr, of Virginia
said:
"fou must go home to your people, and
must put down this abolition spirit. You mus
repeal the laws with which you have polluted
your statute books, to nullify that provision Of
the Constitution which protects the value of our
slave property along the borders; for we do no,
mean to stay in the Union until you have con.
verted the border States into free States. and 60
demoralized and enervated our strength You
must pass laws at home, condemning and sub.
jecting to the hands of Justice the men who ad.
wise and the men who plot and the men who en-.
gage in these insurrectiOnary attempts. You
must do for US what We do for foreign nations and
what they do for every country with which thew
are at peace. Unless you do pass such laws.
unless you do put down this spirit of abolition.
ism, the Union will be short"
Mr.. PRYOR, of the same State, said:
1--WE have threatened and resolved, and re.
solved and threatened. and backed out from our
threats and recanted our resolutions, until, 90
help me God, never will utter another threat or
another resolution; but, as the stroke follows
the lightnngs flash, SO, with me, acts shall be Co
incident and commensurate with words"
And Mr.. De JARNErTE, also of the Old
Dominion, speaking of Mr.. SEWARD. said !:
"YOu may elect him President of the North !:
but OF the South, never. Whatever the event
may be, Others may differ; but Virginia, in view
OF her ancient renOwn, in view of her iilustrious
dead, in view of her SIC semper tyrannis, will re-
sist his authority"
Subsequently, Mr. MooRE, of Alabama,
said
81 do not concur with the declaration made
yesterday by the gentleman from Tennessee, that
the election Of Black Republican to the Presi.
dency was not cause for dissolution of the Tn.
ion. Whenever President is elected by a fa-
natical majority at the North, those whom rep.
resent, as 1 believe, and the gallant State which
in part represent, are ready, let the conseauen.
ces be what they may, to fall back on their re-.
served rights, and say: As to this Union, We
have no longer anv lot or mart in ~"
Mr.. PUGH, of tho same State, in a very
prepared and well.considered
speech, said:
"If with the character of the Government
well defined, and the rights ard privileges of the
parties to the compact clearly asserted by the
Democratic party, the Black Republicans get
possession of the Government, then the question
is fully presented, whether the Southern States
will remain in the Union, as subject and degra.
ied colonies, or will they withdraw, and estab.
sh Southern Confederacy of coequal homogen.
eOus sOvereigns?
" In my judgment, the latter is the only course
compatible with the honor, equality, and safety
Of the South; and the sooner it is known and
acted upOn the better for all parties to the COM
pact.
1.-THE true-t conservatism and wisest states.
maHship demand speedy termination of all as.
sOcation with such confederates and the forma.
ton OF another union of States, homogeneous in
population, institutions, interests. and pursuits
And these gentlemen are sustained in
their disunion sentiments by their colleague,
Mr.. CURRY, who said
However distasteful it NAV be to nv friend
from New York, Mr.. CLARK, however much
it may revolt the public sentiment or conscience
Of this country, am not ashamed or afraid pub.
licy to ayOw that the election of William Ii.
Seward or Salmon p. Chase, or any such repre-.
sentative of the Republican party, upon . section
al platform, ought to be resisted to the disrup.
ton Of every tie that binds this Confederacy to.
gether. [Applause on the Democratic side of
the House. T.
Mr.. GARTRELL, speaking for the peo-
pie Of Georgia." marks out the course to
be pursued by them in the case of the elsc-
ton of Republican President. He says
q need not tell you what l, as a Southern
man, will dol think l may safely speak for
the people of GeOrgia-that when that event
happens, they, in my judgment, will consider
it an overt act, a declaration of war, and meet
in convention, to take into conside-
ration the mode and measure of redress That
is my position and if that be treason to the
Government, make the most Of it."
And his colleague, Mr.. CRAWFORD, |
speaking, as he declares, the sentiment Of
every Democratic Representative from the
State of Georgia on this floor, thus boldly
avows disunion sentiments:
al want the question tested between you and
Us. l want it settled. l want to know wheth.
er We are TO be controlled, whether We are to be
limited to where slavery now exists, or Wheth.
er We are to have liberty to 60 beyond. We
have now four million slaves. In some twenty.
five years hence, We will have eight million.
We demand expansion. We will have expan-
sion, in spite of the Republican party, and al
the AbOlitionists of the Old and of the New World
| Applause from the Democratic benches and
the galleries.
Now, in regard TO the election of a Black
Republican President, have this to say, and
speak the sentiment of every Democrat on this
floor from the State of Georgia We win never
submit to the Inauguration of Black Rspubli.
can President. Applause from the Democratic
benches, and Kisses from the Republicans