The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-06-23


The next proposition Of the honorable
Senate" from Illinois was, that he was
the embodiment Of the Democratic party,
and that all who dissentcd from this
MODEST proposition were rebels He
next arraigned all his Democratic broth.
rem in this chamber for daring To- offer
resolutions tc the Senate declaratory of
constitutional principles and he called
the resolutions now before us a caucus
platform, which he said the Charleston
Convention, which represents him, treat
cd with the scorn and contempt that they
mcrited
Next he said that seventeen Demo
cratic States OF this Union, and all his
brother Democratic Senators who did not
agree with him, were disunionists, aud
he arraigncd them AS such. He said
thst they were travelling on the high
road to the dlsun'on of these States
Then, in the plcntliudc of his Indulgence,
he told US that we were SHINING through
ignorance and did not know what road
we were travelling, and, with princcly
magnanimity, rendered his clemency and
his pardon to those who, after being en-
=
repentance. Aud after having done all
that having attacked every Democratic
State in the Union, aud almost every
Democratic Senator ia this belly, he
closed with u statement that all that he
had SAID was ia self defense that he at.
tackled nobody, and that the world should
know, II he ever spoke again, II would
be, AS he had just then spoken, To defend
himself from attack.
Now, Mr President, lest should be
supposed To- have at all exaggerated IN
tins statement, what tine hOuolabic sen.
ator from ililn"is thought proper to say
III relation to resolutions imNUi,lug pure
ly constitutional aud political principles,
| Will read here and there passages from
his speech IA support Oi the assertion
that | made la rel tIou 10 the action OF
his brother senators, he says thus
SIR, let the Democratic senators at
tend to their utliclal duties, and leave the
National Conventions t. make their plat
forms, and the party will be united.
" here does this trouble come from
From our own caucus Chambers eau
Gus of Senators debating to the people
what SOFT Of platform they shall have,
You have been told that no less than
twelve southern Senators warned you III
the caucus against the consequences ol
trying 10 force senatorial caucus pat
forms ON the party. Sir, do not know
when the people ever put II IN "A Sena-
tons commission that he Is to get mp
platforms ioi the National Conventions.
On the suppusitiun that the d''rEal'S
who go there have not sense enough L.
do 1t themselves.
Although the action "i the caucus
was hctaided to the wn'ld 10 ur' as was
generally Understood Lon 'he pun pose "'
operating on the Charleston CONVENTION
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