The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-14
AAltllmon1 Dispatlb.
hApa i moRN NC .,., DEC II ,,fa
CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE, WEDNESDAY
speech from the senator of Texas-C.nsnc,
VI ,he Republicans -kkssol atoms Offered
IN 'he House for Anne ndihs the Csnst,,u
lion.

speech from the senator of Texas-C.nduc,
OF the Republicans -tkssol atoms Offered
Ia the House for Anne ndihs the Csnsti,u-
lion.
Inc debate In Congress Wednesday is inter.
esung. In the Senate, Mn. WigtalI. of Texas.
made warm speech, in which he said
ii the people OF the North desire il this
Union can he saved but this Unioa is not TO
De saved by hattery, either on the floor OF the
sh1le OF from the stump. You cannot save
the Union by singing hosannans. You cannot
save 1t by making Fourth OF july speeches =
ou nave got 10 come down To The work and
do something prac tlcally. The people OF The
uulheIeht u sIaNehoidlhg States. especially the
cotton States, are dissati tistied with the preseu
government as about 10 be administer ed by the
Incoming Administration. There is uoiuiux
that can satisfy them except by amending the
oohsu hoh' ana tnese amendments must be
made by The Northern States unanimously.
or they wls not be satisfied and | say here
lhey ought not 10 be.
II amendments 10 the Constitution whit h
would secure us every ything We as k, We're ~ IT,
leo oy htteen slave aud tei. non-siayehOldlug
States, II would be considered part of the Con.
sututIon but If eight non slave States yot.
against IL, ana yet It's ratification made IL II
part OF the C0usLitD tion, we would say nj once.
mere were amendments 10 the Constitution
which were ais tas teful to eight iay ehutd- :
Ins SnteS and which they would probably
disregard, as they disregard The present Com
SN'N"NACAi' suppose iAdl amendments Were
proposed, and fifteen slave States rauty them;
suppose, also, that the non -slayeholdlng Stat.A
ratIfy them, but that New ork, Pennsylyania.
OnIo, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and ther border
States, refuse ratification, why, what practl.
cal use would they be 10 us / None. What is
the use OF discussing what We would be salts
tied with, when nothing has been offered us -
" hat Is The use, when We do not believe we
Will be permitted 10 retain the Senator'S W,
uow have!
The Republicans deny that under the Con-
stituiIon slaves are recognized as property. Ii
We could believe they would go TO their con.
Sutueuts ana urge The ratification OF prouer
amendments, we believe the Il uli States wouIo
suspend their action. Certainly So If th.
amendments be carried out Ia good faith Ii
they Will cease preaching the irrepressible
conflict doctrine aud declare slaves TO be prop
cry, that they shall be delivered up wnen
Canned as fugItives, that abolition societies
shah be abolished aud abolition presses be
Supprt ssed, that abolition speeches shall no
longer De made and that We snail not nave pi =
rates aud murderers sent amoLg our women
tnd children, when such an honest ehort IL
made 10 meet the demands of the South there
IS prospect OF giving them Il fair Considera-
non. NOdrS Of laughter fr m the galleries
and the Repu blicau SenatorsI HecontInued
saying-Senators may laugh III our faces. Re-
ewed laughter from the whole house Ny
friends from Kentucky, Missouri, and other
UuIun-savIHg friends may look and see derI-
>lOn depicted IN their cuunteuances when |
make tins proposition. [LaughterI / trust
they will understand.
Inc Lauu MAXIM says, Learn, even from
your enemies, some wisdom l have told the
teJpIe whom L represent long, long ago, that
they Will not be permitted TO keep that winch
,hey nave now IN at they are regarded as pol
tToonS, aud that you talk of coercion, ana OF
OlHdIng this glorious Union, as YOU call it,
with cords OF hemp. Yet you petition thai
his glorious Union shall continue. Stop with
III your borders those flaming presses and pa D.
nc speakers who excite the people against US
| say 10 those States that you shall a0t-that'e
the word choose TO use, and L represent the
feeling and determination OF the people l rep
resent say you shall not permit men TO eX
cite your citizens by making John Brow IA
speeches and bringing StrychHlns within the
limits OF the State 1 represent.
9ou shall not publish newspapers and
pamphlets To excite our slaves To lnsurIection.
Cu shoH not publish newspapers ana pam
linlets 10 excite our shareholders against the
slave, or STAKEHOLDER against non -slayenol lder.
We VIII have peace, aud If you do not offer il
us, we Will quietly have our rights under
Lue constitutional compact or withdraw from
he Union and establish government tor our
selves. If you then persist in aggression,
| hese sovereign States Will settle the question,
aud when you laugh at these impoJeut eff
forts Little you regard them, 1 tell you en-
phaucally that Cotton is kIug Laughter.
ana some applause in the galleries
The President SAID the Sergeat-at-Arms will
clear the galleries II ii occurs again
Mr.. Hale sald-Mr. President, that threat
was made one, Two or three lImes yesterday -
now is tie time to carry il out.
Mr.. Wlglall saId-if the exhibition of feel
ing the galleries occur again they should
De cleared, and once being cleared we will pro-
eeed. trust the Senate will act upon It-de-
ceLcy is looked tor.
Mr.. Davis hoped the Senator would be per
mltted TO proceed. l think We attach too
IN uch I'M pUrtauce to the expression OF the gal
lerIes. l take il for granted that those warned
yesterday did not repeat it. Yesterday there
va, one set, to- day there is a " set. We Wil.
mi hen n : al W Ian IA
ter from Senators.
MT Wigfali resumed-I say Cotton is King.
ana that cotton waves hlS sceptre not only
over thirty three States, but over the Island
Of Great Britain and over Continental Eu-
rope.
There is no crowned head, either upon that
Island or Con lnent, that does not bend the
knee in fear, and acknowledge allegiance to
tnat power. Five millions OF people 10 Grea
Britain live upon cotton. You may make
short crops OF grain, and they can nus ban u
their supply, but exhaust the supply OF cotton
one week and all England Will starVe. They
will not burst open barns, but burn whole
towns. We can direct the trade OF two hun
drrd and fly millions To our own ports ius teaG
ii Boston, PhIiadelphia and New York, It VI
10 out OF the Union. Our imports VIII amOunt
70 TWO hundred and fifty millions. and forty
per cent upon that pufs in To our treasury one
hundred million dollars; twenty per cent.
gives tifty millions. What tariff We will ac-
cent | expect 10 know III a few mon tbs, aud
another chamber. daughter N The galleries !
YousuppUse numbers constitute ine strength
All the government. l tell you that IL is The al
mighty dollar.
When your operatives are turned out: when
your capl aiists are broken, Will you 60 10 di-
rect taxation When you cease To have tx
ports Will you have import! Your actorIes
Will then be burnt down; your capitalists Will
20 to the wall l know you do not regard us
IN earnest. L would save the Union If could
but il is my deliberate I'm pres ssiOn-and | have
Deen studying the character of the people you
represent for years past-thft 1t cannot be
saved.
Now, the question is, can the Union be
saved | have always been Uuiou mun-I
am now Il Union man-nOt from any silly no.
u9n that ii Is OF divine origin; not that blood
was shed for IL not because it Is an Inherit
auce from our fathers for II Is neither the one
Ur the olher. This Union is Il compact be-
tween the States. 1t is a treaty between the
States for their common defence and domestic
tranquility. Tney agreed to the OF ganlZatlon
OF Il certain government, aad they made wise
distribution. Tney vested i'll the STATE gov
ernments The powers necessary 10 protect the
liberty and we'll being of the citizens.
All States that are Rep ubltcaD, or Demo-
cratic, monarchial, aristocratic, slayeholding
or nop-slaveholding, agricultural, commercial
or man ufacturlng, can live under one Consu-
tuition, as when the old thirteen States rati-
fled and made IL binding between them. BY the
late election it would seem as If the North
thought themselves responsible for the do
nestle Institutions of all the States. One
Stale has not d right TO call out the army and
navy, or negotiate with Il foreign power, 10
cOerce another.
DO you suppose we are 10 be amused with
the clap trap of Fourth-of-J uly orations As
d nation inheriting rights We have passed that
pOint. Wnen these eight cotton States with
draw from The Union, as they Will IN The next
two months, and meet Ia Convention and
adopt Federal Government and establish
foreign department., shall advocate the adop-
lion OF that same Constitution that was rail-
fled by the old thirteen States.
| have no doubt that when Virginia, Ten
nessee Maryland, Kentucky and other border