, 1860-02-28

day the vote he gave for Alr. bennington was
not only approved, but honoEed and nrpiauaea
by every man whose opinions he Fekasaeu:
{Applause. Aud he would 30 wlsins IT, 70 .ta mcet e.
his people upo, any explanation ot that Totc' IN
tho face Of the whole body Of That Legislature
bonded and banded into Que man.
He Ind no apologies to make or excuses to
offer. What he did ha did in his Judgment, |
and did not look scfoss his shoulder NJ ,s fo
lis constituents before the election that hc |
would come here freeman or not at all. Lie |
to(l them that If they wanted slaves TO repre-
sent them they could get plenty, but 1c was
not one. lie torcsAw then exactly what mas
would be obliged TO take IN independent stand,
unsupported breast high by meu Of like senti-
ments, and he wanted his people to know 1t, 90
TINT it they preferred representative who
would bend like willow when the storm came
they could choose material suited to their work:
Dui they had preferred to send him, and he Ind
done whit he knew they would approve, without
any hpologetic stntculent or explanation. Ihat
approval WIS not n reason for but a consldera-
| ton nficr the doing.
lie anticipated u resolution Of This nature
| from the Legislature, but WIS surprised that his
/ own friends, with two exceptions, voted Tor It.
| lie supposed they had allowed themselves to be
| frightened with the idea Of being called Aboli-
tionists. Among those who voted for tue Eeso-
lutions we're some toho 1ofnt through tie ttcclson
on Ns shoulders, md did not appear TO hare
sense enough to know thnt trhea they saw
from Tie tire TIE 5ough on srhicA thy stand, they
| fall 7ritA 1t. Tint vote WAS q curious scene.
The Clerk calls the name Of m American once,
and there is pause, twice, aud q shntiIlng,
thrisc, and hesltating response, then PERIOD
called and earnestly responded to ;-then another
| unfortunate American is reached, and there Is
| shuflllng. Gentlemen stand first upon one leg
and then upon the other; gentlemen look over
their shoulders to see if there is not some cour-
ier raising a distant cloud Of dust bringing re,
lief; some rusll to consult their friends. and
stilltheir incxorablc opponents, with eyes g!ar-
ing upon them, sit upeu~mouthed, sure Of their
! prey And in they went! In they went!
| Laughter.] He was sure be would neEer hare
been able to describe the scene but for tho tor.
ture; which be saw Northern Democrats endure
when they were called 10 vote for Smith OF North
Carolina for Speaker. No man was tit for his
place who Was not willing to take bis political
life in his hand and 70 forward ia the line ct
bright without i backward look. He trusted he
might never, by reason Of any cla1nor or storm,
however loud and fierce, allow himself to s"er7e
/ for an instant
lie was not here merely as the Representative
, Of the Fourth Congressional District Of Mary
!nnd, nor Of the State Of Maryland. He was
bYutid to wider constituency and higher duty
| If his duty to bis country could be nade It
square with the interests Of his Immediate con
l
when The patriotic Repre- -cntatre is called upof
to mike painul decision in favor Of the inter
csts of the nation, disregarding the unanlmous
expressed wishes Of his constituents ne trustc'
| such an occasion wou1d never come to him, bu
= if it should occur, be hoped hc might be ioun'
e | equal to the occasion.
{ lie finished his hour with manly and tearlez
c defense Of the Republican party against I'll
j Southern charge Of sectionalism' and ngsre:
Is sion upon Southern rights. lie reminded til
n ! House that for fire years the Republicans ha
b | introduced not one aggressive or section:
d nleasurc-that all slavery agitation had origin
1t ated in every instance with the Democrats
# that the threats Of Disunion had come from tt
III same party, and that the great Republican
of sanization is conservative in purpose and col
Id s,itutional in principle. Their Speaker wus
)? favor Of putting an end to sectional strife Ill
of mischievous agitation; lie was symbol to Il
:. country Of tie peace that would prevail II th
lc party was in power. The calamity Of the tim
cd was that the people Of the North mud the Sou
co did not understand each other, md tha! itist
at interest Of Democratic politicians to perpctua
liz the misunderstanding.
sk t No speech made since the opening Of Congre
an has attracted more attention, or Will create
tlc profounder impression in the State 10 which
is speaker belongs. Would to HeA.eu there ne
rt more Winter Dayises from The South in Go
hit | nress. CHICAGO.