The North-Carolinian., 1860-02-25

think it is within our competency, and conse
quently our duty, to pass q law making every con
spiracy or combination in any State or Territory
this Uuion to invade another with intent to steal
run away property of any kind. whether it be
groes, or horses, or property of any other descrp
tion, into another State. a crime, and punish the
conspirators by Indictment in the United States
courts and confinement in the prisons penitcntiar
ries of the State Territory where the conspiracy
may be formed and auelled. Sir, 1 would carry
these provisions OF law far our constltu ional
power will reach, would make t crime to form
conspiracics with view of invading States or Ter
ritories to control elections whether they be under
..hc gaxh- -of- -EsaiGrant Societies of New Eng
| land or Blue Lodges of Missouri applause in tue
! galleries) In ether words, this provision OF the
/ Constitution means more than the mere repellinS
of invasion when the invading army shall reach
the border Of State. The language is 1t shall pro
tect the State against Invasion; the meaning OF
WHICH is. to 'the la guage of the preamble I"
the Constitution TO each State domestic trahqon'y
against external violence" There can be no peace,
! there be safety in any community unless It
is secured against violence from abroad why, sir
it has been a question seriously mooted in Europe,
whether it was not the duty of England, Power
foreign to France, to pass laws to punish conspra
cies in England against the lives OF the princes OF
France shall not argue the question of comfy
between foreign States. | predicate my argument
upon the Constitution by which are governed
and which have sworn to obey, ana oehahu
that the Constitution be executed in good faith SO
punish and suppress every combination, every
conspiracy either invade state or to modest its
Inhabitants to disturb its property, or to sub
vert its institutions and its government. beheve
this can be eecually done by authorizing the Uhi-
ted States in the several States to take J"rs
diction of the offence, and punish the violation o.
the law with appropriate punishments.
1t cannot be said that the time has not arrived
for such legislation. 1t cannot be said with truth
that the Harpers Ferry case will not be repeated
or is not in danger of repetition, 1t Is only neces
sarv 10 INQUIRE in to the causes which produced the
Harpcrs Ferry outrge, and ascertain whether those
| causes yet in active operation and then you
can determine whether there is any ground for APP
| prchenson that that invasion Will be repeated Sir
! what were the causes which produced the Harper
Fer ry o outrage? Without stopping to adduce evil
dence in detail have hesitation in expressing
my firm aud deliberate conviction that the Harpers
Ferry crime was the natural, logical, inevitable
suit of the doctrines and teachings Of the Kepubl-
! can party as explained and enforced in their plat
form, their partisan presses, their pamphlets and
books and especially in the speeches OF their lead
ers in and out .of. Congress (Applausc in the gal
| erics.)
( Mr. MASON I trust tho order of the Senate will
be preserved. l sure it is only necessary to
suggest to the Presiding Officer the indispensable
necessity of preserving the order of the Senate; and
| give notice that, if it is disturbed again, shall
insist upon the galleries being cleared entirely.
| Mr. DOUGLAS. Mr.. President
! The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator will pause
T g I1. foyf f1,<,( thoir
to preserve order without the ofthe vast
be no occasion to make reference to this subject
again. NO.
will place officers the galleries, and put stop to
to this thing 1t is very bad sign OF the times 1t
is unbeconng this bocy, or the deliberations OF any
| free people.
The VICE PRESIDENT The Presiding Officer has
not the force his command to place officers IN the
gallery
| Mr.. DOUGLAS If the Senate will pardon me for
a depression instant, l was about to sugges'
to the Presiding Officer that though 1t would De
necessary to place officers in different parts Oh the
gallery with Instructions that II they Sd" any per
son giving any sigls Of appreciation calculated to
disturb proceedings, they should instantly put
the guilty person out of the gallery
l Tne VICE PRESIDENT. That has been done.
| Mr. DoUCLAs. | was remarking that consider
4 ed this outrage Harpers Ferry as the logical,
natural consequence of the teachings and doctrines
of the Republican party. l am not making this
stat. ncnt purpose of elimination or partisan
effect desire to call the attention OF members OF
tha, party to reconsideration of the doctrines thai
they are IN the habit of enforcing, with view to a.
| fair judgement whether they do not lead directly
to those consequences on the part of those deluded
persons who think that all they say is meant, IN
real earnest and oug to be carried out The great
principle that underlies the Republican party Is vo
lent rcconcilabc, external warefare upon the in
stituon OF American slavery, with the view OF Its
ultimate extinction throu shout the land sectional
war is to be waged until the cotton field OF the
South shall be cultivated by free labor. or the rye
fields of New York and Massachusetts, shall be cur
tivated by slave labor In furtherance OF this art
Gle of their creed, you find their political organ'za
ton not only sectional in its location but one whose
vitality consists in appeals to northern P'ss.om' so,
northern prejudice northern ambition aga'ns' sou
thern States southern institutions. and sou,nerh
neonle / have had some experience III nght."S
this element within the last few years. anu 1nu
that the source of their power consists III eNc'ns
the nreiudces and the passions OF the northern sec
.; 1hev not only attempt to excite the North