The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-01-13
Speech Of fho Hon. y. ?. Wade
WAsmsoroN, Dee. ~. lss9.


purpose 10 speak on this resolution. lie
made up his mind, whom the resolution
was introduced, that he wonld vote for il.
not on account of any particular benefit
that he supposed would result from il, for
he thought Il would probably have the Of
feet Of increasing that state Of excitement
which already seems 10 be sufficiently
strong, at least for all practical purposes
But over this resolution, the whole subject
Of controversy between the Northern and
Southern States on tho Slavery question
had beon discussed, and illusions had beon
made TO him personally, in such terms az
70 render II essential he should reply
He had no desire to get up frequently to
speak on this most hackneyed subject
Tie had not been very forward in thrust
ing himself before the Senate, but whom
measures of great Importance had been
pressed, he had been compelled 20 rivo
his views. IL ives said by tho mover Of
this resolution, that one great object Of il
was 70 elliott the state Of Northern feol-
ing respecting the invasion at Harpor's
Ferry.
Mr.. Mason desired to correct the SEN
ator. That assertion had been once or
twice asoribed 10 him in the course of this
debate, but It was misapprehcnsion.-
What he said was that he wished to as
certain from what source Brown derived
his funds, and the counsel which led to
his incursion. He had reason to believe
Il came chiefly from the Ncw-Englsnd
States.
Mr., Wado continued. For the basest
purposes the great party to which he be-
longed had been charged with completely
In this affair, but he treated tho charge
with soorn and contempt. Il was 40 en-
tirely overstraincd that il fell on his car
Without giving him a single emotion. But
be knew what tho effect Of such a charge
would be in that part of the country, where
JEALOUSY existed with regard to the acts
and motives Of Northern men. The on
" statements that can reach the ears Of
The Southern people are one-sided, and
the antidote 10 this charge they will new
or get. No man is allowed 20 express
bis sentiments at the South, unless they
are cut and trimmed to suit public opin.
lon. No Northern man is now permitted
to 60 into the South, unless he leaves his
manhood and independence behind. I'm
der these circumstances it is not strange
that the Southern people are deluded res
pecting the state of Northern feeling
They deem Il important TO exclude inccn-
diary documents from their midst, but he
thought the most dangerous incendiurism
was TO be found in the speeches of South
ern men, when they tell their people that
the great party having control of all the
Erap 2tataa avrpnnVh;aa ,,.;tL L., ID J..
raid. He regarded Brown as insane, and
asked Senators to discriminate between
the man and his acts. If the State of
Virginia feels deeply at this incursion in
70 her territory, and murder Of her citi-
Eens, what were the feelings of Northern
men, few years ago, whose relations and
friends had gono into far distant Terri
tory and formed colonies there, weak and
feeble, and scattered through that wilder
ness, whom they found IL was the deliber-
ate purpose Of groat, powerful, and all
peryadng party to drive them out, or CO.
erco them 10 obedience under institutions
which they abhorred from the very bottom
of their souls. They were driven out;
they were murdered in cold blood; their
property was destroyed. They appealed
10 Congress for redress, and they only
got insults here instead of sympathy.-I
When state this, state what do know.
This Government did at least connive at
hat band of conspirators, who, arminp
themselves lawlessly with arms belong
ng to the Government, invaded that Ter
itorY, took possession of the ballot-box-
Is, drove the citizens away from the polls,1
drove them away from their possessions,
and exercised tyranny over them; but that
took place good way Off and didn't Gre
ate the same excitement as when SINH
lar transaction comes nearer home. In
his judgment, the only difference between
that case and this was, that in the case of
Kansas the invasion was made with no
othor purpose than to introduce Slavery
there, at all hazards, and by force of arms;
whereas Old John Brown and his men,
with a ike unlawful purpose, undertook to
extirpHte Slavery from the State of Vir-
ginia. The Free-State men there got no
consolation from the Government, but
one Senator used this language: awe
will subdue you--you are traitors--we
will hang every man of you"
Mr.. Wade spid he did not 90 back to
these things-for the purpose of justifying
John Brown and his crew in their invasion
of Virginia, but only to show why il is that
the men in the Free States, to a consid-
cradle extent, do sympathize with this
old hero. In the darkest hour of Kan
sas, when her rights were all in peril, and
everything looked gloomy there, and the
Federal Government failed 10 interpose
in her behalf, then il was that old John
Brown appeared on the stage Of action,
arming himself as we'll as he might, and
commenced to do that justice 20 himself
and his fellows that the Government had
denied. He did il with heroism and de-
termination that challenged admiration
from his friends, and even respect from
his enemies. He drove the Border Ruff
fans from the Territory, and conquered a
peace. Mr.. Wade believed that John
Brown was maddened by the scenes Of
blood he witnessed in Kansas, for he did
not think any sane man on earth would
have undertaken the enterprise he did at
Harper's Ferry. He also said he never
had seen a single person who justified
Browns raid, for the Northern people do
not sympathize with crime. lie replied
70 mr. Johnson's criticisms on the Repub-
lican platform.
Mr.. Wade said he was not one Of those
who suppose all shareholders 70 be deep
ly criminal, for he knew how habit and
custom modify the feelings Of men,
Washington was STAKEHOLDER, but he
expressed himself 10 hopes that that insti-
tuition might be abolished by some means.
How long would he be permitted 10 re-
main in Virginia now and mako such dec
larationsl Mr. Wade had nothing to say
when Slavery was kept at the South, but
when they undertake to push It into
Free Territory, where II does not exist,
and has no right to exist, he would resist
H. and never consent that Slavery should