The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-02-08

be no safety to any community unless it is
secure against violence from without. Why,
air, it has been question seriously mooted
in Europe whether it was not duty of Eng
land-a power foreign to- France-to pass
laws for the punishment Of conspiracies in
England against the lives OF the princes OF
France. shall not argue the question of
comfy between foreign States. Ipredicate
my argument upon the Constitution by which
we are governed, and which we are sworn
to obey, and demand that that Constitution
be executed in good faith, so as to punish
and suppress every combination, every con.
spiracy, either to invade a State, or to mo.
lest its inhabitants, or to disturb it's property,
or to subvert its institutions or its laws.
believe this can be effectually done by au.
thorizing tho United States courts, in the
several States, to take jurisdiction Of the of.
fences, and accompany violation of the law
with appropriate penalties. 1t cannot be
said that the time has not yet arrived for
such legislation. 1t cannot be said with
truth, that the Harper's Ferry case will not
again be repeated, or is not in danger of re.
petition. 1t ia only necessary to inquire in
to the causes which produced that outrage,
and ascertain whether those causes are vet
in active operation, and then you can deter,
! mine whether there is any ground for appre.
heneion that that invasion will be repeated
Sir. what were the causes which produced
the raid in Virginia? Without stopping to
adduce evidence in detail, have no hesita.
tion in expressing my firm and deliberate
conviction that the Harper's Ferry crime
was the natural, logical, and inevitable re-.
suit OF the doctrines and teachings of the
Republican party, as explained and enforced
in their platforms, their partizan presses,
their pamphlets and books, and especially in
the speeches of their leaders, in and out Of
Congress. Renewed applause in the gal
leries.
Mr.. Mason, of Virginia, with great gravity,
here made his usual threat that he would in.
sst that the galleries should be cleared il
there was any more applause.
The Vice President said that it was i'm
possible for him to preserve order in the gal.
leries, unless with the concurrence of Sena
tors.
Mr.. Toombs, Of Georgia, hoped that thu
presiding officer would place officers in th
gallery to preserve order. 1t was high tim
that this interference with the deliberation
OF Congress was stopped. 1t was an insul
to this body and to a free people.
Mr.. Douglas. l would suggest, and
! hope the Senate will pardon me for the d
gression, that the presiding officer static
officers in different parts of the gallery wit
instructions that whenever they see any pei
, son giving any signs of appreciation or dit
appreciation, calculated to disturb, they sha
t instantly lead the offender out OF the CALLER,
The Vice President. The order has bee
, given.
r Mr.. Douglas. | remarked that consit
. cred this Outrage at Harper's Ferry logca
u natural, and necessary consequence of tt
n teachings and doctrines OF the RepublicO
Il party. | am not making this statement f
/. the purpose of elimination, or for partisa
n effect. desire to ask the members of th
It party to reconsider the doctrines they are
!. the habit of enforcing, with a view of o
e taining their, fair judgment as TO wheth
they do not lead directly to the conseque
k ces we have lately witnessed, by engagil
le in their execution those deluded persons WI
ID think that all they cay is meant in real ear
le est, and ought to be carried out. The gre
in principle which underlies the orgonizati
of the Republican party is the violent, rr
d, concluble, eternal warfare upon the instit
III ton of American slavery, with view of
n. ultimate extinction throughout the land
8. sectional war to be weged until the colt
n. fields of the South shall be cultivated
- free labor, or the rye fields of New Yc
a and Massachusetts shall be cultivated
,e slave labor. In furtherance of this arti
n of their creed you find a political organi
mt ton, not only sectional in its location,
a one whose vitality consists in appeals
ed Northern passion, Northern prejudice, (
ID, Northern ambition against Southern Stat
a Southern institutions, and Southern peoI
an l have had some experience in fighting
NO element within the last few years, and |
of that the source of its power consists in
D citing the prejudices and passions of
of Northern section against those of the Sou
is ern section. They not only attempt to
tly cite the North against the South, but Il
nv invite the South to assail, abuse, and trad
or the North. The abuse of violent men fr
,er the South of Northern Statesmen and
ofl Northern people is, essentially, triumph
es, the Republican cause. Hence, we have
by only to answer their appeals to North
led passion and prejudice, and to prevent
he desired effect, but we have to eOcour
er. their appeals to Southern men to assai
en in order that they may justify their assa'
of upon the plea of self.defence. ..
,er Sir, when returned home in 1868,
rm the purpose Of canvassing Illinois with a "
tee to reelection, had to meet this ISSUE
,er the irrepressible conflict. 1t is true t
Md the Senator from New York had not Il
ig- made his Rochester speech, and did not
q L. Eo,,r n, ,ontha a.ftnru arAs. Fl Ia frra that