The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-02-02

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further i believe that gentlenseA ensthai
side who have an acute sense aof honor
believe. that my position lis correct
know that some ge ntiemen .on, that, side
/ Of the, House helisye that my slatcaents
we're full aud satisfactory, and ever more
than,i under tine, CIRCUMSTANCES iee WIS
proper for ps taripdisale :, y lrder. 5hese
! circumstances, | say, that, to spread this
matter abroad, ,tps agiiatee the toantrY. up
on It, to spread those extracts all over the
South, charging upon my associates and
. pAOStditilhr, lIOtC AlOtaI dd ~ tiidb IlN
Republican party entertain these septi
ments and indorse them, it seems to me
does not show that ingenucus, candid, and
manly course which a great party, as the
Democratic party claims to be, ought to
take- think Ehat while we make up our
political quarrels, our political issues
while we may discuss all these matters
with sincerity and determination, say it
ought also to be done with frankness, fair
ness, and courtesy and the mode in which
this resolution was proposed and pressed
before the House, the manner in which
the debate has been pressed before the
country, while have sat here, hands tied
and lips sealed, as the candidate of ny
party, arraigned before the House, ana be,
fore the country, from day to day, say
it is without precedent in parliamentary
bodies, in State Legislatures, in ooaven.
tons, in rarty caucuses, or anywhere else
[ said the other day that my political
opinions were upon the public record. |
say 50 now. Gen lemen on the other
side say THAT they have examined those
records to see what my political opinions
are. Who has brought against me any,
thing that is worth while to answer It
is true that one gentleman has said that
Mr. Sherman-in other words | an charg-
ed with being a Republican
Voices on Democratic side" That is
it." .. .e.@
Mr.. SHERMAN-That is ny oFenso,
and no other. never sought to invade
he rights Of the Southern States. rev
er sougat to invade the rights of any CIT.
izen of those States | objected to the
intro ducing of bill So I dii but when
the gentleman who proposed it made a
satisfactory explanation, withdrew the
objection, and that was all that was prop
er for me to d.. and you and this Hou:e
will take notice that that is the only ac
cusation made against me since | have
been member Of the House. If there
be any other, let it be nade
Mr. H1NDNAN Dem, Ark u charge
the gentleman with having advocated on
this floor proposition to exclude Slavery
from the Territories by Congressional
Legislation, and of having avowed his in
tention to oppose the admission of any
slave States into she Union, and of hav-
inc branded the Fugitive Slave law as
stvage and inhuman charge him with
having stignatized Southern Slavery as
Injurious and q crime
Mr.. SHERMAN-In other words, | am
charged with being a Republican. This
is my ofeuse-nona other | never
sought TO invade the rights of the South
eru States. | have my opinions on the
subject of Slavery iu the Territories, and
at proper time ! am willing to define
them. Ineyer made but one speech on
the subject Of Slavery, and that was up
on what ! regarded as an improper re
mark in the Message Of President Pierce
in 1856. then spread upon the records
my opinions upon the subject, and find
no man to call those oplniops in question
They are the opinions of the body Of the
Republican party to-day. and they are
the opinions now entertain.
Mr.. HINDMAN-I desire to say
! Cries Of Order
Mr., SHERMAN-l am now speaking of
my personal record. Again, those gentle
men on the cther side, in publishing their
speeches all over the country, have pro.
claimed that am traitor, &c, in order
to serve political purpose. 1t is true it
has been done BY implication it is true
they have disclaimed any personal appli-
cation, but it has answered the same pur-
pose. They have called upon me to show
my innocence, and when they make these
charges they are called upon to show the
proofs and the specifications, and they
have failed-utterly failed-to establish
their charges. The only special act they
have alleged is that when gentleman