Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-12-11
CONGR ESSIONAL.

SENATE Yesterday, after remarks from several |
Senator's on the resolution to refer particular por
lions Of the message to a special committee OF |
Mr. Sumner said, he could bear a little longer |
with the misrepress nations Of the Presidents |
message, though the time might come when he |
could set these matters in the light Of reason and
justice. He would invite the attention Of the |
cenate TO piece Of testimony which might be Of
service, and then proceeded to read an autograph
letter Of Andrew Jackson 10 a clergyman In a
Southern State, which, in substance, rebuked null
lifcation, and stated that the next pretext would
be the negro question. Mr.. Sumner said these
were the words of a patriot STAKEHOLDER Of Ten
nessee to a clergyman In a slaveholding State.
The letter is as follows:
W. r Dec. >, w.'H.s'.0s May h, 1883 had
a laborious task here, but notification is dead;
and its actors and courtiers will ouly be remsm-
bered by the people to be execratid for their
wicked designs to sever and destroy the only good
Government on the globe and that prosperity and
happiness we enjoy over every other portion Of
the world. haman's gaIlows ought TO be tn.
fate Of all such ambitious men, who would In
vove their country in civil war and all the evils
In Its train, that they might reign and ride on Its
whirlwinds and direct the storm. The free peo-
pie of these United States have spoken, and con-
signed these wicked demagogues TO their proper
doom. Take care Of your nullifers; you have
them among you; let them meet with the indie.
nant frowns Of every man who loves his country
The tariff, IL IL Ho1''-
and he italiclzes or underscores the word snown-
"known, was a mere pretext-its burden was on
your coarse woolens. By the law Of July 1892,
coarse wooden was reduced 10 five per cent for
the benefit of the South. Mr.. CLAWS bin takes II
up and classes 1t with woolens at afty per cent
reduces It gradually down to twenty per cent,
and there IL 10 to remain, and MIR Calhoun and all
the nullihers agree to the principle. The cash
duties and home valuation will be equal to fifteen
per cent more, and after the year 1912, you pay
on coarse wOolens thirty five per cent. IL this In
not protection, cannot understand; therefore the
tariff was only the pretext, and disunion and
| southern confederacy the real object. The next
NV h.a Ss 'hs negr So OF " question
| little. Present me kindly to your lady and family
and believe me to be your friend. will always
be happy to hear from yon:
"The Rev. ANDREW J. CRAWFORD"
Mr.. Benjamin wished to know II the amend
ment to the resolution be indicative Of an intsn-
ton 10 employ force against State which might
/ think II right to secede.
Mr. King said the people Of his State thought
| the Union must be preserved He believed seces-
| sion but another name for rebellion and insurrec-
ton, and did not think the Union could be peace
| ably dissolved.
| Mr.. Dxen was not one to use menaces or threaten
war; without asking which portion would suffer
most, and knowing TINT al! would suffer to fer
| full degree, he would regard dissolution Of the
| Union as the greatest possible calamity to the
| whole world. His constituents were willing to
make any honorable concessions for the sake Of
peace.
Mr.. Brown thought there was only one way to
settle this question, and this was by the northern
people renouncing their present views upon the
subject Of slavery. They were taught in their
| schools, their churches, and In every way, to hate
the South, ard would not thus reverse their posi-.
ton The speeches Of Northern Senators, the
utserances Of northern presses since the election
one looking to the interest Of his people, say to
| them there is no hope-no ray Of light. Iu the
proposition to place military police on the Dor
| ders he saw the germ of a military despotsm
Mr.. Pugh hoped 1t would not 90 forth to the
world that after seventy years of trial. thirty mil
lions Of Americans are not capable Of selfgovern.
ment. II in the Union we cannot govern our
selves, how can we In the Northern or Southern
Confsderacies! He wished no force used and
II President Buchanan dared use force against
South Carolina, he hoped enough Of his term
would remain In which to imPeach him.
After further remarks
Mr. Hale said it seemed TO be his misfortune Il
! be misrepresented, not by Senator'S but by some
cowardly creatures Of Northern editors-fellow'
| SO base that once a week they made an apology
that God sent such a being into the world
Laughter. What be had said In his speech was
that this matter must be looked in the face, and
| he thought war would come, not that 1t mus
| come. He believed that Mr.. Buchsnan-instea6
Of sending troops against South Carolina-was OF
| his knees to her, begging her for Gods sake no
to de this until after the fourth Of March. SO tina
, | he could get out OF the scrape. Laughter
Mr. Mason said he should vote for the resolu.
ton to refsr certain portions Of the sage to
+ select committee, though he thought that legsla
\
, these evils. The people Of his State did not ex
pect or desire congressional legislation. The,
were going to meet the people Of the other slave
: holding states In convention to determine VIVA
o was the proper course for them to pursue H
deemed this war Of sentiment, Of opinion an,
| believed that the free States, knowing their nu
merical superiority, and nursing an opinion as t
what they deemed a social wrong elsewhere ha,
| determined to bring il to close Tosay that tn
Federal Government is to crush all before it.
that IL State secede il is not to be recognise,
II 10
. lion, or the like, war and nothing else.
y Mr. Biglsr rose to speak, but gave way to
r | motion to adjourn.
And the Senate, at 3:23 O'Clock, adj ourned.
Housx.-Mr. Hawkins, Of Fla having e1
planned bis reasons for insisting upon his REQ ues
to be excused from service as a member Of n
committee to consider the perilous state Of th
| country
ri Mr.. fallandighsm said There is one thin
: | In the arrangement Of this committee which wi
preclude me absolutely from voting to compel an
man to art upon 1t. There is no. solitary =.
preventative Of the democratic party upon it ror
ths sixteen free States Of this Unton east OF ii
Rocky Mountains. The Pacific indeed 10 repre-
sented. No thanks, sir; 1t was Hooson' choice
n speak now, sir, as a western man. We Of tn
a Northwest have deeper interest In the preserva
n ton Of this Government In its present form tina
5 | any other section Of the Union What are zoe I
y do when you shall have broken up this Govern
l. ment! We are seven States in number now, wit
. fourteen Senators and nftyone Representatives
. empire equal in area to the whole Of ussia, an
we mean neither to be a dependency or PROVING
q the East, nor of the South, nor yet inferio
| or second rate power upon this continent; and !
!, we cannot have a maritime boundary secures
5 | upon other terms, we will cleave our way to th
| seaconst with the sword nation Of warrior
d | we may be, but t:ibe Of shepherds never.
Mr.. McClernand, in the course Of his remarks
said that secession opened up troublous future
He did not believe that our Government can b
| dissolved by the act Of Of its parts. Boun,
| together as we are are by common language an,
| religion, by common mountains and rivers,
could only be by civil war, such as the sun nsve
shone on, that such a resultcan be elected. Their
was conservative strength In the people, whic
will sooner or later display itself As to his ow
suite, (lllinois,) she 10 here represented by a ma
| Jority OF democrats. IL Is not, therefore, becaus
| OF the number Of democrats that she 10 excluded
lie could not believe that the South, at this juno
| ture, would desert those Of the North who hav
heretofore acted with them. Let us, before II
too late, accommodate our diferenceson the pri n
| ciples Of justice, and secure to the South thei
constitutional rights, and settle forever this di,
tracing question The people Of the nOrthwes
are an interior people, and are eminently pros
| porous, waxing stronger and stronger every day
Shall we consent TO have ourselves cut OFT Ii
conclusion, he expressed his confidence In tn