Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-04-25


or the Disunionists who trample on it.
Mr.. MCCLERNAND-If the gentleman
says he never said so, am not prepared
to contradict him, for know nothing, per-
sOnally, about it; but l had understood that
the gentleman once uttered this language;
that 1.-THE Constitution was piece of rotten
parchment that ought to be trodden under
foot"
Mr.. LovEJoY-Yes; that was thrown in
my face once before here, and denied it
1t never had the least foundation in truth.
| always defended the Constitution, because
it was for Liberty. Itwas ordained by the
people of the United States, not by su.
perannuated old mummy of Judge-and
Jesuit at that-but by the people of the
United States, to establish justice, secure
the blessings of Liberty for themselves and
their posterity, and to secure the natural
rights of every human being within its ex-
elusive jurisdiction. Therefore l love it.
These men can conceive nothing in the Con-
stitution but Slavery. Ayoung man lead;
a blushing bride to the alter, and takes the
marital VOW before God and attendant wit
nesses, to love. cherish, and protect her
There she staRds-the divinest thing that
God has fashioned and placed upon earth
radiant in the beauty of youth; her cheek
glowing with the color of the rose, which
expands and fades away into that of the
lily; her eyes sparkling like the stars from
the depths of blue, and her tresses falling
around her neck like the locks of the morn
ing. Is the mole on that fair round neck
or the wart on that plump, soft hand, TIL
WOMAN whom the bridegroom swore to love
and cherish? Say Sir; is it? So there Ii
the nstitution-instinct with Freedom
radiant with the principles of universal lib
erty, seizing the inspired utterances of oul
Magna ChntG, and reducing them tt
practical and organic realization. Now
Sir; I insist that if the clauses that art
deemed to refer to the subject Of Slavery
mean all that the widest enthusiast claims
them to mean, they bear no other relation
or proportion to the Constitution which
swear to support than the excrescenee OF
the hand or neck does 10 the woman whom
the bridegroom swore to iGve and cherish
He loves her not for these things, but IL
spite of them. So l love the Constitution
not in consequence of these things which
are alleged to be in Ii, but in spite of them
But you will say the woman had right to
sport an excrescenee on her hand if she
chose. 1 concede it; and as a Federal law.
maker. / concede that the States have tho
right to sport this fungus of Slavery, be-
cause it is beyond my reach. But time
rolls away. This youthful pair have year;
of middle age upon them. Olive plants
6cve sprung up around the parent STEM
Inc woman has gone mad. She glOats over
tbe evcrosce,;.e Which has spread and covers
her entire hand. She eGGHIalms husband.
this is dear sweet darling. E'al love o. o
a wart, and l want to ingraft it on tie H. ''uS
of all our daughters. had it when 1 was
you vowed to protect me, and I
claim the right to transfer it to all the
children. If you do not, [ will 90 to Indi-
ana and get divorce. 1 will dissolve the
union between u.s." The husband, calm
and firm, replies, "My dear, 1 have INDUCED
you in this whim about your hand, because
took you for better or for worse, and 1
thought it one of your individual rights,
which was not at liberty to disturb. But
if you propose to transfer this deformity to
the daughters, l say distinctly and decided
ly, it cannot be done. This is my preroga-
tive, and 1 must exercise it" So l say to
the Slavery Propagandists who desire to
transplant Slavery to the Territories, and
thus fasten it upon the daughters of the
Republic, "My dears, it cannot be done"
[ say, therefore, Mr.. Chairman, that there
is no justification for the practice of slave
holding, from the fact that the enslaved
race are an inferior race; no justification,
from the pretended fact that it imparts
Christianity and civilization to them; and
none in the guarantees of the Constitution.
Now, there are some Christian men on the
,ther side of the House; want to put it to
hem in all eandor-for while intend to
'peak of slaveholding with as severe terms
If reprobation as l possibly can, 1 do not
intend to offend any individual personally
Il want to know of you, Christian gentle
nen, how you are going to Christianize men
when you do not give them homes?
A MEMBER-Give them what?
Mr.. LovEJOY-Homes, and legal sane
ion to the eOnjugal and parental relations.
How are you going to Christianize men
whom you turn out to herd together like
he bufaloes that roam upon the Western
,rairies? You cannot do it 1t may be
lsked, Sir, when confess that l have no
.ontrol over this matter, why discuss it?
Why talk about it?
Mr.. SINGLEToN-Dem., Miss.)-I want
o know if the gentleman gives homes
Mr.. LovDoY-I decline to yield to the
Gentleman.
Mr.. SINGLEToN-I want to answer the
,entleman's question by asking him another.
want to know if he gives homes to the
negroes he carries from the South to Cana
la and other places?
A MEMBER-The negroes he steals.
The CHAIRMAN-The gentleman from
is not in order.
Mr.. BARKsDALE-Dem-, Miss 81 hope
ny colleague will hold no parley with that
,erjured negro thief
Mr.. LovDoY-It is asked, why discuss
his question? Why talk about it, when
t is confessed that we have no constitution
Il power to legislate upon it? L will tell
,ou, Mr.. Chairman. 1t will be recollected
hat Mr.. Webster once said, when speaking
# the threatened interposition of Russia to
match Kossuth from the protection of Tur-
;ey, for the purpose of sacrificing him on
he alter of despotism: Gentlemen, there
is something on earth greater than arbi-
'trary or despotic power. The lightning
has its power, and the whirlwind has its
power and the earthquake has its power:
but there is something among men more
capable of shaking despOtic thrones than
whirlwind, or earthquake; and
that is the excited and aroused indigna-
'ttOn of the whole civilized world" |