New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-12
that is destructive of all good and the accompsner %
nothing that is right, they have got things oeyoHu

that is destructive Of all good, and the acco"hs
nothing that is right, they have got 'h'ns' ''''"'
their control: ,v,,.h
times like these be ruling power .0h the
AZ & olher % must yield IN u ,erhvre we in
history revelation that there Il aush, .. 5 IN. law is
better than multitude Of oeD6icth irreconcaole i
ANY hesd is better than forty et o, o n Of an civil
iiselft the noppareil par eIeeiene supreme e'p" VI
"Let Governor Harris be king need BE- ana oausn
de,pot"
"Let Governor Harris be king, and Hamgh des.
NOT . .aSs Tae bulletin. Who ia Baugh% The Mayor
of Memphis. The mob reign OF terror gotten up un.
der this doctrine of Secession f so great tha we nu
thew are appealing to the one-rnan power Ihey are
avs1 Willing 10 make the Mayor Of the city despot
and Isbam G.. Harris, little petty Governor OF
Tennessee, king. He is to be made king over the
State that contains tie bones OF the immortal, the
illnstrious jackson Isham G.. Harris king OrJeb
Davis dictator, and Isham G. Harris one of his
satraps He king the free and patriotic people
of Tennessee Isham G.. Harris to be my king. Yes,
SIR, my king! know the man. know his elements
/ know the Dgre tents that constitute the compound
called Isham G. Harris. King Harris to be my mas,
ter and the master of the people that have the proud
and conscious satisfaction of represeningon this oor
Mr.. President he should not be my slave. Applause
in the galleries.
The PREsIDEsr pro tenpore. Order A repei!-
on of the oense will compel the Chair 20 order the
galleries to be cleared forth with. Tne order OF the
Senate must and shall be preserved. No demonstra-
tOns Of applause disapprobation will be allowed.
The Chair hopes not to be compelled TO resort TO the
extremity of clearing the galleries of the andence.
Mr.. JOHNSON OF Tennessee-l WAS proceeding Win
this line of argument to show that IN the general prop
oson that there was fixed determination 70 change
the character and nature of the Government tue Sn.
ator from Kentucky and myself agree, and 20 Tar
think have succeeded very well. And now, when
we ae looking at the elements OF which this Southern
Copfederacy is composed, il may be well enough 10
examine the principles Of tie elements out Of which
government is 10 be made that they prefer 10 THIS.
We have shown, far as the Slavery question IL con-
cerned that the whole question Is settled, ana IL is
new shown TO the American people and the wotld tiht
the people OF the Southern States have now got no
right which they said they had lost before they went
out of this Union; but, the contrary man, OF ther
rights have been diminished AID oppression and ty-
ranny have been inauguraed IN their stead Lei Inc
ask you Sir and let ask the natiOn what flgt has
any State in this soCaled Confederacy lost under the
Consti ution of the United States Let me ask each
individual citizen in the United States, what rght has
he lost by the continuance Of this Government Daseu
on the Constitution of the United States l. there a
man North or South, East or West who eau put his
finger single privilege, or one single night, oi
which he has been deprived by the Constitution or
Union of these S.ates3 Can he do it Can ne touch
tn Can be see It'll Can he feel it No, Sir there
is no one right that he has lost How many rights and
privileges and how much protection have they lost by
going out Of toe Upion and violating the Constitution
of the United States
Pursuing this line of argument in regard to the
formation OF their Government let us take south
Carolina, for instance, ana see what her bottoms
of government are. She Is the leading spint' ana
will constitute OF the master elements IL the
formation of this proposed Confederate Govern
ment. What qualifications has South Carolina
affixed upon members of her Legislature. Let us rec
what are her notions Of goverDment-a state that VIII
contribute 10 The formation Of the Government that IS
TO exist hereafter In the Constitution OF South Caro-
lima II is provided that
'No person shs be eligible sea, in the House Of Repre-
one years and hath been citizen sed resident Of h. State
three previous TO hi. election resident in the election
gb.llp, bee tn
sentaives he be legally shed aud possessed in his
right settled freehold estsse Of tive hundred acres Of land
and negroes"
This is the notion that South Carolina has Of the
necessary qualifications Of q member Of the lower
branch of the State Legislature. Now, desire TO ask
the distinguished Senator from keutucky-~ho ho seems
TO be 60 tenacious about compromises, about nights
and about the settlement Of this question: and who
can discover that the Constitution has been yioled so
often and SO fagrantly by the Administration In
power vet never can zee that has been violated any
where else-if he desires TO seek under this South
Carolina Government for bis lost rights do not In
tend to he personal wish he Were III his scat for be
knows that have the greatest kindness for lin.
am free TO say in connection with what am about 10
observe that little selfish in this; because II
lived in Soutb Carolina, with these disabilihes or
qualifications affixed upon member, would not be
eligible 10 a seat in the lower branch Of the Legsa-
ture That would be poor place for 10 20 md get
nv rights: would il not | doubt whether the sena
tor from Kentucky is eligible to-day 70 seat Ii the
lower branch OF the Legislature OF South Carolnh
ful terms, but doubt whether he would be quailed
to take seat in the lower branch of her Legislature
should not he, and believe am just as good as any
who do take seats there.
In looking further into the Constitution Of South
Carolina in order 10 ascertsin Whit her principles
Of government, what do We find We Ind 1t provl-
ded that in the apporonment OF these
the whole number of white Inhabitants To be divded
bv sixty-two and every sxtysecond part Is TO have
one member Then all the taxes are to be divided by
sixtytwo and every sxtysecond part Of the taxes is
TO have one member also. Hence we see that slaves
constituting the basis Of property, would get the lag
est amount of representation; and We rec that prop
erty goes in unequal representation to all the num-
bers while those numbers constitute part of the prop
erty-hoders. That Is the basls OF ther representa-
tion.
Sir the people whom ! represent desire no such
form of government. Notwithstanding hey have been
borne down notwithstanding there has been army Of
S. 900 men created by the Legislature; Dotwthttand-
ing 900 900 of money has been appropriated 10 be
expended against the Union; and not withstandng the
arms manufactured by the Government, aud distibu
ted among the States for the protection OF the people,
have been denied TO them by this little petty tyraut
Of king and are now tsrned upon the Government
for its overthrow and destruction, tbOe people, when
left to themselves 10 carry out tei own government
and the honest dictates Of their own conscences, VIII
be found to be oppo ed to this revolution.
Mr. President, while the Congress OF the Confederate
States was engaged i'll the formation Of their Consitu-
ton, find protest from South Carolina against a
decision Of that Congress IN relation to The laveade,
! In The ChorieStoH Mercury Of Feb. I3 IL IL written
by L. w. Spratt to the Hon. John Perkins, delegate
| from Louisiana" 1t begins in this way:
From the Of The Constitution for the Provisional
Government published in the papers this morning appears
that except With tho Slave States of Sorth
America ,ba prohibited The Congress therefore
tent with the laws the United States against It, which Il
10 be presumed readoptsd have unsssby fixed the
| subject by a provision Of the Constitution"
! lie goes on and protests We oil know that that
| Constitution s made for the day. Just or the time
being a mere tub thrown out to the whale, 10 amose
and entertain the public mind for tune. We know
this 10 be TO- But in making lis ument, what doef
he say Mr.. Spratt, Commissioner who went 70
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