The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-02-13
XTR ACTS FROM RECENT
SPEECHES IN CON IESS.
CHARLES Francis ADAMS. closed q
recent speech in the House MS follows:

recent speech in the House rs follows:
Although not very frequently induIg-
ing in the profession of q devotion to
the Union which has heretofore been too
often associated with a public policy l
deem most dangerous to its safety: |
will venture TO add that no man, over
the boundlcss extent of our dominion, has
more reason for iaeHtinguishable attach
ment to 1t than myself. Ii is interwov-
en- IL my affections with the faithful Ia
bor8 in its support Of two generations of
my race; it is blended with not iacon-
siderable personal stake in its continuity;
it IS mingled Hith my earnest prayer for
the welfare of those who are treading az
ter me, and, more than all these, it coll
ors all my visions Of the benefccnt
spread of republican institutions, as We!
in America as over tho rest of the civilz.
ed would. If then, so great calamity
rs a division is about to befall US, it shall
be Mastered by no act of mine. 1t shall
come from the wiIfal passions Of ilGa;ua-
ted men. who demanded it Of us to des-
troyed the great principles for which our
fathers struggled in life and in death, to
stain our standard with The symbo! Of
human oppression, aud to degrade Us in
the very hour of our victory, before cur
countrymen, before all the nations of the
civilized world, and before God. Father
than this, "let the heavens fall"
Mr. CosKL1N, of New York .hus
spoke:
He would leave the Consultation as
it was. lfthey shonld alter it, if the
Anvriea" people Jumper with thrt libor
ty- bestowing instrument, some G;bbon,
or, better still, some Dante, would im
morta!ize the crime. Some limncr, with
Internal pencil, would group in the pic
ture, horrible in their resemblance to
the actors of the day, and hang it ia the
sky, full in the view Of those who sha,
hereafter tread the corridors Of tliae.-
The people OF the North were a peace
loving and brave people, and would cling
to the last to the Institutions of thcr
country, with an attachment almost Idol
attoa-, 30 would the people OF the great
STATE Of New York, with her 100000
Of inhabitants So did her Legislature,
as testified in their late message 70 the
Government in relation TO the action Of
these men, who were now embracing the
pillars ofthe Republic that they might
tear down the temple Of liberty. These
men would sustain the supremacy Of the
Government. ana defend i; against all
comers. The men Of the North believed
IN this Government as Their fathers made
i. They cher shed it for aI its mem
cries, lis martyrs, its heroes, and its
statesmen. They cherished it for TIE
shelter It afforded against that storm
which, without it, would burs! and desc
ate the continent. But above all they
cherished it for It's promises yet unac.
comp!ished, its mission incomplete, and
It's destiny unfulfiled.
The following is m extract from the
speech Of Senator LATHAM, (Dam.) G:
California.
Senators, If from the realms on high
it was voucAsated hy 5enificont Prov
idenco that the shades Of our departed
patriots, sages and heroes Of tie Revo-
luton mi-ht speak to US, for whom while
living they 50 toile} nud labored and
spilled freely THEN hearts blood, how
they would impioro us to pause AMI re,
trace our steps from this perilous brink OF
destruction ard fraterual strife; how
would the voices of Washington, Adams,
and Jefferson, bursting the seal Of ionib
from their stl.l glowing lips and his ch'h
cerements from their potent hands, pro
CAIN as they diI when living, that all
true glory and historic renown are based
Oh an elevated love Of country, on
pure devotion to its lasting Interests. aid
tie Abandonment Of d;scord and strife
They wouId, they d,implore, as living
men may not imp,ore, by their sacred
wounds and scars, by that precious bond
Of liberty and proud title of American be-
queathed to US to en- Joy, and other lands
to dream Of rs vision of peace and glo-
~. to be yet faithful to our Constitution
and Union. to that law of equal right and
love which is to nations the Same saving
grace it is to souls; that law given US, as
all powerful, by God himself, the only
King they taught us rs nation we
might ever own.
Mr.. VAN WICK, Of n. Y. closed IN
eloquent speech as follows:
You may destroy the Union, but tie
hottest associations Of ages TO come will
gather around and garnish its ruins.
You may break, you may shatter the vase, if
you Will,
But the scent of the roses will hang around It
still"
Peter faltered in the path Of duty, an j
fell Christ refused to compromisa, aud
established his dignity. Like Peter, we
are erring. If anything could seduce us
from the integrity of our faith, it would
be to strike hands over the altar of our
common Liberties with noble patriots at
the South and on this floor, who, feeling
that they have a country to save, AMI 4
God 10 serve, have rebuked disunion and
branded treason. That when the Ecgar
of the Almighty was moving on the trolo-
led waters, men and nations will do bat
little warning against his DEGREES, and il
compromising his judgments. That
when the Cntalinas Of the nation were
conspiriuz N the Capitol, while treason
has been Haunting in the departments of