Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-03-20

Staes-s power which nobody had cIs aed A. q.
longing TO Congress. Even upon this propbiton ora.
half the Republican Senators voted in the regtye ana
It received bare constitutional majority
This was all that accomplished aiter three no,,t
OF argument and OF enreaty and was totally ursasc.
tory a settlement.
For the future there seemed TO him little bore that tIs
dominant party would agree to any satisfactory seu,
ment The sagacious Senator from New York who IN
far he had seem had not changed single dogma Of
his creed in speech 10 the Illinois delegation indicated
the policy of the administration 10 il be assumed thu,
the principles Of the Republican party had been secureg
and now, that they should save the Union ia order 10
perpetuate the ascendancy Of the Republican party
Their policy 10 establish Union party IN the
Border States by Of federal patronage booking "a
the ultimate extinction OF slavery there For the lime
being without surrenderng solitary principle Of their
creed they would sh f their flag from the Chicago pa.
form to the Union party.
This policy ingenious and If successful would ras
the question of emaDcpatio 10 the border State.
Let the Republican, however not misunderstood the
position OF the latter Tney had sought mediate he.
the conflicting sections, not because they were in.
undated by senatorial threats Of bOodletdng but be-
cause sincerely attached to the Union and Constitution
He paid an eloquent tribute to the gaantry Of Kenuck.
ians and said they had shed blood upon the battle
fields of the country than the constituents Of the Senator
from Michigan who had made the threat of boodletng
would ever shed upon the soil Of Kentucky
The cry of equality would be raised upon The noun
tans and plains Of bis State and if justice denied
her. he propheeed that she would join her sisters Of the
South 1t for the Republican party to say wh. they
intended de- and he would conclude by the expression
OF the opinion that could only be avcred by the With
drawal of the troops. The President might be blamed
for this by some but be would msrt the graft
tude OF the country
Mr. Hale said with regard to TIE policy of the Pres
dent he intended TO give no advice ill Is WIS asked for
He had selected his constitutional advisers and probably
did not want outside counsel. The Senator from Zen
lucky had said the remaining light States Of the Souh
would not remain in the Union il equality grant.
ep Before Kentucky came into the Union slavery hsd
been prohibited in every Territory Of the United States
and in 1920 it prohibited north OF b. 30. These
restrictions had repealed by the legislation Of 1851
all the Territories opened slavery, aud the Supreme
Court had given decision recognizing the right Of sa
very TO enter the Territories.
What then did the South complain of Slavery in
Nebraska had been forced upon the people in opposition
TO the will of the msiority The South bal in the Ter
ritores all and more than she had ever clpimed The
Supreme Court had decided that it the duty Of Con-
gess protect slavery. Why, them this cry Of aggres
sion When, where, how and by whom The policy
of the late Democratic party had for years ruled the
country the chief feature OF ich was the protection
the support aud the perpetuity OF Amercan slavery
The federal government was now subject to new de-
mands. What more did the South want Did she want
carry slavery into the Satesy If 70, let her sag So.
The South had all the territories now anG there
no more TO give her. Tncse reiterated declarations Of
Northern oppression were totally unfourded When
the term was first used he thought il was intended
joke.
In the course of his remarks Mr.. Hale made an au.
sion to "the Senator from the late State OF Texas"
Mr. WigfaI said he believed Texas . Safe before
she Joined the Union, State in the Union, and
a State now.
Mr. Hale said he would not 30 into philosophical dis
cusson. He would correct himself by SAYING 1.-The late
Senator from Texas" Laughter. Mr.. Hale then AZ
gued TO show that the whole trouble tha, the
late "ins" we're row "ou,s." Laughter He hld
astonished Ct the equanimity with which he had
borne his condition, when he saw how seriously being
turned out affected gentlemen the ohtr side. The
great difficulty the re>essnes OF disappointed pol
iicians They in the greatest crisis Of the
trys history and if the Disconnected the reul and The
impatient we're 10 be listened and obeyed the eILe
nent Of free government would be the most miserable
failure that history had ever recorded.
If this was the way they were be mft, and these
the arguments that be addressed to them be
would cav the discontinued States go" If they
not willing remain in the Union their fathers made
it, let them 60. he nigh: have had some time an
anb ion 20 represent this government abroad, out %
help him God he would rather retire TO the mos: pri.
yate corner OF the land than to be asked az foreign
Court what the powers Of the federal government
patibe with he constitution. Applause in he galees
If this Union were destroyed, lie would 90 70 New
mpshire whose soil had been desccIa.ed by he
tread of foe and upon her mountlns, whose summis
p reed the skies the flag Of the Union would be Kept
floating aud constitutional liberty maintained. Great
applause
Mr. Powell moved that the galleries be cleared, but
subsequently, withdrew the motion, and after
tive session the Senate adjourned.