Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-02-23
OHIOLEGISLATU
AD5ouRsnD SESSION NJ -
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FafnAv Fab % 1851
lPTEHN0ON sKssIoN ,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FaIpAy, Feb. q, 1861.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
r-ThS Question pending at the recess, being the
poetpo9Snent Of p, 81 3s0-lTo prevent giving
aid to fugitive slaves.
Mrs. McsC CHG oohfiR r paid he had been struck
with the coincidence, that while thecannon was
firing In honor fof the Father of his Country : o
gentleman was on the floor advocating meas
nre that would lead TO the division against which
ne had warned us. Mr.. McSchooler then read
from the Farewell Address Of Washington,
deeming ,it pertinent to the occasion to call the
attention of members to the .admonition of that
addfessgo This 10 nc, time for members 70 crimi.
nate and recriminate each other, when the de.
truction Of the country Is thteatening usa-wheh
We fhould calmly and earnestly seek to harmo-
nize for the general good, that our country may
be preserved and its glorious flag be handed down
20 our posterity asthe emblem Of oufnoble Union
-Four score yeass ago, our fathers planted the
tree of liberty IN American soil, and watefed
1t With their blood, to- shelter their cons and
daughters. So long as their sons have nurtur
cd that tree, its branches have spread and
grown. Dissertations have grown up and that
tree Is whitening. In the gloomy future we
may contemplate its wlshered trunk. And who
has done THAI The abolltionists Of tho North,
and the flre.eaters Of the South, He went on
- deseriho the effect Of the strife on the slavery
lqusstion,a The people Of the South, feeling fni
necure in the Union, have resorted to seces7
inland he argued that the agitation Of the sub.
lJeetof slavery had been the cause of disunion,
He complained that the Republicans would not
saerifeea principle to save the Uhion,,. Efforts
had been made BY conservatives, to do some-
4 thin
the 5ority had resisted all. He did not in,
1 sist on, the passage OF. those bills row under
consideration. but contended we that ought to
make q proper effort to conciliate, forthe time
will come when we shall be glad to yield and
compromise by allowing the South TO take theii
slaves into the territories fs1. l1J54G 9GP
r. Mr.. FLAGG said he had asked the repre-
lsentative men of this House for their remedy
for the troubles upon usa0 But one gentleman
4 tMr. Scptt)l had answered with an amendment
4 which he read, and commented upon. The
gentleman from Meigs (Mr. Plants) has only
ansbered with, an abolition speech, such at
I Wendell Phillips might have done. 1t is easy
Itopreach e.oquently on this or any other subject
but that does not meet the case. He had ask
ed for a solution of our difficulties, in solemn
Eearnesto But no practical answer Is given. I
Is said that We must keep slavery out of The
Territories. Bat this was only TO make q loca
question national-the same as may be don't
with any moral question! Unless the people o.
the territories can s'left 70 regulate their do
lmestic institutions In their own way, we may al
well dissolve the Union to-day or tomorrow. y
\ As the Republicans are In, power, he said the
Idemocracynwould unite in anything that woult
4 convention could alIay athe9 troubles. -
I He had urged the Recommending oof suci
4 d convention upon this House, and had Of
| fefed resolution for chat purpose, but IL hat
gone to the table, and he could not get IL up
4 They have refused to call national conven-
i tion; but If they will yet do 10, he will forgive
llhen. But Il shonld be done now. After the
| Inauguration Il will be TOO late. He urged
some guarantee to conciliatea the border slave
Statesn,i They asked some guaranteein the new
teohdiuon Of things, with the cotton States
gone out Of the Union. These border elaye
States see that the North has the power ia
change the Constitution; and lest they. should
do SO, they ask pledge that 1t shall not be
done. Oftbe higher Law, he said Il was made
theexcuse for all manner Of violations Of law
4 The higher law comes to Us through laws and
constitutions as an orderly direction. It Is @
/ duty to bow down before the law An Aboli.
Zionist is q madmaD, and you canno. reason
IlWltn Dim, anu no WOulu uOb tTy.
Mr.. OLAPP rose, quoting--"I. am a man
and whatever concerns man concerns me - He
wasa man, and all men were his brethren lHs
referred to the higher Law and quoted the senti,
i ment expressed BY Dallas, expressing the doc
tine that Il was above the control OF the peo-
plea He asked-Is there such. a thing as NOR
al ihght7 If there Is, 70 whom does II belong
To the question, II he believed that a negro
was his equaI he eaid-Y es, ,sir, Ia an .liat Der.
tains to moral right, and that he was made in
the imsee Of God Y A free government cannot
lbe sustained, unless o perfect equality Of right
10 conceded 70 the meanest' and poorest Of the
nation - which is the key.sto Of the arch OF
freedom. He alluded to the opinions OF Virgin.
| ians on this subject, and quoted from Governor
Mcdowell that the feeling with the slave. that
he was born to be free, outlives all that he can
suffer. He had no bad dreams Of border war,
al long as the mtL Of the slave States have four
millions of enemies In their own houses
Hesq said the great question -, has the
negro d place In the great arch OF the
Ieommunity Of rights He referred to
the constitutional provision Of immunity for
citizens IN every State, and asked how,we could
par 1an act TO extirpate the colored citizens Of
New York. The ancient Saxons and Britons
were slaves, and degraded as any, Africans
EuOWus Nv 10 sthVcfy tnut uub tnUfutcu tue AL
rican; but Africa was once the nurse Of art and
science. He spoke Of the glory of ancient Egypt,
and the Importance Of Ethiopia In the eyes, Of
the world. He shared the prejudice Of color,
he was free to confess butheving been ed1cated
O democrat, 1t was q fsdlt not chargeable
uponhis Maker. He then spoke of the Affi-
eansi ana their descendants IN modern, times
s-of Alexander Dumas and othefsA en- - 81 y ~
bnlMr. BRU UFF offered resolution 10 relation to
then publication Of the Agricultural Report,
which was referred 80 the Committee on Ag.
fioulture.H y onw tHmih W lo ,ManalD sIls
a. Mi. SEARS offered resolution IN relation to
thslIdiot Asylum, which was laid on, the table
for diacnaaion ~ crow sVa1EtM .it ileuld
Pending tEs discusslciiof H. B. $50, the House
took srecess till tomorrow, at 10, A. NJ. Mr.
Woods entitled to the Aoor ltaoh'ouh f.sHoA'st
, ss,g %" bbgalo SENATE! 10 Irssi.niib Is,
suazs SATURDAY, February 90.
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