The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-05
speech or MIR. Van WICK .

speech OF MIR. Van WICK.
Mr.. Van Wyck (Rcp.. N. Y.,) said : This
day 10 the anniversary Of one OF tho most ex-
citing scenes witnessed in the American
Congress. On the 25th day OF January,
1912, John Quincy Adams, introduced the
petition Of As citizens of Haverhili, Mass,
praying for a peaceable dissolution OF the
Union. That the whole North and South
were then opposed to dissolution. That the
strong agitation Was deeper and more intense,
still the madness OF Abolitionists did not
force tho South into treason against God
and man. Did you then propose great
National Committee TO bargain truce with
traitors BY betrayal Of principle2 Why
did you then deny the power Of Congress on
the States to dissolve this Union2 Since
1912 you have gained in territory, numbers,
and power. Why, then, do We find political
iDcendiaries who would trample on the flag
and burn the Temple Of Freedom. Mr.. Van
Wyck gave . history of the debate which
followed the introduction Of the petition,
quoting from many Southern men. Messrs.
HOPKINS, Wise, and Gilmer Of Virginia; Mr..
Meriwether Of Georgia; Messrs. Campbell,
Rhets, and others Of South Caroline; Messrs.
Marshall and Underwood OF Kentucky, oil
denying the power OF Congress or the States
TO effect dissolution, and claiming that a
dissolution OF the Union was dissolution OF
} slavery. You Say removal Of the cause OF
danger will produce peace Granted Blu,
that cause is not 10 the agitation, but in
satery itself. We ask you not to remove,
, but to cease your determination to spread il.
The condition Of all the Territories We now
own ia settled, and We had hoped the inordi.
nate desire TO plumber our weak neghbors
was subdned but the Vice President, in a
late letter to the Governor OF Kentucky, said;
"The Southern States cannot afford to be
shut of from all possibility Of expansion to
the tropics by the hostile action Of the Fed
!, eral Government" This key unocks the
Southern mind and passions. Dreams Of
Cuba, Mexico, the Central and South Amer
lean States festooned the bloody machina.
tons Of Southern traitors, as they rendered
gorgeous the unholy schemes Of Burr and hi,
0 confederates. While groaning Of your bur.
dens, you are Boosting OF the great power OIL
cotton. We have now TO deal with facts no
with fancies; realities, not theories. Hav.
we Government, and shall free white mer
regulate its action and control its destiny
Grant, If you please, that slavery is right
y you insist TIM, the Territories belong 20 III,
= whole countrv; shall not the sovereign PEG
y Tie I'll TUG WIUiS htEuUtlO CUutIUl kHfIu -
n The will OF the majority, constitutionally ex
. pressed, must govern. What do you NEAR
n when you talk Of the brute force of MAORI
u ties, which i. manifested without force ans
y exercised without yiolence2 You are no
\ excluded from the Territories. OF you
10 5000 900, scarcely 100000 are owners o
II slaves. The hearshsiones OF many soltar
$. cabins far away toward the light Of the set
| rhacvaA nv thu rhsoh 4
10 cmgrant has learned in bis Southern home
ic A lair proportion Of the population in Cali
er fornia are from the South. The policy D
to the dominant party must prevail. In Isl
al it faid that slavery should not 20 north o
n. 36 De-. 80 min; in 1854 il reversed that Dol
" icy, and said free lsbor or slave labor shoul
e. be baptized in blood on the plains OF Kausa,
BIO From 1876 the Treasury and the sword wer
in usel to subdue US, and afserward New Mexi
r. 90 was submitted TO the brute force OF ma
ri jorities there We wave no rulfan's shr "a
n. or braggart's boast. We are only waitin
a. for another expression OF the will OF til
American people. We are told VIC mu.
a. submit, because we have been misrepresen,
d. ed at home and abroad; We neither create
ry nor contributed TO your ignorance. Yo
II. have created this storm 4; now bend before il
- fury, or break. You have been ehorn {
OF your strength BY your own Dellah, and oy
in in your blindness, would wrap your arm
he around the pillar. q the Republic ana psTis
in it's ruins. This hour slavery, in the lar
10. guage VI the highwayman. 10 demanding OF
At money or our life, cur Government or D,
To- principles. lie commented on the deman,
ian OF the South, that free speech and free pre-
out should DO curtAiled, and On the remark
ION Mr.. Douglas, that Mr.. Lincoln dare not Q
i by the graves Of bis, fathers in Kentucky.
We Then lie referred to the power OF the Amer
- can flag TO protect Martin kosz,a 10 the Me,
ted iterranean, and wished its aid for Abraha
Of Lincoln and every citizen in the Republic.
tic You ask "a to compromise. What have '
TO concede2 We have done You no wron
and propose none. You have been comm
missing Tor years; the Only fnali,y We hi
was at the ballot, box in November last. w
70 have proposed no compromise which do
tn not involve n surrender Oh our part. Y,
lng want this Constitution amended. How Won
bal that avail you II your present position il CO
, u rect, that one State, however insigntioa
ses she mas he, can destroy tho whole fabric