Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-03-02

sent expenditures Of the Gorerninuntf The
have op2ToyiInatcd to nearly sS0. 900, 900 al
rualy. What will be the expenditures Of tn
incoming Administration. under the corruPtin
procoSs Of the Federal Government | do M
care in whose hands it may be, or what ma
DC the political party in power shall not VI
dcrtakc TO ssy.
Whenever it CONES 10 the administration {
the spois with the view to the advancement {
par.y-and that for many years has been tn
general type Of all admiuis,rations-what ar
the number that will be purchased up by tn
patronage Of tho Government! do not mea
TO say, Mr. President. corrGptly. But, whe
there is fat Office which is tendered, and tn
aspirant for that Office knows how important
may De that his opinions should be identica
and should s,simila;c with the powers that be
how natural it is for Il man under clrcun
stances like these 10 satisfy himself that r
once was !itlle wrong, and that the Eober, St
coud thought, is the best position. This i
human nature. How often docs il come {!
pass that lawyer Of distinguished talents m
unque=,ioned integrity receives fec in ba
cause, and yet in The hour Of investigation, il
endeavoriny TO induce the court aud the jur.
to think that the wrong is the better side, h
produces tic very satne effect upon his owl
mind
Ard l iell you Mr.. President. that Abraham
Lincoln will seek TO hold power over al! tn
Southern States-and permit ne 10 tell you tha
| will venture to say that if ynu STAY back fo
the next twelve months there will be more be
nefccnt showers Of public patronage upon Vir
gnia and Maryland and Tennessee Il think h
would hardly go to North Carolina-but he wil
70 to Kentucky and Missouri, Sooner than Il
any other States. The Republicans will seek t
commend their administration to the horde
States, TO hold them where my friend from
Rockbridse, think, would have them TO 90.
And, Mr.. President, when man gets q ric!
Office, how many friends circle around him /,
congratulate HIM, the kindness 10 whom is sym
yiice-bc it Judscship, be it Collcctorship
be it Postmaster Of this city-has nuct
power, and each one will form n nucleus o
Sympathlzing friends with the powers that be
And Mr. President. will this principle be car
ried Out? Let Us acquicSce, aud tell You tina
in the next Presidential canvass-if not in tht
next, in the second certainly in the third
you will lind Black Republicans upon every
stump, and organizing in every county; ant
that is the peace that wo shall have froll, this
GLORIOUS Unvn."
Mr.. President: know that thcro are some
VINO arc strangers To lie. who may think thai
| have never been Union man, that am raShly
throwing away. as they conceive, the greatest
buon that has ever been gift 70 man. Ny friend
in my eye, fr0ui Halifax (Mr. BRrcE) aud myself
7 h;r,l- hot M hnri in prn don.
tiat election, as has my friend from Richmond
I know not Of single occasion in which we
have net :oted together. voted at the last
Presidential election for Bell and Everett. But
whilst gave ,iat vote, made the declaration
before tho Charleston Convention met, that
= the Convention succeeded in nominating
any man, | would 60 for that nominations
and would have redeemed that pledge. And
believe that if they had concurred IN no'nl
nation, there never would have been n noaina
ton at Baltimore. But when the Convention
divided, and | was satisfied that two Demo
cratic tickets run toge;tWr could not dcfta,
the Republican tickct-becnu$e my object was
to deIcat lhe Republican licket-then | con
cuded that the best chance was to rally with
my old friends around the Bell and Everett;
standard, hoping that, North and S,u:h. there
would De Z conservative sentiment! springing
up that would have resulted in the defeat o!
the Republican candidate.
In that hope. Mr.. President | WAS disap-
pointed, although confess that my hopo was
very faint have been and am friend Of
this Union. have everything to bind me to
it. have admoniShcl The foes Of the Union
to desst from their assaults upon the South.
I nave implored them to DO so, with all the
power and force and earnestness Of which
was capable, upon the q h,or Of Congress, rs |
have also in private circles.
And, Mr.. President, in order to place myself
right upon that subject. with the kind permiS.
sion Of this House. will read an extract from
u speech which delivered in tie memorable
couiprumis, Congress Of ls49 and so. The
extrnct is rs fellows:
"On the question OF Constitutional justice,
1eInand with what propriety can It be asked
by Northern men that the common property
OF the Union, paid for cut Of The common
treasury aud won BY the common ruior, should
be nlonopolized by the North That the
South should have no part nor lot in tho mat.
ter : That q slave State 70 be formed ou, OF
tha. territory should rot BIZ admitted into the
Union Arc you treating w as equals |
ask. gentlemen, are you treating us rs lreelnen
rs the descendants Of noble Sirrs ? Our
fathers we're the equals of your fathers their
SON. are your cquals. We claim no superiOri.
", bur, with the blessing Of God, with stror 6
hearts and 6rm nerves, let whatever will come,
the South cannot and will not permit the branu
of inferiori:y to be marked upon her forehead" ]"
I'VE ask, then, nothing but justice. Are
You willing 10 award ms justice: II you are,
there will be peace. and Union, and prosperity,
and happiness. Buff ;his Government, which
was intended rs q shieid-and shield to tho
wcnk-shouid tranplc under foot the rights OF
the South, and the provisions Of the Cunstitu'
ton; if the North appeal to the ballot box,
(ior the balio.-box has become sectional on this
question: and ask us to submit, we will appeal
tU violated charter; we Will stand on the
very foundation on which our fathers Stood :;
we will stand on the principles Of u.s. and the
same spirit that animated them Will animate
their descendants. And now, gentlruen, say,
will you render us jus;ice9 We ask but our
rights. Think not you can press us 10 the
wall, and meet no resistance No! Greek
will meet Greek You are as brave IS we are.
hut your arm will be unnerved in such an un-
huly crusade. We will battle upon our own
soil, for our wives, our children, our hearth
stones y coward will be hero.
''us Is trtbly armed, whose cause !: iist."
'press that issue upon us. and we will appeal
TO the God Of battles with moro faith and
stronger confidence than our fathers did, when
they plcriged life, fortune and sacred honor" ;"
"Mr. Chairman, what were the great objects
for which the Constitution wes formed? The
preamble declares it: To form more perfect
Union, to establish justice, TO ensure domestic
TO provide for The common defence,
TO secure the blessings Q: liberty to ourselves
and our poStc:;y.
docs the agitation Of the slavery question
csto5iish jpsti~f To this there is negative
response in the Etart Of every honest man.
Does it ensure domestic trGnQ"ility7 Let the
embitter,d feelings, the widespread dissen-
sious, The fearful apprebensions which now dis,
tract Congress, is convuisins the nation. and
shaking Our Coion to is deepest fJunda;ions-
es :han answer Does i, tend TO the common
icfsnesf In union there Is streng;h-in dis
cord, weakness Does 1t secure tho blessings
.f liberty to ouTselsss and our posterityY ltis