, 1861-02-14
!. BOLD SPEECH OF III. WINTER
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Deltvered In tI1n 1sou-c Of KcrfeBeUt1

:, BOLD III 1 @aspEEcH OF II. WINTER ].
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Del.yercdin snn 1:ou-o cf Repregcnta-
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{ The question before the House was ths con.
elderatiou Of the Report Of The COMMITTEES Of
SME Davis, ;or 1{aryland,s.: :: addressing the:
House, said We are at the end Of this insano
and rab{d system, which, for thirty year5, Inns,
tin' the United Suites, worn thu musk Of Gov--
:: :ernmgnt; and It only now, remains to close
the masquerade with tho dance o. war.
Of their own remains yet to be seen. We nro
actually in the early youth Of tho nations
life. aud yet already our career las been mark
Cd by premature txeesses- The perpctuatfou
OF our rolitica! maxlms has utterly delnornl-
ized a!l tho springs Of Gorernment; corrupt
cr ot ambition, have nsurpcl the source Of
patriotism. These maxims hare sunk deep
into the popular mind, aud hare passed more
than once into. The administration OF public
at(airs, and hhse, as natural consequence, al
most efIaccd the very idea OF Government.
The Government, under thcso disastrous iu-
flueuccs, has gradually aballdnned, like soMo.
dried stream, Ill the fields or lome, domestic,
Useful legislation, to concentrate Itself OF, bar
reD, bitter fields If party and sectional strife.
Within one month after the formal, peaceful,
and regular election of n Chief Magistrate OF
ance having been alleged, without any new
menace having been used, we lave seen, in
the short space Of o mouth, six Sta:ea, sus.
tanned it Is trua by only small p ,rtiun OF
their people, usurp the executive prtro.atiye
of repeating the snrrcme laws Of ttte laul. and
declaring themselves emaaciratcl from all
those obligations which the Constitution de-
clnrcs to be supreme over them au!l over their
State laws, and usuIpins to themselves all the
prerO.,ailyes Of supreme and independent pow
or. Tbey liaye seized the fOrtreEscs ofthe United
States eonuded to thegood faith oftheir people
amongst whom they were built, aud for whose
protection they were intended. Thry l,ayo
seized the public arms concentrated in their
midst for the general protection Of the United
States They have seized upon tue public UtH-
cea aud public property. and actually arrested
rcsael Of tue United States charged to bear
reinforcemeuts to one Of their own forts. This
was only one Of the symptoms OF the :reat
decentralization which had taken possession Of
the Government aud tue public mind. We
have seen also Cabinet Minister deliberately,
1nr months, preparing for this great change.
We have seen him distributing tue pnil!c
arms to he placed in tho hands Of those who
were ready 10 seize the public property, thus
providing them with the means OF wA::ing
warfare against the United Stntcs. it Is q
symptom 81 the eaule demoraliE1tiOn tIat we
have scen Commissioners, In tlagFnnt violation
OF the Constitution Of the United States, wan
IN ~ IN g, M
..!tet:.. -. ~ I1.,;i1 'i
unnes tnS an.ups ~ tne ou!su ~. atas, aau
tuition, 1lIms If Commissioner from lis own
State to another State Of this |sonle.lrrlcv, Tor
the purpose Of 0rganIZicg there onuthtr
po1tala ~ .uI elcat seueme " ,eos.slo.'. i"Ia
- wv Pr ~ !a' Steat a,1tos'.'za.l;u. @
3so0.a,st ~. " =; - ~ ne AA,e ssst tus
~fIes'acht o. lae oht!eu sla.es ueSlecL 1ne sos.
etan "ala,ns & 0. lnc M @ nrst nlitl.ary olncer o.
.ne aSe a.u a.on .ue ioI.e ~ -: taheu Iossrs
,: s.o', ~ asu "s .tass seen nln, i hot ioianIns
cAi-us, sEt surs LtHa'1l's 11'aAnG als'9
!oI pecS ~. ~ NJ ssitu pe lenlose1 i,sn t,'c
tespoJstas " uans ~ Is PET ,': 81 ~:
st. toaa asS ao"ed LIN 10
'aa .a esHsy lnslIues ~ ae1enu lus Pno!!c pro-
mss na 1ns.nu,e ene ho.sGt e' Ius nataoh'
WITHOUT nlooasne0-ray: "ithons -f:nM'a-
Fitance, We nave secn hinl staEuins ih ms
Caolnes mut,srin9, Not IN my llsne' ncL
u NY uhe ~ na5 aSuoEstraaea HIS
tns.t- ~ suI !::n n=n Iuae ''nu n.'H"
VI WHICH tnc Peoplc HAVE suo"eFec Oil hla-
A SOUTHERN xrpUsr1e.
Mr. Speaker, We have n0w this day, in 4 great
measure. to deal with the consequences OF The
Presidents inc1rarity. And it is to these I
desire 10 call Your attention. Six Or se7en
United States; it was fontl'y horetl only tenn
porarily-a proper partisan contrivance to re-
Etorc the chief actors 10 power Dntw are
now informed by q response to the kindly
message Of VirE:ln'a, from South Carolina, That
their present position is rcr7naneut, and that
they desire to have, aud will havc, no further
political connection with tue United States,
And they were told by man who month ago
was Il Cabinet Minis er, pnti who was recently
elected President Of the Convention rt N,,pt-
.omery-that man has Informed u, in his in.
a,,x1ral speec, HAT their purpose was ti,alv
to sever their relations with the United stntes,
anil to take all the consequences Of ors1nizInr
an independent Southern kel'ahiic. We arc
~ ,,,,,st rnao.,,;ta ,;,et y, w uesnst'es @
+ha,, aun, III ,r"e ~, VIZ ios
~ In racn,1a,. ~ ,,a ,,,.,et ,at'e, ~ ~
nJ.1o - n.,I n..,,a+ a,t s as:.:!:t. ~
TIM attarh n tlat rei,,s,1 paco.",;s, ,,ia.
sartnor, ~ panml,;et amI .i.eea. ~ nsa. s,!a
tho mir coast ~ sSaSc sr,rra,den H., t..s ts.
~ +i,o T1;+as S,.tos o,,nt., .o..s -.
1,ara rs1 ,,,,;nta;,,e1 fo, ."u p.,Ss W
nr;,,;,a,ra ~ feea ~. ssss '''n r .s'e
wn H. .,,orantn, @ artha ~,
et;.n9;n;, aost-or - ,.I","a. ~ ~ ~. s'
e;t;~at. nes; !; sne p,ospeetS q n"t ae.!ow
ra":ons e 6nr connrr corern, ~ M!pc ~
.n;iaa or;ntnr,a, fran;;or ~ n',t ,.a ''. ~
tento1 hr ;ntarns, Snrts ,,a ;" ~ nere ,aa pao-
t,,n;se -! st,n,;-, ~. - .,'. ~. ~ o1
. ,,nro,,t:a .ra-+,;,., ~ sn.;t W ,Eao5 ~
,,,-n-;, .,,c s,p+1t-n ;+on.;a1 49,, T.. "
fno,to1I f;,r fnrr;vn no,vor roi,ar..cr ~,
er canrcr nm, ,;nn ~ hnst;iity t1,or saa, =,
r. ;ntso. ..r1,st1,artn +rt,,.'4 ~ ~ aeso. ~ ~
,or"e:s;c ~ Fna,a,'3 e1,a, ~ s e. % l.e
oftac o,r ,,n7afnrdsI reor,;ns a ss ~ ~. :"
r,,;ch ,ro n,ra s,,e7,t ,,,i,,.a,s .,,, ,,a
fbro,,ri, ti,rrc cencr,t;nns n crc1tn ar,1 ata;'
li.h ;n1] 1ory;; t,c nm of H.. Iin;ta, s.at.s
on;l .iloy II fo take lGw.r station .r,on,r ~.
nators Of liz. wor;} abandon thc 1;"i, ,,r.,-t.r
- 'A'@' t'H.S--
dom. t1,e hone If strnr n,t;a ff,a farrnr
of frown;n.- fyrants rl,c ho.sf ~ ,1,o UoriJ ~
l;si,t Of ,;herfI - NV -" o.4>' l'e
.
cosHeiSG TIE HEo5LS..
All this VIC mast abandon to 7ernJni=s South
c7'a 7tsttrY7atton Refuse 10 rccoe,'z: j., and we
are told that VIC 7nitH not ro.rcc e!o.c en3nrri
in III: 1FaecJul 1'rocc*s ef 1rcdt;nq 7:pAc Union
and ssxsny the 7,uHfe property aaz .3onry Of tie
U11iie1 St.itct. We must not coerce States who
dcclara WATTS South Carolina, Georgia, Mist
issir1i. Alabama, and Louisiana bavedoue. We
must not cocrcc any Of these States: We naMsS
MT coerce State which has robbed tho
United States Treasury; secession must be
perpetual
: MF. Srcater. DO mol want to quarrel a::ont
words; do not wish to7say :; word caIcalate,l
to cSas!erate tho already tho much inilamed
state OF the prblc mind; but here say that
the Constitution Of the United Ssases and the
laws made III pursuance thercat must be en-
forced, aud those 7co xtaa1 across the zp7th n khnt
enforcement must either dstry the pousr Of The
Uaited States or it scin destroy item. .App'ause-1
The laAs Of the United States provide their
oHn method or enforcement, aud, when en-
forced. those who resist them must take the
consequences. thfnk, sir. that the revenues
Of the country must be collected at all hazards
thcn Let them be collected on shilhboard. The
laws on tflt3 head mar he cnfurLfl hy nt1nt;irr.