The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1861-02-14


, ject TO be disposed Of at his discretion. :
The United States did whali Came fol
ward and paid to the First Consul Of Franc
D 60, ,OGO OOOf. for the Territory. The trea
e ty was made. the Territory was transferred
and in 1906. in express CO nplisnce with IN
treaty, as soon as practicable. according 4
the terms of the Federal Constitution. Lou
{ isiana was admitted into the Union as
Q State. We bought her; we paid for hei; W
e admitted her into the Union upon terms o
e equality with the other States. Was thsr'
any oppression. any great wrong. any grea
grie vance in that?
In IsI5-war having been declared il
l812-Louisiana was attacked; the city o
New O,l.ans was about to be sacked anG
laid PROSTATE in the dust; 'beauty and boo
ty" were the wstchwords. She was op
pressed then. was she not? Kentucky. your
own gallant State, s.r. land. thank God! she
is standing erect now;) and Tennessee.
(which as honestly believe, will ever stand
By her side in this struggle Tor the Consti'
tuition and the Union. in con- inction with
the other States, met PAckenham and his
myrmidons upon the plains OF New Orleans
and there dealt out death and desolation TO
her invading foe. What soil did We invade?
What ci.y did we propose to sack? Whose
property did We propose TO destroy! Was
not Louisiana there gsllantly, nobly. brave
ly. and periodically defended by the people
of the United States, from the inroads and
from the sacking OF British foe? Is that
defense one Of her expressions? Is that
one Of the great wrongs that have been in
flrcted upon louisiana
What more has been done by this Gov
ern nentl How much protection has she
received upon her sugar! In order to give
that protection. the poorest man ihroug hout
the United States is taxed for every spoon
ful that he uses to sweeten his coffee. How
many millions. under the operation Of a
protection upon sugar. have been contrbu
ted to the wealth and prosperity Of Lou
isiana siIce she has been in this Confeder-
acy? E innate them. Is this another OF
her wrongs? Il this another OF her griev-
ancesl Is this another Of the expressions
that the United States have Inflicted upon
Louisiana?
SUN them all up, and what are the wrongs.
what the grievances which justify Loui lana
in taking leave Of the United Statesl We
have defended her soil and her citizens; we
have paid the price asked tor her BY the
French Government: she has been pro &C.
ted in the production of her sugar, and in
the enjoyment OF every right that . sover-
eign Ssate could ask at the hands OF the
Federal Government. And how has she
treated the United States? What is her
positionl Upon her own volition. without
consultation with her sister States; without
even consulting with Tennessee aud Ken
lucky. who defended her when she was in
peril, she proposes to secede from the Union.
She does more in violation Of the Consti-
tuition of the United States. in despite of
the pli4hted faith that exists between all
the States. she takes our arsenals. our forts,
our custom house, our mint. with about q
million OF dollars Gracious GoI! to what
we comingl Is it thus that the Consti-
tuition of the United is to be violatedl--
Forts. arsenals. custom houses, and proper.
ty belonging to all the people of all the
States. have been ru,hlessly seized. and
their undisturbed possession is the sum total
Of the great wrongs that have been inflicted
upon Louisiana BY The United States!
Some ot' Benjamia's "Je4eels"
That Senator Berj amin yesterday SEEM
ed to be very serious in regard to the prac-
tical operation Of the doctrine Of secession.
felt sorry myself. somewhat am always
reluctant to part with gentleman with
whom l have always been associs ed, and
nothing has transpired TO disturb between
US those courteous relations which should
always exist between persons associated Oh
this floor l thought the scene was pretty
we'll got up. and was acted out admirably
The plot was executed to the very letter.
You would have thought that his people in
Louisiana we're borne down and seriously
oppressed by remaining in this Union OF
States. Now, [ have an extract before me.
from a speech delivered by this gentleman
since the e'ection of Abraham Lincoln.
while the distinguished Senator was on the
Western slope OF the Rocky Mountains. a,
the city of San Francisco. He was called
upon to make an adde's; and will read an
extract Of il, which find in the New York
Times. the editors of which paper said they
had the speech before them; and I have
consulted q gentleman here who was in
California at the time. and be tells me the
report is correct In that speech--atter the
Senator had spoken some time with his ac
customed elcquence--he uttered this Ian
guage:
Those who prate Of. and strive to dis
solve this glorious Confederacy Of States.
are Ike those sill, savages who let fly their
arrows q, the sun in the vain hope of pierre
in,iti And still the sun roll. or, unh -ed
ing. in lis eternal pathway. shedding light
and animation upon all the W rld."
Even alter Lincoln was elected. the Sen
ator from Louisians is reported to have said
in the State Of California and in the city of
San Francisco. that this great Union could
no, be destroyed. Those great and intoler-
able expressions. of which We have since
heard from him. did not seem to be fitting
across his vision and playing upon his mind
with that vividness and cl a.ness wh,h
1 hars Ao
in California. tha, this great Union would
go on in its course. Notwithstanding the
puny efforts Of the silly savages that were
letting fly their ARROWS with the prospect of
piercing it. What ha. changed the Sena-
tors mind on coming from that side Of the
continent to thiss What ligh, has broken iu
upon himl Has lie been struck on his way.
like Paul. when he was journeying from
TArsus to Damsscuse Has some supernat-
ural power disclosed to him that his State
snd his people will be RUNE il they rem.iu