The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-03-01


here and elsewhere, ailcze taat the North
are determined to interfere with slavery
in the Statos. That we have fanaties and
modmen in the North on tho question Of
slavery, Il would be rideuloas Tor me 20
deny; but, sir, I do aflrin nero thia dav,
with uplited hand, in the presence Of
yourself and the House, that never know
more than half "a dozen men In my die.
trict who believed that Congress had a
right 10 interfere with slavery In tho
States In the North, 20 fpr ss / know,
there ia not, and never has been, any diss
pcsition 70 GO, your negroes among usi
We have no desire tointcriore with them
All we want 10, what is agreed We should
have. We want THAI which was 90 ruth
lcssly torn from Us, You must know, by
this tine, how hard freemcn arc to be put
down when they arise tc =ssert thoh
rights.
And now, as tho result Of your past so-
tion, you arc reaping the fruits Of tho
principle ofpoptlaf sovereignty ftkas
done more TO curse this country aud its
politics than any thing else. Il came
here In the guise Of grret love for the
psop'e. Never before had one word been
said about the governments Of the Ter
ritories. All had gone on smoothly aud
peaceably until the savent Of popular
sovereignty. / defy any man, horo or
elsewhere. 20 put his fnger on an in-
stance whore complaint was Justly made
against the government ofthe Territories.
Popular Sovereignty was founded upon a
pretexIi and upon protexis, know parg
ties oiton live and thrive.
Taere is another great curse 20 this
country which ought 10 be afadieated,
and that Is the continual construction Of
platforms They have done not q l,ttls
toward the sUbversion ofthis Government,
have no respect for party platforms;
spit upon them. Cries Of "GoOd!"l--
How mortifying il is whom members in
this House and in the Senate get up 20
discuss groat questions Of Governmcnt,
TO hear them pArloyiHg about this and tbs
other platform, made by designing donna
gogues. 1 never read the Chicago plats
form, the baltimore platform, or the
Charleston platform; and I do not care to,
do not bother myself with them any
more than with these eompromisos, for
the reason that have a good old Consti-
iuuon' made BY our fathers, and which
Justly deals by all sections ofthe Union.
For Gods sake, Mr.. Spoaker, I impiofs
tho House 10 let that covenant alone. Il
is a noble work.
a MrMHER, Then you ought 10 have
gene for Bell, Tor he had the Constitution
forhis platform.
MIR CAREY. He is q great statosmaIi,'
and has had my esteem for many yoars.
His oppostion to the passage Of the Kan
sas-Nehrsska act and Che repeal of the
Missouri compromise did him mueh honor.
| preserve his speech on the occasion as
a text from which many good sermons
could DO preached pertinent to the pres
ent condition Of tho country.
Now, sir, I feel disposed to be plain
and outspoken. am willing 10 have
guaranteed to every man 10 the United
States all tho rights that he is entitled 10
under the Constitution. am willing to
go to great lengths for ooneiliation and
peace. But do not ns r. n the United
States. 4 cannot S3Sliifi Do iis I have sworn
to support il. dare not do what know
10 be wrong; for should not only lose
my own selfrespe {, but the respect and
approval OF my feliow-oitiEens. caro-
nothing for party dictation, and win do
whatever can eonstitutionally to meet
the demands made upon us on the part Of
the South. l never, anywhere, voted for
anything ecausO il was party meRsurci
II must have something moro than party
to secure my vote. That which I know
to be wrong | will oppose; and that
which know to be right, win advocate
and vote f,rs
think, Mr.. spodker, that members
ought TO try to talk Of each other In
moro friendly way than they do. We
ought all to be more f0rbearing and con-
ciliatory. Let US not he hasty. Let us
act slowly, deliberately and Justly This
Government has been a long while in err
+, iftsnce. Looking back at its progfoss
in population and wealth, in power and
greathcas, am Inundated At the speetu-
: Gle presented ofa dRstardly band Of pi-
: rates boldly rifiug il OF lis wealth, its
4 prosperity, and the Happiness Of millions
D of people. The lust Of office il the pasl
D sion that drives the disunionists to treass
on against the Government. They would
: rule orruin; but, Mr. Speaker, II we ara
J true to ourselves they will do neither tho
+ ono nor the other. Stand firmly upon
+ the Constitution, exercising all the pow
+ ers il grants, and yielding all the rights
, Il confors, aud in ton yoars tho race Of
G demagogues and traitors will become ex-
tinet in our midst.
. know there are thousands talking OF
breaking up this Union, IN efder that il
r may be reconstructed. Il is in my Dldg.
? ment, moonshne 10 think Of recon-
: stuction after the Union is once shattef-
ed into iragmsnts You may rest Ssau-
: red of this,
= ! know, too, THAT great fort is mads
: TO demoralizo the Republican party, 70
! induce them b follow course that will
destroy them. Where has tho Republic,
, can party dOne an unco institutional act
Il cannot be pointed CUT. I would never
interfere with slavery in the District Of
+ Columbia while slavery existed 10 tbs
neighb9ring states, - without the con-
sent Of the people here. The nurthe a
peoplo arc disposed % deal Justly By yoa.
We have, knew, some extreme men in
J our midst, who eonEclonii5usly differ
from me. know we have great many
p foolish men, Butyo need not be sfn-
sitivo. Your rehts cannot be- sssailed.
Let tulk frankly about these things,
and not lil sPupk hoys. Laughter
We spoil our men 10 thciS growlh There
are boys now who tulk hppantB, and
know lag moro than their athefs. Some
boys Of fifteen pretend 70 know more
than those who in 1891, framed the Con
stitution. Yet, if the Constitution were
read TO thom, they couldnot tell wheth-
= eK Il really waa the C0uatituticnc 81 sorio-
thin elae. s .aas.srai qi ~
; what - Eff 1nat
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