, 1861-01-24

Delivered In the Scnafes Jans 13s.1SAIa
Senator Harlan. Of 1oFa, delivered: one oi
the ab1est asreeckes made Iris sefsl9n IN The
Senate, on the 18th inst.,,, which the crowded.
stato Of our columns prevents from publish
Ing entire, We ehall be Obliged to make
merely a. .sk1tcb, for tile purpose pf exhibiting
the strength aud character -of;thls mastery
production It was -lu-1eply. TO, Hupter: q
Virginla, who edy1eAfed l. 'dissofdtfo6 Of tue
Union, mud Afterwards = <ireaoIstzR Rdt1bn Oh a
pEo-slavcry. paaik-.; ~ ., .:.,.,,s.h1
Mr. HARLAN snid:.
Mr. PuEs1DES7:-I would most willingiy do
anything in my power, which an honorable
man could do, to allny the commotjon which
surrounds III. The first persinenti inquiry pro
Alabama (s1r. Chy@. ruraisb2s . qasstaals fsply.
In q recent letter, dated ct, New, Orleans, and
addressed to friends: in South Carolina, .the
Senator remarks OF tho people Of the free
states Of the Union: -. -, >
They a:s the must bitter. relenncia, and ytta.
dietiye enemies We have en- tartt'',:
:;nent with these people, unless wa unst oantrol
~ we must control, .ti,l,: We, :, must govern r. the
North-tLe Ncrth must obey! The minority
must govern the majority! l. not THU the key
to the solution Ut ai our 'diflicuftiesf T. And ne
have had this doctrine amply illustrated In the
speech OF the senator who ius' just taken his
seat (Mr, Aunter)-. After informing us that
the Republican party had marched into power
orer the traglnents Of o broken Constitution,
ha himself proposes radical changes in that
Constitution, which, according to his own
statement, would convert thus Government
into new confederation Of States, securing to
rnfnnriff the rnWHr n rnutrn1 II II l.,
Whatever may be pretended to Tie contrary,
the real grievance Inflicted on "the South by
the North" Is The invitation. extended to the
Southern Democracy, on tie 9th day Of Lat
November, to resiGu the rrins Of Government
into the hands Of their political opponents
i But when pressed, Southern Sena,
Tors admit that it Il not the escape Of 'ftw
anisernble slaves through the fres States, nor
the Personal Liberty bills, nor get tic election
OF Alr. Lincoln by tile free States to- the Presi-
dency, that juslihss the alarm manifested in
the SouIh but hat it Is the public opinion
behind these acts, giving rlsc to them, which
justiticB opposition to his Inauguration as the
President of tho wlole K public. It Is de-
manded that the press, tho pulpit, the 1egisla-
EoF, aud tile clcctor, in the free States, shall be
restrained from this discussion which results
in the deep scated opposition TO your institt-
tions. Aud the Senator from. Illinois Mr.,
DuusIa.) has proposed 4 bill for Law, sumc-
to DECLARE lrcedu1u ot speech and Of tile press,
in the Tree States, on THIS subject, g1ayc crime,
to be punished BY fine md Imprisonment Ia
the jaila aud pe1sitentisries, =, bill which the
SENATOR from Georgia Mr. Toomhs) distinctly
approved, few dnys hince, aud which un-
derstood the Senator from Virginia to approve
to-day.
Yon haze deprived your people In the Slave
States of freedom OF speech aud of the prees
OIL this subject; aud you now demand thAt the
people of Tue free States shall adopt your LAWS
und usagcs, on rain OF dissolution ol the
Union, You demand that the ,tree States shall
81 modify their laws rs to permit you to hold
elaves within their Jurisdictions, fir purposes
of trapsit and temporary sejourn; That is to
tolerate aud protect slavery bcchuse your con-
y-Eience and iuterpst require it. You demand
the free States to confer on your citizens privi-
legcs tt,ut nrc not conferred OIL 1hsir own We
were told the Other day, BY the senator from
South te.l lumtlateu ut btini, restrained BY
cnutcderates In the. Union from passing
through their territories u ith slnvas, and CON-
maudipy their services during = Temporary
stay,-altemptinS the first, their property is
eonfseased, IL III the Lennon case; attempt.
iu.. tie lattcr, they hecolue tcluns;-that such
Laws manifest = 1no1ignant hAtred ofthe South,
which requires total separation, or the repeai
Of these laws. and other satisfactory guar
autecs to be promptly tendered oy ths tfee
Statcs.
This il, to sag the least, not T. vesy modest
demand. Taken in it, leugth and bEeaulh and
depth: it IL this: that eighteen free States shall
each promptly agree lAat the s!ayehuldins laws
Ut the slave States shall be extended into their
Jurisdiction respectively. They must agrec
ttat the slave States shall not only enact Laws
Tor tue goYernMent OF their own people at
home, but that they shall enjoy the Ri glt to
dictate laws to thc people OF the free States
ts... hot "a vi ha nd
to dictats Laws for Iowa; Tennessee tor Illinois;
Virginia for PennEylvsnia; South Cafofinn,
Georgia and Louisiana for New England. Ii
ia by such reasoning as this that secession jus.
titles itself on this door. - -
But you say that you are denied, by The the
OFT Of the lsolicy Of the Republican party,
equality in The Territories- But the States, as
States, can never appcar In the Territories
They have no mcans Of setting up q juriedic-
ton in the Territories They cannu transfer
their sovereignty outside Of their own limits.
But you may say that each State should have
au equal right to transmit tts ci1izens to: tho
Territories. Why, Sir, nothing can be more
comea citizen u Territory, loAes hi4 citi.
zeuship In the State from which he his migra-
ted. 1 resl4eut in Nebraska, or Kansas, or
Nov Mexico, or Washington Territory, having
c1ni:ratcl from any QUE Of tho States ot this
Conieder.cy, luses his citizenship By virtuc OF
he no longer las the power to maintain suit
in iLe Fe1crs1 courts against d citizen Of q
State. By that residence and cltizenship In
the Territory he Is barred the right to assert
his citizenship In the State which he has left.
Nor can the Stat<s appear In the Territories BY
their laws. Thel Of the seEeasl asatas have
no force outside of their State limits.
II then, Mr. President, the Statea cannot
sppcar in the Territories per se, nor By
thtir citizens, nor hy their laws, inquire