The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-02-21
Speech OF the Hon. Andy
Johnson OF Tennessee.
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Mr.. Johnson commenced by saying,
that from his youth be had believed in
the doctliues of the proclamation Of Pres.
ident Jackson 10 South Carolina.
Mr.. President, on the 10Th Of Decem-
Der, made a speech in the Senate, with
reference TO the present crisis. which /
believed my duty to my State and to my
self required. In making that speech,
my intenlion--and think | succeeded iu
twas TO place myself upon the princ-
Piles of the Constitution and the doctrines
inculcated by Washington, Jefferson,
Madison, Monroe, and Jackson. Having
examined the positions of those distin.
guished fathers of the Republic, and com
pared them with the Constitution, ! came
TO the conclusion that they were right;
and upon them l planted myself, and
made the speech to which have referred
10 vindcation of the Union and the Con-
stitution, and against the doctrine of null
LITIGATION or secession, which / look upon
as great political heresy.
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l then opposed the doctrine of secess-
ion as q political heresy, which. if sane
toned and sustained as fundamental
principle of this Government, will result
in its overthrow and destruction; for. as
we have seen already, few Of the States
are crumbling and falling off.
/ nnnneo thio horaeu for n N NJ thnr raouon.
not only as being destrustive Of the ex.
isling Government, but being destruct-
i've OF all future confederacies that may be
established in consequence Of disruption
of the present one; and avaied myself
of the formar occasion on which | spoke,
to enter my protest against it, and to do
something to extinguish political here.
sy that ought never to be incorporated
upon this or any other Government which
may be subsequently, established. Iilook
upon itas the mother Of political sin; as
a Fundamental error; as heresy that is
intolel able in contrast With the existence
oil the Government itself. | look upon il
as as being productive of anarchy, and
anarchy is the next step to TO despotisn
The delopements that we have recently
seen in carrying this doctrine into prao-
lice, | think. admonish US that this will
be the result
JEFFERSON DAVIS REVOLUTIONS BROWNS
AMENDMENT.
We find that while those resolutions
we're under consideration, Mr.. Clingman
:. offered on amendment to come in after the
fourth resolution, to insert the following
Resoluea, That the existing condition o.
the Territories of the the United States
does not require the Intervention Of Con
gress for the protection Of property il
, slaves.
"On the question to.agree to the amend
: ment proposed by Mr.. Brown, to wit
Strike out of the amendment The wore
not
at was determined in the negative :.
yeas 5, nays As"
! Now by striking out the word "not,
it makes the resolution read:
Resolved, That the exiating condition
0 Of the territories of the United States doe
: require the intervention Of Congress 10
0 the protection Of property in slaves"
Mr.. Brown. of Mississippi, moved t
> strike out the word mot" thereby max
ing it read the condition of the Terrific
Il lies does require the protection Of Con
gress for slave property; and upon tn
yeas and nays being taken on that me
: ticn to strike out the word "not," ther
e vere--yeas 5, nays 43.
G Thus forty three Senator's recorded du
u ring the last session of Congress that
" was not necessary to pass a law 10 proteC
= slavery in the territories. The Senate
!; from Oregon, in connection with othC
o Senators, under the solemn sanction of a
d oath, declared that it was not necessary
e pass laws for the protection oil slavery
J. the Territories. What right has Sout
10 Carolina lost since the last session
What right has any State lost since tt
h last session of Congress? You declare
= that it was not necessary to pass law
j project them in the enjoyment Of the
y property in the Territories; aud now, 70
l. soolh, in the short space of two or thr'
le moons, you turn around aud tell the cou
y uy that States are justified in going out
Il. the Union bucausc Congress will not pa
o' a law to protect them in the enjoyment
GO their properly in he Territories, VIII,
el you said it was not necessary! That
es what call driving the nail in. (Laug
I'll ter. l will remark, as I go along, tn
It's the eloquent and distinguished Senat
ey who made his valedic;ory yesterday,
retiring from the Senate, voted for III
he identical resolution. This protection W
Ter not necessary then. They said it "
he wholly unnecessary. But since that, til
rs' have walked up to a sense OF its necess
lot and resolved TO secede if it should not
'es granted. To this same proposition \
'h' Albert @. Brown offered an amend me
&c. Mark you, this is the 95th day OF Nj
Use 1860; and that is not long ago:
nit "On motion of M. Brown, to anne
CO. the resolution by striking out all after
Tho words resolved, and in lieu thereof,
bel serling:
OF wish l had the whole continent h
the to hear this paragraph:
eat "That experience having already
&C. ready shown that the Constitution {
ian the common law. unaided by statuat,
nb' enactment, do not afford adequate and 3
his ficieLt protection to slave property; so
To-. of the Territories having failed, oh
having refused to pass such enactmer
ro- il has become the duty Of Congress 10
'ple terpose and pass such laws as will aff'
to slave property in the Territories {