, 1861-02-13

would beAaatt: thu Union must aud shah BE-
preseEvedi no matter at what abandonment Of
party orp2a1j form. 2He proposed to put into tho
fundamental Inv, Of the land provision that
north OF latitude 80 deg. 80 min. slavery shall
not ex1st, and that south Of It tmay ex1at, and
that neither Congre3s nor any Territorial Leg
islattre, ,shan prtTent; or hinder emigration Of
their Southern brethren to the Territories,
talking with tAeu1 fhefr s4dpe property. There
was:no eQutabtataon In that proposition. It
declared 6Rttefms what the Missouri Compro-
misc said but tnferentIally. He regarded the
Dred Scott dictum Us the law Of the land
At this point McClernand came forward and
shook hands with him as a good Democratic
brother.
-~- Farnsworth asked him If ho-wss willing to
take the responsibility Of establishing slaVery
in oil the Territories south Of that line, and
forcing that institution upon IN unwilling peo-
pie?
The question was poser; he choked on It.
for moment, but recovering himself, answer
ed in loud voice that he offered It [the slave
code amendment to the Constutipnl with tha
determination to stand by IT. legal and logical
consequences; but be would ask the gentleman
whether, when he voted for the Gritteudel-
Montgomery amendment In the Kansas bill,
he voted for slavery in that TeIFitory?.
Mr.. FarnsWorth said he voted knowing that
the people would make It a free State.
:, Kellogg made the very foolish reply "that
his colleague would have given, that .constitu-
corruption aud fraud of the darkest me and
establishing slavery among them" ::
: FarnswoTth Immediately Tetorted, saying, it
Was true he had voted for that Constitution
after grave reflection and greaf doubt as to the
propHety Of SO doing At the time they adopt
ed the crittenden-M -Montgomery amendmentto
the Lecompt0n bill they were forced to acceut
one Of two alternatives-either to admit Ka1,-
sas a. slave State or refer he:n1atter back to
the people They voted to refer the whole
subject back to the people, and the sequel
showed that they were right. And kansas il
nov safe In the Union rs a free State"
The Democrats perceiying thst Farnswor!h
had him pinned against the wall. shouted no1-
der, order" and forced him to let go his hold,
which be very reluctantly did
On the conclusion OF his speech, the pro-
slavery members rushed over to bis seat, and
shook hands and congratulated him In the
WArmcet manner On his desertion Of his party
dag and Republican principles, and cordially
invited him to take a sent in the pfoslavery
church. Not Republican came near him.
They looked at the scene with pain, mortitlcar
tion and disgust. Tie western Republicans
are unanimous in the expression of opinion,
thai, as maa OF honor, he must resign. He
was elected last fall on the Chicago platform,
pure and simple, and should not, as a man Of
honor, for moment think Of claiming seat
until his constituents shall have passed upon
his conduct, by re-electing him next fall. As
he is regarded IS q man Of personal honor, it Is
believed that he will tender his resignation
upon the expiration Of his present term, which
ends with the present Congress, +,
enclose yon Winter Davis's speech. It is
refreshing to read it It makes one hope for
the preservation Of his country. A few such
men as Davis in the South would put speedy
end to the miserable and unholy e1ayehotdcris
rebellion. And that too without asking the
North to abandon Its principles, and surrender
its convictions Of right. He declared in tones
that rnng through the hall and reverbrated in
echo:
~ say to you secession gentlemen, that
"the Constitution Of the United States
and the laws made in PURSUANCE there
"of must be enforced, and those who stand
"across tie enforcement must either DESTROY the
'Poserr Of tie United STATES or thrill destrvyfhemt
j" The revenues must be collected ut e1! haz-
cards; the public property must be retakcn.
Let those who dare resist suffer the conse-
aQuence Of their treason"
lie declared that II the majority in MARYLAND
shsuld become insane enough to ATTEMPT to
throw the State out Of the Union, the minority
would appeal to arms, and resist to the last,
That he would mako the flag Of his country his
winding sheet rather than submit to tile de-
strOyers Of his country, C1ucAGo