Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-01-29

their charges in the mos. aggreved orm and ye he would
tell them that hey all false He hgd said that hs
would make any sacrifice to save the county Ne would
even accept James Buchanan for another ter and ALLOW
the "od public funciOnary 10 administer the Govern
ment for four years moe. lie hoped this was giving
sufficient evidence Of his fidelity to the Constitution. He
ready to lend his sanction to anything that wsuld
heal those difficulties Various propositions had been
offered lat them accent the rest He would 20 for the
report of the COMMITTEES Of 1hitty-rhtee rather than go
out Of the Union; but failing In ALL he would go hsme,
and would there meet disunion with torch IN one hand
and sword in the other aud, so help bin ,iod no long
the stars and stripes nOated him and his sae he
would yield to disnnon. GeueTal applause from
the dense, crowded gallerlea He asserted what was
matter Of history that every solitary act Of Tie Constn
ton ordained after pnhlc discussion, aud wa voted
for by statesmen Of the South and either psssd by them
received the sanction and approval Of he States aud
the very policy under which Lincoln should ne augnta
ted was the very policy OF tho Democratery tesouh
and which they gave the country and demanded aud IL
celved their app oval The House Knew that WANnthe Gov
eminent ordained, when the Declaration lniel-nd
encs was proclaimed that our Western boundary wa,
Mississippi River and he asserted that from tina, day.
u tie instance Of the South arthe Instance velod0
the area othe Government had enlaed and eNpAnd-
sd avery 70 OF soil that had been the instance
OF the South, the North, with its numerical power aud
tongth oyeshad0wlug tho SOUTH hniwilingly ,ieliei
Florida and Louisiana had been thus purciAs ~ the
instance Of the South Florida had leon purchased
r0at Of Sb,00O000 and at cost Of S5OuO0Du more
move the SAVAGE. millions more to buld fertilization
and towns along the deep to guard Southern commerce
AMI after all this little floiiia, Wit less than half the
population he represented, goes out Of the Union, with
the OfthcatiOns with the public lands With untold NIL.
Hons and, than ALL carries with her the prestige
the unity Of lhese States. Little Florida seceies which
could not this protect herself fran the aigl-
without the aid Of the Federal troops Laughter l.
this very Florida purchased at tue nstalce tho South
with Northern money and Northern blood lie lh.u no.
ed the annexation Of Texas also at the instance Of the
South, and paid eulogy to Gov Houston Of III State
In 1850 the south demanded Fugitive slave law They
had got that. They arst demanded the Missouri COM
promise. They got IT, They thon demanded It's repeal
They got that They had demanded nothing which ths y
had not got. But now they demand that Slavery should
be protected In every inch Of the Territories OF the United
States. But that quss ion decided gaiusl them In
most unmstakable manner, AZ the ballot box and
even the Southern States themselves had pronounced
| against that demand. The Government had been 1t
operation nearly eighty years. aud up This time
Member Of Congress had much A. introduced b
bill to protect slavery In the Territories. Hut now they
propose to dissolve the Union because majority
the people had replied to their demand for protsctsn
slaves in the Territories that all they should have wa
nOnintelvention And that was all they would ob
tain One dsunionst said that he wanol protection 10
slavery for the purpoie Of expansion that Slavery wa
increasing and that In hy yearsthey would have twrnt
millions of negroes, and consequently they mnst haS
room to expand But the truth tnAt they needed ~
expansion and II they did even they could not get it,
but he said before Congress should adjourn the uuAf
rel 70 tho people and they failed to do In less that
eighteen months II will adjourn ITSELF He for QUE, wal
not afraid to trust the people aud that appeal must
made ln answer to Mr. NallAndighNn, lie sal that, 3
persistent had been the misrepresentation and misaJ
prehenslons of throughout the Union with regard
Northern men and tue principles Of the Republican pnJ
that the people OF the South were willing 10 beeyn il
and be damned. 1t was matter Of history that fe
weeks ago gentleman Col Memm proclaimed fol
the steps Of the Capitol OF Med eville tn gentleman
lawyers, DOCTORS shorltoys, and everybody that stoo
around that Hannibal Ilanln, " he is called Their
"CAnnibaln hAmln, was mulatt1; that the North ha
elected an Aboonist 10 be President, and mulato
be vlcePresiient
Mr. LEAKE tDeu., Va asked whether Mt Etheridp
was speaking on tho side OF the North the side
the South,
MIR ETHRRIDdE-I AIN speaking on that side whic
has few representatives the hOorI speaking on Il
side Of my country. Applause Already IN the sout
bold men, educated men, chiYArOus men were drillir
and dsciplinng the military forces Men we're excite
with all the pomp and circumstances Of war. Men b
lleving that Lincoln and his cohorts were going h Il
south to apply the torch to towns, and hamlets al
dTenlH, and these things arose from Southern misa
prebensnns Of Northern To alley this to stop u
ide of revelation he would the Cfttenden prop
sitOns- lie would vote for tho proposition he had nj
mttod himself he uld vote for the report Of the gent
man from Ohio he would vote for anything that was
any value, that had any principle and that would relic
the public mind from the approximations which beset IT,
lie hoped Congress would effect something to htay the III
Of revolution but IL nothing could he DONE as he sa
before he would 10 before the eo L. and throw hms,
into the deadly Imminent breach and would resist ii
wave Of dsunion 10 the last And II the woHt came
the worst; II his State should be dragged to the brink
the fearful precipce. and be unwilling ,letm,
would be only At the last moment M his countfys ruin
And now 10 advance he washed his hlnds clear OF Il
shame and Of tile crime that viii attach Ia those wi
would overthrow public liberty, and raise a despotism
It's ruins Wherever the flag VI his country noaed the
would he 80, and he would cling to Il In his the da
hour Of her peril with all the sacred trust and conddsn
, OF an enthusiast engins to his God. lApplaust.l