Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-01-26
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Farewell Addresses OF Southern Senators.

states have seceded from tue Ohion, tooh Iheir
fual leave of the Senate In brief addresses on
Monday. The following 10 the main portion OF
the rem arks Of the retiring Senators
Mr.. Mallory, Of Florida, regretted acts which
caused tho separation, but justified the State.
He deprecated civil wvr, but said that the
South would never submit to degradation or
constrained existence under violated Consti.
tuition. He acknowledged thousand acts of
courtesy from the other side of the Chamber,
and from true champions OF right on this side.
But there are many difficulties which may arise,
and among them 10, which sm not ashamed
to say dread, civil war But whatever dan
ger may come upon us, we are united peo =
pie. Yet | implOre, | entreat and pray Jou
not to mistake the facts and force US into war.
The South will never submit 10 the last dc:
graduation of constrained existence undera vi
Olated constitution. We do not seek to con-
quer you, and we knew you could never con-
quor us. But If, in moment Of pride and in
iatuation, you should imbrue your hands in our
blood, there will be such contest as was new
er before seen. In thus leaving the Senate to
return to my own State, there to serve her with
my unfaltering head and heart, am very hap
py to acknowledge ten thousand acts OF courte
sy and kindness which / have received from
Senators on the opposite side, and which shall
remember through life, and to whom am in
dehted for much which | shall not only cherish,
but recall with pleasure And, sir, in parting
on this side from true and tried friends, the
noble representatives Of the free people of the
North, who are true to themselyes--the noble
champions OF truth and justice--it isnot tstraDge
that we should feel that whatever the future
may have in store for us, it will be bright
ened By the recollection OF the loyalty and
many acts Of friendship which have chsrac.
terized our intercourse, and which, Ia my judg-
ment, will bind them to us by ties Of kindness
forever.
Mr.. Yulee, the colleague of Mr.. Mallory, ex
pressed similar sentiments
Mr., Clay, of Alabama--l rise to announce,
for my colleague and myself, that the people
of Alabama have adopted an ordinance of tepar.
alton, and that they are oil in favor Of with
drawing ffom this Union. | wish /. to be un-
derstOod that this is the Act of the people o.
Alabama, in taking this mometuous step. II Ia
nearly forty.two years since Alabama came in.
to this Union. She entered it amid violence and
excitement, caused by the hostility Of the North
against the institution of slavery at the South
IL is this same spirit Of hostility at the North
which has effected the accession Of Mississippi
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabe'
ma. Il has denied Christian communication
because !. could net endure what It styles thS
leproay cf slavery. It refuses us permission tS
paas through the North with our property, il
violation of the Constitution snd the laws o
Congress designed to protect that property. Il
has refused US any share in the lands acquired
mainly by our diplomacy, our blood, and our
| treasure. Il has robbed us of our property
aud refused restoration. IL has refused to de-
liver up criminals against Our lava Who fed Il
the North with our property, or wi2h blood up
| on their hends, ard it threatened us with pun
| ishment and murdered sSoutbern men who ct.
tempted the recoFety OF their property. Il in
ysded the borders Of Southern States, burned
the dwellings and murdered the families. habit
ual violators Of the rights Of humanity, they
have exhausted all that human ingenuity car
devise, and all that diIbOlical malice can in
vent, to heap indignity upon US, and make u;
by word, Kissing and sccrn throughout tn.
civilized world. Yet we bore all this Tor man,
years, and might have borne ii many years long
er, under the off repeated assurance and fonGl,
cherished hope that these things were no. th;
action and feeling of majority, bu. mincrit,
party.
But the failure Of these promises and on
hopes have conclasively proved to US that Their;
Is no hope. The platform OF the republican
party we regard as declaration of war agains
| the lives and institutions of the Southern pep
pie. II not only reprOaches US as unchristiaI
and heathenish, and imputes to us a Sin enc
crime, but adds words insulting aud hostile e
our domestic tranquility. In it's declaration
| that our negroes are entitled to liberty anC
equality with white men, tits in spirit II not il
nj inai mt k0i Inc apliN
murder, and other crimes. And, to aggravatC
the insult, the same platform denies US equality
with northern white men or free negroes, ant
brands US as an in eror race To cap the eli
max Of insult to our feelings, and this menance
| to our rights, this party nominated for the Pres
idency q man who not only endorsed the plat
form, and promised to enforce its principles
but disregsrds the judgments of your courts
the obligations of your constitution, anc
the requirements Of his oath, by approv-
| ing any bill to prohibit slavery in the Ter
ritories Of the United States. A large maiosity
| of the northern people have declared their ap-
| provai Of the platform and candidates of tha
party in the late election. Itis the solemn YER
dict OF the people Of the North that the slave
holding communities of the South are to b,
outlawed and branded with iguominy and con
signe to execration aud ultimate destruction.
| Sir, are We looked upon as more or less thar
men? tits expected that we can or will exer
else that godke virtue that beareth ell things
believeth all things, hopeth all things, endurett
all things, which tells us to love our enemies
and bless them that curse us2 Are we expect
ed to be denied the sensibilities, the sentiments
the passions, the reasons, the instincts Of men
Have not we pride and honor2 Have we n,
sense of shame, no reverence for our ances.
tors, aad care for our posterity2 Have we NJ
love Of home, OF family, of friends7 Must W
confess our baseness, discredit the fame of ou
sires, dishonor ourselves aud degrade our pos
terity, abandon our homes, fee our country
all, all for the sake of the Union2 Must W
agree to live underI the ban OF our own gov
ernment2 Must we acquiese in the naugura
ton Ola President chosen by confederate an
hostile States, whose political faith constrain
him to deny us our constitutional rights7 Mus
| we consent to live under q government whic
we believe will henceforth be administered b
those who not only deny us justice and equali
ty, but brand us as inieriors2 whose avowe
principles and policy must destroy our domesti
tranquility, and imperil the lives Of our wivs
and children, and ultimately destroy orr States
Must we live by choice or compulsion undt
the rule of those who present US the alterna
tive Of an irrepressisle conflict in defense of OF
altars and our iresdes, or tho manumission
of our slaves, ard their admission to socii
equality2 No, sir. never, never! The fre
men of Alabama have proclaimed to the wor
that they will not, and have proven their since
ity by seeding from the Union, and bravir
ali the dangers of u separate and independel
, nation among the powers of the earth. As
true and loyal citizen Of the State, approvil
of her action, acknowledging entire alleg
ance, and feeling that am ab.olyed by h
from all my obligations to support the Constit
ton of the United States, withdraw from th
body, intending to return to the bosom Of n
mother. and. share her fate and maintain b