The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-22
THTRTY-sIxTH CON 0Rn6s.
sECOhD 0ussIOH.

Dir. Dooi-fT-g, trep) OF WIS, presented q petition
from the citizens Of Milwaukee, numerously signed, ask
ing Congress stand By the constitution and aws and
make no compromise with traitors
Mr.. POWELL opp Of w., presented petition Of the
citizens of Wisconsin, in favor Of the C<ittenden
lutions.
Messrs DIXON, (rep) Of Coon, and B@IxR, (opp) Of
Pa presented numerous petitions for the border States
ard q istendea resolutions
Mr.. BRAGG, opp Of n. O., presented the oredeu-
tials of Mr. Cinsman, elected Senator from North
Carolina.
POSTAL SERVICE IN seeded STATES.
The Senate resumed the consideration OF the bill for
the dseontnuanes OF the postal service the seeding
States, which was laid over yesterday.
Mr.. HUNTER, (opp) Of Va said II tho States were In
the Union had right to cut Oh their postal benefits
undertake the constitution 70 pansh States in this
way He said the expressions nsurrection aud rebellion
In the bill seemed to De but steps which would end IN
using for % against the States.
Mr.. DoorrIlx, (rep) Of wis-hr. President, think
Che purport Of this bill so far from this being mea-
sure Of war upon the States which undergoing
Mr. TUNTER-l hope the Senator viii allow me to
rect him. did say that this measure
or but said that was afraid II Of series
which would end in war; said this was measure, az
understood it, to coerce State into what supp ,sed
TO be proper conduct by denying IL its rgh,ful share
OF the general benefits Of the Legislation Of the country
Mr.. DooIrrE-Mr. President 50 far from this beng
measure of war, a measure Of coercion it s measure
peace pacifcatiQn; for the provision Of this bill s
simply TO authorize the Postmaster General to sas-
part thereof, wh.re. by reason Of any Instruction
resistance to the laws or the United States,
the mail service cannot be safely performed
South by reason Of resistance to the laws OF in
surrection the service cannot be safely performed it
authorizes the Postmaster General in his discretion
suspend service upon such route any part thereof
Now II seems to me, SO far from provoking collision
OF force SO far from leading to the shedding Of blood
4 ia bc hact xvov In avoid n mi
Of paci1caton, and not measure Of coercion
And now, sir, single word in reply to the remarks OF
the country. We may indeed be said 10 be passing
through revolution or an attempted revolution, IN
aud agree in what that honorable Senator said in his
speech the other day: owe must face and acknow-
ledge the true evil Of the day. New ideas like new
forces have entered into our system. They arc do
harding the legitimate expression Of their
power, or they threaten TO rond and dc
sloy ii in their wild and irregular play"
knowledge the truth feel the full force Of that
caratiop. is duty, sir, to face and acknowledge
the true evil of the day New ideas, like new forces.
have indeed entered into our system and are the
and occasion Of that revolution witness But
wha, are these ideas? What theee revolutionary
forces which demanding the legitimate express
of their power threaten to rend or destroy what
may stand in their wayy II has, SIR first and before all
others and potent than all others, this new idea
very recently adopted by Southern gentlemen, that
slavery is blessing that slavery divine institution
and that slavery the natural normal and best relation
Of labor capital say in the frs. place, that i is
new Idea the outgrowth OF the brain Of john Calhoun
But since he uttered here II has grown with rapidity
almost unexampled in the Southern States With the
last fifteen twenty years. This idea Of Mr. Calhoun,
that slavery 10 q blessing, was not acknowledged by
the men Of the South any more than by the men OF the
Ss days Of hs Whether YOU look South or
North, whether you look into the writings and
spec ches of Marion, or OgetLorpe or Washington, or
Madison, jefferson, OF Henry or Mason Of the South
or into the writings Of Franklin Adams Jay, or
Clinton Of the North you 1nd the language the
subject Of slavery II was regarded on all haads as an
md ate will my
recollection. Ia the Legislature OF the state OF Viz
gina her leading held the doctrine They de
nonnced IN stronger than any Of mine, moral
and political evil, blight midew, cancer, Ger
tain steady and fatal IN It's prcgress IreDeat that
the doctrine that slavery social S, and political ey
few EXCEPTIONS at the South, until within very recent
period.
Mi. c.ccxAs, opp Of n c.-whl the honorable SC
rator allow me?
MIR. DooiHrE-1 shall be through directly, and then
sAal hear the honorable Senator with great pleasure
hr CiLNGMAS-i merely want TO ask question, but II
the Senator will not hear mo-
Mr.. DooITnE-I shall not object to giving way for
simple question
sis that Mr. Calhoun held slavery be blessing or thu
normal condition. &C. Now, with some little knowedg,
OF MIR. Callcuns opinions
Mr.. nooiIrTiE-I yielded 10 question.
Mr. CIsGMASl was going TO ask the Senator where he
gets that idea, because declare TO him that never
heard Sir. Calhoun express any such opinion.
MIR. DooIIrnisr Calhoun, on the door Of the Senate
declared
my sentence, MS he gives the opportunity 20 ask him
aqrestiont know Mr. Calhoun held, and think he
right in that that African slavery, as It exists in Q
South, the best iiton-the normal condition il
the gentleman choosesor the negro in this country
Mr. DoornTtY-Mr. Calhoun stated on tho floor OF the
Senate, after stating that most Southern men held
that slavery moral well as a social and political
evil, that .that folly and deluson gone, and
We nov hold that slavery IL the most saf and staho
bass for Institutions In the world l VIII not un
deitake to gay that repeat the precise words
know have given you theu substance; and from that
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then feeby sustained, but gathering strength and mo
montum with every revolving year has become that new
idea that revolutionary force which has entered into
our system, and which Is snow Threatening TO
rend and destroy II IN It's Wild and irregular
play" Sir. y has Ioyoluiioucd the Southern
and tho pulpit Of the southern States and TO rcver6e
their teachings II has entered into their judicial trbu.
mails and reversed their DEGREES has entered their
political rostTams and their legislative halschangci
their political Crecos SIR that idea gilncd such
nDation ia two thirds OF the slave States that IL
gns 10 day supreme, dtspotc and ntoerant op
position rs the Spanish iaqustion The honorable
tor from Virginia himself tsfr. Huner) declared his
speech last fall AZ Charottec, that whom he onterod
into the federal councils which at the commence
ment OF Mr.. Van Burens administration the moral and
political status OF the slavery question was very dine
ron, from what 1t now h. Then tho Southern
men, with but few exceptions, admitted slavery
10 be moral evil, and pataicd excused Il on the
plea OF necessity But ast winter in debate IN au
elaborate speech, he declared that to day tho tkcy
stone OF the American arch Is the black marble block of
African slavery" and his colleague intcrruptng
W
almost universal opinion u that slavery bless
ing 70 both races an institution TO be foscrcd and
couraged" Whatever CLAIMS 10 be positive good
becomes, Of necessity, aggressive. II demands recog
milton, and threatens 10 destroy crythng ndng
It's way. repeat, It Is this new idea, this rovoIu
tcnary iorcc, which, entering into system
Threatens TO rend md destroy the government itself
in It's wild and irregular play. Ten fifteen years
ago this idea demanded that every department OF lhis
government should yield - the legitimate expression
OF its POWER, and threatened to overthrow whatever
stood In its way. Tho first demand which II made was
that Congress should surrender all power 10 restrict
the extension OF slavery into the Territories. II do.
mapds IN the next place. that the people OF tho Terrto
ries shah have no power to resist ito expansion II de-
mands IN the third place, that the Supreme Court by
decree sh all declare that Il II established by tho cons
ntn IN every Territory OF the United States. And
IL goes further, sir and with arms in IT, hands 4 de-
nands new constitution by which shat! carry tho
institution OF slavery not only into the territories
qurcd from Mexico, where II prohibited by law bo
fore acquired them, but new provisions oy which We
shall carry into all future Territory 10 be acquired
south CT given line which may embrace the whole OF
Mexico and Central America. This new idea, this
lut,onary force demands the expression Of s power
threatens 10 rend destroy tho best government
earth involving, may be, the hopes, and liberties Of
the world And, cir with erontcry almost ne,
whom with Ia It's han IL IL sezes forts, nres