Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-02-23
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Mr.. Wilson alluded 20 the secession movement,
chsra teriring C as treasnIahl0 consnirRcy 7
which had its rise 80 years ago ihllhe Modification
plot he said The citizena OF Massachusetts aud
kindness and c1uriesy. Massachusetts had been
singled ont Tor reproach, Massachusetts, clinEa
10 the teachings Of Webster aud Adams. She
reads In all hiuipEy that slavery has has5dnedite
decay and fall 81 nations and finds In the pages
Of Plato, Socrates Burke, OK. HUMBOLDT, Wash
inEton, Jefferson, and other testimonies, That
which deepens her conviction against slavery
domination sad expansion he referred TO the
speech OF the senator from Louisiana BeRiamin1
when under The pressure OF the schurching argu
ments of the senator from OrrEon (bakur) he
Lost his temper ana . made an esHls i eR ai,S
Of Virginia was night, and never had any Sympa
thy with It, as the Senator from Louisiana charg
ed There was no truth IN the accusation that
Massachusetts, sent Senators here to Insult the
Hs alluded to the threats that unless the North
change is sentiments the Union cannot remain.
and c5ntende& that the sentiments Of the North
were those Of the Declaration Of Independence
aud OF the founders Of the Republic, The veneT-
able Senator from keuiacky comes forward as a
pacifier With compromise. He accorded 10 the
Senator from Kentucky purity Of motive and pa
triOtio intents, but said the plan for running
line OF Sc deg8. 90 Minis. was not q compromise,
but an unqualified concession, q cheat and delu-
had fixed their hungry eyes on Cuba, Mexico and
Central America, and had fought their battles on
this question. They were ignuminiously beaten
BY the people and then rebelled.
The Senator from Kentucky (Crittenden) pro
poses slso TO make the rule applicable 70 all the
Territory hereafter to be acquired. The freemen
Of the North who fought the battle in November
lat will never sccept this He (Critienden) also
proposes 20 insert in the COnstitutiOna provision
that Congress shall not abolish slavery In the
District o. Columbia white il exists 10 Virginia
and Maryland Why should the nation bind it.
self 70 await the pleasure Of NirginiaG Such q
proposition Is "A indignity and an insult 10 the
people Of the United States The Senator from
Kentucky, seconded by the Senator from Illinois,
proposes that tho elective franchise shall not be
exercised by any persons Of the African race
Why Is such proposition made noWg fhiselass
Of men bah exercised the rights Of citizenship in
Massachusetts, for so years and the ancestors Of
these men fought with heroic courage in the Rev.
oluticn for liberty and independence. Men Of
the North could never Put TIE propositions Of the
Senator from Kentucky Ia the Constitution They
would fear II they did the reproaches OF insulted
reason and violated conscience :, that their names
should be enrolled among .oss who had betrayed
the cause Of the people aud that they would be
consigned 70 the moral indignation Of history.
Adjourned