The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-01-19

fild ftiiHlstcFs, IHey flat q 1eeJly at q loss
what they would set forth al tile canse
.of their complaints But they had no.
.ditlicnity in setting them forth agdso Tint
great article of impeachIn win 10 down
70 pesterity to justify them for I'LL they
did. IJet us, then, suppose the old pat
riots had been the ministers Of the crown
or members Of the British Parliament 81
The dominant party that had Tilsetl Great
Britain for thirty years previous. In,
stead Of dignifying what they did Us reyo.
latioBaFy, who would NOT hive hanged
every man Of them as tFaitorss Fhey
would ash what right haye5you, who have
had ihe government in your own hands.
who hare been ministers, doing everything
that has been done, TO set up here TINT
You have been oppressed md aggrieyeJI
BY tire action Of that very governnentg
IL would hare been an act 81 treason, and
nothing less Now, they. who SIC here
the leaders Of this modern reyolutieft, are
they in q position 10 complain of tie sc-
tion Of this government for years ltasti
Why they have had more thans two
thirds oil the Senate for many years. You
that complain represent but little more
than one quarter Of the free people Of The
United States, yet Son hare prevailed
for ten years past In The Cabinet 30E the
President, and In the Supreme Court Of
the United States; and nearly every do
partnieHt of the government. Those who
voted with you hare dictatef the policy
OF the government. sIsit not strange that
those who occupy this position come here
complaining that their rights have been
stricken down. But hat il The eaaseof
this great excitement which undoubtedly
prevails il. u portion Of onF country Y for
u the newspapers; are to- he credited,
there Is a reign oil terror in the cities and
large towns &c the South That locke very
tmueh like tue reign OF terror in + aris
during the French Revolution. We hear
of Aerthcrn men beilg sent back, 81,
seourged and taItred and ienthered, and
no inquiry made iui regard 10 the cause:
do not suppose the regular government,
N. times of excitement like tits; is really
Irresponsible for these outbreaks IL passion!
| IL The States whore these soutrageS pre-
vail vesc Il foreign government; Gad il
SSlcy were really anthorized by the consti.
tuted agthdrlties,. everybody knows, if il
were the strongest government hi the
world, VIC would declare gar ill QUO day.
! But what has caused: this. great excite
IiGnty | will tell ysa what / suppose il
is,.. j do not SO much blame che people OF
/ ihe South, because / think they have
been led To believe that We, to-day the
dominant purity, who are about to tilkt
the refHs OF government, are their inotfal
foes, md stand ready 90: tTaH4pIe. then
institutions under foot They have been
Etoldso by our eiitlnies at the North, aHd
they would not hear: us, ut all. { Now,
wish 10 inquire candidfy, honestly anC
fairly, whether the Southern geftlelnet
lNho complain go iHlicIl have any reason
| able grounds for that cbpptaiat-I nieal
when they are really informed as TO ON
position. The Northern democrats hayt
] said We have Personal Liberty bills ii
some few of the Northern States, which
would somehow trench upon your rights
10 recHptuEe runway siaycs--a position
that in not more than two or three case,
| has the least foundation in fact But i
! these laws are really repuGnaat 10 thu
EeoHstitutiea, they are utterly void, aHc
/ the courts would declare them so at any
/ inolucRt. Therefore / am glad TO heat
1 Senators on the other side says they tlt
mot complain of these bills. Your mel
Ehave given up this bone Of contention
(. this matter Of complaint, which NoftiterI
Il men have set forth as q grievance naor'
'fthan any one else - I, =: 49, =, .;s:
i These laws were not intended to exeitt
i the South, or TO put them in any position
y OF degradation, as the Senator supposes
Il These laws against kidnapping are Us OH
j as the common law itself. + hclieFe tbt
i State Of Virginia has one to-day as strtn
gent in its provisions as any Of those o
4 which you complain. And here let IN
4 say, because the subject occurs 10 me tina
the Senator from Virginia seems not 81
much 10 point out any specific acts tina
i the Northern people have done that ar
luxurious to your property as something
he takes to bU q diSh0uor and Il degrade
ton. l. think 1 feel AS sensitive on tina
subject as;any other man, il ! know my
1 self would be the last man who woulj
advocate any law, or any act, that Woul
q humiiiate or disbonor any section Of TIL
!. country, or any individual in ii; but, o
il the other hand, let me tell those gentle
i mem am exceedingly ssnsitiyeo on tina
same poiat, whatever they may think, an
II had rather sustain an injury than an iHsul
! or dishon0r, and i would be rs uuwilin
/ to: inaici it upon others AS / woald be /
submit TO it myself. never do citht
4 the one or the Other, Il know it, Bu
i q have already said those gentlemen VII
/ make these complaints have for a1oh
p series Of years had this government
; their own hands. rImay say these gBntll
) men who have raised upon this floor tliei
t bill Of indictment against us, have bee
r the leaders Of the dominant party 70
il years; therefore, il there is, anything
5 the legislation Of the federal goyeruHet
that il not right, you, and not We, are r
Q sponsihle for it; Wensfer yet have bee
5 invested with power TO control the lsgi
I latiOn Of tho country for IN hour. kne
b.; THE charges have been made and rung
z our ears that We have heen uifaithful
Q your Fugitive Slave bill. The law is e,
:, kceedingly odiOuS To any free people, Al
oil depriVes US Of all the old guarantees
n liberty that the Anglo Saxon race ha'
Z considered more sacred than RnythiI
L else. 80: -. ..s - =. = r. =.