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

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lis comes We do not Ike your i6stitu.I
4 iions, yoa say Hni We never liked them
/ any better, and you might asweIl have
EdlsSolyed the Union at any other time a.
tlnow; We stand precisely whereiwe stood, |
.itepudiatiiig yOur institution ~ 4 natter
fof morals, but; admitting that, when IL Il
lout Of our Jurisdiction, We have 10 hold
upon i and no llssigns upon il. Ii there
tany thing I'M the character Of tha President
Il elect Of which you complaint Has Ne not
lived . blaneless life, never violated any
laWi has be committed any violation 81
4 duty Why then, are you suspicious that
4 be Wilt Now; then, have shown that
u having the government In your hands all
z thetifle, you have brought IL 10 the verge
lfof destruction; and the people, believing
kh was time the sceptre should depart
from your hands, have placed il 10 more
fcampctrut hands. If this 10 So, you have
Inc constitutional right 10 complain, When
j Ne oil disasow any Intention 90 10 make
tusecf that victory We have now, as 10 Ii.
tlilre yea ~ ali. This brings ms here 20
j the questions Of compromise The hrst,
rlday Of this session senator rises and
{ leflcrs d resolution 10 inquire into tile evils
tbetNeen different sections, and to asceIfa
tain Mhat eoald lie deae 10 settle the diff.
{ eultyi i tell that Senator know OF no
'Tdiiicnlty. IA 70 compromise, / suppose
4 we had agreed TINT tie day Uf tolnpro..
imiaes WAS ~ an end The most solemn
I We have made have been yi0lated, and
i where are theyf Since / hare had seat,
Iln this Se1ate one sof considernbln Antl-
EqHity was swept away from our statute
/ book md when In tile liiinerttJ i stood
Twp here and asked you TO Nlthhold your
|haaas that il was . sacred compact be-
j tween seetious Mhat Wss tho eryl That
Eit was nothing bal an Act ot CONGRESS,
4 and could be swept away BY the same NM
lsjority that passed IL. ThatWas true III
\ fact. and trie III law, aud II showed lhe.
sHweakness Of compromises Now, only
! speak for myself, that iii View az tile flal-
liner in which compromises have been treat..
led, A shonld think hardly any two mems
hers Of the democratic party coul,l tauk
i ieaeh other 10, the face and say eoIIlpros
{ llnfse without n smile. a rearForiise 10
/ He hfonglit about after the exiietleice
{ I'VE have had Is absolutely ridiculous.
What are we TO compromised ANT
I teae of those who went With real to-
! maintain the principles OF tie republican
/ EParty lRacOnstilnrionai way w met
Z land nominated our candidates on did
r8ihe same, The issue was made aud We
oEwent 10 thopeople with ii, and, Hltheagll
!, usually In the minority usually beaten,
d administration 81 the government coli
gl finced The people that a change ought to
u Ebe brought about, and after trying ynuf
Is almost, and We our utmost, We beat you.
h We beat you on the piaiilcst aud most
issue ever presented 10 the
Il American people aud one they nntlefE
g|stood the best; and now when We come
s5to the capital; We tell you that our candi.
/ dates must be iIningnrated aud admins.
!; ter the government precisely MS their pre-
y deecsSors have done. Ii would he hn,
/. nlfliating mid dishonUrable to us IL we
10 n compromise by which we
et should lay aside the verdict of tile people.
Ill When ii comes 10 that's you have no gov
9 teFnneut, but anarchy interyciles aud civil
Ell war may follow, aud aii the evils that h1-
e imam imagination can raise MAY be- coAse-
10 qgleHt npou such a course as that The
III Auierieah people would lose the sheet
II anchor of liberty, whenever il Is denied
IN on this floor that a majority, fairly given
I. shall not rnle, | know not what Others
il may lilo, but | tell You that with that YER
u dict Of the people In my pocket, and
e standing on the platform on which these
NJ candidates were elected, l wGnld suffer
a anything before / would Compromise il
a any way j deem il in no case where We
e haze n right 10 extend courtesy or gene.
III resity. The absolute right, the most
Ii Sacred tint free peepleeaa bestes upoa
n any man, is their verdict that gives him D
il. full title TO the Office he halds: IL we caR-
of not stand there; we, csnBot stand any-
ar where; and, my friends naE other YER
le dict Wduldbe rs fatal to yeu as 10 US.
N YoR say he came FROM one sectiop=ef The
.sfeeuntry Mhat. OF tliata Mr. Wade
e tappealrd TO gentlemen on the other slde
Z. to say il they believed if the result ofths
&c contest had been 1he other way the re,
u pubiIeRns would have threatened disuHiohf
i lie claimed that il Mr. Liacbla was an
o. honest man, be would administer the con-
IN StitAtion faithfully. Therefore lgisay 10
re you, as far M i am eOueeraed Twill
yei yisld to nc, e6mptomise. ] do not come
n, here begging enc. IL w0hld be An.iGdigz
I, Unity to the people reaFeseatIf ! was
Dr. 10 stand here reefeaut TO the rights OF
it.tn,y party. Ne haze won Cur rights 10
THE Ghief MaeistFacy; aud lf you EeTc an