Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-06-22

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tans some stirring aud forcble sediments on the
crisis 10 that State which mag be read with great profit
by our readers:
From the st. l. us Journal
ADDNss OF Tns PsAsiDssI OF INA Missouri SENATE
A. tue request Cf sege.ai EeaatOrs AID Others. se
puclsh following oJeedI * III he senate Oh WeG
uesGay last
The hour for adjournment having arrived, Lieut.; Gov
yuolts aid:
SENAIOAs: 0n taking leave Of you, would do ibiu..
tca to my oWn leenuss Gao Lot repeat now N more
numerous assemb e, the mert,d ,fitue paid to your
body when az ii. close Of your last Session address.
ed few parting words 70 Il few Senators hen present
Last winter, tor three months, during period Ct un.
equaled pueie excitement, ihis Senate composed of
mocrs OF every political party in the Uniou conducted
is proceedings with such OigLy that Ot ons did
Senator feel it hts duty to call any other 10
order tor mpr0pes rks but IN instuce whatever
did lear any disccurteCus or even unknd language
towards any Senator the deba ihis chamber
At present session. held amid all the distractions Of
civil war; aud devoted to legislation Of the most vital
importance bu. once have lett called upoR to rod,e
disregard Of parliamentary courtesy even this was
immediately discovered 10 have been occascned by
pprcheGson. Not oLly has this elevated tone dis
ugushed cur discussions but personal relations Only
courteous but kind have been continuously main.
tanned among all tue members OF this body s4udered
this State mas Often been particularly in regard to tue
social habits Of her people, stgmatistd she has beer
a community OF ruittns, point with PRIDE 10
Senate WHICH not ouly IN ability, tuI in courtesy may
challenge comparison With that OF any OF sister
States II ae pubic verdict shall be that have shown
myself worthy OF pr siding sucn cody, it viii ever
be one OF the most grateful circumstiLces Of my political
career.
Allow me, Senators, TO return you my most heartfelt.
th3tks for The uniform cCUrle-y, and iudplgeBce
with which have been treated by every memocr o THE
body. Trained 10 habits oi rigid method nay occa-
scusly have lcouvenieuced you or lot fully obe,et
trdty idtll 20 4
those habits conuol my action. Bat icei su c that
this Senate will credit my stc csrty in saying that
have sedU0usly erdtavoccd TO every Senator
the full ard free a. IJnent OF h- constitutional privileges
Il Is door, ard assign him, in the of your
legisl fuEcous the position 70 which HANDED
Is,ce all OF yCu rq1red. Il aiof ds no UIdlary
satisfaction remember that this session appeal
has been taken ON auy decision Of the cha ard TIC
ouly o:der wlich It became necessary explsiu
which, viii tie ultimately unanimous col Of yOur
BODY gave Jour rules tue widest possible nterpre
l4ton to protect sirge Senator his privilege 20
throw open the doors of YOUR chan ber whenever your
right to told session i9cspu;Gble under
the Constitution.
You tava replied 10 oa'unny by removing the veil Of
secrecy from Of yuut proceedings. They yindicirc
themselves Even in 4 momen, Of imminent peril VLcn
armed RIB lon had violated the uti0nal rights Of
citz militia in hc chie city of the State, ard veil
founded aporehe existed ,hl it bad elevated ei
to the !lcty OF proposing 'road upon your very
c4pdl yAu itSt hone u NfNF accustomed ChlUtsS, oe
liberation and src: regard for cors,itu ora right On
Friday last: ahle the beayeu' Themselves, Gs ii ~ ntg
nation at the cline again Liberty thai day pTperaei
a. 81. Lcgis, iClred i0T1 tu,r tuGders aid dart d
dosn their lIbuE-7 You sat IN council over the safety
OF the pcOpl; u yo.r oaC-gr;ic, comprehensive ard
unanimous l.. -.4uO" 80 ,hat midnight -essioa
dlc'cc as ecu; r-esdi Fl .er t--Aiss and a. your
journals vi dlh-rste attention 70 TIE
mau ct f1rmal-s a. IS exact when the mo7t CLOSELY
aoni.fted asu.e Is d-cid aE,d- he calming uh -
cncs II ths mo7f pro'ounl par'. ul that Cceis.on
NY memory ir,tiac,v l. recalled the s.is.d ole, c. III
nenci rh- lo''y wor3--
J4.tnm 2. thacol prop,'i'i vrirn,
and fl. that hn,r y 'flfl.4iug ihoss words Of
tae Roman poet coils j -'iy .,y OF c,ch OF YOU
D-raI, MT tlc t,rrn ssssli
Deter him s.ih Il. ho.L
We -ro told tod,y by high miary authority tia
i. mus; be app4.c to " on Vto ha4 'e,su
PROPER and ueh.t.eI view Of the slf e. tidt bis cur
lnus share the res iuy Gf e Union - Lu' II ris,oy
teaches ths /! that 1ts'!'y Dc !I'sry fu'j cou
to an uuri.u,ly sway, Isnon OF lr.emeu WIi never
-har. i---.,nsr N4VrBl From the cay en, in ne
qsrtill agricultural, but poor r pull 0. Rome rt,
ys,y yroac,. on vhch Gcnc-l of tte ri,h CONNER
ci-i AID sculg STATE oi Carthage l.y PED
18th lis fc,n.r's wis Purcni-eo at full valro 1g
Roman ci H. down to tie recent day waeu al slacs.
ursr;ncd people sCa tered tie w,bGs the cyiutd
.rmies # Ncspoli,an B,urbo., nstion worthy @.
f.ec.on has never been hl4'i subdu.d / sc:cp the
compliment pud cur ci.Z u said',fy Wien force ci
eight thousand, t.orGu fhly oquTp"J, vas deemed
ces-ar7 20 surprise brgad- oi eight hundred, aluI ~
destitute # s.nIGu ion. Ii couiCst 10 b. IOrrod
upon u by an att myt to dep-vc IT, o. our cousttu-
tilual hight TO form and VI, l-Fcguiated militia,
the two ius'r,d trcussnd "a. inca Ct IA j aTy age Ia
III souri, will require ~ The ssme Iata nil obs Of
inv .ders subGue them. ! pi'y the Goaera or the
Government whch undertakes the work.
feel Senators tnat 10 eat crisis ko this, in which
both a Gene spulb!y
" taken the poidon OF unepding ress'arce this
disguised attempt dsarm and reduce 10 the level
of slaves, TO imaginary Eecessies imposing s'erce as
-af, glurd of mpartaliiy in presdng oi;er, should
deter from declling here in open nate that fully
snare that position. IA l1rg the future destiny o.
Missouri lef. TO be 'cded oy her ffeemen, calm
and ibrhte review Of her geographical position, her
SOIL productions and, in short all hes material interests"
as well the origin, Ginities and Institutions Of her
people and th,r opinion to the best mode OF presev
iUg their constitutional berries sgnst tie encroach
meat of power content 10 abide by their decision.
But the question Of the right Of free people to
haye well regulated militia ia one which involves
the privilege of every single citizen Ii is not ques
ton OF union disunon Of North Of South, but OF
the most precious liberties OF our people. We see al
ready that on this ISSUE which the blindness of
en-. mics has under Coos p oviderce led them raise
solr is almost uuit For SELF | can say that,
never having denied any his constitutional rights,
can with good conscience, demand every OF mine;
shall abs'e 1t title OF them. and so will
every Missouan with spark OF the fire Of berty
n his soul Bearing the of who Il say IL not
n pride but in a Of duty their memory, fer
centuries past have taken pario pert in every
test wagei by the AngloSsxon in defence Of ther
hereditary rights Of family which has twice reduced
itself from opnence TO utter poverty rather than bend
tn, knee 10 military tyranny tracing my descent Huge
nots who pr erei exile in Virginia to submission TO ty
ranny az home kin man OF aShington and country
man of Jack k.on-I should be false TO every natural
impulse did no; the ming'ed blood OF the Cavalier,
the Puritan, and the H1genot boil in my veins al the
bare suggestion that Tree citizens should in time o!
peace without leg process without judicial test OF the
legality of their oreenz4ton without warning he igno-
mnou-ly deprived of m ard Of berty. o. this ques-
ton am body and soul with Missouri; all that | am
and all that have are at her service in this cause
million and qulrter OF people, on territory larger than
L gland and Wales combined, are uneou uqnerahle by
aly army not large enough TO bankrupt the ssucy oil
the United States in twelve month. The idea that
auy power left in anv fragment of the late Union
control the destiny of Missouri against the will Of her
own people, is bald absurdiiy II Gen. Harney were
as much of statesman as he is military leader, be
would see that the parties to our civil
evenly matched that with the aid Of either powerful
State like Missouri cannot be subdued by the ohsr but
will be entirely mistress OF her own destiny
Nov, Senator's, a parting word By singular acc-
dent every off ia position have held has been one in
which a talent for silence has had b, cultivated;
v know but rarely break it, al least in public
hitherto It has been broken OILY to express devotion
the UGiop dead and gone OF those percus
States but alwsy in compete suboTdinaton 10 my de-
votion to the Constitution without an exact observance
of which that Union b-comes a snare and delu,ion.
shall not say anything f rent nov, do suppose
b. the OCCASION will arse for me 10 yolae the
habit of official reserve. But, however, for time
vo ce be still my hands and herd in Ieprse.
p dge you here that whoney4r Missouri needs his
In Inv in Vii ha ha rsaful IN,