The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-02-15
.rso,. who voted in the negative are Mes.rs

Those who voted in the negative are Messrs
Benjamin.
.Bigler. Bragg, Bright, Chestnut, Clark.
C,.y CIinrman, Crittenden, Davis, Dixon,
Dooli,tle. Fitzpatrick, Foot, Foster. Green,
Grimes, Gwin, Hamlin, Harln, Hempeiil'
Hunter.
.Iyerson. johnson Of Tennessee. Lane:'
All Ilaughter) Yes, Lane Of Oregon, voted
ON the 25th ofMay last, that slaves did not need
nrotection In the territories. Now he will get
nm and tell the American people and the Senate
thai he is for q state seeding and for breaking
mn the Union, because they cannot get what he
swore they did not need. Qaughter) That Is
what I call putting the nail through. Laughter
The r Presiding Officer (NIr.Fiske in the chair)
The galleries must preserve order.
Mr.. Johnson, then, after voting that II was
not necessary to protect slavery in the terri.
was adopted by vote Of 35 yeas to two nays
thus roiiag all the rdy through, sren 10 The
final action ofthe Senate, that no suth pro-
ieeiion tcds necessary. You have not got your
protection, your rights, your equality and
then you tell me that have done you Unjust
ice by defending you against the charge that
you were in favor Of dissolution Of the union!
Even ifyou approved 1t, It would only show
that was mistaken. You deceived me that
time that was your fault. The mex, time 1t
will be mine, assumed, on that occasion, IN
reference to the act of ratification of the consti
tuition by the State Of Virginia, that so far rs
no reservation. no condition In her ratification
of the Constitution 0f the United States. ! had
examined the question had looked at all the
authorities that could be found upon the sub
ject, and could find no warrant for the asser-
ton but still the Senator from Oregon, in his
reply to me, spoke with great familiarity OF
the proceedings OF that convention ratifying
the constitution as though he understood II ana
with great confidence said 1t had made rescr-
walton.
WHAT HAS SOUTH CAROLINA GAINED!
And what, Mr.. President, has South Carroll
ma gained by going outl Ii has been just as
profitable on operation rs shearing the wolf by
the mailman. Can she now carry slaves into
the territories, Does she even get any division
of the territories None, she has lost all that
Does she establish rightl No, but by the
exercise of this abstract right, rs contended
for by secessionists, what has she got OPP
preston, taxation, q reign Of terror over her
people, as the result of their rashness in the
exercise Of this assumed right. In what con-
dition is her people now They have gone out
OF the union Ito obtain their rights, to main
tain their liberty. to get that out Of the union
which they could not get In II While they
tcere in the Union, they pere not fdrsd a mil.
lion and some sir or seren or eight hundred
thousand dollars in addition 10 their usual
expenditure 10 sustain Standing armies and to
meet other expenditures which are incurred by
separation. But still she has the right to tax
her people she has the right to institute a
-. haSt ha ,ulk Al, al In
her people from the ballot box and she has
exercised the right, and these are the conse-
auences. She has got her rights She has gone
out ofthc union to be free, and has introduced
n CALLING system OF tyranny. She has gone out
of the Union to be relieved from tsGes, and has
increased the burdens upon her people fourfold.
All this is in the exercise Of her light
A VOICE IRON SOUTH CAROLINA THIRTY YEARS
AGO.
That noble son of South Carolina, Joel II.
Poinsett, nearly thirty years ago.in an address
to the people Of Charleston, declared:
wherever have been have been proud Of
being citizen Of this republic. and TO the re-
hottest corners Of the earth have walked erect
and secure under that banner which our oppo-
nents would tear down and trample under foot.
| was in Mexico when the town was taken by
assault. The house OF the American ambassador
was then, as IL ought to be, the refuge Of the
distressed and persecuted; II was pointed out
to the Infatuated soldiery as place filled with
their enemies. They refused to attack. My
only defence was the flag of my country, and
il was thrown out Mt the instant that hundreds
of muskets were levelled at us, MIR. Mason-a
drawer man never stood By his friend In the
hour Of danger-and myself, placed ourselves
beneath its waving folds; and the attack was
suspended. We did not tlanch, for we felt
strong in the protecting arm OF this Republic.
We told them that the flag that waved over US
was the banner Of that nation To whose example
they owed their liberties, and to whose protec-
ton they were indebted for their safety. The
scene changed as by enchantment those men
who were on the point Of attacking and massa-
cring the inhabitants cheercd the flag of our
country, and placed sentiLels to protect 1t IRON
outrage.
.Fellow-citilens, in such moment rs that,
would Il have been any protection to me and
mine TO have proclaimed myselfa Carolinan!-
Should have been here to tell you this tale IL
had hung out the palmetto and single start
BE assured that to be respected abroad, we
must maintain our place in the Union
Sir, intend to stand by that flag, and by
the Union of which ii is the emblem. agree
with Mr.. A. II. Stephens, Of Georgia, that
this government Of our fathers, with all its de-
fects, comes nearer the objects Of all good gov
ernments than any other on the face Of the
earth
TIE UNION.
have been told and Ihave heard II repeated,
that this Union Is gone. Il has been said in this
chamber that il is in the cold sweat of death,
that, in fact, II is really dead and merely lying
in state waiting for the funeral obsequies TO be
performed. II this be ST., and the war that has
been made upon me in consequence Of advocate
ing the constitution and the Union, is to result
in my overthrow and in my destruction, and
that flag that glorious flag, the emblem OF the
Union, which was borne by Washin to through
q seven years. struggle, shall be struck from
the Capitol and trailed in the dust-when this
Union is inferred want no more honorable
winding-sh sheet than that brave old flag, and no
more glorious grave than to be inferred In the
tomb Of the Union. tApplausei In the galleries.
For 1t have stood for 1t l will continue to
stand I care not whence the blows come; and
some will find, before this thing Is over, that
while there are blows to be given, there will be
blows to receive; and that. while Others can
thrust, there are some who can parry. They
will find that IL Is game that two can play Mt.
God preserve my country from the desolation
that is threatening her, from treason and
traitors
is there not some chosen cursel
Soma bid,len thunder In the stores OF heaven,