The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-27

without the loss Of dinner: IAughter) Once more
he Of the gentlemen Of the North to shake hands
with their Southern brethren this question but
should they refuse, then in the day Of STRIFE and
discoFd and civil war he would Know his
found II his solemn opinion that in those days the
men who now doing all they coulo 10 whet the
to provoke bloodshed and conagratcn and general de-
structon-those men, when the day OF hglting came
must would keep aoof from the scenes OF dan
ger and OF death and the who would have ~ bear
the brunt Of the battle, both IN their persons
and IN ssG5 h Of amer ana as On both men who
be the honest farmers and mechanics and
traders whose minds were wrought to frenxy by the vile
Of the fire eaters III these THINGS 90
on unchecked then civil inevitable Then prepare
your country laid waste, all she channels Of com
their ruined, their fields drenchad with
blood and their homes desoated Then would wives and
mothers and sisters repro&chfully them why it was
they had done nothing ward "a the caanes Of the
landY Why did they not say something when they had
the opportunity that wrud have averted those terrible
evlisY An those days the remembrance Of what they
might have done TO save their country from this saurna
liza of horrors will come TO torment them, and then
harvest OF punishment will be in that retrospection
He would ask them while there yet time, would
they abstraction the surrender Of which could
do them no harm precpitae ruin on the country? He
begged gentlemen to take these things heart and
this basis of Cancellation to their brethren Of the South
He would not the feelings of North South,
who would at this time, IN the dread hour of impending
calamity upon them here in this Congress, not unite
heart and hand TO settle this terrible controversy by
yielding petty, triiing abstraction.
Mr.. GiImer was warmly sppauded by the republican
members after he had closed
Mr.. ALLEY, Gep.) of Mass, said that he had always
believed until that the government would be
overthrown. His faith in the wisdom Of man precluded
the idea that Union Of such nestimabe value especially
that section which threatened destruction and whose
interests above all others this Union alone could protect
and preserve. History furnishes parallel to such
political suicide. But we nust deal with facts
they investigate and act in the spirit Of patriot
ism and wise craftsmanship hooking to the future well
to the present He portrayed the evils Of disunon
both sections and while it would be for BOTH the
North had much to hope in the future and but little
fear in the present, while the South had everything to
lose and nothing to gain by disunon The North in the
mighty power would make her the master OF
the continent The trade Of the South, he said,
had been estimated, and he proved by statistics
that commercially and financially the North would be
with the of the slave States than
would be in the Union with them unless their interests
could harmonic. The addition the trade from Canada,
and from Central America and Mexico, would than
mpensate forefod all the loss should sustain by di
minshed trade with the South. He could compro-
mise give any guarantee to slavery let the
sequences be what they might Nothing would tend
the Union much frmness and adherence TO
principle on the part Of the North. The North stood
where the great men Of the South had alwsys stood up
the question Of slavery, until very recent periods
That because the South had changed why
the North should abannOn its deep rooted vctions
The Noah had been pleasing and forgivng, while The
South mad Deehaggressve 70 prescription The North
had power and no desire to interfere
with slavery in the States, but they would
| be degenerate of most worthy sires if
they consented to the extension of slavery in the Ter
rtores. The SOUTH he said had had possession OF the
national government for than half century, and
her had monopolzed large share of the offices and
emolnments, and received the lions share Of appro
prations. He said the North had paid for many years
than three f0urths of the revenue, and most of
it had been spent for the benefit Of the South.
He said the South in its arbitrary exercise Of power
and its propagandism, had a parallel in the reign
OF james III, who WAS q propagantist of the Roman
Catholic religion and to that interest he abused
his power and violated the constitution and driven
into exile reward for his tyranny, SO it with
the slave power-it had been driven into exile, he
trusted returness that of James ii. He vindcated
massachusetts, and said she would be true to all her
stitutional obligations Her fidelity to the Union
but the record Of her history. He indicated her
Governor and said that Massachusetts, had had twenty
Governors since 17S0-all of them able and dstin
gushed-most OF them eminent and some of them illus
trous and In everything that constituted true greatness
of mind and character, not among them all supe
ror John A. Andrew. He had faith and wisdom in the
patriotism OF the American people, and if they true
tn their convictions they had future most hopeful
mission most important, and destiny most glorious.
Mr. PRYOR. opp of Va, obtained the floor