Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-10-07
sprEc8 NJ Ron. ". F.. s1MMs, OF Ky,

18Th, 1862.
ar President: It il well known 10 the
Sonu,c TINT no member Of this body, with the
.v..n,i,n Of the Senator lrG,u Alabama, oar.
Ysprcy, has reported for publication IN the
,ewsr,,,ers OF the country, any speech
male bv him upon the various questions con
sidored and discussed in this chamber. l 90
not mention this fact with any InteiItloh %
rejecting upon the Senator.
In ali such matters each Senator lulst De
n.r,nittea To decide for himself, and the only
n1rst,ou left for other Senators when MS IL
d,np. is n determine to what extent Tor the
trurl, Of history it may %. necessary LOT thri'
to initiate bis example. The speech ulaac oy
the Senstor from Alabama in opposition ID
the amendment submitted by the senator
from North Carolina to the exemption OH
now under consideration, appears III tniS
mornings issue Of the Richmond ~"knqu"oi'
Tbe whole tome and character OF UNIT speech
seem lu he m effort to impress the country
witb the Flea, that here in the Senate o' the
rnnfeIcrare States, during the trst year oil The
Goycrnn,eut's existence, Senator'S were bold
" i,r,oriny the reserved rights Of thu Sta:ea,
set,ine AZ defiance. the Constitution of the
rn,ntTy, and, above nil, wrru willing l." sub
y,rt our Limited CONSTITUTIONAL. Government,
aud settectualiy erect upon its ruins IL purely
military despotism." These, sir, arc grave
charges. 1.ate without foundation or even the
shadow Of justification.
Az one Of the Senators referred TO By the
Senator from Alabama, | am uTwllling 10
permit such MI IInlMtstion Ii pass without
notice or reply. no Senator here ought t.
know better than the Senator from Alabama,
that no such pNsitinii has berh assumed, and
no such purpose tvoweI by sny ihember OF
this hndy.
l will not Gail in question the motives OF
the Senator which authorized his gratultous
assumptions and defamation upon thls point.
l can explain his whole Course upon this sub
jec1 upon butaone hypothesis, and that Is .he
eager and intense anxiety on his part u De
recognized in history ~ the especial champion
IF the rights of the States, and tue untdltfrIng
defender of his country's liberties. hIlrh u
plaoe in history would be u grand achieve.
ment, when carmel by II generous and unstl
fish effort To advance the puhEc wcliire--n'l
achievement worthy OF m ambition lGsa ar
dent. and a 1nodesIy more apparent than that
which gave colorlng 10 every sentence wh'ch
fell from the lips of the Senator during this
debate. TO give emnfaSlS to his declarations,
he infused into his eil,rt that gravity III style,
accompanied by those startling a%!arun's, 80
effective upon the stump.
To have Judged frUn hii mannor, ami the
very high and solemn responsibilities he as
suued in the premises, one not initiated into
the mysteries Of Shatu-acting npoR the Stage,
would have supposed that his purpose was lo
impress The S.nate and il not tie Senate, ut
feast the country-@iLh the idea that S'me
ECr:ar was about to enter this Hall, to gasp
the purple OF Empire, and while others slept
or played c0nspiratorS, h. alone, faithful and
ii .,laEt rs the modern BrutuS, St0oh ready Ia
confront the tyrant and strike him to the
earth. III the zeal nfthc Srnptor 10 give form
and shape to this pAuniom Of his fancy, be de-
c~lares, that sigus are not lacking that the war
powrr is qlictly usurpins the powers Of both
State ard Cunfrdernt. tiDvtrnmelts-nnd that
all history teaches That in times of war the
more modest and less snowy civil powers Of
Government yield and shripk from tn" fi.rcer
bearing and nors pretcntious and swelling
de,naauor Of the var power" While, air, WE
advert to the lessons Of history, if we would
profit by their teachings, We should alsn re-
member that liberty was betrayed and crushed
by that same Antony who harrangued the az
cited p~opilace rs its Most Jealous defender,
while he exhibited the bloody robes Of the
fallen Caesar These, sir, arc some Of the start
ling declarations made by the Senator. and if,
To give point md force to these declarations,
he declares "that If there are any within cur
land So misled las to desire TO overthrow our
present form oil Government, and to establish
npon lis ruins q central despotSm, led by a
dictator, they could not desire to have more
effective MD in accomplishing their unhnllnwed
- a.. ,h.o. .,Ia nm fnphf nara
uIittingly-
Mr.. iancey.-That word should have beer
printed unwittingly. II Is remarkable that
this is the only mrtakc which appears IN the
address.
Mr.. Simms.-Then "'uhr.Hmhy lend to
them The characteristic modcSty of the
Senator stands prominently revealed in TIN"
last sentence. Other Senators are uncon-
s%ciously bringing ruin upon their country,
not from design but from a want Of that pro-
found and wonderful comprehension which
signaliz.s every act Of the Senator from Ala
bama. He, alone, i. uncrring and, while his
great faculties MT. ALWAYS sufficient Iii guide
him in ths ~sLrniatl md narrow path" he
vol has enough to Hpare /" exercise 4 benign
and wholesome censorship over the judgment
md conduct Of others. In reply to thn main
idea advanced hv the Senator, that We are here
uawiHingiy lending ourselves to the further
ance of n purpose On the part 81 those Who
NAV desire tu overthrow our present form OF
government and establish upon ita ruins a
central despotism led by a dictator. ! have
this to say, with more appearance OF truthin
/ it, to the Senator from AlahaIua: thatii here
he within our land any ana :" mi-ltd as t"
desire Lincoln and his armed minions OF the
,Ii5r1h 10 succeed in this contest, and thereby
not only overthrow our State and Coincide
rate Governments, but aiso rivet upon nr1r
limbs tn. Chains Of II relentless uni uutnd-
ing slavery, they cannot desire to have sny
more ~etfectual aid or btttrr FRIEND than the
Senator from Alabama, no douht unwittingl:v,
has shown himself to DE. lie not ..nly re-
fuses, BY mis- votes, to pledge thu whole physl-
cul poWer and resources of this government
to BIO used, if necessary, in the defence Of its
iiberties-but: he furnishes, by declarations
and speeches, that have NJ foundation III
fact except in h; cwn imagination,
the proof upon which the tnslared
and sui,sldiscd press Of the North
will rely to establish l'nyond cavil the truth
of the vile ISLANDERS they have SO alien made
against us. They make tho rhargr-as they
have before rna,ie Il Thousand timas-th that our
purnose here 10 To create y military dcspo-
! tism, and thereby overthrow all free Govern
meuts; and upon the stand, and before the
whole world, they introduce the Senator froW
Alabama ss their witness to make good heir
infamous allegations. In this work, and the
evil effects it is to exert upon the popular
mind Of the masses at The North, and espe-
cially in the Border State, the Senator from
Alabama stands prominently forth aa the nc
tive accomrl;ce of the Gr"eleys and BENEFITS
Of the North. But, sir, this is not all. The
North %enrulls into its armies G00,00U add
tioual troops. to oY.rwhelm our Government
in ruins--Stste and Cunfstlerate-and to en-
slave cnr people; and ,ur gallant army, that