Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-07-07
A BOLD SPEECH IN THE LINCOLN srSIrr.

In the Yankee Senate OF the "A. u Me-. Salisbury,
of Delaware expressed his views in the following strong
language.
He said tina, history would hand down to the future,
with execraton aud condemnation, many acts Of the
present day. An arbitrary aud despoc power now not
satisfied With tramplug Oh every constitutional right Of
ctzans Has dared ptoiAney to enter the temple Of jus
tee aud drag her ministers from the altar He who
invaded Acourt Of ju tcs proves himself tyrant cspa
BILE Of auy the liberties Of tho people. Under
the preence OF supprcssing causees. rebellion, the
Executive parmento Of this Government, in his judg.
men were daily engaged in the grossest violations Of
the fundamental Law.
Who are taey Who are thus numbering civil liberty =
Those Who in the pretence of philanthropy, have pung
ed the country into all the horrors of civil war and
now evidence sincerity by shouting loyay while en-.
gagged ia destroying the liberties of the people and
@ so far 10 dare to impeaeh the loyalty oil those
men who sand by the Constitution. He tad it was his
deliberate and solemn conviction that either abolition
ism or constitutional liberty must forever diethe two
cauno. xist together Aboitionsm has for the time be-
ing dissolved the UGon, and while 10 lives il will remain
dissolved. No free psople either viii or ought to sub
nit ia sway. IL has been the author Of all our po
ltcA WOES.
AOoonism always has been aggressive on the liber.
lies Of the Government and had eliminated in at.
tempt TO invade peaceful Slate. Then The Republican
party in tie aggressive spirit, nominated man
who declared that "a house divided sgaust s,f cannot
standn The war clouds Immediately began to threaten
Senator M Crittenden) offered compromise which
would have aVcr,ed the war; bat the Aboliuonss re.
fused compromise, and deliberately chose Then
aross the cry Of ION 10 Richmond" when il met
with bloody defeat at Manlssas Then Congress passed
resolution that the only object Of the war was to sup
press rebellion aud nothing else, and the loyal people Of
the Border States took heart and courage How has
Corgress kept this pedgel
"rncy abolished slavery Ia the District Of Columbia,
and established parrdte 'or irer negroes from Della.
ware and 2Ary snd, whsro they supported by tax
ing white They are p'yrg negro telmstes thirty
dollars per mouth, while wie soldiers working
at thirteen S) dollars per month Tsey have legaizsd
g-o testimony and established diplomatic relations with
Hayt and Liberia. The council chamber Of the nation
has been turned into house OF waiDg for the wrongs
of the negco. He oonended that the present not
merely an instruction rebellion but great revou-
ton.
lie would take the admissions Of the Senators from
Vermont mr. Oolamer and Pennsy lyAna Mr. Cowan),
and assume that the present Conederats Government IS
Government de fIcto, and conteud that when the old
Government was iuy busted AID neg one firmly es.
tabished those who give allegiance to the aor cannot
be punished for treason to the former The right Of
revolution has been asserted In this country, and he
thought il settled that where revolution s nsugurated
under creu instances where probable il
may become the duty of every citizen to yield ale
glance to the Government and where there is only
reasonable prob bility Of success such support to
new Government is not felony which would sui ject
them TO prison and death, or confscation.
It was not right to visit punishment men for
doing what they consciendousy believed to be right
large Of these at the South believe that they
have the right and that they owe allegiance to the State
as well the Government aud they lad always given
great weight The former. Humanity charity, and all
the usages of the civilized world cry out against
we're punishment TO those who yield allegiance to Gov
eminent de facto, where Government De rs ceased 10
protect them or have any power.
He denied that there any justification or cause
for the present resolution. He admitted the right OF
the Government prevent the secession OF any stde,
but such right Was derived from any authority 10 the
Constitution, but from the light Of SefprsserVaton dc