The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-05-24

=, great from traitors in the field with
ns n their hands as it is from the aim
hia.,ongued. slippery bypocrites who 60
sor,h .noloeizing and concemning every ener-
80 measure of the Administration as
tyrannical and wrong, and endeavoring to
deceive the people and stir them up 20 hos
t;litv against this wise, this just, this most
moderate Administration do not believe
the people are going 10 be deceived by
Il. I do not believe that your night
meetings to re. construct the Democratic
party, your resolutions Of censure &C
cusing them Of tyranny here and
intimidation abroad-I do not believe all
these ;hings and all your Vaccinations will
be able to deceive an awakened people who
unde rstand al your arts, and are determined
70 back a vie Administration in the course
it shall pursue.
I noticed that the Senator from Kentucky
(Mr. Powell, } in the speech lie made here
the other dav, mourned over the degeneracy
of that State. He was horror stricken or
sorrow stricken with the comparison OF
the great men who we're here in former
times and those who are now here. He es-
pecially referred to Massachusetts. Well.
sir, Massachusetts is my old mother, and
do not like TO hear her assaiicd without say
ing n word 10 her behalf. | tell him Mass
achusetts was never more adorned; there
never was more patriotism, there never was
more efficiency 10 extricate the country
from the difficulty into which it is plunged,
than there is from Massachusetts, to-day
How is it with old Kentucky? Did the
Senator think OF that in the remarks he
made? His former colleague stood here
year ago preaching these same doctrines OF
Cancellation aud anti-coercion, invoking tie
Constitution in favor OF traitors, taking pay
out Of the Treasury. holding up his head to
God and swearing be would be loyal to The
Constitution. and then sneaking Oft into the
rebel army to stab your Constitution TO
DEATH That is the successor Of old Harry
Clay, Of glorious memory! Is not that de-
eeneracy? The Senator himself coI'fesses
he has been suspected, at least Should
he, standing upon ground like that. have
made this inquiry into the standing OF the
present and past Senators?
Mr.. President. | have said, perhaps, all
ought to say. and more; but mark, this con
uoversy was not provoked by me. The
Senator from California-with whom have
always lived here on tie most intimate terms
,, Of friendship. or it not the most intimate,
the most cordial--though it proper to as.
sail me, and the Committee with which
act; to assail us violently, as inquisitors, as
men that went about accusing and SANDER
ing and stabbing men in the dark. 1t Is
true that he revised the speech that caused
my speaking at all, and, | believe, struck
out every single word that related TO The
Committee OF which am member. Sir.
this is all wrong. do rot kIow but it is
permitted i'm the course OF remarks we make
here that n man may revise. strike cut. and
put in whatever he pleases. l care nothing
about that. IL he says anything here that
lie is not willing 10 go to the country. pity
~>him. or anybody else in that position.
NHe has endeayored to implcae me IN as
sorting that the Constitution and the great
guarantees of liberty should not be invaded
IN behalf Of men in judicial tribunals. sir.
never alluded to any such thing. know
their value. Ny zeal is stimais,ea because u.s..
are souoht 10 Be ovsrthrowa by these trait
ors with arms in their hands. But, sir, is i
not marvellous. that they who are so ,z,al
Gus OF this Constitution, and of these time
honored guarantees, should not have sin
gle word To say against those who are il
open hostility 10 overthrow and destroy
them all?
Mr.. President in conclusion / will say,
have no fears in This great controversy, do
not agree with many of nv brethren " whose
hearts seem to fail them before the mapni-
tude OF the great issues in which we are
embarked. 1 believe in the justice OF God,
IN Ills overriding providence, that He will
nerve the arms Of those who are contend
inc tor the right, and will make them victo.
rous at last have no fears Of it. When
this great war is over; when rebel ion shall
be trampled under foot; when Southern
men shall see the error Of their WAYS, and
the interest they have in the great
principles of our Constitution, which has
mnIstered so much to their prosperity. di.
vested of passion, and the concet that they
have entertained so long. whipped out Of
them, they will come back again. and glory
III us who have saved them from themselves
and. reunited again upon real basis Of
freedom and repubiicanism. this great ma
ton will rise from this commotion like the
phoenix from lis ashes; aud whoever shall
survive twenty years hence. will see this
the leading nation on Gods earth, existing
without reproach. and. conscious Of her i'm
posing power. she will be the pride, the
boast and the hope of all the nations Of the
earth.