Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-04-14

up my hat for the of the Union and cheered at M
felt anxious for ts any man upon
this floor. look upon war as disnnon look upon,
continued actually keeping of the Union to still
later period, and scarcely believe that peace would
accomplish Union And surely, il any thing will i is
that angel of peace She may unite the cords which
have been severed by the hand of and may tie them
tightly together than before but II we are to
have dissolution in the OF God let US have it without
bloodshed Let have il, and instead OF having one
great consolidated Government one imperial Government,
pendd Government let at least have this
tinent two happy Governments But as said before,
look to peace the harbnger OF the Union if there any
harbinger for it,
But, air L am a stakeholder That is to say, was
until Ben Butler stole my slaves all away. Laughter
As old Democrat, used to admire him very much
but of have not much admiration for him
His course only shows what he always was am slave
holder and have sat here patiently hearing you insult
every day with your assertions that slavery Sin
aud the Of ali yllanies for do not consider that
man can participate in the OF all vianes without
being himself villain have borne all these things, and
have looked upon you frantic upon the subject.
have really compasslonated you Laughterl Now, Sir,
if slavery is willing to bear the reprOacb. But
yuu refer TO God Almighty for my title, Can show
you that it is sanctioned by His word You declare this
institution to be crime you declare 1t to be the sum OF
all vlanies but tell you that whoever says my father
was villain because he held saves-and he had slaves
aud died Christian; whoever Gays that my constituents
whom represent villains because they hold slaves
know them TO be honest and upright men, doipg their
duty Christians much any body; whoever says
these things Id liar. will let no man write such an
epiiaph upon the tomb of my father will let no man
say such thing to me here in my presence without call
ing him to responsibility You may consider it Gin as
between you and your God but shall not use insulting
language upon such subject that without being called
to account.
lying between the two sections but upon my honor upon
my soul repeat that every drop in that gulf is on the
souls If tho Northern people. do not think that any
condd who looks at the history OF this affair can come
to any other conclusion From the beginning of the Gov
ernent the time of the adoption OF the Constitution
down to the time of the election of Abraham Lincoln you
have been using of insult and terms of rritaon aud
you have been doing every thing you could to bring about
this very result which Is now upon you LOOK at inc MS
tory of this matter shall not repeat it 1t ia too familiar
and has been too often repeated At first you only Guilt
waited the ground but when that old scold and wraBger
the worst that lived in this country even not
ceptinR Burr; when that old scold and wrange,
John Quincy Adams declared that by the war power you
could all the slaves and sell the States which
had slaves foeign Power that was the day when you
commenced to exert all your powers to excite this people
to rebellion Then it said you would not live with
them that the Government compact with hell, and
that one OF the most agreeable things the world would
be to part with the South and slavery That was the an
nouncement of your public every where, that they
could not live with you in peace.
Well, they separated from you and asked 10 lye on
terms Of peace with you What did you dol You imme-
distey howled out They traitors will hang them
all; aud when we have hung them we VIII take all their
property and divide it among u.s. Aud, sir all this was
be DONE according to your great hgherlaW apostle
William III Seward in the course OF sixty days No doubt
the facility with which be thought could be done was
great incentive to begin the work especially as there were
lands ia the South and many other benefits that they
pected to get hold of very easily down there
WELL great many If the Republican leaders went out
to Bull Kun in July, 1861, to winners the perfect over
throw Of the poor Southerners The smented gentleman
from Illinois (Nr. Loveoy) think went out there, ard
one member of this House from Massachusetts went out
think from New York They carried their picnic
with them spring chickens aud champagne Laughter
were
of popping off their champagne coks amid the blood ana
gore of the slaughter of the Southerners One of them
think went to Richmond rather faster than ne expected
Laughter One of them came back bowling for mercy,
having offered beard five hundred dollars to be
driven out Of the reach Of the black horse Of Virginia
You see, that these things were all to have been
done very me but instead Of that they have not
been done yet Instead of sevenyfve thousand men do
lug the work you have had to get million and half and
the million and half will not do it, Those you have sent
South have been welcomed with bloody hands to hospta
Bile graves You had idea that the po0r white trash
of the SOUTH you called them were the mere dregs OF
the people, and could easily be conquered Why SIR you
do not know them well do. holder, Drawer, more
honorable Of do not live the face OF Gods earth
And when you attempt elevate the negro TO an equality
with tn Southern white or even say that he 10 no
better than tie negro ne will strike though he may die i'm
medatey All the attempts to put the negro equal
ity with the white to give him an equal suffrage at
the ballot box to give him place upon the witness stand
testify against the life honor OF the white man. or TO
give him any Office that will iuct dshonor upon the white
man. or run any rick OF not keeping the Inequality that
now exists between the races will be resisted to the death
by every Southern white heart
Now Mr. Speaker, who was it after all that brought
this institution Of slavery here and established 1t among
US The Purtsns 6rstra men. They had some
pecuiarties but they honorable brave and patriotic
men They approved Of slavery They lock- IN every
corner of the Old Testament and in every line OF the New
Testament and they could find nothing against it, and they
approved Of slavery. Why, il is said that the very
schooner VIII ch brought the Pilgrim Fathers to this CONT
nent and ded them at Plymouth returned 10 Africa Tor
a cargo Of slaves Laughter. do not blame them Tor
IT, But cir they brought them here, and they Kept them
or as they could them pr0htabiy Then they sold
them 10 the South And many man who now looks me
in the face the descendant OF one who made bis
fortune on the deck the cabin OF SLAYER, by the i'm
potaon Of those very Africans whose descendants they
are now 30 anxious to advance in life They took the se
slaves to the South and cold them to ancestors and the
ancestors of men there They got Southern gold for their
merchandise and guaranteed the title to 1t And now
their descendants around and say they viii deprive
the people Of the South Of this property do not believe
that the Putans would sanction any such doctrine as that
They were honest and straightforward and sorry to
see that their sons thoroughly degenerate Ii
guilty of such act, politically personally or mo-
rally should consider myself degraded and dlsgraced
Yes cir there not Of you who pretends to hold up
his hard and say he will vote to pay back the money
paid for the Sc Africans They consider that would be
bad policy The liticans are against it. Against what
Against honor and honesty Sir are we dsgraced pe0
pie Are we people who have no sense oil honor You
shall not SANDER the American people. shall wait
for at returning good sense that will be able to Judge OF
the merits Of the case
Now, Mr.. Speaker, what the views expressed by
the gentleman from Ohio, (Mr. LoNG y That the war
must not be continued forever that ii must stop some
time that it is horrid war and that it ought TO stop
Who i to say when it shall stopi Have we not that