The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-07-27
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parts and unity and yigor and the whole
we have solved the problem of large cOnted
eratiOns; we have rcconciled the liberty Of
the citizen with the expansion of the en-
pire individuals have been free commune
tiles have been Selfgoverning; minoritles
have been protected. The theory of State
sovereignty, the theory of State rights has
done this | beg gentlemen not to be Sc
duced into the idea that we can be more
free or more prosperous or more happy by
breaking down the States and substituting
for their iEat influence the unbridled will of
majority of the whole people. We do
not need uniformity Of institutions Their
very variety devclopes the good in all. Or
ganized communities with all the powers OF
well ordered and settled State governments,
are the best security for the personal liher-
ties and material interests of al the reople.
We of the Northwest will have little 10
fear if you insist upoh change. Our conn-
try, rich in all the products of a fruitful
soil, is prolific of men. If the rule of a
consolidated majority isto prevail, We can
from our Northern prairies send down n
countless host under whose mighty tread
the institutions of pigmy States and small
communities will he tramnled in the dust.
Illinois has more voters than New Hamp-
shire ;Vemnnnt and Connecticut Ohio has
more voters than Maine, Massachusetts, and
Rhode Island Teach them that power re-
sides in numbers alone teach them that
! the institutions Of the States are not sacred
from their touch while they attack the in
| stitutnn of slavery to-day yoh NAV smile,
but tomorrow you viii tremble when your
religion, yollr manufactures, your capital
| fpI ntr-1l c1,b r.
ed to their will You have no safety but in
the maintenance of your State govern
! ments, no security for your liberty, your
property, your prosperity, but in the pro-
| lection of the rights of minorihes under
the power Of firm, well-established COM
munities. s.5ett' .'l'."~
We have gone too tor toward consolida-
ton already. Federal power is. eneroaeh-
ing on the States, The Executive is dis
placing the Legislature; the rights of indi-
viduals are not safe; the rights Of minori-
ties are not respected; rower is raising
itself above law, above Constitution. and
pntting the safeeua1ds of liberty and the
guarantee Of GOOD government beneath its
feet. This House declares that it cannot
look with satisfaction upon the establish
ment Of an Austrian empire, upon the ru-
ms of Mexican republic, and thereupon
the President makes haste humhly to tell
the Fmperior Of the French that although
the House expresses the unanimous senti-
ment Of our people, he governs the foreign
Affairs of the country. and that he will de-
/ fv that sentiment in his action. Arcuees
seeks asylum in New York. He is de-
manded as a slave-trader by the Cuban
authorities, and the President and the Sec
retary of State. without treaty, without law,
without judicial investigation, in violation
of the rights Of New York. in violation of
the Constitution of the United States, cou-
mand that he be secretly kidnapped in the
night and that to avoid a hdbed$ c01p'tS be
be hidden away till the vessel sails for Cuba.
! We must retrace our steps we must return
| to State rights. They are the conservat-
ors Of liberty; they are the conservators OF
Union and the first step OF that return
should be now and here, in our firm re-
solve to remit to the State where the Con-
stitrtion left it, the whole subject of do.
nestle slavery
The hammer fell. .
Mr.. Stiles.--I move that the gentlemen
have leave to proceed for ten minutes
Mr. Hotchkiss. i object.
Nv Spalding-I desire the PERMISSION Of
the House to ask the gentleman from Ohio
IL question. .v -..
Mr. Pendleton.- shall be very happy
to answer any question my colleague will ask
if the House will permitit.
Several members Objected