M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-03-03

b1irHctS from the LlIc opceen OF
the Hen. James Brooks, Of New
York. Delivered in The House
Of Representatives.
We mako tile following extracts
from Mr.. Brooke late speech:
Mr.. Brnoks-This is the entering
wed dge put into the bill. But, Mr.
Speaker, il is in vain for me 10 at
tempt to discuss the details OF this
bill, for it is a bill which has doubt
less been caucu3ed and settled and
docidsd upon elsewhere. will MOI; ,
therefore, waste the timo ofthe House
IN tnyile discussion OF it's details. II
il is dec'ee out OF dOars to be enact.
Cd, it will be enacted in doors, and ~
argumeht Of mine would have ANY
effect or the gentlemen who have So
decreed. Indeel, whenever gentle
man from Massachusetts, in these our
latter days, introduces any bill or
propoun1s any proposition for the
confederation OF the House, | always
lis!en to him with attentiye ears, with
apprehension, with something Vi awe,
nay, with thar deep interest HAT tha
Roman OF old must have iirtsned to
tho unrollins Of the leaves Of the
.Slbyl, or the Greuk to the ntterings VI
the orac'e in Delphos.
Massachusetts is now the leading
power in this country. Whatever abe
decrees 10 in all probability to 5s law.
She exercises Tho Same control over
thia vast country, which stretches
from tho Passamaqdo1dy to the Rio
GraDde., as from the Rio Granle tu
the Pacific, that was exercised by I'm
perisl Rune OH the little Tiber, from
lhs Pillar Of Hercules to the Ell
pirates and Tigris. Boston, her
capital, is we'll called the hue Of our
universe, with her spokes now in
serted in Now York, pennsylvanla,
Chic, and into the great West, the
great Northwest, the rim OF whose
wheel now runs with frightlul, crush.
ing velocity from that Passsmsquod.
iy to that Rio Grande.
Hence, whenever gentleman from
Massachusetts, rises upon this tl)Uf
introducing u bill like thi5, i'll DO not
look upon him as a god or n deml
god | look upon him as a power suro
To dictate the Legislation Of the House,
and to have vast control over this
country. 1t is decreeI, in all prota-
blIity, az was decreed in tho case Of
the conhscation bill, that this email
clpatiOn or land occupation bill shall
pasa this Hou1e. 1t is written; IL is
ordained. 1t is q Massachusetts
thnndrrbo't. There fashea now in
the fiery, furions furnace OF this holt
datsndl est C4rthago. Aye, not on
y that Carthage is to b. destroyed,
but "delsnda ss! Afjou"--Airica ia
" bo destroyed alS3. Slavery is tn be
abolished, and with /, the African.
| listen | tremhle before the decree.
| hear now from the stceples, the
spires. the pulpits Of Massachusetts,
what ! nave often heard in the Nos
em East from tho minarets Of the
mosque, the cry to 90 forth, In H.
iahovn ia ALIah 10 MOhammed
rasM ANal." God is great, aud
Massachusetts, ia his propset, (Lansh
ter
A superior race is now under the
decree # this bill, to come in contact
with an inf.rior racs /; the African is
10 be met with the white man; the
poor, humble son Of Africa. the negro,
is come into colnpet tlon and conflict
with the astuto Massachusetts white
tas askmaster. Slavery. therefore, in
this conflict Of races, is not only to be
abolished, but tho slave ia to be abOl.
;shed alsu. Two races, the superior
AMI inferior, cIn not live ia equality.
What was the fate Of the Wampapo-
ags and oil the Pequods before the
Puritan in Massachusetts is to BE- the
tate vi the negro slave whenever re
comes in contact with the white man.
know tho spirit Of Massachusetts.
| know her inexorablo, unappeasable.
demoniac energy. lknow that what
she DEGREES che will execute, as when
she ordered tho burning OF the witch.
es at Salem, or the scourgiDg or the
Qnakers, or exile Of the Baptist to
the rocky shores OF the Nar'agansett,
or to the mvuntsin-fastnesses and
glens Of Now Hampshire, where my
maternal Baptist ancestors were ban.
ished. Hence when, as now, sire de.
crees ON the African, tremble for
three million of hitherto happy human
being now doomed TO determination.
Snpe:intendents. masters, clerka,
enploveB, persons C! all kinds ald
eiag9as, ara 90 ~ unsupported by thi4