The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-28

| uments. Il is we'll known that the point
finally established was that. since tho principle
| OF division Of territory between tho Nortf
and South had been given up. the principle o.
Congressional restriction should also be sur.
| rendered and that all now States. whether
north or south Of 36' so. should be admitted
into the Union either with or without slavery
rs their Constitutions might prescribe at the
time Of their admission We scarcely need to
add TINT the subsequent struggle over the
| Nebraska bill turned on the question whether
| tho principle embodied in the compromise
measures OF 1850 was restricted In it's appli-
cation to the territory ceded By Mexico 81
whether It was also applicable to the Louisi-
nna purchase and had thus superseded the
compromise Of 1890
~.
When Robert Toombs entered the Senate OF
tho United States in 1853 tho composition Of
| TINT body had been materially changed since
the ereat debates on the compromise meas
| urcs. Clny. Webster. and Calhoun wero dead.
| Among the new leaders In that body were
| Stephen A Douglas OF Illinois, Lewis Cass OF
| Michigan. william n. Seward OF New York.
| Salmon p Chase OF Ohio. and Charles Sumner
| Of Massac husette. To this list should re
| added. as representatives OF the slaveholdng
States. the names OF Thompson Of Mississippi.
| Bayard Of Delaware slidell Of Louisiana, and
| Bell OF Tennessee. Regarding the part which
Mr.. Toombs took In passing the Nebraska bill.
| we need only say that he shared with Mr..
Douglas tho labor and responsibility ofuphold-
ing the interests OF the South against North
ern majority in both Houses Of Congress- We
should mention. however. that with regard
to the Emigrant Aid Societies organized
in some OF the Northern States for the purpose
OF promoting free soil emigration to Kansas.
Mr.. Toombs declared that: Whatever be
their policy. whatever their tendency to rro.
duce strife. II they simply aid emigrants from
Massachusetts, to go to Kansas to become cit
liens OF that Territory. am prepared to say
that they violate no law: they have right to
do It and every attempt to prevent their do
ing so violates the law and ought
not to be sustained" II. on the other
hand. She societies sent persons furnish
ed with arms with the intent to offer
forcible resistance to the constituted authori-
ties. Mr.. Toombs pronounced them guilty OF
the highest crime known to civil society and
amenable to its penalties. He concurred with
Senator Hale Of New Hampshire In expressing
the opinion that Kansas would certainly be
free State. Such he thought would be its
future destiny. He added that the Senator
from New Hampshire had not comprehended
the principles Of the Kansas Nebraska bill.
Tho friends OF that bill. he said. supported it
because It was right. and they left the future
to those affected by it 1t was Mr.. Hale. by
the way whom Mr.. Toombs accused OF mis-
quoting him whom he said that the Georgia
Senator had declared that he would call the
roll OF his slaves ut the base OF Bunker Hill
monument" twas. we may add. in reply to
Mr. Hale that Mr. Toombs used the words
cited In the first paragraph Of this notice.
NJ Tnnnha "A N m
wavering opponent OF the Know-Nothing
movement, which acquired such impetus
In 1S54-55. In a speech on the Kansas
Nebraska bill he declared that the country
could assimiate foreigners from Europe and
Cinnamon from Asia and gather under the
ample folds Of the American flag every nation
on the EARTH It is related that in the early
part OF his political career he was accused OF
having subscribed money for the erection
Of Catholic church In Georgia. As tho
charge WAS secretly urged against him
in a political campaign. o delegation
OF his friends asked for an authorita-
tive denial. Mr.. Toombs listened to the dele
cation. and then averred with emphasis not
free from profanity that the charge was iusti-
fed. II have" no said. responded to their
calls just as l have to those OF other denomi-
nations. You can tell the people that the
distribution OF my money ia none OF their
business" During the height Of tho Know
Nothing fever Mr.. Toombs spent three months
In Europe. He took particular interest in tho
laborers. and made study OF their habits
and condition. When he returned he said
that the Southern slave was better treated.
better fed. and was a better workman than
most OF the peasants whom he had soen in
the Old World. 1t was to a Boston audience
that he made this statement He had boon in
tod In hwy ~ Nnth han
Appleton to deliver a lecture upon slavery in
fremont Temple. 1t was pointed out at the
time by New York newspaper that with the
exception OF Senator Houston Mr.. Toombs WAS
the only Southern man who had had the pluck
to go into the anti -s!avery cam and defend the
Southern view OF the rights OF slavery undor
the Constitution. Other Southern men. though
they might b +, afraid to face Boston. had been
afraid to face opinion at homo. In this speech
Mr.. Toombs declared that the injustice
and despotism OF England toward Ireland
had produced moro separation OF families
and disruption OF domestic ties within the
preceding ten years than African slavery had
caused since its introduction into the United
States He went on to affirm that slavery had
ceased in England In obedience to an economi-
cal law and not from any regard for liberty and
humanity. II slavery were now impossible in
England and IN Europe generally. 1t was. ho
said. because wages had gone down to point
where they were barely sufficient to support
the lahorer and his family. Capital. In other
words. could not afford in Europe to own labor.
Within five years after the delivery OF this
speech. tho governing classes Of Grent Britain
were to demonstrate tn" sincerity OF their alb
horrence Of slavery by lavshinG their sympa-
thies upon a confcderncy Of which slave labor
was the corner stone. Mr.. Toombs further
81.
States Was in II better position than he had |
ever attained in any other age or country. II
all slave owners had been like Mr.. Toombs and |
his forefathers the proposition could scarcely |
DO gainsaid. When his grandfather. Gabriel |
Toombs. made his last will In l705. he ex- |
prcssly directed that his negroes and their In |
crease must be appraised together and were |
not to be sold out OF the family. We are told |
that Mr. Toombs carried his grandfather's |
principles into practice. lie owned and worked |
several large plantations in Georgia and man. |
aged others rs agent or executor. He had the |