Year: 1860

we know your powers; we know your
bravery; We do not want to fight with
you, but nevertheless if you drive us
to the necessity we will use all our
powers to MAINTAIN the Government in
tact. in all it's integrity. If we are
oyerthrown the Government will be
subverted as thousands of other Gov
ernments have been. If you are ths
weakest then you must go to the wall.
That is all there is about it. That is
the condition in which we stand. L
can see no power in the Constitution
that will release the Senator from this
position. He did not take the oath to
support the Constitution unless one
State seeded. There was such inn
munity for him. There was no way,
then, for State to go out of the Un-
ion, but she could demand equal JUS
tice under the Constitution, and indi-
cate her grievances while the flag Of
the nation waved over her. There
mas no way for State to 60 out of the
Union, except by making war and vim
dicating by force of arms her right to
independence, and if she did this, he
had prophesy in his mind. No man
would regret more tla himself the
disruption ofany portioa of the United
States where the peop.e think them
selves aggreived. if there was any hon.
cradle release from it. But all this
trouble is matter of pref diice super
induced by listening to the enemies of
the Republican party. We are looked
upon in the light of enemies; we are
branded as traitors; we are styled
John Brown men; but if the South
will secede We will preserve the Union
and await the glo rious future. Mexi-
CO owes England eight millions of dol
lars, and asks of US protection, and
she has all the elements to build Up
glorious Republican Empire. The
Republican party will do anything for
the Union. The Senator from Illinois
and his colleague had said that the
Black Republicans were going for
reign of equality, and would build up
black Government. He (Wade)
thought it'would be one of the most
blessed things, if inducements could
be made to every black man among
us to find home in Central America
OF lower Mexico. Then adopt the
homestead policy. and we will have
snch power, vested in native white
men, as was never before seen. Men of
every cline come among us, and we
will build up nation of laboring men.
Then Canada will knock at our doors,
and we will have. all the elements to
build upa republic more powerful and
more just than the world has ever
dreamed of. He was for maintaining
the Union of States. He would sac
rifice everything to maintain it. The
glorious old flag of ours never shall,
by any act or word of his. cease to
wave over this nation as it is. But, if
we will have it in the new renovated
Government of which he had spoken,
the old fourth of July will never be
repealed, and the old flag of l776 will
float over the nation forever. This
capitol gentlemen had said would do
for Southern Repntlic: Sir, it shall
ever be the capitol of our Union, it
was laid by Washington and conse-
Grated by him, and the flag vindica-
ted in the war of the revolution, shall
ever continue to float to the breeze
over it. Applause in the galleries.


Washington and his patriots fought
for that good old flag aud it was the
glory of their lives. His { (Wade's)
own father, though humble soldier,
fought to save the great cause, and
went through sevenfold hardships
for it. He bequeathed the flag of his
country to his children for their pro-
lection, 1t was his (Wade's) protec-
tion in youth. the glory and pride oi
his ripper years, and thongh it might
be assailed by traitors on every side,
yet, by the grace of God. under its
shadow he would die,


Mr.. JOHNSON Dem. of Tenn, )ther


got the floor, when on motion of Mr..


Gwin the Senate went into execu tive
session. adjourned.