Year: 1859




e might put me in the kitchen of the household Q
i. the Locofocos until they believed Twas really
!. Christian, aud showed it evidently do rot know
l. how should be treated. l think shall look
$ little farther before go in,


e The BLOODY OLD BRUIsER" AND MS DoGs-M
@ Presdent,my strength is failing me- but must say
If something more. l utterly condemn this rampan
n spirit and cry for war. 1t is wrong cry it is
l. wrong teaching for the country and | predic
n that if we get into a calamitous war with France
y and with England on this account, shall repen
it to the latest day of our lives DO not pass th
, unnecessary bill, and insult neghbor by th
4 proposition, which is every way unadyiscd and un
called for. When you get into war, you will fine
T that fighting John Bull is not talking Wher
England sent men here in the last var, and burn
! ed this Capitol, it q mere by,play for her,
/ She was upholding all continental Europe then
against the colossal power of Napoleon and ye
she came here just as a by'play. and troubled u.
} az she did. Oar people think We whipped Eng
land. and you hear them say throughout the coun


try that we whipped Wellington's inyincLes and


they believe that we absolutely whipped the veter


ans who fought the battle of Waterloo, although


that battle vas not fought until the 18th of June


after the Sth of January. when battle Of New


Orleans was fought. They were stuffed up in that


way and infamed with war spirit.


! Old John Bull, | sail, is n bloody old bruiser


1t the Senator from Georgia was here, would ask


him iC he did not see how Spain and Sardinia sent
off their quota to the Crimean war; Mt the request
of England, although they had just about as much
interest in it as had. England just said to them
'if you do not fight on my side, will whiF. you"
That is the whole Of it. They follow England in
that kind of way. John Bull, if may use fa'
mliar illustration that will be understood in the
country, is ike great unruly m,stif. bull dog.
Old Bull goes prowling about, bunting up fights


Along 10 his train follow Caesar and Pompey,
Jumper and Jupiter and though the frs. two are
Romans of high degree, and the last god, they
follow in his train with tear and trembling. When
he nails dog they leg him and rip him. aud down
they get him until he is throttled to death, and
there is nation blotted from the map oc the earth
or if, after worrying him and crpplng him and
wounding him, they send him home it is in pain
to work the balance of his days to pay the expens
es of the fight.


| Well, sir l do not know the Senator from Geor-
gias idea about il; ; but take it that in making
up a fight, there ought to be some sense about it,


as there is about anything else. There ought to


be some reason for it. Now, sir, the United States


comp paraively is bullterrier that is as game ns


ten thousand lions, and superad&eG to his natural


pluck he has the spirit Of the seven devils that


were driven out of Mary Magdalen. Do you sup,
pose would hiss him on that ola bull if / thought
anything of the dog and know / love my coun.
try better than I could any dog. l DO not want to
make up fight of that kind.


Sir, these men who are SO ready to talk about
fighting; very often are the last men to do it,
Whenever see man out in a musterriied or in
court yard, clustering and talking about his will
ingness to shed his last drop of blood, would
rather see some body who would be willing to
shed the first drop. (Laughter.) If we get inso
this war, we must 80 through with it at all hlzards
at every expense, and at every loss. Our com
merce, our progress, everything would be loss and
ruin to US. We with our insufficient navy, should
be utterly unable to cope with those two
Powers. They do not seem inclined to ght us
they do not want to fl sht US they were willing to
share fairly with us. l suppose the talk about
fighting just means this, and no more ; men know
that there is in this country deep'rooted popular
sentiment Of dislike, and inveterate feeling of
hatred, towards England-I mean with the lower
orders 1t comes down traditionallu from our rev.
olutionary war; 1t was revived by the last war
we had with her. 1t is a safe thing in any igno.
rant crowd to curse England, and you will not
find anybody of any party who will not back
you. suppose it is popular theme for deca,
nation but think il is time we had quit it, |.
believe that is the prevailing dominant feeling
with the ignorant portion Of our population,


Wbotb -. =,
tend to say, but it is an element in the American
character; an element like their ignoring the
rights of a Mexican Spaniard It is feel.
ing they have. They hate red coat or a British.
er. Mr. Dallas and Lord Napier may nave as ma.
ny suppers and feasts you please they may
talk about the same language, and reading the
same Milton, and the same Shakespeare and about
a common blood and fraternity and all that. Very
WELL that just as nice as two ladies who hate
each other like the devil. gossipng very pleasant.
ly over a tea table. Laughter


THE PRESIDENCY AND PLATFoRMs-Mr. Presi.
dent, b,lcve have spoken nearly to the extent
of my strength and power to day. THE honora.
BILE gentleman, from physical debility, had been
to be seated while he spoke. I will not
ask for continuance to any other day, because
know that the time of the Senate is precious I L
can only say in relation to this whole project that
it will re'agitate the country with the slavery
questions that it is, think, contrary to the spirit
Of our Institutions to put money in the Presidents
pocket, suppose to be sent to Madrid, for Mr. Ii
Preston to use in an emergency. think it would c
be improper, unjust and ungenerous to our sucr l
'essors, who are to ratify the treaty, to take this
advantage of them. think it is an unfair way I
1t negotiation. think it would injure Louisiana $
'bove all the States in the Union. think that at
ais time we ought to compact and bind together,
md build up and strengthen what we have. We a
IRE young Let the gristle grow into bone; let S
is get our muscles developed. Let us feel strong a
'etore we enter into such contest let us cult, o
ae the arts of peace, for "Peace has its victories
10 less renowned than war" That would be my t
'ohcy' and hope ii will be the policy enforced t