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VOL 10v NO. '31.
SALEM, COLUM13IANA COUNTY, OHIO, SATURDAY MA ltd I 17, KS53.
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ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.
GERRIT SMITH TO WENDELL PHILLIPS.
Wendell Phillips, Boston,
PETERBORO, February 20th, 1855.
Mr Dba Frikmdi I hnve just been rending
again a portion of your Speech, delivered in New
lork. 9th Inst month.
I do not suppose, that you regard republican In
stitutions as lest efficient thnn monarchinl institu
tion! to "educate men and women to the highest
point ot moral life."
nection
posed
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Iahi1 I. . . . 1 . .. . ..J mAILB I.AIMA lh mnl.li.in
Sun,aWu&:goverV:men
bo lit-
noble education. tf which you sneak, can bo ut
tained ; and ,o, America be enabled to abolish her
slavery, one may nol he enabled to nlioi.sn it.
Hut it does not follow, that the moral excellence of
her reformer falls below that of Knglish reform
ers, - It was little for England to abolish a slavery
exterior to lierselt, compared with what
nave oeen to abolish a slavery inwoven w
ner interests
l s nvfirv i
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it would
wun an ,
ef interests, and pouring corruption through her
hole political, and moral.and social bcinif. Km?-!
land was not debauched nnd ruled by her slavery :
out American slavery lias le t scarcely one !
. rA .
""T'."' ...cr.ciu, c.uniu.cr. uu n is, con-
Wdly, the ruler of America.
After tho further vindication of American abo
litionists as tho equals of British, abolitionists in
their integrity and dovotion Mr. S. proceeds :
t have attributed to their low and false educa
tion the failure of American abolitionists to accom
plish their work. Pardon me for improving this
ocoaiion to inquire into the cause of this low and
fulse education . I caunot doubt, that the popular
religion is mainly responsibility for it. This re
ligion is so defective not to sny, so spurious as
to be incapable of fashioning the right men for our
high and holy' work. This religion dwarfs and
deforms men, instead of bringing out, as true re
ligion is alone capable of doing, their fullest and
' noblest proportions. The mere fact, that it is a
sectarian religion, is sufficient to condemn it. The
religion, which encourages, or so much as suffers,
usaiscipie w escape Horn the selt-accountability,
and storn dutiCSj and undischarged obligations of
individualism thto the conventional discipline and
, .a v. ..n.
personiU irresponsibilities of party,
.t . . . i . . .'. , , .
worth notwithstanding it is so well nigh univer-
t. '--"v . u . "'r
sal.
upon his own feet, instead of leaning on others
in his own Btrength, instead of the strength of
others ; and. she"will riot permit him to supply with
the sympathy and buttresses of party his lack
of . self-reliance, nor to plead the merit of his
party, in default of his personal merit.
r have spoken of christians, who are sectarians.
Let it not b) in'erreJ, that I regard all socta
tarians as christians. Of most sectarians it may
be safely affirmed, that nothing at all will . remain
of their religion, after you shall have withdrawn
. from it all the interest, and ambition, and zeal, and
trifs of "' s . . . .
It is often said, that abolitionists 'ruin the anti
slavery cause by running into political parties.
They do. Over and over again, have they done so.
Over and over again, have they suffered the at
tractions of the Whig and democratic parties to
overcome their sense of duty to tho slave. Over
nnd over again, have they been seduced by the
prosjiect of personal advantage to go -with these
p:irt;es. Over and over ngnin, havo they allowed
themselves to be bewitched nnd befooled into the
belief, that these parties, (which, if only - from be- j
ing national parties, aro necessarily pro-slavery.')
will worn tor the slave, and deliver him. l ell
has party been defined to be "the madness of
many for the goin of the few." Truly is it the
curse of the yrorld, notwithstanning our great
men, . both in Church and State, tench, that it is
essential to the salvation of the world, and that !
it is. esneciullv. the life of a renublic.
midst of teachings so pernicious, it cannot be easy
to persuade the party man man how mnch superi
or is tho individual man ; and how much nobler
H is to stand collected, calm, and strong in ono's
self, and to live a self-poised, independent life,
than to exchange his individuality for the poor
patry-frensied, and party-controlled, and party-
Un.ted being, Which party doles out to h.ra in
return. ... . i
ue must not, however, be surprised, that tins
id that,nH,ni
i i it
addiction to party is so strong nnd common among
abolitionists. If christians set the bad example of
indulging a partisan spirit, it is not strange, that
abolitionists follow it. If a christian must baud
himself with the Presbyterian, or Methodist, or
Baptist party, why may not nn nbolitinnist identi
fy himself viith the Demociatir, or Whig, or Free
soil party? If a christian may sink himself in
the eurrent of party action, (nnd this is both the
theory and.prctico of party-meuibership,) why
may not an abolitlohlst do likewise?
'Yon and I lament, that So large a share of the
abolitionists have scampered off into the "know
nothing party. . Well may we lament, that they
were educated to no higher point than to be guilty
of each folly. But what worse have they done
than our poor party-crazy christians do? I admit
that this party is the most bigoted and intolerant
of all our political parties. But I dony, that it is
more culpable, in this respect, than the christian
ecti.
.Mr. Smith justifies this conclusion by n compar
ison of the partisan character of the Know-Nothings
and the Christian sects, and adds : . - .
Although I have condemned party in the popu
lar sense.of party, I do not condemn every asso
ciation, that Is called a party. The association,
called the ' Garrison party" I do not understand
to be obnoxious to my complaints of partyi That
it is not an association of persons, who are ready
to merge the man in tho mass, and to yield up his
' individualism to the direction of party. They nre
ot seeking, each, his own advantage, by enlisting
the influence and power of numbers in behalf of
personal interests ; and by disguising self purposes
with profession! of public service. It is not an
association, In which men sell themselves away, in
jxohange for the poor privilege of becoming u.cni
pers of a party, and servants of a party, it is, on
the contrary, an association of persons, who pre
fer to remain thcmsolvos and who, therefore, re
fuse to become the members and servants of party.
In a word, Buch nn association is a no-party. I
dd, that,- for the like reasons, the little handful
of persons, undor the name of "Liberty party,"
may, also be called a no-party party. It is true
4hat mere partisans may come among us, and wear
our names. But they are only uuiuiuj us. They
are note us.
I admitted, that we have not the class of men
ivlequate to our peculiarly difficult' anti-slavery
work! and I bold the current religion mainly re
poaaible for the lack. I ventured tho opinion,
thaiU being' a sectarian religion is enough to jus
tify its condemnation, But there are many other
respects; in which Tt is worthy of condemnation
How wickedly fulse is its low estimate of man!
Ktch man, inrelectual man, learned man,' otfice
hnaamd man. it i ever ready to flutter and adore
Rut ner niaa it refuses to hold in honor. It
affoets to believe the bible.. But that blessed book
'whilst makine no account of the distinctions, how
aor amenaid. which fall off at the crave, stamps
tan inanitite value on naked humanity. How , idlo
.for those nrofcsicd christians, who withhold the
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bible ana marriage, anu mrenui okuw imm uu
lioni, aud who buy and sell tlicio millions, oven at!
( r t f
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horses ft nil hogs nre bought nhd soldhow idle
for such to claim," that they boliovo t"v bible !
Kipially iillc, too, is it for them to claim to believe
it, who vote these millions into tho hands of tlicii
oppressors ; nnd build noru-pcws ; and rcfuso ti
bury their dead, where black men Art bu-'icd. Thfr
stoniest slaveholder, on cumins to believe the bi
ble to believe it with 'lis heart, and to drink ii
,
...
.ts heavenly nml transtor.n.ng sp.r.t-woulJ i.n-
irofrec.,r Show him in the bible, that the beincrs.
whom, but an hour before, ho had classed with his I
nnfl. mm n..,.la "l;,,.. 1...... l.nn l.a n.l. ' 1
nnd nre "crowned with gh.rj and honor," nnd nre
rejoice. ;
, !
no omii oparngrnpn in w.iicn .Mr. omun ae-..r,...
plorcstho fact that inuny abolitionists have al-'
loWcd their faith in th biblo to be shaken s j
IU I'l uv nilltliefl,
T will Aitt.nt .,. Ann i'i.-a 'f.l- ... i
I will nnvert to butono other of the many cvi-1
,lnnn. nf t., l,H ,.hn rn..tH ,.F th. ...!li" 1!.
; - h. .v..-
uciiues in ine uau cnnracier 01 ina Drevauinir reu- .
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won. I hat rc.g.on, not only eave unrcbuked the,
.u.......? .c,.c ,., r .no grcii-
ost of that wickedness is not too great fur it to con-
sent to practice. That religion is responsible for
electing to the Presidency the man, w ho enn call
on mo jvuiencan pcop.u 10 cngago ciiccriui.y in .
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from tho hell of slavery. That religion, in a word, ;
is rf annritl MA lm IbA nKiHaliiiwuv nnunn r lmh mm
rtn,hmH """""
Government and people.
tliat ;
You have been much consured fur holding,
he nnti-slavery cause can reach success only over
Mm P111HB lit ia A mnrtnnn I li.fnf niimn. ntiil A ma. 1
rican Church. Nevertheless, you are richt. The
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religion, wined tolerates nay, sanctities-slavery I
"Ti ; . 'I ' ' , ""'Vricodecau
nhnlishnd. Airain. l Innir llin n. lnnl GnvernJ
n.cnt is on the side of slavery, tho bloodless alio'.i
Hon of slavery is impracticable, lou and 1
in respect to the ineffably guilty character
righteousness, ns well in noliticnl conduct, ns in
... (ltlnr .,.... former holds, that rnliirinn
i ,. no !uris,li,.tion of nolitics. nnd is an in.nnrlnnt
i ;,i ,t :., ,..,. .!,,.. .i,
,,r.i. un iinlitii.a. "I'rpiLi'.luiiir nnlttici
iills abo'i-
..1 t ilio?,;
...or nriho'not
Government, which professes to idolize and tool cy I
that paper.
No small proof, that American chrlstianitV, is
not Bible Christianity, is to be found in the fact, !
that, whilst tho latter exacts tho full measure of
iigiovii u' nihil uuiuiLti i jciimiiiii; iiuiiuvsci.
j th. wora8yiusistinK on tlie application of
; me principles ol ohnnti;inity to politics is constru
herelf up w ith politics. Trenching politics,"
ed into one of tho strongest nroofs of intiilclit v.
. man may dabble ever so much in the "dirty
waters of politics," and yet be a prime christian !
But how is it impossible for him to be anything of
a ohristian. who. lalthotieh it is for tho holv ntir-
r : t. : . u i . .fn nr
i jlimu in i.ii .1) ili uiuBU nuiuio, Mcllt IJU (Ulllj VI I
drugging down Christianity into thorn i
And, now, I usk, Whether, in the light of these
and other mighty influences, which are at work to
check and prevert the growth of their manhood, 'A
is, at nil, to be wondered at, thnt tho abolitionists
have proved themselves unworthy of their .'work?
deficient in the wisdom, self sacri-fice, magnani
mity, confidence, charity, necessary to achieve
an object, so great, so arduous so sublime?
I admit, that had tho abolitionists possessed the
needed wisdom, they would never hnve run off to
sido issues nnd subordinate issues, with the feeling
that their work lay mainly in then ; and that to
keep Cuba out of the I'uion, or to maintain, or to
restore, tho Missouri compromise line, or to do any
other such incidental thing, was nn cssontinl part
tlie great WOrk, to which they were called, was to
of the'r mission. But they would havo seen that
ihJs0 M.3 n,cn llIui Coi-Ui:ll haters of si avcry our
Sevrards and fliddings and Chasea Hhd Sutnncra
irapiilo directly with the whulo of American sla
very ; to show no quarter to any part of it ; to
deny the nnmo nnd shelter of law to every part of
it ; and to treat it, whenever found, ns the most
atrocious piracy, which ever defied (iod, or out-
raircd man. Alas, the delusion of the many good ;
who busy themselves in circumscribing sla-1
!ver'! Theyow to its legality, wherever it now ,
exists : unu tl.ey seem never to suspect, mat it is ;
owing to such courteous and gratuitous concession,
nun slavery noui coim. u.cs to egisi, w ncic u now
does, and, ever and anoh, leaps over into new
fields. Aould they treat any other piracy so re-1
MIUCllllllV UltU &1IIU1V1 ,11.
fifty Governments were to declare
instead of confessing legal obligation in its behalf,
scouted the idea of its possible legalisation, then
would they have left blavcry wink indeed but,
now they have left it stronger. American tlavery
was never so strong, ns it is, this day ; and stronger
and stronger will it continue to grow, so long as
even its enemies honor it ns law. Mr. Garrison
himself would more than neutralize all ho is do
ing against slavery, were he to accord to it the
rights of a law, or to regard it in any part
of the earth, ob anything better than a piracy and
an outlay.
I referred to tho false and comparatively Uniln
portant issues, which are made with the slave
power. No wonder, that the Btross laid upon
them deceives the people for it deceives even the
abolitionists. During the struggle on the Nebras
ka bill, even tho abolitionists regarded its oppo
nents, as tho most trustworthy and effective anti
slavery men : and, as to the members of Con
gress, who
themselves
bors may have been ever to ready to voto for slave
they No-Uot if
it law. Oh, hlld
n: aim, us 10 mo iiieinuurs oi .oii-
voted against it, why the n.balitionists !
adored thorn, as martyrs. Those mom- j
. been evr so rend? to voto for slave-
uors may nave utjeii ever .u icivuj w ?ui mi oiu.o-
holders and for Fugitive Slave Acts, nevertheless !
i..r.mavtvr.f To rro nmunst the Nebraska .
iV ' " .i. ir.,i tl,Bv onM .In. n I
they were maytyrs. To go against tho Nebraska j
bill was the mo 't popular thing tney oouia uo. io
other thing could have gained them so much politi
cal favor nnd so many votes. Nevertheless, they
wore murtyrs. Although the proof which these
members of Congress gave of boing moved by the
snirit of martvis. in their voto njjainst the No-
brrtskit bill) was about as great, as would be fur
nished by their submission tn the necessity of din
ing on the best of roast beef and plum pudding,
nnvorthclees thev were martyrs.
T'nr months, there lias been a. succession ot re-
joicing among tne auo:iuoni3is iiow, ocr mo
election ot this, nnd, now, over mo election oi uuw
anti-slavery gentleman to one or the other Houses
of Congress. 1 nm afraid to sympathize with
those rejoicings lor i am atraiu mat tnese gen
tlemen will nil admit the legality of slavery. Gov.
Seward will. Henry Wilson will. And I am
afraid, that even that old Liberty party man,
Charles Durkee, will. Hut is it possible, that oven
he, too, will ?
Tlie recent movement m erniont nna otnor
States for virtually nullifying tho Fugitivo Slave
Act affords much joy to the abolitionists, but
nono to me. That movement is disingenuous, eva
sive, cowardly. I especially condemn it, because
it implies two gross lalsohoods 1st. that there
may be a Imrful slnvorv, and a (iriij recapture
of fugitive slaves : 2d that they, who are engaged
in the movement, are prepared to stand by such
a slavery, and to take part in such recapture.
The abolitionists have not dono shouting over
recent judicial proceedings in Wisconsin. But
there is nothing in these proceedings to cheer my
desponding abolition heart. It is Iruo, thai those
proceedings deny, that the Fugitive Slave Act is
Constitutional. But they nevertheless, imply,
that there might bo a ComtiiutUtnal Fugitive Slave
Act. and that is incapable of being invested with
tho eacredncss of law ; and, implying this, they
but damage, instead of holping, the anti-siavery
cause. .
ilre theso Wisconsin Judges honest? - Tbey
I hold (m I ttui warranted, iu assuming) that it is
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lawful nnd oblatory to replunge into ?Wwbr)
those, who escnpo from it. Suppose l.corg
shot, d enact, that, all who have em.gr ted from I
should enact, that all who have emigrated from I
the Free S ate, to her oil, ,1m 1 he slave. :-an i
suppose, that, among those, who fly back t . the
Kree States before tlio terrors of th.s new onnct-,
nci.t, nre cnildren ot those duugcswouiu mese
lud.es hold it lawful nnd oligntory to return
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them T V1. VOtY?i .r" ''I
monsters : nnd if they wouhl not.they wnnlu
prove themselves dishonest dishonest in sparing
their own children, whilst giving up other men's,
oliililrnn tn i innrftHinn . Hut 1 nrni'Pftd to nnnlv a
still closer test. Xot only has Georgia, confessedly
i ut i proceeu to nppiya
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A., sunposo n. pro-slavery l.efi.s inture ot ts-
Xlarin" hem a IS,"
w ' .1,1 .i,DC .i,iB. !., .... ".tninte
ftnd bow their neck's to the voko of slavery? Not!
they. Thev would sooner resist unto death. 1
llli;j. i liuy wuiim duiiiiui icsia. uum uviiiii. .
admit, that this bravery would, on the one liana
. :, ... A.. 1 a
10 u e.r irrouii. urn, on ... o.i.vr, 1.
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n.m'ii ikb .ii.nnnn,v .i n . 11 o it niv irniiiir in
u.g (i.i,. of tilJ gillvS Code,when
hc j - t tllum81.VCSi arc t0 sffL.r from these
,.0(ieg ' Mun ni.iV lack
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Jf , n(ln,i,8 .nverv to be law
,. - i. .i.:..:.. ; v,o
woiliu iciuntj IU IIIIIKV flllVH IIUIIIIW.u.., w.vi-
f .imsclf.wcre heclaimed for its victim. Indeed,
. . , , ' .. lle.,.or sIllvcrv cnn be law-
i . .
ful, resolves itself into a question ol honesty. An
, . . .. to th0 c)im.
-,i .rtnnn l.,.nnur nrwl nunopinllv tn tllfl dlltV
'lllltt RVt'l'V VI II.IIIUDVJ) ll4 JV J " - - ' j
honesty witl.oul so much
thev hick it KverV One lacks
. . r.
lor every one
f d ' t the ;.ulj lftv0 otl)Crg do
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intn Inm pnnnot Tnil to ilpnv. that s averv is law
ful. I add, that no code, which cannot be honestly
1U1. X HUU. Ill
adminietcre(1 can ,je law ; and that hence, no slave
be law.
AVould the Wisconsin
11 l -f tw m,.r.1n,r'a
Judcs admit, thnt murder
can bo transmuted into law! How dare they,
ployed thousands of lecturers, and flooded
whole North with their publications. His al for
the deliverance of tl.o slave has cost this abolition-1
i Va tl.nn.iin.t ilolbirs. nml thnt abolitionist sev-1
clln W transmuicu nnu mm now u.uo "j,
then, admit, thnt slavery can be? Would they
rather their children were inUr'Jered than en-;
smveuf t
i aani.tica inat mo ujuiiuoiums imvu
themselves deficient in the spirit of self-sncnhce.
It is true, that they havo expended millions of
dollars in the anti-slavery euisc. lhcy have em-
j eral times ns much, nnd another abolitionist
ay, twenty times as much. And, what is f''"
more, mere nre inousnnus oi poor nuuimoiuain,
who, in their devotion to tins cause, nave np-ig',8ten
i proaclicd the stanuara oi me woman, wno chsl
I in nil, that she bad even all her living. I he
! pro-slavery newspapers often say.that an abolition-
ists is too mean to pay anything towards purchns-1
ing the liberty ol tt sHve. It is true.that there are
very worthy abolitionists whose
pmiciplcs will not permit thorn to join in sucti
purchase. But multitudes of abolitionists contri'
tribute much, in th'.s wise. One has put a thou
sand dollars, and another five thousand dollars,
and another ten thousand dollars into the pockets
of slaveholders: and no small share of the abo
litionists havo taxed themselves, more or less,
to buy their fellow men from under the yoke of
slavery.
' ConsiuerftblPi however, as have been the pecuni
ary sacrifices of abolitionists in their cause, they
fall far short of the merits of that precious cause,
Then, again, it is but a small portion of them,
who refuse to purchase the cotton, nnd sugar,
nnd rice, that nro wet with the tears, and sweat,
and blood of the slave. And jwhen wb count up
those, who have scaled with their bood their
ta
i,.,.. ,i, t,i;,tnnl.t. .I..vn iliemcplves nwn iln.
Jefiu( t U)nn in mBgnatiimity, confidence, charitv. :
.j.,, ey ,nve judged neither tho slaveholders, nor
nnl- ,., ,FOor,11,ai .ivehnhlerR are. ndced : 1
relt gicrie"ei an$ ve should not hesitato to say so
consecration to the nntUslavcry ciuse, wo find
the whole number tube scarcclyhalfador.cn. j
In none of tho qualities of the best style of men
nnd thnt is the stylo of men needed to effectuate
the boldless termination ot American slavery
iwnyS renicnibering, however, when we do say,
80 thut we ourscive6 nr0 not, "without sin." The
B-m ot- 8i,iVeholding, like many sins, of which we
Z 1, h Uw'affiaSrfto Mm j
euucnt;on . nrlli tie victims o'f this false education
are to bo quite ns much compassionated, ns con-; i-ies
demncd. Grent ns should over be my abhorrence ,
of tl.o sin ol slavcholding, l am, a ways, to icin-
. . - .i .
per my luugemuui oi u.i. '
ailll
thouirht. that mv nature is no better than his
thnt. hnd our circiimstnnces been ezchnneed, he
would probably havo been the ubolitionist, and 1
the slaveholder. It is not to bo wondered at, that
nioH Slaveholders have but little,, and some of
them tio sense,thnt slavcholding is sin. Tl.o South
tells them it is not sin ; and the North does like
wise. The f latesttien of the North, ns Well as of
the South, and tho clergy of the North, as well as
of the South) tells them so.
On alt questions, Conhbetcd with tho abolition of
slavery, abolitionists nre slow to tolerate a differ
ence of opinion. For instance, some of them be
lieve, that the Federal Constitution is pro-slatery,
nnd others, thnt it is nnti-slnvery ; nnd the honest
difference of opinion is ground enough for their
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savins tlie Hardest things oi encn ou.er. i i.nvo,
-y , " . , , " ,, . ,r . .
(' I may be pardoned an allusion to myself,) been
. u "nt" ' icX
'' 1 hlld long held, that Cuba, geograpn.ca ly
i, and snouiu,
, . , , -
" coniinerciallv, belongod I to us
therefore, be made a part of our i
was too, that 1 said this on the
i
nation, bo it !
noor oi congress. .
abolition crew in-1
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is wns my fate,
For bavin !r dared to say it, the
stautlv threw me overboard, Th
hecauso the abolitionists held, that thc annexation
of Cuba would strencthen slavery. In vain was:
my plea, that 1 held the contrary. My doom wns
fixed. I was unprinciplsd and pro-slavery; and
overboard I had to go. Of course, I admitted the
liberty of the abolitionists to show tho tlnsdund1
ness of my opinions. But this admission was not
enough to pacify then;. I had no right to hold
opinions, which the abolitionists ao noi iio.u.
then, again, I am charged wun gross inconsistency
for being in favor of tho annexation ot Luba,
whilst I rtltl frequently presenting as nn eviuunue
of the dcepOrnta pro-slavery wickedness of this
nation, its grasping after that island. The logic
hore is, that if I wish to get a drum shop into
my hands, although it is tor tno purpose oi irnus-nil-miner
it into thn nbodo of tcmocrouce ilttJ overy
othor virtue, I stand on the same levfl with him
who would get it for the purpose ot ninaing it biiu
more a dramshop, and still more the resort and
nurse of wickedness.
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Mr. Smith next enters into a justification of his
views in regard 10 mo nciii.b.iiuu ui vuuu, ....
which wo havo not room this week but will givo
them in a future number.ospe.-iallyns on this point
1 "
l. r-l 1V, l, 1,. l.o.n urmnnn.l and m SUUdor-
.......... ..... o--
stood:
If ut I uiust brlnir rrt letter to a close. The rtho"
litSn . einXyMn.t in tain-,
They were the best men in the land-nnd yet thel
..obfest virtues were not as ripo in them, as was
needful for the sueces. of H.eir undertaking. But
ibey have prepared tho way for higher attanu.ents
: . r r j-'.l. .....I. .l.:..U lU.I
in their successors; nnu me wun, ..""-
those
n..va ih.mti. i-ii. inniinuliln nf iLceomnl.snin?.
... 1. . i I I ..f
successors (.if not anticipated by me nanu ui 7 -
lonceVwill aooomplish. It is but too probable,
however, that Amorican slavery will have expired
in blood, before the men shall hnve arisen, who
lr cm.nl, In .,r l.i-'mniii'r it tn n voluntary tormina-'
P"W of bunging it to a voluntary t ...
" . . ,. We have filled nnd will,
B t nntwit land ng we 2 u ZLuU
But no withstanding. we nave .."'".' ;
, ... prm, y o un Ji ndo
our gre. t wo.k we cfe
t.JU must persevere ""7 'ncf ' '
--..". n.u . .......... .. . --
times, who can o'-rtnlnly say, that Ud w.U not,
n.t'fl lia ftfnn am t i nil linWfirr lllll'Nfl IIU
t V Md hm amid all these
slavery members of Congress
d -rk .yiffns there n feW b. ici.t'o"" As J have
.l'rR(.gns,thercnren lew hi .pl.t ones, sjnavei
"'w-e
nlreadv shnnn. I do nol number, ninonz
' , " ' , . T."
r ur tn vac uininwn,
1 1 1 1 .1. il 1 l.i.llwin. '
' " " ' "" n"T. L !
SSilSkhZj;;:::;
1 nro-slavery side. Oil no. there is no bright sign
here? Hut Could 1 hear, this day, of tho recent
nscession to either of cv?n t)o more than one linn-
1 " , . . , . ,. . I V, 1 Liu I
1 re uraje.nnu earner, nm. nooie s.u.i.,
fnr rhr .t ,m nn.t ,.nfi, , in nvnrv would.
""":" - I
iAi.n n
..
Nor, ns I have nlrendy shown, do 1 number,
; among tno bright signs ot the times, tnoso receni
judicial proceedings in Wisconsin, which have ;
1 made the anol.t.on.sts so glad, nut l am irnna to
tl.nfr T .1
r,.ji i.m. u.i iiiuii.uti iuhuii uku.
, the heroic con-,
ociates. They
therefore, they
l..i,nnWv nnd'
caso.auoi ot ucar JiouU. nnd l.i associates,
knew nrt law for slavery: nnd,
.inlilnrl lliUmcnlun. in l,n lo ... .,f
delivered the slave, Glover. This treatment of the
pretentions of slavery, and the similar treatment
of them in the rescue of Jerry nt Syracuse, nro .
n . ..
worth moro to the cause ol truth and irccuoin man
the election of ten thousithU Senators, who ao- j
quiosce in existing slavery, and fiht against that i
only, which is prospective or fanciful. -ourselves
It is often said, that such nntiular movements,
Jelivercd Glover and Jerry, exasperate the slave-
; , , , f ' .. . .
j ..?.' i,.,imn..' ; i',;, enn.
thej,,.. ,,r:1 ' ,(, . mi' .... slaveholder
i tn. (ll, c, .,.: ..,. : I iivn si.h-1
.,,;' '., Eni,, :, fr,rf, r ...is letter.
J:r. c !i.. r. i..". i. u .i..,t i.nl
convictions o'f their justice
. ,, u. ,i,;,
- l',cy ,'"1 $
, .' , . , .. , - , , .....,.,.. ,
I knows they are right for ho knows, that they nre
what hc would ucsire, were ho in distress, irom
wlM poor jerrv nnd poor Glover were so merciful .
UuiiTcre(j, The'slavclioldcr sees tho honesty, Midi
rcelg ti ,c D wer e 8UC lftI1 nL.t , which iinmortuliises
tcn,jwoul(1 not ,onor t ns law, were he himself vo un-
, fortunate, ns to be reduced to slavery.
: (bat cv
evcrv
Again,
very slaveholder respects nn honest and con-
t rtbulitltmist, is manifest from tho fact, that
slaveholder is, at heart, an abolitionist. The
, biggest slaveholder, only attempt to make a slave
f bit,,, will loom ox into'tho biggest abolitionist
pVBrv , ; ..i,,,.;.:,,..;,. fr himself :
nnj ti,;B provegi tmt every man is an abolition
abolit'onists ,s. "
a
Would, thnt nil abolitionists were like tho rescu
ers of Jerry and Glover! Then would slavehold
ers uuickly bo brought to believe in the sincerity
of abolitionists, nnd in the duty of abolition. It
is wonder, that slaveholders despise both, us
ry
and our eiuse. Our cownrdiee.and vacillition.nnd :
innuin M-.il.lo follies lidve.alinost necessarily, made .
i..i. ... mr,ntmn.:i,lo. Tl.o n-nv for ns
ray iui
to bung slaveholder right on slavery is to be right
iho way tor us to command me
in It numnli-na
respect, nv, nnd to win the Iovo, of slaveholders :
tn ant ln.hHtltr in i-onni-l In gI.ivppv nnil t.ll nil
thinirs else. But do' I mean to sav, that slavehold
ers can bo brought to love abolitionists? Oh yes ! j
anil I nhl, that anoiitioiiists snoiinj iovo slave
holders. We are all brothers : and wo arc all sin
ners too: nnd tho diuurcnce between ourselves, as-
dinners, is not so great, its in our prejudice on the
one hand, and our self complacency on the other,
C aro wont to imaging it to be.
With regard, friend,
I
GERTIT SMITH.
CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE.
SLAVERY-KNOW NOTHINGISM—THE ELECTION, &c.
Mr. Letcher desired to know the opinions of the
North on several topics. The repeal of the fugi"
tve law-tho re.tora-i m of the Missouri res
ire triction the exclusion of slavery from the I errito-
the abolition of slavery in tho Ih-tvict of
CuluinLin,.
,., . ,. Ml. , :,lliM.:n r W V, k ,
:
'
'
j o at. in use no. nines .nr. viuuun in oi --. iui.
...... ,-,, , ci.,k. m, flbblm.,- I
'Ulitn. .- i...u.:r4.".v. 0--,
follows!
Mr. GIDDl.NGS. I will express to the commit-
tee mv gratiticatioi. at having the privilege of ex-
changing sentiments with the able gentleman from j
irg.nia, Mr. Letcher who rcpresen s a differ-
cnt section of tl.o country from that which I rep-
resent. Iain pleased to say that the fjentleuiau
A irginia and myself can talk over this mat-
teri.KOn.on,asi.econ.o, -esmen, w . . o.u u'hiui.
excitement, l
for somo time,
some two years more to say lo this House and the
j - -
as become, -.csilcii. without undue
I nm w.lling-hnvingheld a scat here
o, and expecting to continue here for ,
...
7:r.
prevailing
understand it; nnd
ate
1 M inii ill II I ll in n tllflt.ii-iuil-
- " .. .
Blanner, that oil shall explicitly foliiprel.end
' " .i i A 1.. 7 . ;r.;r, I.,,
.iui. nil. I.U uiiiiicu i,iv uiu-uiiitiiMP, ....... .
., , .
stood, most distinctly and expiicite.ytt.ai slavery
m Wt a i t ; . . t- , . n sw.nKnA.I ft. L MnlD I llfl til 1..1
nan a uutic i muiuiii , .' -"- J . .
tion, with which tho lederal Government neither
had nor should have any power to uiiciu'ie.
Mr. LETC11KK. 1 want the gentleman to conic
., . . - .-- , ,
to the present issue. I want to know what we
may expect now. not what h-s occurred hereto!" .ire
Mr. Giddincs. I will do so. Mr. Gerry dcclar-
ed in that Convention that slavery was a .S'u.v !.'(-
tutiun; that while the Federal Government had iu j
Jurisdiction over it wo should bo careful to lend it
no sanction. To tins that body lent an impi.e, ,
annrovnl. nn member dissoutihe from it. but ull
apparently coinciding with the view of Mr. (Jerry,
Now, sir, I say tO tho gentleman from Virginia,
and to tho llouso, that the lrccnien ot the tree
States intend tQ carry out In practice this doe1
trino of the Constitution aud of the fathers of our
Republic. We intend to sepnrato this Government
and the peoplo of tho frco States from all respon
sibility and all guilt of sustaining oppression, of
upholding slavery, and direct its action to tho en
couragement of liberty, virtue, and the elevation
of our race. Our people intend tu be purified from
the crimes and iniiiuitifS of slavery nhd tho slave
tradoi While wo leave tho institution with the
slave States, Untouched by our legislation; w hile
wo iriiaru ail me oiaics in uiu uiijiiyuil-ih ui im-u
. J J . , ...
tO
he
: euual assiduity
Now, sir, in order to do this for I only roso to
' stuto to my friend what I understand to bo the
Iiiuiinn ! ..,.1 ..nrl !n tlm nMAui.nt- millMlilt 11 a ti aliii-nif
"""" ." ' " "'" -
i in the District of Columbia, to which the gentle-,
man last nlliidml-l will first re.,lv. that wo will
secure to the people hero "ju.jmfar '..rrW.7v.
Wo will repeal 'all the law. which we have enacted,
whiub now sustains slavery and the slave t'dK
; hero, and leuve the people ol this District o main-
; urn their 'W.if tomeiynty, " of which we
, heard so mucli from my friend and his party at the
......n 1,1 Itniinn.. 1 mnn nil h Tlnnn
, vB,. . ..................
l black and white, permitting each to be sovereign
UI Kt. nvn . .1 . . . .. . I .. 1. i ..... ..i'..u u ' 1 1 I .
.
I the rights ef no other person. That wo will not,
by tho laws of Congress, rivet the chains, nor put
hand-cuffs upon our fellow incu here ; thnt we will
withdraw our power from thn support of shivery, j
!nllll ,oavc ,ho J hulo pela of j,illtrirt , en-W"
joy their rom.lnr sovereignty. I do not think we
.Imll nskT ti.o people ot' the district whether we
.'. V , f ' "V I. .!, whether we
may separate oWselvos from the support of .la-
we will do it of otir ownmotion, on.
ow inJ 'icnt. we will nut share the guilt no,
j- . . ... trn,i0 ilc,
he sg . f uphold ingt a slave tr lo he
" nw.nniiiiiii, aiu v. . - - -
ftirls for the market in this city. We sre not go-
".g to interfere with slavery here we will cease I
s, !:,:;. i,t t.M will :
v
slavery. e (to not in-:
.,,. , v ,. n,nn here shalf be f,-t. God and .
- , . , ... . . ,
lllVCiiUU thnt nnu WO Will pnilCCl
Iik-Ii utir Crcn'.or has conferred on man-1
I
T r it ..... i t. - il.,... il.o i itm I
mill I III!' HIT HIV III MIL" L't I. lllHli III
next nlace. we will take cood care to folloW in the '
r.W-p.r JoHcrson. and of the C.nigress o j
. f . ' """ ,1
ritory belonging to this Oovcrnment by fao J
c'''"; . ,,,.,,,, ., Trinr ilk .
- - -j -i . . 1 . .
h imtl I 1 in irrnu
, , "
ive and get Imck
iind exnect to be a virertibfrrbf the next
rti.d r do expect, as 1 expect to li'
. ' . .. .....v
here, to ece the next (.ongrcs, bring in a ..nil ;
i;- ... UuS '"" "..:""" ""I
''e uhftihs lem every slave witliin tl.o territory
.- .i.v......Y'.
mi principal issue on wn.cn ncar.v i.u uici. ui ....
parties at tho North unite, which no party can
withstand. Nmie may hesitate th otlr Pfnt";
bu 1 1 his is one on which we intend to unite til nil
elections, making it a test witn an cnno.iaics
olhce ; but wo will do it without excitement.
(Uiightcr.) V illi this, however, is connected
!.(w.l...t. ... An... lit... .nnFftn., all, r. Slnlfl Villi' 1
"...v., . ....j
"my seek admission to tl.o I nion. e will never
' ""'' ' ,"" .. "i'"'-" j
of hoi.!... g nn i.iflimnce oVtr the i Tree
folates proportioned to the niimucr ot their slaves,
.allowing he slaves to be equal to three ot our lice-
men, "j he man who would thus decrnde the free-:
men of the North will be regarded ns a traitor to
their country and their country's good U heart,
who labor fur freedom, and lor the good of man
. kind.
i ei-nr-ct to mnintoin the rihts which wo our
northern honor and northern interests. We intend
doing this, nnd I would respectfully say that m
threats ot dissolving the l nion will deter us. inat
"'";'"'"""-"'" "l" l'c,T'u ,,lV"
,ln to 'onK resorted too. It has lost its prestige,
"has censed to frighten our school girls. e
impo to net like statesmen, l.ko men wno nave
selves hold Under t!iis Uovernnicnt.
'y.g'lnjeilj
.'"'a uciuom. me nuoriy o. ..mu m a.. .
timer-
jects ol this i (.overn.nent, and not slavery. Uider-
I stand for I havo been uiisreptesentcd lor twenty
years-1 have never thought of interfering w.tli i
:"o rights ot slave btates; 1 have i never mauiiainea
'Pon "'is floor, by the Wayside, by thehiesnle, nor
1 lmvc ' 111 public or m private Hie, intimateu mat
public or in private life, intimated that
wo possess the power to interfere with slavery in
tho States. Ou tho contrary, 1 repeat, that while
we protect tho Constitution, and assiduously main-1
. ' . . . .... . .
til. ii it in its tn fnren. we h i 1 ta ;o care to main-:
' . .. .
tain the rights which it confers upon tho Nort'i,
as well as the privileges of tho .South ; wo will
maintain the rights of the free Stales as well na
"lso ot tin stave states, uur riguis in vjuio are
-," j '? "i?o of the other States. Wo mean to
wield the Uovernnicnt lor the purpose ol main-
taming tne ireedom ot every toot ot sou sunjecteu
... iiih(ii .v....
f the slave power by admitting any new slave
tt.1tCS,
The next point, Sfr. Chriiruuini is thrtt cf prohi
biting tho sale of any I.umiin boihg undc'l1 process
issued from the Federal courts. Wo will not pros
titute tho prucots of the Federal courts to the pur
nose of selling men nnd women at public auction.
want my friend to understand this issue in its ful
length and breadth.
Next, we will repeal tho law nf .'SOT, authorising
the coast wise slave trade. We will Mot t'rntect i
it.
slave trade on our southern const, nor .vill we
lend our power to encourage men while dealing in
slaves. The r irate that hangr nt the yard-arm on I
the coast t'f Africa is loss guilty, in our opinion) i
than the man who deals in christian rlavtjs n this 1
city. We will therefore repeal the law referred to, j
which authorizes the transportation of slaves tin-
dor the flag of the I'nited States. It is mir flag, !
and it shall not be prostituted to such damnable J
and disgraceful purposes. We will purify it, nnd i
leave slave-dealers to tnko enro of their slaves in j
.1...: ii . ...-ii .. . .....r.! .. l .
tllt'ir o II maimer. lie vr.l. HOI Slllll.r uui iii--i.ii 1
purity to be contaminated by this infamous traffic
in human flesh. Wo will lustrate ourselves from '
purify the Government from it. Do !
v .. ...:ii
... -u ,n
not talk about the dissolution ul the Lnion; we i
. t , .. . , , . 11
mean to elevate the people of the ximllimi as well
. . . i- .i . .. .i w-.. .... .... -.
us .nose oi mi iiorinur.i .-lines, mir unit-ru m mu ,
h-err-ase of intelli mnre. virtno and hm.niness of
the people.
M Chairman, bcsiiles nil this we are of the
t,uU W(J , tho 1lV0,Iolda catch their
, w , one , j ,he
,ftw of j-,,., Thnt iw Bve no pess. but nl
froni ,uwcJ (he glllv(.,U)labr lolltcll his glave ;f he couW
, . j , , tf) if , could.
lowcu tlie shivnioiuer to eaten nis siave n n
j.j,, tf) if , c
T, I , fc. j , Washi . lt ,
en , t of ,h7,s0 Q lm(1 gi "ncd m c
nun in pan. inai raw cave no
Constitu-inj
occ?s, nutlHir-!,i;,.eettv
no officer to arrest a slave; nor did it re.iuire nor-
thorn imin t. nii in n.it nirPftT nnr in nuv me pi-'
of tM 8U,.h save wk tQ servi'!uiP. Thc
' PU1 . " these points, in c .nttitution.il
,, r . : . . ... : . . . . n..n
v-u. kwi.i.i:.. iv.u.i ... mv i. j ..-lu.'o ..
.-,.. ou, nor ,v0 0,,ev theal. I
- ' ...
t,e-pr,r. mw thnt tho furthest eiteht to which WO
.,. ;,. . , , of 17M We will
.-i r... ii u i,,,,ili.iiiiiir
'.. ,, isf , nJtt
'.lt-t il1 lilt fcJ uur ii.iiiii". . i. ..., .v. ...u...
., A: ..... .i..,l ' u d.i,i
toe ircii.ii-iiu.il iiuiu iiiuini.. nuiuir. i,w -,....
. ' ror ,)Undcd to
(ant 15ut ,Hd gontl
j'.,
1
torn out. run after, nnd catch n slave for any other
man under Heaven?
V t- T..tMi.,i fin nn
Mr, Olddli.gs. Will you nnswer? i will reply
mo on this unpor-
uhjeL-t. But ns tlid gentleman from irg.nin
loes not answer, I will ask tho gentleman Irom
eiinsylvania, Mr. itte.l whether he would run
alter, chase down, and catcti a slave lor a snivenui-
Jcr? . . , i
Mr. Letcher. I have not surrendered the floor
lo the gentleman. 1 want him to go on. Whfeti
Im concludes I intend to comment ou the revela-
lions whleh ho lifts hmde, rtnd may yet make before
bo concludes.
Mr. Giddings. I urn coiiimen .ing on the last
point." We will live tip tit nil c;:r constitutional
obli 'attoiis; thero wo stop. If you can catch your
slaves w hen they get attay Into our northern States
do it ; we will not crtteh them for you ; we will not
oppoi'nt officers for tho purpose of catching them ;
w c will n.'it pay for catching them, The Constitu-1
tion imposos nd such obligation upon Us. Catch
yoiir srives as you can, nut tuo noi ass. ns in my
I .OUT S. ll 11 .IB JUU I .111, l'n. .-" -
aside our feelings of inunhood, our moral princl-1
,rvpls our iiidcpcndencei and self-respect to catch
them for yoii.
me"""' J'"" . ,
Mr. Chairman, t can just here Klv An illuatra-
tion. A fugitive slave came to me and nskod my
j advice a lawyer lUai.b., w. were under
the old law ; aud 1 did not hesitate to adv
counsol those w ho called on me. Looking the man
; full ,n the face, I said : Do you bel.ev c sir. hnt
God crea ed you will, the soul and feel., gs of
.,.,. ? Ill at. 1 Irt Aiulliwnd VlIU With the lnalientlblC
. ,...
. "T. "7 "-IT' Z Il, Von
; right to life,
I. i . . .. i
- - -;-.'.
manhood to assertand defend those rights:
, have," said he. TAen 10 it," was my reply.
i cannot defend you; but, were J in jour place,!
would defend my liberty w hile I could wielil a
I do not hesitate to tell them that the'
mn,t that wo shall not stop them. We ISt I
know that we can do noting : that HM nre 1,
w ea
thev are
1.11 k 1. u . .
Iknow that we can do no.hiU , that thfc - ar. Inft
.heir own manhood for protection. ' ,
I wish, Mr. T.'hoirmnn, no KlishKoc'r.Vantl'hg irt
-his matter. We will not 1c cak-h'pV.IVs f ,r o'W
rn slaveholders. We will stand purified from thA
institution. No law will, no law can, compel us to"
..... ii, . ...... ti,... :. iiw, i i
which will r,.rce northern man. cl'cvnted and InteU
liwnt freemen, to turn out and civfe h.As wf.f
" ... , ........ r ..I ....t r.""k
runaway s.nvcs. 11 c nave iimi oi iuonriration lit
what I sltt lotrly in Wisconsin. There it
. m . . r. . :.. i t . . .
tiiii'iuu i.nno imthich in una micu;u(;ilillfl
policy. 1 oU nX Jcen jhe ranlu rcnuhir cnti-
mont is onnofscd to it. CiMr fttelthir of huinnnitr
nn r rriitntt.lna i.f I Mum f I nn It if t, il tf hn nr
"' i. i.nii"" v-.iiin... uui
stitutional rights nre opposed to it.
M,,,tch,r, The gentleman has got through
mi 1111 my ijuli ics 10 mm, r.im lie is now ornnc.i"
,r.g off rn other subjects.
1 m very well satiKlied tht.t r gavd lilt! jjcntlot
1 nn 11 1 1 uui . 01 111 1 .i 1. m uiuiii'ik 1 i lie oiiiioriu.il l v lor
... .. . .... . "
ttie interruption wincn tie lias mailt!, lie lias sta1
tctli with ,,lt fvahknbss and that cahilor fthich htf
, wioTmj exhibited when dirtVissil.gll.it nbes'
t'
jf - V it
tinn. tlio Apntimr-nt nnl niirniitn rf tlm Anrin aiV
fnr , ms )(,n n),ie t0 CT1, it. We nil kno
that no is well posted up ns to the sentiment ot the
nprtlbrh people, as to their plirp'.isbs tj bt.jwls;
r-j, nH any action, present or future, connlictcd
with slavery is concerned. Ho Fays they are fof
i ,.: r;,.,.t, . ih..ti,i...n, l.f
f.tvor of nlHiVt ii. the Solilh ta rbcovferj ns they
i )jest cn1) ,he 8,,U.C8 ,A.)l0 haVe run nwny frolh thr
ovv,,crs wjicn t, cy nilve reached a free State, lid
. .. .. . j. .. .... ..
S!VV. niSOi umt )10 ls ior th(lt SOrt ot legislation tlnt
. will rclnove siilverv from the Pisti-i-H of C'dulhWi
i the navy-ynnls, and nil Oilier terntjry tlWne-1 fcf
,)lc Uni(t.j iStnte!1 Ie sAJs that he is in favor of
,,rcvonti, 12 ti0 itei-State slave trad can d for con'
)illin ia the States where it now exists;
,i,ot i, io ,., ,i;..,,.u,i , oii.. i h
, r ,,, Tnrr;. ;,- il l'..;t,l Strtlh
; (mti 0 CllIltr.iry
hc Is determined, nnd till
the Missouri com-
v,,.;,,,.,,!,,!,,,,,;,,,, '.,,.(,,,
. pro,,,;;!,; jnei nn,l t0 prohibit slavery forever from
Ihc Territory of Kansas, even thruugli the pcopld
i r tmt Territory nmy bo unanimously in favor of
it3 introUnctiorl.
Mr. biddings, t ask the gentlemen lo allow ind
to correct hiili in one particular. 'J'ho gentleman
speaks of my iirtiposilig to prevent the iuterStatd
slave trade. That ls ilot HrrcisclV tttV ribsilloh. P.I
j fur as tho transportation of slaves from bhe slavS
I CUUV IU illlUIUCI 1111171 lli!IIJ, I. L.llicnil, I UU1G uum
, j u . t)e coastwiBe .lllva triiae Ubon .M
... ,, , ( i vMi-h.. f"i.i,tti.l.u.
iirlit to make regulations for the hriViiratioit
tht high seas, and I desire that this shall be onu
((
f
j f , r, .
;of
.
-Mr. iiOtchcr. I ery vrcil; lake it ns it is no
! s'ateU, nnu it presents a point which it is utterly
i impossible for the South to yield. It is pushing
this interference to an issue wherO it Would bb dis
: ..i..;..i..l r.... ... (J. ...... ... .......t ... ........ !. re .
ui.oi.iui mi i.nu mui m iiii. iuui 10 mm. in j
. 1 . . I .l...i ..11 li
aceodo to the terms tlnlS didiented to lif r by thd
North, is basely to surrender nllehtilh tt) liter prop,
erty, rind to admit that wherever it gocsbdybhd thd
limits of tt slave State nnd enters free istnte, it
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becomes, in tl.o hthungo of the gentlemnn from
Ohio, " sovereign " in lliS Stt'.te to which it may
lcr such circumstances US
these, the gentleman from Ohio says he has no idea
that I, or iinV One who comes from the South, would
bo inclined to sovcr tllo bond of the I'nion that
we have talked too much upon that suhjet't -anil
that we will sllbillit hereafter, as we have always
submitted heretofore.' In other words, that tliero"
is not spirit enough in the Suiith"-that there is hot
manliness enough in tho South to stand bV south
ern rights, to uphold southern interests, to protect
southern property, nnd to defend slavery whenever"
it shall be rtesailed by olir enemies, from rtny nUar
tcr whatever I Sir, do northern gchllHlibn ehter
tain this opinion or Us ? lo they believe thnt we
have been reduced to so abject n position, that wd
have not the courage to assert our rights) tlor the
power to defend our property. If such is their1
opinion, then their conduct in endeavoring to t'l-ihjf
'about a dissolution of the I'nion, by forcing Upon
us the measures indicated to-night, is precisely
w hat might have been expected. They Ought hot
to db'slro n longer connection w ith us. They W ill
lind, sooner or lnier, if these questions are presstid
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nn-v ini.t- -jci-u eaiiijr miauim-u.
if ,ve cannot be considered ns the cqunls of ttaso"
ueutlcninn from Ohio, and the eniials of those whom
1C represents uj.oii this floor; If the North nie de
terniioed that we shall not havo nonce oh this vitnl
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!gn,;Pl.t . if they nre determined to press il ilt ItU
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naziinis . reyaruicss ot consc'itietices to liicuisiiTCS
and to tis, be It so. e shall have the ngreeilbld
reflection ot knowing that We nro not to blame
Si.uthenWt.ltak?
that the eil results cannot be charged upoti Un
that the North, and tho North nlono, aro to blame.
If the I'nion shall be dissolved, they cannot say
we did i:
But Ihe geiitteiilau froth Ohio says the North will
not submit to have her rights interfered with. Sir.
will tho crrnlleninn be Hood enou"li to tell MS Whetl
wi,cro tho Sulitll has ever interfered, either
0r indirectly, with the rf oftheXorthf
j Rway
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' we ever made sue
iiir in inn
to nftul, by the nid of " umUnjronm Jl ttfr
or fraud, or by nny other rhlnns-
tho Citizens of (lie North f IlavtJ
h nn attempt upon the cohstittl'
gentleman from Ohio ? Never, sir.
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never! 1 believe tne gentleman proiesscs to uoiu
to the doctrine nf Hints rights, its dfclitrcrl In tlm
resolutions of IT'.tt and 17'J'J. 1 think th (Icclartt
tion ho has made to-night is very much the sme
in substance, with that made a few dityl ItgU by
Mr. Wilson, the Massachusetts Senntor, in thc oth
er end of tho Capitol. These two gentlemen hold
very much the same opinions in reference tu SLitO
rights, slavery, thc fugitive slavo law, thn Nebras
ka bill, and other questions of a kindred chnrrtcler.
They both hold t J the doctrine that the north shall
declare the law, and tho South sllttll liat B the. glo
rious privilige of submission. The North is to
make its demands, and the South is to J.ehi tt
prompt obedience to those demands. The North is
to prescribe its rules, nnd the South are to coin
ply with them promptly ahd without a murhlcr.
'Now. let me tell the gentleman from Ohio that.
whatever he may think of the. spirit of the South,
j l6 wj;i n-nj tmt thero is a spirit there that will not
tbu.it to such requirementl. I rptak to the gentle-
uian as coolly and citlnily as I over uttered a schti
ment in my life, when I say that men of till parties
i in thd South Deinotruts, Whigs, by whatever
jntitne known, or by w hatever organization they are
: uultcd will bo fouud faithful iu tho hour of trial,
1 to the rights, interests, honor, nhd institutions of
the section of the couhtry in which their lot Is rnst
j They will never consent Hint the southern lection
oi country snui. occupy in mis u mun, mm
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base, ahd degraded position Which he has assigned
to us. Whenever that dajf shull coiiie, the ' K'
r,i man may "",'''
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unit. 1 hat all party line. W 'I
wi be oblitera ed. inat "'""w"n j'r;f
ltatU S"fr
there will be no he.i-
, Mtftt. or w cft rfJ w,th.
U t on iu .linking i m mn f fllationli Sy9
a out ; you. h
UttVB 1.10 luoono n-M f, a..ii
nd power, and tar Better is u un we .noum jro
;J tin by ouelv. than that we should .obmlt
to such unrighteous ana iniquitous oemanus 14
have been asserted here to-night. The time bat
come nhen thc South mutt prepare to dcfind her
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