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SERIES—VOL HI.,
ATHENS, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1850.,
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY
VOLUME XVII. NUMBER 48
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-*> imwwrn, be mjt, mam
m’SSSTr,
‘ " Too must not go, raj dew,
IWt't *> mtmw a talking;
3<m shall not fuaero* tb« field
With BUlr Grime* a Felklof.
Tn think of me preenmptioo, too!
Tlie dirt/, ogljr drorerl •
'pzszn&ir*-"*
BeaMaa. theywj, to Gnaw* ‘ *-
That Billy U the only
Sonivingbcir to all that’* left;
And that, they *ay> nearly
A gfpd wfithaatdnil iliHarr. am
,, Ih^t#aJw»dr«lyeariyr.
,-I did not bear, my daughter dear, ,« ■
. Tour last remark quite clearly.
Bat BQlyiaficbter lad,
t And nodotf* lore* you dearly!
• r, tbea,to-n ‘
played (Dooming signal*, arid Minted ’ joying their riches. You seek: aland
iJic remains with all ibe honors paid to j peasant ib the sight, but dprigefmia to
mmmimnrmL * m tj ^ . si yj the feet; a-land of fragrant winds,
Frttn- San Domingo- the coffin was which loll to security; ofgolden iruits
conveyed to the Bay of Ocoa, and ihfcre which are poisonous.- of glorious hues
transferred to tbe sbip-of-war San Lo-j which dazzle and mislead: • ;
renzo, which immediately -made sail, I You may be rich and be pure ; but it
and arrived at Havana, in-the Island of j will'cost you astrugglc. You niay be
Cuba, oh ibe 16th of January, 1796.— rich and go to heaven; boil len. doubt-
Here every thing was conducted with j less, will sink beneath their riches,
the same circumstance and solemn cer-! where one breaks through them to
lemony. The. principal authorities re- heaven. If you have entered this shih-
l ■ .u— .L: n : i 1 lx .1 j
paired on board the ship, accompanied
by the superior naval and military offi
cers. The remains were removed with
great reverence, and .placed in a feluc
ca,-'Jin which they were conveyed to
ihg way, begin to look for shares and
traps. Go not careless of your daogcr.
of you, how many there are wife seal
God*S Word with their blood.
i,nd' in- Ibe midal of a prow.wro ofj They lhat will be rich, fall into
three columns of felucca, and boMrhtj temptation antfa snare.and into many
the royal wrvme.coniainingdmingobh- foolish and hurtfal lusts, which drown
For
rd miluary and .ministerial officers.—! men to destruction and perdith.... . „.
Two feluccas fallowed, in one of which > t l, e love of money is the root of all evil,
marine guard of honor, with! which, while some have coveted af-
monrnmg banners and muffled drum;— Ier , they have erred from the faith, and
pierced themselves through with many
Aerov tie field cfUrley."
1 l*n the night when the roeoo hewn* brifbt
On flayer* that drink the dev ; ' -
When cascades sheet m the »tar» peep out
Front boundlema field* of btim;
But dearer hr than mooa or aUr,
■ Or fiownr* of gaudy hue.
CJr murronrin-tlirill -of moontaio rill*—. ..
I tore,! lore, lore roe!, _ .. (
1 lore to «*r»y at thu clWe of day
Through grore* of linden tree*;.
When girthing riotaa from "onj bird*’ throat*
14^>^honight—theglorioiHiii^U-!. ,
When licart* beat warm and tree; ‘ .
Bat fitr abore the night I lore,
I lore, 1 lore, knwvoc.
V> m'trr. oul1 ° <W
•J Dear, in the Morn’**oft blowing gale,
“• ,^&35SujU.
IMMMl%t'
->•*< Dear i* the early evening *tar, >. 4
* .Thelover**guide,; .
Bat dearer atm and awi-eter hr,
-ao *•* OnovxFnniMl -
^c,, k Ilear is the wild hint*’ lively aong
TWt eheera the weire;
Sweetie the brreae that wafuahmg
.... . The *igh of Lore;
" Dear Uthlndloc'. heart the t*U
*rr* Bet Ol more dear, more sweet than all,
OvnowaFianim! , <
the representatives of the free States inl fal character ot the strife in which it | pendence, common to all the colonies;
I be'effort to prevent the occurrence of j was-achieved. j one which is deemed necessary to ihe
this difficulty; Nay, sir} if some two Coming to the consideration of this comfort and happiness of those by
or three of them" could have remained J question in the spirit of these feelings, j whom it U retained ; that they entered
firm upon the ground they had occu- j it seems to me appropriate to express ' into their present bond of union with
pied, it would have been prevented. I my high sense of the pariolic and gen- this institution subsisting in -its lull
am desirous now to unite in averting, if j eroos motives which prompted the in- force, as it now does, with the declared
it be possible, the dangers which are production of these Resolutions by my [ purpose to coniinlie it indefinitely ; that *
The’Senate having under considera- j threatened. It may require some self f honorable friend from Kentucky,- (Mr. they were not merely accepted and
lion the resolutions offered somedays ! sacrifice ^ it may require the sacrifice I Clay.) He wilt allow me to use that welcomed into the-Union of the Slate*
ago by-Mr.* ; w v . |ol popularity or official station. I am term, since he knows th.at it is used , with this institution, but were -urged to
, **^ |W *‘' *" "**" L-h-rli:—;a..* t —r.i— r..n which that; enter it. Andyetit is this-institution,
not, in [ existing at the time that the constitution
SPEECH OF HH. BERRIEN',
- ■ op oboHou,
On Sir. Clay’s Proposed Compromise,
Irr Sex ate, Mono* v, Feb. ll, 1850.
igo by Mr. Clat-*-"' ; ’ ‘ . j oi popularity or omcial station, i am term, since ne Knows that it i
Mr. Berrieiv—I; am very sensible,! willing to make it, if you will present with a full sense of what it is wh
ir, of the difficulties which encompass me any ground upon which on honest relation implies. And if I do
L. it,., nAmamvo.... ninn fnnv unit a oiiih i-nn in olvino npnn> rrfprrinor In hi In. nnnpt in hie nnn
the subject' that now engages the
ami provoking it. See, on every side side ration of theSenatc.' Of these dif-
in the other were the commandant gen
eral, the principal minister of marine,
-and the military slafL In passing the
vessels of war in . the harbor, they
all paid the honor due to an admiral and
captain general of the navy,
t On arriving nt the Mole, the remains
were met by the Governor of the Island,
accompanied by lhe generals and mili-
tary.siaff. The coffin was then convey
ed between: files of soldiers which lined
tbe streets and formally delivered to
the governor and captain-general of the
Island, the key given up to him, the
coffin opened and examined, nnd the
sale transportation of its contents au
thenticated. This ceremony being con
cluded, it was conveyed in grand pro
cession, add with the utmost pomp, to
thiecathedral. Masses, nnd the solemn
ceremonies of the dead, were perfi
Ki. C’ l' * I., ..
arrows.* —Ret. Hi W. Beecher.
Venice.
The Tribune translates a foreign lel-
ler from a writer at Venice, which con
tains some details of the present state
of the city.—“I slopped uiy gondola nt
oneol those magnificent palaces which
involuntarily enchain every spectator
by their perfect architecture. On the
steps . and the porch was a crowd of
men. I_ asked what the matter was.
An auction,of all the furniture. I went
up stairs until I came through a row of
high' marble columns, ornamented With
cosily frescos, into the room where the.
auction was held. The hammer wa
just striking off two splendid pier-glast
e». of the celebrated manufacture of
Rabaldi, for a mere song, to an old wo
man. who kept a curiosity shop. Other
valuable articles went in the same way,
ttf which you saw at the first glance the
splendid histoiy of centuries. For col
lectors ol autiquity, Venice now opens
rich, and I heard that emmissions are
.ed ,by the bishop, and the mortal re
mains of Columbus deposited with the
utmost respect and solemnity, in tbe
wall on'the right side of the grand al
^ r \
Smce the above date no further men
tion is .made on the subject of the mor-
pnvwc pnm were 10 oc pre-
i.iK-m, ihc mosi important hidorical per- v i OU g|y remov “ d . Th „ lace ^
sonngc lhat lias appeared on our globe „i.:„i. r _ _:n: r <
IRisccllang.
Christopher Colnmbns.
"What bcfel hit ashes—not* the least rcmarlf-
“ ' ' able cf' his history t *
•s • At scarcely anything relating to. ibis
wonderful man, wlieo-alive, is without
-interest, so even that which befcl him
alter his death it hot ibe least remarka
ble part of his history. HedmdalVal-
ladnlid, in 1606, and.his funeral obse-
-qtiet, were celebrated with much pomp,
and bit body deposited irr tbe parochial
church of Santa Maria de la Antigua,
-of that city. In 1613 bis remains were
fransported to the- Carthusian Mpnaste-
ry of Los Cuevas, at Seville, iir'the
. Chapel of St.'Ann, orSantoChrisiof, in
Aihich chhpel were deposited those of
"fclt son Diego, who died in the village
of Montalban, on the 23d February,
162G. Id the year 1536, both bodies
wore removed to Hispaniola, and inicr-
‘red in the principal cqapel bf lhe*cathe
dral of Sim Domingo.,. Here they were
permitted to remain unifisiurbed until
*1706, when on "the occasion of the
Wand of Hispaniola bringr ceded Jo
France by treaty, the Spanish authori
ties, wishing .to pay all honors, to the
joeepory o f ib at •• worlby and adventu-
.«|* general of lhe seas,” the.rsmains
of ifae admiral were cslmmed and con-
.veyed lo iho Island of Cuba,
. , OntheSOih of" December. 1795, the
mcksl distinguished persons of San Do
mingo, the digniinriesof. ibacborcb and
and miluary affieuvusetobw
«Ubo metropolitan caibedraL>^A«mll
oil wa* opened- above.ibe chancel. In
appeared «l Q
in the last eighteen hundred years. It
were, to be .hoped that they might
henceforth be permuted to rest in peace,
until the- hour when both quick nnd
d.ead .shall ( be summoned by the sound*
of the .frump of the Archangel of Heav
en.— Boston Journal.
Evils of Dissipation.
Experience^has shown that no sen
sual pleasure, except \yhat is regulated
hy temperance, can be lasting. Every
pleasure that is carried beyond it is no
more than a momentary explosion; a
transient guih; a torrent that comes
down impetuously; sparkling and roam
ing in its course, hut that-soon runs out,
and leaves a muddy and pointed chan
nel. Who knows not the languor and
dejection that fellows each successive
indulgence of pleasure, or a long con
tinuation of amusements of any kind?
From whom do we hear such frequent
comprint of low spirits, as from those
who^spend most of their time iq the cir
cles of dissapation and gaiety* or in'the
revelry of the world ? To what wretch
ed arid pernicious resources are they ob
liged Ip -fly, in order to recruit their
spirits,^and restore some life to their
deadened sensations? What melan
choly spectacles do they at length ex
hibit of a wom out frame and an exhaust
ed mind.! . So.well founded -is the oa-
sertion in the text, that there is a “mirth
the end of which is heaviness.*-
- ^ Let us rate sensual - gratifications as
high as we please, we shall be made to
feel<ihal:Uie seat of enjoyment is-in the
soul* Tho corrupted temper - and - tbe
guilty passion of tl»c bad frustrate the
eflect of every advantage which the
world conferi on them. The world
may caQ them mcn of pleasure.; but of
all menv they, ore tbe greatest foes to
pleasure. From their eagerness to grasp
they 4 strangle andxlestroy it. None but
the temperate, tbe regolar, ami the.vir
tuous, know how to enjoy prosperity.
They bring-.toits comforts tbe manly
Acuities, soine are ‘ intrinsic. If they
do nof. belong 'to and inhere in the
subject under disimssion, they have
been'so absolutely'identifier with it,
thaf there have been' momen^s oT de
spondency’ in : which f: have been
tempted to fear that it might not be
possible to surmount them. An inter
est of vrist magnitude is afiected, direct
ly or indirectly,’by the principles which
are involved ' tn the discussion before
the Senate. It' is impossible--to esti
mate the magnitude ol that interest by
a consideration of its pecuniary advan-
Tng e > great as that unquestionably is.-*-
No. sir; there are feelings inseparably
associatetl with that 'interest which no
man unconnented with it is capable of
appreciating; They are the recollections
of infancy ; they are the occupations of
manhood ; they'a re the graver thoughts
of declining age. It is associated with our
habits, with some of jbe very best auc
tions of nature. That interest has been
rudely, perseveringfy assailed. It were
idle to forbear loatate, as it is useless to
attempt to deny the fact. More recent
ly. th? opposition to it has been system
atized, and extended, so as justly to ex
cite the apprehensions of every reflect
ing mind. The people of-the South
are at length aroused to a sense of the
danger to which ubey are exposed.—
You will permit me to say that you
have awakened a feeling which can m
longer be trifled with. I speak plainly
constamly sent over by England— " ,e “casina demands it. .tuner »
Many private galleries were 10 be pro- !T. ena 1 , ; e - Y°° 1 lru3t - lule " “> » he
- . • • r •- friendly voice of the warning to beware,
and receive irio the same kindly spirit
in which it is offered. 1 repeat, sir, lhat
I utter no menace. It is not my pur
pose to do so.-' My respect for.myself,
for the Senate, anil especially .for my
associates in this chamber, would ne
cessarily esclude therq^fi^m jiny re
mark* which I frave to make.
The fanaticism by which we arc n
assailed wits, in its origin, probablVv
annoying^lo our fellow-citizens of‘the
free Slates as it -was to bs. They did
not join it/but ihey opposed it, or they
did not oppose if-with the eflect which
might then have been given to their op
position. In fact, sir, -and to a certain
extent, they gave it their sanction, by
lhe approbation of the principles which
Could not'be enforced; In process of
which cosi at least a million of francs,
was sold for 34,000 Borins. The pur
chaser is to turn it into a soap factory.
Crazy men get up.some queer ideas
now and .lhen., ^Ve saw a man.once
thal'attributed his ruin to a verjF singu
lar cause—having been broke down in
bis attempts to roof the earth. He used
for arches second-hand rianbows,
over .which he spread a web of silk
netting. To render the whole water
proof, he Ailed the interstices with shoe-
pegs, when, as bad luck would have it,
a long.drought set in and so shrunk the
P**gs, that they all fell out. . To remedy
this disaster, he hired a man to sharp
en them at both ends and sell them for
oats.. Jusl as his crop was finished,
down went the grain market, fill oats
were worth less a bushel iban pegs.
Tbq consequence was he had to saw
them all ofl again, and sell them to a
shoemaker, wno, tw.o weeks afterwards,
failed, and paid a wax end'on a dollar.
Bruce,the Traveler.—This gen
tleman* was fond,of sbowiug his. visi
tors, at Kinnaird, facsimiles of the thir
ty different. languages, that: were spo
ken in the camp, of one of tbe caravaqs
in which be had. occasionally travelled
on the continent of Africa. To spare
the ears of the unlearned, he called
these languages, ; with somqhumor, the
red, blue, green &c., according to the
color ofits character. Upon his show
ing the manuscripts to a lady,-distin
guished for the vivacity of .her remarks,
and informing her that'the. word .kiss .is
to.be met with, expressing the same
idea, in some passages pf Ins rainbow
of languages, she pleasantly > observed
to bhn—-“ I lold yoo, Mr. .Bruce, .that
kissing is tbe same all the world over,’*
V" .T *, T, r . rtney firing- tolls com torts tbe manly
^“ ,,,;OMorMed
fragments of a leaden coffin,« number
man may unite with yoo in giving peace J referring to him, annex to his name those was formed, with the avowed -det.erm*-;
to the country. 1 know, sir, that in h honorary prefixes in which Senatorial [ nation to continue it-in that Union which
making this offer, the sacrifice on my \ courtesy is accustomed to indulge, it ‘ was about to be formed, wliich was re
part would be comparatively trifling j will be because those titles to respect cognized and protected by various pro-
with those of men in tbe earlier stages and admiration have been already i visions of the constitution—it is this td-
of life, with • more extended "prospects! awarded to him by his country and by stilution, the existence of which is 'to
for thefuture, and greater political as-; the world,-it will be because he is ni-, deny to a portion of the people United
pirations. But I- am willing to give j ready in the full enjoyment of the rich States lhe'rights which they would fitb-
you all I have. It may be Ies9 than | reward which is bestowed by ** the un- erwise be permitted to exercise. :: }
the widow’s mite, but it is all that I! bought homage of the brave and free” The South asserts, then, her right 'to
have to give, for the first great desire I in his native land—of all, m every participate in any and in all of the ter-
df ray heart is that to which you can-! clime, where liberty has a resting place j ritories which may be acquired by the
not administer. j or freedom a votary. He has iny sin-1 United Slates.^ She asserts her right
I have endeavored thus to present to ! cere good wishes that he may long five [Vo emigrate to them, with her pro-
the consideration of the Senate the im- ! to enjoy it; and when, at last, he shall perty of every description. That it
pressions of my own mind, in relation , be called to cast off this fratL covering the precise right which is denied by
to the magnitude and difficulty of this ! of humanity, which he has so graceful-; the North ; accompanied hy this further
subject,for the purpose of urging upon j ly worn, that his closing eyes may rest [ declaration,that it is not merely the prin-
them the truth of the conviction which ; upon a free, happy, and united people, [ ciple of Free Soilism, as' it .is now un-
I feel that, if these difficulties can. in- i with whose glory his fame will be in-; derstood, which is to guide the future
deed be surmounted, it is only by a j dissolubly connected. j action of the Congress of the United
calm, dispassionate, and, as faras may j Mr. President, passing to the consul- States—for lhat is limited to the avoid-
be, impartial consideration of them,! e rat ion of the subject, wliich is before 1 ance of that most horrible of all griev-
undcr a full sense of the duties which ; the Senate, I desire to say in the outset, auces, the extension, as it is called, of
we owe to each other as members of that, abstaining from a minute examin- 1 slavery to a soil which is now free—
this great society of States. And I lation of the several resolutions which i h°t the proposition which is maintained
derive something of hope—oh no sir,! have been presented by the Senator .j *? cre an « elsewhere, is lhat neither ,• In '
that falls short of conveying what I from Kentucky, it will be my purpose j** 1 ® present nor any future acquisition
wouldexpress—I derive a hope, amount- * ** * * • • .
ing almost to confidence, from the
cheering recollection that these difficul
ties, these self-same difficulties, exist
ed at the time of the adoption ol our
constitution and lhat they were then sur
mounted by the patriotism of our fa
thers.
There arc other difficulties which
have been connected with this subject.
They have been generated by the mad
ness of fanaticism; by the colder, more
calculating, more selfish spirit of po
litical demagogues ; by the excitable
and excited feelings of a wronged and
insulted people. These may be sur
mounted, if we resolve to meet them in
the unselfish self-sacrificing spirit which
our duty demands from all and from
each o£ us—with 4. determination on
every side of this great question, to
yield whatever may be yielded without
a sacrifice, not of mere speculative
opinion, but of constitutional principle.
Sir, there have been many crises in the
brief history of this republic—appalling
dangers have often menaced us—and
we have more than once stood on the
brink of a precipice from which one
advancing step would have plunged
us into , the fathomless abyss of anarchy,
with all its countless horrors. At least,
abstract from them those principles,! territory which shall be made by the
the consideration of which, it seems to j U. States, whether it be slave or Ftee,
me, will be the best calculated to lead ! shall slavery exist. The flag of this
to an amicable adjustment of this un- Union, according lathis idea, is never
happy controversy. The Senator from ; to float over any State or territory itl
Kentucky piesents to us a series of res- which slavery may exist, unless it is in
olutions which propose a compromise
time these principles, or those who ad- such has been the picture presented to
vocafe them, acquired a strength which us by our political orators and essay-
was felt in thb conflicts of party in the I ists# from the rostrum and from the press.
They stop at. tbe - proper point, 'before
enjoyment degeneratesinlotiisgnsi,and "™ n lv°d°
pleasure is converted. into pain. The, r
.are stnngcrs to those complaints. which t-Ai.- li. lr.
ofhones, and a quantity ol-mould, evi-
essesof-a vitiated quad.
e , r j?tqus . indulgence enervates
**t*r<>D
1,^'ffie.Sodj.ite’tmnii,pwiijand
Iri.M and the powers ol human
££ ® f „ ornamented « nh lace and | f r u„, ou . Moderate anti simple pleasures
fringed of gold. ' relish lugh tvitb tho temperate; in.the
1 ’• On the following day there was a noth-. mid**t pf his,st m lied refinement the vo-
Her-grand convocation at the cathedral, loptuous languishe.
when 'Vigils and massesMorjhe dead L v * *
were solemnly chanted \»y lhe archbish- ■ * Danger of Striving' for fticAes.
#1*1- fli*rrtmnonioil slsf. AAmflMnJsifl r ^ * t.; .1 * * if -
Profawitv.—The • Rev. Dr. Cox,
whi13 lately 'speaking tof ihd “sins of
the nation,’* said—Tbfere • is one aw
fully protriinent—profane swearing.—
Rut of all the dark caialmvge, there is
not one mere vile and execrable; ' It
and loves to cluster
r and he who looks up
and insults bis Maker to his face, needs
but a;little more improvement' to make
hima finished devil.”
deceu chcal no
ti
■ •f* * cc «mponied byihb; commandant f Riches got* by deceit client no man
General of the Armada, the Dominican Uo much as the getter. Riches bought
•and Franciscan friars,and the Jriars of with guile, God will pay for with ven-
. the order of mercy, together with the •gcance. Riches got' by fraud are dug
‘ rest of the distinguished assemblage.—[mit ofoneV own 'heart; and destroy ii<»
After this a funeral'sernion was preach-’mind. Unjust riches curse t^- - “ '
r the archbishops At four o’clock i in geiting in keeping, in, trar
iWt alternoon, the coffin was Jraus- ’ Thej^cvrse bis chddren-in the f
d to the ship yrith the utmost fiatcj mem6ry r Th'theif'o\vn wasteful j
• ^ oerrmony, with a civil, religious in drawing around them all bat
•gfid military procession; banners wrapt: to be' dieircompanidns^
* ‘ > "*’® ourn *®F*. »nd responses, and r^VhilelJJo doufis’courage your search
dischsrges of ot^luyt The most dfc- Vdal^lTwarruyou iharR is not a
tingtnsbed persons- of tKe| several •tot* [cruise.liponjeyel seas, and under bland
iftrs took' iuriis to support the coffin, j skies. ' You advance* where ten thou-
r which was received on board a brigan- sand are broken ’Tn^YeciBS''before ibe T "
•<h«« called the ^Discoverer, 1 which with [reach (He mart; where those who read
all tha other shipping "in the port,'dis-- jf^rc tfiffiyjhetr 1 labors past en-
Givb Now.—Defer not thy deeds till
ihe^mantle of death has covered thy
form. s Ten dollars -given to-day,' afe
better than fifty left in thy. wilt. * IH*
hot benevolehfee to give away whafTOJii
hast no further deed of; antr no legacies
will; purchase''' future felicity for'thie
-meap'and avaricious hfeart.; I 4 * •*’
*• What’s ibe use of making of su ch a
fusS, Fat? fsn*f one rchgioa>s good as
another?*’* ta Indade onof.and
I
five, of slight figure and poor,” She is
in “ peculiar’; circumstances,” ' which
render it desirable that-she should
body
free States ; and then they were court
ed by each party. - - i
In tlie'course of tho last year this feel
ing lias more amply developed itself.—
Wo ha ve seen, a large 'seclion of a great
party seceding from their political asso
ciates upon the avowed ground of what
they denominate **Frte Soil.” And
we have witnessed the remnant of that
party and the aggregate of iheir oppo
nents straggling to declare and prove
iheir greater devotion to this principle.
The united North has thus become, en
gaged in a crusade against the rights
and Interests of the South. It is a union
Composed of Whigs nnd Democrats', of
secederX • and aljofitionTsts; and' the
South is thus put., under the ban of the
Republic.', : ' * * '.
“-Now,sir, it'cannot-surprise yon if.
with itis manifestation -of a universal
disptisitionTri' tlie free Stales, in va
rious modes, to assail an interest which
is cherished To’the'South—it cannot
surprise yod if this has awakened^ >
feeling in that - ponton: of the Union
vfhich 1 a'ra hound to say’rnu^ ^ioT he
subjected toTurther irritation, unless
yoii are willing to place it beyond your
control and beyond.' ours; in a word,
sir; beyond all human control* . The
feeling-to which 1 have, reference is
that which Ts mostly ' uttered * by the
demagogue fu popular assemblies.; It
is Hot that Which forms thethcme.b? the
political;partisan in legislative' halls.—
No sir; no sir. - Vis'that feeling which
is,sadty expressed in the family circle,
add around the 'drimjestic hearth. It is
rAaf’ feeling which you have awakened.
It is that feeling which you must re-
Ih'Vbtrt future'legislation upon
ihfs^hjeit- ;
.Thave united, heretofore, at some
j>er8nnaf htuardof the* sacrifice jof pop
ularity ancl station—fI have united with
Iny ^‘fPU8.pt the free Slates i- foreseen dul
And yet, sir, in the deepest hour of
gloom there has ever been found some
auspicious moment in which the light
of truth has penetrated the clouds of
folly and passion, of fanaticism nnd
selfishness; has dissipated the mists of
error,- has awakened ike slumbering
patriotism of our countrymen, and has
reVoaled to us our glorious charier, un
scathed amid the tumult, in all its origi
nal st rength and vigor. So may it ever
be ! In the darkest hour of our nation
al fortune, let us never despair. For
myself, though age has somewhat check
ed the current of my blood, I would
still cling to this hope with all the’hope-
fulness of youth. I would catch, if U
might be, some portion of the dauntless
spirit of .the gallant mariner, tossed
upon the raging billow,
TV--* « All aronnd him one wide ocean,
— -All above him one dark sky,”
who, still amid the fury of the tempest.
could merrily sing, or gratefully re*
member. ;; . : • •
those States or Territories Where it .i*
now established*
If it could be shown—and, if I have
strength, I hope to be able to show—
that the South has with the North equal
rights under this constitution ; that the
inevitable resolt of that equality of
right to participate in all the ac
quisitions which are made by this Gov
ernment ; and that no incidental circum
stance attending the condition of any
.: _ .l. .*.i..k• _
of this matter. He states his readiness
to accept such modification of them as
may be consistent with the great pur
pose in which they originate. He says
to Senators, here is my offering on lhe
altar of my country. Adopting the
spirit, if not the language, of a Roman
poet, he say9, jf you know any thing
more advantageous than this, propose
it: if not, accept that which I offer to you.
The proposal is fair, frank, and manly.
It requires to be met. It must be met
the same spirit in which it is lender-
i. What, then, sir, is the condition in
which we, who are the representatives
of the South, stand upon this occasion ?
You have acquired in the prosecution of
the war with Mexico, an extensive ter
ritory. You have not merely acquired
a number of acres of land, for which
you could make needful rules and reg-, _
ulations under the provisions of the j the common territory of the Union, but
fourth section of the third article of the ; to remove if it-were necessary, any ob-
constitution, but you have acquired in-j struct ion which existed to lhe cnjriy-
habilants, living men, the sovereignty ment of that right. ,
over whom, which was exercised by j r Congress possessed a power to
of the parties to the constitution
can, in the exercise ofan implied power,
destroy the right which is founded upon
that elementary principle of'equality;
if this be demonstrated, there would
result an obligation on the part of Con
gress, supposing them to be invested
with the power of legislation upon the
subject of slavery, not to prohibit thp
citizens of the United States from the
njovment of a right to participate (ft
.. ..r
Mexico, has been transferred to you.—
You are under the obligation to provide
a government for these men; tor you
have bound yourselves by the treaty
stipulations, which have become the su
preme law ot the land, to give tfa*. pro
tection which can be nootherwise afford
ed than by extending to them a govern
ment. Now, in the formation of this
Government, andin advance of any dis
tinct proposition upon this subject, what
do we hear from the Legislatures of the
free Slates, or the Representatives ol
these States, who have chosen to advert
to this subject upon this floor?
You are about to make a Government
for these Territories. Tbat-yoirowe to
the people who have been transfer
red. You are about to make' pro
visions for the disposal of the public
domain, and fer the regulation of the
legislate upon the subject of .slavery; in
the Territories of California and New
Mexico, and there existed aiiy obstruct
lions to the exercise of the right of the
citizen of the South, the South might|
with confidence, appeal to them to ex*
ercise this legislative power, for the
purpose of removing these obstruction*.
But we make no such appeal. And
now I desire Senators to observe the
fooling upon which, so far as I under
stand it, the Southern claim rests. W?
make no claim to your interference.—
We do not invoke the exercise of yoifr
legislative power. We deny that jtou
possess, such powersl We‘say to Con
gress, exercise-ihe power *whiblr^pif
possess, from whatever source this rnay
be derived, of instituting Governmenl#-
for these territories. Abstain from, leg
islating upon 'the subject of slavprV.-—
You assert one principle anil we aontho
er. Leave $iat principle to be decided
intercourse of those who may emigrate
to that Territory. That you owe to . ... v
your own people. And it isjhst al [ by the constitutional arbiter between os.
this point that the controversy com- We do not ask "your legislative aid;
What we deprecate is your' lcgislariycF
mence.
The Sooth says to you, We are a. interference. Organize the Goyqi-fl^
portion of the American people; \re ! meats of these Territories ns yoii .may
have equal rights with vou in this terri-j see lit. No Southern man will inter--’
More gravely, sir, addressing myself! lory j we require that fn the regulations j fere to oppose your progress.' Bui
to the highest legislative assembly of;a> which yoh make for it, you shall do j siaiu from the Use of the powef wKicji
Christian people, ! should soy, 1 have! nothing which will embarrass those yon affirm and we deny,'and give u»
aft abiding confidence that the God of rights ; nothing which will prevent us (the privilege of referring the'question
otir fathers will be the God of their from the lull exercise and enjoyment ofj of difficulty between us to the comhum
children ;■ lhat He will bn our God; them. 'arbiter established by the con stituthkl.
The North •says. You cannot be per-• Organize your Territories as you will
that’He will -graciously enable os to
perserve’lbat glorious fabric which .his
mercy aftd his'good ness, not the might
and strength of our ancestors,, enabled
them to Construct; and that countless
generations, enjoying the rich ’heritage
to them;-will in? distant ages, unite in the
tribute of gratitude to their 1 memories,
which m-this our da^ Ills our privilege
To offer." *
'Yet, sir, we .most not forget (in in-
tufging this bope) that the providence
is often exerted through the
ing the cqusequences' of* the measures
which w'qjre then'in 'operation, foresee-
;bicii they would bring " upon
with, ijliem at *80010
hazard in the effort to prevent it. We orable associates in this chamber, then,
failed.. The evil is upon us. The teori- to come to the consideration of this sub-
torywhich we have acquired by an ex- ject in that spirit of conciliation, which
"‘■ndilure of blood and treasure is about can alone lead to a propitious.result. I
subject us—uhless under the mercy ask them, to^remember lljal we are
of Providence we ' are guided by wisertljro}hren of a common family, .united
counsels than those we have exhibited— by a ttioosajndTsocial as /well as polui-
milted to enter those Territories imless but abstain from any act bf legislation
you divest yourselves of certain rights, calculated 10 abridge the enjoyment of.
which, within the limits of the United [ a right which we assert. Abstain from;
States, you possess. any legislation calculated to interfere
0 .... ^ ^ This is the bone of contention. But. with the enjoymenl of that right, ami
which they have transmitted to Us, arid m pre particularly, there is a domestic! »h en boldly advancing with all the pow*
which by his blessing,^ will transmit ihslitution prevailing- in a portion of of your intellect, maintaining tho
these Slates. The Senator from Mas^ j opinion which you hold,. give us tho
sochusetts (Mr. Webster) will excuse! nght, with humbler faculties and fe6-
me if I still use the term which on a | bier intellects, to go before the conitita-
former occasion, was subjected to hjs! lional arbiter, and to assert our right*,
criticism and if It shbll be still a sub-! This is the stale of the conte'st, apjd
ject of cavil; I invoke the aid of the j in this state of things,. I appeal to. tbe
Senator, from Mississippi (Mr. Foote) i Senator from Kentucky, what isit that
tovindicatOit, etymologically j to prove j we are in a condition to surrender?—-
that the word statud is interpreted to'Whatisit that we shall be asjtediD .
set up, to appoint, to establish ; [and yield? We say that we have a right to .
lM the relation which exists between participate in these Terrilories/and we
the different V.asses at the South may \ ask you lo legislate fer them without
be properly denominated an iustilufion j interference yriib our enjoyment of that
set up, appointed or established ' by | right. This yqu deny. Give us then
those who have tbe 'control ovCr it. I j the privilege of going before the cbnstK
repeat, iheii/tliereisin a p»)rli6n of these j tutional tribunal. What are we to
States a.dbmestlc institution, which I'yield? Must we yield our constitutid^ -
"beg Senators tor remark wasafthe time al right td 'invoke the* judgment of the