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KANSAS.
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The IIouo being m Committee of the whole
a, it# state of tta Union—Mr. RKAGAN
Mid;
I do not prnDOM, Mr. Chairman, to di*cuaa
jjn, ri^b! of ill" people of Kansas to aduiiaaitn
lain ilie 1'iii o; D>ir do I propose to discoas tbe
MUlinD us lo whether the people ot Kansas
Jjrc beco gui'tj of frauds or not ll is ,
diuagb that I feel s*>i*fi«id thai, ereal irregn-
[jniici have existed with both tbe contending
■ariic* in Kansas It is enough for mo tbat
{ie result of tbe action of the people of Kan-
0* u before u« in the forui of a constitution
I deem repub)ic*u iu its ebnraolcr. Hut
1 prop0"' ruthor to speak of tbo general ques-
liun of tbe nuti slavory ngitution; regarding
tbi< Kiin< steug^ls, as I do, a* one of the
ItM iO tbat great cinrna I propose before I
tikt rov heat,if I can ueeotnplisb what I desire
to accompli >b. to moot as plainly as 1 can, and
udiititictlv an uiy poor abilities will permit,
«bit I regard an tbe great paramount issue fair-
ly wodered to the people of the South by an
ll] pervading end all controlling (ontiuient
lliit til*!* in tbe fruo States of the Union.
*•** . Too Urt iUli which -sta
great golden State with 166.980 aqaar
tbat moat g to tbe credit aide aki.
clarks villej, &ep rivtr cousti, til as, satu
i ■ "i. i aiii
r~ *" totaBilM ?•'•ktav-lUm hfttoey A tta past, MJ Of «b. iafl«W "Uader IV
ffcid ant to bafli
evpe«MM ef Mm Federal Qov-
* • reprosantattoe to eeme from
• Rafgeee.uutiro ' * ro%d State! la that the
re milea; and to
„ , . . ..... . . __j account,
Yoa heveecquirod Few littk with 207,007
with 2#, 170 square mike* which moat go to YetV I# that Ike
Ifae creoit wdaef Ua aooount. Jf<m bate ae- Jaaticeof ' ■- —-
qwnd al ogettar by tbat war 082,167 mmm wou'd
milea of torritoij, in addition to the territory take
bieh, if tbe ooet if that war waa I «|ip#i
•200,000^000, woiUd entitle her to aeredltof •! and fair dealiui*."and aak them to repudiate
nearly ood hundred and fifty millions dolUra, ttaee *e_*>ment<. if not to repudiate the man.
being nearly three timo* aa much territory aa , Aa I raid in tbe oataet, it n not my intea-
, w included ia the Bute of Texas ! lion to Meat those argomeote for tbe purp -ae
ecrt of ealeulstioo, iodolged in by thai of refuting them. That refutation u made by
gentleman from New York, is deeigned not to! the biatory, by tbe eoodition and relation ol
thattneomviction of Net
patalM far fend and in-
State of New York? 1
gentleman's own dUiiiot,and
Ujnatiee to the 8««h,«nd
h people, to their tcaae of jutioe
«• M pnd at
that ooniroi tiumsn wtWa, that
• gi e thii eooo'rr a Presdent,
r nj ; mm! tint fraaid«ttt
, i designed
aatwfy the H ose, bo: to bo thrown before tbo
people to excite ib-ir jfal' usy and bnatieiam
agaiost the people of the Soutti It is in tbii
pciot of view! have bean ed toexfoae this
fallacious arjrament. I regret the gentleman
is not her? to b«r «b|l I ban to any.
Then tbe geotleman from New York went
on to ai guo that tbo territory aeqirred by the
Uo'te«l states, since the oevaiun of Florida, in
1810, for the bent fit of the 8outh, bad cost
$800,000,000; and ih-t three fourths of this
amount was paid by the North for Southern
■ erritory. I was wtoniahod to bear «n«b a
statement ooming tram a member rf ihia Elouae.
.. ,„a™ lllD uu,,™ ' 001 reply to It now, because I believe that
Gentlemen who represent tbe free States,the I l}.h" lf!° •a0eti« °f «hi' Hn«*. °f ,hat °"n-
noenee is reposed in it by Congre a,but because
pe.ip'o .'I fie frei Slates, tbe governmenta ol
lie free States, bnvc their action controlled, (is
Jhuuil l)' conceive, by a set of piinoiples vio-
btireuf the Federal constitat.oo, revolutiona-
id their diameter, and destructive of tbe
Kfctrij;Jtv a.id equality of the States There
wintiplen of action of the peoplo of tbe fioo
gut**, have caused tbo deepost apprubonsion
m tho part of tho poople of the South. In
rvir of the new pbnso of tbo in;i slavery e«-
eitemetit. resulting from tbe propos :d admlss-
jo[j rf Kaufan, u few of tbu soithern Spates
kart, lb rough iheir lig laturcs, Uken action.
I have I ho honor to rt present, iu part, one
8t(te wliicb bus taken action on this question.
sctit'ti ortlio Legislature ot my Siuto baa I
keen called in question Dioie than onee on ho
|sorortbis IIouhc: but I sppribend tbat tho e
who have called it in- queatiou uimapprebend
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Ike true character and object of tbat action, or
leiire still further to press us to tbe wall. To
this I ."hall try mid call the attention of the
«mjn>ittcc hereafter. Tbo goutleraan from
Nev Y" >k, (Mr Burroughs,) in a speech which
kt tt**!*- win# wk t-intv, utade aihtainn to
Tuis ami lo ibo resolutions of tbe l<egiala
tars of that State. I desired then to Live re-
plied l.i his argument, not so much because of
tsy iut;iu-iio merit in the arguiuont itself, not
iobiu' !i because Of uuytbiug tbat was oilcula-
t*d t" tnii-lt-ad tbe minus of membera here, aa
brtiii'c it nas ono of tbat delusive class of ar-
jici.'D1 s resting upon u falsa basis, v.bijb «vas
Mlr«Utcd to u'ge h lauitical people at the
Ketlb on lo the destruction of our Government.
I sba'V refer lo some statistics before me, in
wdei to reply to tbese remarks in reference to
'ejir; aod s' mc of tbcin in rtLrencu to tho
Sgath generally.
It (an ehargeu by tbat gentleman tbat Texas
bad c-r>.-i tbu (In,on 1200,000,000, and that
iw Tir< •< pn.pna-s to ;cavd tho Union unless
G grcs.-< admits Kant-ns under the Ijecompton
Mmitiiiiou Now where the geotleman ob
It'otd hi* liguriRi.bat Texas coat tbe Union
t200,0<'U,<HiO 1 am *i a loss to know Why
lit,Texio., ultcr tbr'Wiug off tbJ power of a
desfi'i-tn which dicregurdcd eonstiiutional lib-
erty, ii': ) alio hud thrown off tleletter* which
M tu n intend jit to rchtrain her from the as-
icrti hi ,; In r ei .il nud roligitu* liberty, after
ktvi<.u uuliUI J..WU ■ ho lyialU who Would
kill- en.-haiiicd her it< slavery, and after hsv-
ing eicrU (i ii government,-and pasced through
lit tri.J <if infancy ft r nine years and mote,
ike ctnie liere with three huudreJ sndciglteen
lliouv-iu , hquaro milos of tlio finest, couutry the
ran jf heaven ever shone upon, with the finest
prndnoiii- . (' earth, and with a people who
tpfrec.-iitnl cuimtitutional liberty—a people
vho had itiibibod tlio spin' of American inde-
(KtiUiht-c—people who lisi/ learned ita vaiue
fr««i «ull-rioi; from ibe powers of despoiiam;
lb.) ten,li-icd you sl onipiro of ibroe hundred
tail eighteen thousand square milea of terrlto-
tj aiilknt pried — w about ouy $200,000,000
Wc surrendered this territory, aud we did
marc than this We surrendered oar national
oWteace; we .surrendered our national banner,
a*ootid which, in its shoit his'ory hnd leen
llinisn a halo nt'glory unsurpassed by that of
ttjoth.-r nutiou uf ihc s^tue age; wq aurrcn-
derrd a |, r. ilory nearly as 1. rge as one half
ike o igmal thirteen Slates.
Mr CinirNGS The gentleman certainly
flw i..>t intend t.i say that the State of Texaa
fen ever sui rendered her lands to tbo United
States *
Mr TiK A'iAN. Of courne I do not eay
d:c mrrti der< d (o the United Staioa the fee
I" tbe land- I only intended to say tbfit ber
ttliorial existence «u merged in that of tbe
Uaited tftatr, Sbo biougbt her commerce,
" industry, u, J iier roaoorcra.and mm?o tfcet#
apart of the uuuiinerco, tbo induatry, and the
na-fliteei uf the I'nioo " .
Nr QIDIl.INOS I want to inqniro of tbe
plleiuan u l.ttle further Ha* the State of
Texiseirr r ntributed ore bdlf aimnch to tbe
ftvenar, o' the Oorernmcnt since abo oame
«!" ttni I 'nion, as she coat tbe doveromMtf
■r- JiKAOAN. 1 am not prepared to W
""r the qurHtiou propounded by the gentle-
■an from (Jhin, becanao I have not attempted
m ke ibe calculation. I might answer if In
«i« way; by asking if it is ex peeled that any
•"ate shall contribute, as it goek aloog, the ex-
,ft am nut „f expenses which thoFedTwl Ojv-
♦^fflent i-. driven to inctir within ita Itmitaf—
'■•the* ih.> e«st of its defenae and of tbe mail
acilities fit, Texas Im* been greater than tbe
"vouch contributed from that State, I am not
prtpsn-d to Kay But, air, tie proapectUa re-
**'eu«f that State, ita advant^ea in tlw f«-
to this couutry, ara in<r«lcnlable
If, in order to n uk« out tile coat of Tetta,
s*ntleui n ii:elu1*s tba acat «f «! • Mali-
* r, be must include, on tta credit (Me,
U* refslt, 0f tb,t wir
auch atatemonu are ealenlated to ttiialead the
people, and to engender in tbelt minda a pre-
judice againat the South- to create tbe belief
that the peoplo of tbe North have conferred
bonefita upon the Snath which tbey really have
uot conferred. IVhen tba gentleman made
that atatemcnt had ha ao far forgotten the bia-
tory of his o« n country? Doea be tot know
ihat tbe only territory acquired by tbe Federal
(internment since the acquisition of F)orida,in
1810, was tbat of Texa>, and that part of nor.
thero Moxiso which waa acquired from Mexico
by tho treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in 1847?
baaalroady charged aa>200,000,000 for
thar territory. What a statement to go before
tho country from a member of thia Hoaat!—
The gentleman most have intended to inelude
tbe acquisition of Florida, tbe acquisition of
Louisisna, tbe acquisition of Texaa, tba acqui-
s lion of northern Mexico, and added to thiae
■ be cost of all our Indian ware. Ha aaya tbat
nearly all thrae war a have been in tba Scnth;
but 1 believe tbat he did have th graec to ad-
mit that tbe Black Hawk war did not occur h
the Sruth.
I h<>re taken some pains to look into the
statistic* cu this subject; and.l am inclined to
givo a more liberal const root ion to tbo gentle-
man'* statement than be baa given it Umao f
I say that be eeitainly intended to embrace tho
aequiaitlon of all territory aince the orgaoiaa-
tiou o: the Oovi Foment. In the acquisition of
Florida and Louisiana, we secured 1,834,611
square milea By northern Mcxioo and Texaa
we acquired 840,055 square u.ilaa. Thia would
make all our territorial acquisitions amount to
4,17+,486 bqnarc milea. Our territory before
tbese ooqulk.tlnns amounted to 820,080 square
miles. So, a'ding theso two am Hint* together
wo fiud tbo preient terriiory of the United
States to (loifiaia S 095,186 aquaro miles. Of
this 2,174,581 square milea of aoquirad tarri-
tory wo have the alava Statea of Fl irida, Loj-
isiana, Mis-oari, Arkansas, and Texaa, contain-
ing 457,605 square milea, and the unqnestion-
ably free Wrrit> ry of California, i-ennsirjowa,
Minnesota, Uacotah, Nebraska, Wsabiugton,
and Oregon,containing 1,0*10,775 rquarc miles
Then u bav« in Kanaaa, and the Indian terri-
tory to the south of it, and in New Mexico rnd
(Jtr.b, G6'2,102 squsri miles, which may be-
come free or slave ton ilory, but which north-
ern inch regard as already aecnted aa free ter
I ritc.ry If tlicy are right in this, thin wa have
Required of free territory 1(732,877 square
> miles, an I of slave territory 457,005 square
I miles, which th iws a balance in favor f free
territory of 2,275,W2 square milea, a larger
amount by one half than the sixe uf tbe origi-
nal thirteen State*. And tbis is tbe territory
*1'teb the gentleman tayts baa onat us 1800 -
000.000, and whieh has inured entirely to th'
benefit of tbe South. But here, sir,ia tbe foot
staring him in the faoe tbat tba North baa more
than tbreo fourths of this territory. While
thia ia so, tba (.eatloman comes here and char-
ges that all the money spent for the acquisition
of ten itory has gone Tor tbe beneSt of tbe
South. Such statomcnta may lelnde the un-
thinking aud he asle'tarod fanatic, but they
will never m'ab ad tbe man who calmly review*
tbo hi tory of the oonairy.
Tbe gentleman goes on to eay tbat 9600,000,-
000 of this $800,000,000 baa been paid by ibo
free Mates Here ia another evldnnce or th«
exceeding kindneaaand generoeity of my friends
argument. Haa be forgotten that ihe south-
ern imji.rt* oome through ita free State ports?
lias he forgotten that the oomtnerce of tbe
South i% building up the dommereial cities of
tbe North? Hi« be forgotten that the patron-
age of the South ha* done uiueh to build up
the literary iftrfiiMtions of th* N«r.h? It is
building up
fc
thu country. I would that my remark* ooald
go into the gentlcman'a district to iaei'e Inqui-
ry, and induce them to tell him,when he comae
back again—for I think he it a worthy man—
•ot to try to make capital by doiag ifjaitiee to
hia fellow eoantrymen. by attcmpUag to ineito
ill blood amoogat them. hy trying To ia<t«oe
them to think tbat tbey hav* been oppiiiaaad
and wronged for the benefit of the South, Yoa
have the territory, you have tbe oommaroejon
havo everything; you oommand the 8aath, and
I am ashamed, or rather sorry and aatamad
too, to aay that U a South ia but one of jwir
customer*; and yet yon eome bare to insult tod
defy and deride tbat outtomer whieh haa made
you all rich. I cannot think tbat aueh a an
liment prevails iu N«w York,in PanMylvalia,
in MasMchuaatta; nor do I think it prevails
even in Ohio
Now, sir, having diapoeed of lhaaa aUtlatica,
I desire, (or a moment, to perform a a.ll* more
paiuful duty; and I do it beoaasa, altar It little,
I shall have aomethlag to Bay about tbe poal-
Mou Texas bta o oupicd—something to *ay in
reltren >e to the amendment proposed by tta
Rejrraentative from Chicago (Mr Parniworth)
to ibo Army bill.
Tbe tamo gentleman, the hoftorablo gentle-
man from New York, abo presented th ee sta-
tistics wrtit on to make some Other atetemea'r;
and I allude to them Jo show tbat «U jiervad'ng
ktwa Mt blUk
«a uot ahriak flrom tta irath
welcome to as Lat a* lake ttaaa faata iato
coasadaratioa, and aay what a«r aetiea iato be
' ' jSl
equal
l'y eoveraignty of tta Btataa, daa ractUa
of Ita rlgtae a! tta people, revolutionary la Ita
obaraetar, purely aoetioatl ia lU organism—
thai party h to alaet tta Mxt Fre Went,lf thia
Government lasts aa leag.. > It view of ita kit
sure tbat tta Wat aetrvjeo I can render iU .
to en the preaeat nee kn r ontd he to anal)*#
in aatyeet wltieh now almwbe tta pnf«ln «'
! aad, aw Ikrea abi ,to daloe tta iaeue aav
Let 4ing tafmw tta tatirti.
4(l* «aa. 'fttail llM lie H mled apon fundaaMM
tawthis whieb are saaiataiaad Vy mm
A party that re«ta oa principles destructive
cooatitutiooal liberty, daalrwctire af tta aqua
It* and eovare'jrnty af tta Btatee, daa naetii
ibkiM
poli ioal party atad denied by tta other
VW1*
I judk
publioly denU
doctrine of our Gkivarar
"Immediately ahar ttalaai Ooagreaa ad
journed, tta man who wield the judioial and
executive power* of Oove.nmcnt
ed the great prima)
•est, "that all man
atop with Inherent,equal,and iaaUaail
They swayed to
4m drawn hv ear patriot father* between ibo,
of | darker axe, and the rights of
Jtr \
ere endowed bt ttalt Ore-
t,eo«al,and inalienabh) rigbta.k>f
ohutarete the llae af demarka
what ara wa to exfrnot'lrnm Itf t-t. JBI II
Bat I have been digisasiag; aad aow 1 coma deapot^ma of fi darker age,' aad the rtghu
bank to my line af mgamaat. Tta geotleman mankind aa aodawlocd in this nineteenth o*
tnm New Yaefc (Ifr, Bartoeght) arid is Uej Urj."
apaeeh tta other day
'•Now air, I tavi not time today «> present
tta can fhl oaloulatioos by whieb I arrive at tbe
fact that tta ncrthern tftoeo 8iatra of thia
three fjartSs of tta en-
tar tta purebeae of thsae
hundred milllta dollars have
o would thtw make the Qovurnmont iiioto
a theoeraey and the OottsroM wore a piaco fori
"the aoUleureui of religion* dttgniaa than tlio
dlaiMMitlon of the mreV political dntlen with
Kight
lid in t
the fam of iodirect taxeafor the. going
feeling whlob exists to strike down tta tigbto
i heart h
it ia a Unljn
be-
tbo maonfaetttrw of tbe North, aa
ho oannut forgot Yet tta North availe itaell
ot our patronage; it receive* owreomaaeree; haa
the benefit of oar trade to asaka ft rieb, aod
then turns round and inapfc^us beoaaaa we
have made it rich and gtWlW powerful Is
not then something in thia, in coooeoiioa with
tta tana tandarrd to oa that aaottar alaee State
■hall oft ta admitted into tta Uatoo, whieb ia
aaloalatad to make tta heart heat qoiekor, to
excite the mind, and to awaken tta aootb from
i-s lethargy to a kaowledgeof the spirit of
equality aad independent*? Ia ttarapot in
tbia that Which ataoid demawd of «* to giv'e a
warning to oor fritoda in the Noitb m t to pre .a
oa too tar? We koow, air, tta* oor commerce
will boi.d upourowo aWri vheo
lo it. We know that *r prodneta WW ..^m-
pand friewdly oemtma from
sutioo pp.« tta glebe, lie kn«w thai, it «
comca to that extreasily, « h#re |ta ^ow*r to
strike elown yoor aammefae, to taakr«lirouT
maaofactorea aod in tftry • ) to duawi
yoar gieatoeaa. We feel a pride io tta city of
Jew York. It je oor «ty aa well a. goor*) its
eommatve ia oar* aa well ao jvmn. Wo aro
of ibe Soutb. While T believe my heart (s ea
laitbful to tbia Union, aa long aa it
under the Constitution, as tbat of any other
man North oi South,I want my people to know
what eon of fating is prevailing here, and
what sort of feeling pervade* the Nations! Leg-
islature; and, so far aa my feeble voice and ef-
fort* are concerned, they stall know It. I ■«
not one of thoac who are prepared, by oompro-
misea a hid expedients, to yield up tba laat hope
• f my country. No. eir, the iaauo ia teudrre I
boldly, and 1 call your attention to it. It is
tendered in au:b a Way tbat there is ns longer
mistaking wbst tbat iaauo is, and if tbe repre-
sentative* of tbe 8outb are worthy of th -m-
selves, wor by of tbo obivalry of tbe 8tatee
froai wb'ch tbey oomo worthy o' the confideooe
of those abo sent tb.m here, they will meet
that iaau?; and tbey will place tbemaclvee a*
diaiinctly uf on tbe record aa gbnUrmeo npon
tbe opposite side have done. I -will loll you,
before I take flay a*t, what that tetan ia. I
aay wo are tatter prepared for tbat inane to d*i
than wo will be a jeer henoc, and I wish to
meet it upon tho very threshold. There is hot
<"« * y in wl ich men ran deal&irly with etab
otber; and tbat ia, to tell tbo truth, juat ae it
is.
- And here just let mo say what I cu^bt to
say, lest I should be* misunderstood. Some
gentlemen upon the oppoe'.to ai lc have cxprc a
ed very strong antl slavery feeling*, wl lob per-
ha pi wen unploatant lo u ; bat air, I do not
oome b:re to apeak harshly of tboae fentlomen
at all. Tbo day waa, in m/ opinion, when in"
ibo biat .ry of tue oouniry anti elavjry fauati-
eiaai wa* under tbo cootrot of tbo poliiioians
In tbat day I would bave denounc d them —
Tbe cay bus now oome, In my hum.bla judg-
ment, wbon politicians tbemeelvcs fere under
tlie oontn l of tbo people, aad whan the aaet-
lion is under <he contrel of tbe people. 1
lieve that thore gentlemen who utter t
afong setitimentaiigainattho Soalb^odagalfiat
her in titut ons, who bave branded oa a* iafl-
dela, ai-tyrentr, aa alave driver*, end aa fnllty
of almost every crime in the catalogue, are tta
repreaentalivcv of the fneiingt of neir ooastit-
nenr*, and but give Mpre«eion to their rettl-
menta, and that they are anatained by the ton.
timent* of the maaaoa of the North. 8o believ-
ing, I prefer to meet tta iaaoe by a dignified
aod equally explicit declaration Of tta oiatrs of
tbe South. Ana when we ha«e mot aod oos-
perm) otrlnioba, let oa aet ae statesmen De-
nnnel.tion is unaeceasary; apltheto aod ioaalu
aro unnoceaa^ry. I care nothing about bard
words, for, aa it ia a* id, they break no to lee.
It ia action, the aotioo af political partive, the
action c* Statea, aod the read a of antl slavery
movements, aa developed id action, that we
bave to mot So far aa I ao humble repre-
sentative of tjie Srntb, am aonearwd I shall
try u> place myaalf oorreotly and diadnctl/ on
t is iaaue. > •'' ••
Tta great question now agira lag tta pub lie
mind ia whether Kaaaaa aba.il taamittod iatte
tta Uaioo under the Leeompttm eeestilotioe—
a cunatituiioo reoogntxing the oxiatooee of aha-
very. Her admiaaion ia Maiatod oa ita ground
that th'a oooatitatioo done oat emhady ita wiil
of tta people of the Territory. Bat tta ,wtaa
the interrogatorr ia aaaaaatad to ttaaa who
take Itai ground wtattar, if all tta peeflo tl
Kanaaa approved of davenr, aad pwaad ft fat
tta eoaetitntioa, tbey would vera fir tar ed-
muaiaa, M nf theta have a wrnd tta<
they woe Id not. Many of them do twi like to
answer tta qoeatkm, rf ttay eon taip H, oot
some have vo aataarad tfaair an-aere Honor-
able membeiaoe thia floor^od booornbt*
ben io tta other wiag cf tta QuM
.bat If it waa tta«lw WM nr. m peapia to
hove *.aver/in ttair cooetitatiow, ttay woaW
hare voi d agaiaet tta admiaaion ef JjbNa*
into the Uaioai With what cumd*«ey de*a
ft oome from ttaee wht iceiat the ndaMca U
Kaaeaa bmaoae tar ocaatftatioa ia not tta da-
elared Whl ot tar peofi'e. to aay that if tta wlU
S.'is£5
tiro nmoant
ianda.
been paid
pupae-." .
Aad again:
"Now, air, I propoee, in a spirit of all kiad-
neen, to aak gaatUasea who toake this charge of
oeethaaliem againat aa, to toll ua where thia
monry—thia eight haadrod million*—oame
fromr Where did tta aeeaay come from? I
bave fa We and l^nrea bare to aetUfy any gen
tteman wtate ft name from. Loak to the im.
| rtiaj| aad to* payiag Statoe of thia eoafad-
wiry . v. •... : .
Well, I have
MMMMfcr
irhmh they aro charged
Ttaee iattor axtraeta from tho apeoohee of
mwiitam an given to ilhiatratc tbo oruaado
aaawerad that, aad I paaa it
by. Ajaia, the geatlemia aaya:
^ "Wdl, air, I aow ooma tare with the cim-
nlaint that the northern Statea have uot quito
half tta territory yon of the aou hern 8tate*
have; aad 1 my further that oar bad ia aot at
good aa yoar*.'
^iVell, I have ehowa that tta North haa three
oartha ef tta territory, aad t Will not go over
that groand again
Tbe gentUman farther aaya:
"1 expected when Texaa eame iato tta Ualna,
that ibe would have tad the kind aces to bear
with our arotioa of tta Ualna a little. Twelve
yoera ago, when Texan waa young, aad nee 'ed
oar help, we bnaght tar iaada aad fouvht her
tattlea; but aow eta has grown to be a Heron-
t*a, and aaya that, aalaea wa admit alavary iaio
Kanaaa nader the Laoomptoi oonatUuiion. aha
will not live with ae eay loager. f l at woold
be a ntcc job for tar,to get aa to expand (.200,.
600,000 oo ber aocoant.and then to baek out "
I have referral to that before: tat I may
* ' " i
the Sooth, atd ll wa*
; >«> iuioaitoii toliani oomaaontod oa them, but
my hoar it m> ferguio 1 cannot do ao. I might;
have added many otbere of a similar charac-
ter. ■
I come aow air, to the resolutions of tho
lAgialatara of Toxaa, which 1 will read. They
aro aa follawat
"WtarM*. tkera oxieto, and baa axiated, a
violent determination on tta part of a nortlnn of
tho iuhabitaate of ibe Territorj- of Ktfnaaa to
oxcludo, by Ifaroe,
eay here Use Texaa foagfat tar own batUne.an
prorad haraelf eqaal to tta amergvney, and
helped to fight thetattlee of tta United Statoe
after ber proud empire wne annexed to tbe
Union.
The gentleman gaee on:
"Texaa, J ^aa goia^ oo to eay, ban passed
are defiant, I
they
in
rreolutiooai 1 will oot eay
will n<4 eay 'hry ara Upeateaing(l wilt not any
that Traaa will aot MM down on ua with aa
avalanche of eome adrt, if we do mat adtait
Keaaaa into the Ualna under tta Lecompton
ennaiitntion. Texae will do—I koow aoi wbat
Certainly, eta haa anopted reeolatioas, and ia
going to be repreaeoted ia tta aou ttarn ooa-
veatton, fif beld.l What that Southern con-
vention Is to do, I do not know."
And again ta eava:
"We tavegottwlMttaamoaatof population
tbat you have, and ba n ip t but half the iftttli-
tity of lead. Thia laad waa bought by the
common treaanre, North ard South; aod abould
be fairly divided. 1 might rather aay that thj
taloaga to tta people on it: and (hat no
ono aection baa a right to moacrolise and keep
it to the exclusion of every ether olaaa. Yoa
have io tta slagle Stole of Texaa, territory
0*1 to six timm thet uf the State of New
BIDDINGS. Did aot tb* Unitod Httto.
ntutm, ibe debt* of Texai w tan aim eatoo iato UaioBtwe are protad of it ta
"I" raioc? If tfc#c ,k« T«vm JM ant trnatropolH ot iL i
prmdof ittaeaaaaft kit, glialnymerei.^^h ttay
tbe eaiuuoe of aUrery, tbey aoeid .till rot.
agaioat tar adatiaek^ tie/ are re-dy t<
trempla M tta '
the
If thry did, then Texaa did aot
^ ,n'fl''be I'nioo Coating nothing.
■..l {Ra°AN I beg tta geatlemaa'a
JMoo bm 1 sm u yo:,og Komtar of tboBamtt,
* "tht,n interruptiooa break aa tta Uaa of
*)
OIDDINOB. I tag eta m
^"•Sldom* wrnkto iaUtnwpt Ua
caoac, if yoar Haataeiam ddm aa. jmwaat ly*
"'J ibecmamercWmfcttto. i
of dm
continent, tat «f the
qaeftija- Ita great
alave State bp
I VM
- ot the
• « Texaa, then tbe raaaim of tta* wrr
Plwed to tar amdia A* tta raaptk
ttaoitaedao tav
8u'*. (* Mev*t,
*V a# i iUr «W*irijed tta
^ New Yew aioaa, wiikis % famt «■
aad dark aad . .
aatloa ia 18*7,«*«■©
over be admfttod krto
mt
b ie tta isat,
aA tta
a
* groat prt/,
tery ot %
rqi
Ye
ork. On that territory yoa ean eupportao
less than flftecc million lin t belage Yon
have got there territory rntmgb for four Statea,
oo whieb there ate eawparativelv ao white aet-
tlemeots; aad vat yoa now stand in yoor plaoe
in the Ha Is of vottr Lecialature, aad my that
jtm cannot live in tbe Uatoo with the North
ur leaa wa omaaat to let Kaaeaa oome la aa a
alave Bttlo. ;■ r,v' -jS,
"I cannot make aay ooeameat oa Ible. It
doee not .ally with my notioaa of jaatice ead
opriety. and I bt lieve that when yon noma
>ck to lae sober aaaaad thought joa will agree
wiah ua la oar opiaioa, aad yaw will say that
wo are entitled to ttaee Iaada "
I will nat eommeat oa tkto at tbh om nt.
It ie proper that I ataa d remark here that the
rwaolutinos to wbioh the gentleman from New
York referred, did ao! emanate from Ita Texaa
Logiaiatore M all. They Wan nacio'iooe pro-
jxated ia a S a t Demooratio eoaveotloa, reeom
upon the part of tbe I^ai-I*
tare of Yeliae. That Laaialatore tat aetrdfbai
before 1 refer to ttair aotloe, I doeire to call
tta atraatioo of tta Boaae to aoase expnmeiooa
whieh have fa Ilea from thia floor
la rahttina to tta Kaaaaa qaaatioa. The gen-
ii, man from Natr York, Nr. Bartoaghe, in a
made "* ''
"A
tiaaaa aatad memhera «* my
abathar (key voaid vote to adarfiKaaeaaooo
alave Stale,If ft waa wall aeaeruiaed that a am
jority of tar people were ia fetor of alaew In-
•titatkne. I e*o aa«wer that qwwtinn wittaal
aay dfialty. I woall aot vote to admit Koi-
ne aa a alave 8taie nader aay poaribie eiream
aad I plan my JaMnaatiM
tta other day, aaidi
If my eta bee eeveral
0b my ride ef tta Bomm
Wl
to tta North."
Ohio, Mr.
ia tbia floaee, ae-
graved that that
Tta tawent
Tampktaa, iaa
ad thfea laagoaga:
**I am effooml to tta
aa owe of the Statoe of
meant eeastltalioa. Tta
K tfaie eetaetr
Savory. l etaH syitme her admimlea with tar
eeajdia <n taa tarn eaV-
. >y fbrre, the oitiMiimi of tboalavebold.
ing Btitoe from a Joat, oqu i, aod pcacaral par-
ticipation in the ueo and enjoyment of tho
common property and tenitonrofthoOoofedere-
ov; and whereaa, thia determination, owing to
i no state of political Ming io tho northern
Btatee of tta Ooofadcraoy, operating upon tta
Federal Government, iuay taoomc offnctual,
aad the oxoltieion jioqmtuaJ: Tbereftiie.
"Ilo it reaolved oy the Lagialatnre of tlw
8tatoof Texaa. That the Oorornor of.lliis
8tato is hereby autboriaad to order no elrciloo
for seven delegates to meetdefegatea appointed
by the otht r southern States in eonvenli<4,
whenever tta Kxeeatlvee of a majority of .tht)
alavoholding Stat, a stall cap ream the opiiiion
that anoh convention ia neeoaaaMr to preaOrve
the eoual. righta of auch State ta tbe Uuto^i,
aad advlae tho Governor of Ibis 8tato that m«sa-
ur a havo beeo taken for tbo appointmeut of
delegalfla |« meet Uioae of Texaa; and that iko
aum of 816,000, or ao maoh thewf aa la neeer-
mry, ta and the same ia hereby, appropriated
topayttamir
gate* wk' '
member* of tba United Statoe Coagro**
ding to tta law in fbroc in tta ywr I.A4
"2d. That aboald aa axigooey ariaa, in tbo
oppinion of the Oorornor, in whieh it ft
ia a determineUmo
the lerritarioB,- We
reaint tbo admiaaion of
Wa ace alt thU, and do _
with our oonvietioao.of wfiat
ft, aud our undorebaading of the
tta Fodoral Qovenmont, that tta
oonqual aovureigo and tho Territorie*
rer'Cuub tr-ws- ^
aotioo ia amply juatiled by tta faeto, and ( am
frond that Toxaa hma taken horpoait oo boldly.
ttopo alio will ueveri beck down from it Wo
had better incot the iaauo while Wv have tta
{.ower to do eo.
Ail wc aak, «od it ia not uioch, it to be let
alone. 8lavory in the Statea ft a domestic tn-
•titntiou with, wbleh ueither tbo federal Gov.
crnmout, nor the froc States, nor the poplc of
thoao Statoe, have tta ttaoat remote, connection,
exoopt in ao lhr aa (he obligation rrnta upon
them to oarry nat the oompromisea of Uie tW-
atitutiou. Thev aro not retponalble for slavery
In the State* whore it ia, and yetaomeof them
oomnlalti thai the OotutitnUoa allow* it. Some
of tbem denoauoe the guarantoea of tho Ooa-
WW*
stitatlou, bat aav that they have no right tola*
te^jgtc with sis very in tta StaMo. U clioy hato
'vernal aanafto]
beaa violent tai
ti of aouthcrt I
of aeta wklob,
r the mileage and per diem of neh dele,
whloh aba)I be paid at the rate* paid to
iera of tta United Statoe Congress, accor>
thia nnivemal Renault upon slavery in
tta8tate* why ttaao violent tarnngaoa, why
theee ttenQocistioii of southern Statoa? Why
oontlnue< a aerie* or aeta wklob, if they were
committed between forelgn twUoiu, would he
cooatant cntin of waff ' f * ? 1 '
Tta is*tie tendered «a bj the North, aa pre
Wl4;
dSWM
tJ
ftajrgnvel
WWi
Ttat '
mi
Aad Ibvaglita i
Utafek7i '
iWWt pramtlag x
taker t
mipHH
itaimmmiwal
ffo whieb ear I
'• . ..
th rough their tafftlaftino > a ahewn by tho
pollttoal pram of tho North, aa ahown Hy tho
platform* and svowed prinnlpln of the Ikpub.
lican pa ty, as shown by ov«n inde* to the
litloal auiitimoiit of that ledtlon, ft that nn<
er alave State ahall be adtttitttd Ii
And tharc t<«a ta ta Soabt t
1?*
ooolli-
the Union.
ttair fixed
Wo lata har ta l
Wa.
purpose ft to coptlnuo agfutlqu until Uiey ex-
tiugaiah slaver)- in the Suiaa,
Tke kw . aa exnpted by a , ft, ahall the
Federal Qonetitulioo aad the a^ve reign ty and
aqaalit/of the Statoa ho preaerved, aad shall
the t erritoriea bo recognixed aa the BWiatag
prope-ty of all the Statea?
The rnmb)!t p party irtand pledged to main-
tain tboir side Of lbk fteoa, at whatever haa-
aid} and no member of t at party dare deny
airy for the State of Texaa to act alono, or by *hU lthoot oadatagmrlng hla poalii^n aod ia-
a convention repreaeating tbe aiwielgalv of ®l"Baa «' -hto party.
the State, ta la tatoby reaaeatod, to ealf a ape &*e we of tta fli
provide for
r-
olutUa
toldiotf I
r .
pki imiitia of _r.
a,«oli pa.i. awta wta4l^
WNlTVMHii
'•Id. Tbat tta Q vernor ft
traaaililt enfiea of thaae reeolm
ltia.il vat af aatal* atf 4ltat liaWnlinl ii
own rv -m mcii ui 9r9 IllfnilOIOi
to our membare of Congrem
Theee rotolutioni were adopted by a vote of
MMaeeted to
Iato the Ifixe-
Statm, and
South prepared to
maiatoin it; audi uUj
atorm ia the Itrood a'
tion, ftaigbtod with
or, mlltng to go down with the wreck.
' I wSI wabdaAy tfcadtit tiih'ii wfjto.
28 to ft in the Sonato, aad by ti e uasulmoua i lief that, if Ita paople of tbo South would with
voto of the Nouee of ttrof raeentaiirea. ! ooo ooltad, daflaut, nod ■nfeltortog m ae, do-
Theee resolutions aro net drfiant, they arc) waod fcaeir right* under ita Cutatttntioa, ttay
. nat aggroaaive, ttay Mt to de. • would reoeivo them at the hands the North,
ce They omoarobend nniro than ITsoaa*; aod Uio Uoiou w.wld tafMpnwrred. w
they look to the whole aiHinilaviiry axoftemotit.1 continue to toutporiae and / wort to comi
Tliey aro not mendy the reflex of a tranaient Ui* and oipedlenta. the Jonatitutlou
feeling; they look to tho deeftion of a great I eeeao to pmtoot otir tijfhia. and eoift
quearion, oleoiontat aud paramoun. in ita cliar> : liberty b.i mtmhore.1 with the things of tl
actor, Tbey nat upon tta Cotmlltution and paat.
thcoro of our Qovcritmcot, and look to tta re-
volutiooaiy priiclple* by which anti-slavery
men propoee to deatroy that Ccmatuatltutlon
and rubvert tta Govern mailt They look to
the decftloa of tta
•jjUrvaiMtl
fcfeii
m
V<
I .'W
Wm(&,
iMdttaa
mSfila
the decftloa of tta queatlon, by tta nation of ' ?r#*ww w Wattogta OUingtite i*vtaibaa
isaflkt,' 'ajsass
sovereign parti
the «d
_ of that Couatilution; aad
whether the eftlaena of ail tho Stale* of thia
Union havo equal righto in tho 'ierritorriea of
tho Unioa. And If ttaee be decided aga
the South, thoy look to the deoiaion by i
people of the Sovh fbrthemaclveaof theoare-
tloo of whether ttay will nmain degrtdod in
ferrlors, bound to tta car of deattay of the
oolloMal power of (he North, aader a violated
Cnuatitutioo, wLone gaamatoea aSbrd theui ao
p retool ion oraoouiity, or whether lb ay will
preaerve ttair righto, ttair honoMhair equality,
and their ladepeadeooc, under a separate gov
era n. eat.
I ahall not dbtcuw then questiuii* with a
view of dodgiag tbe real taa, or con eallng
tta daogera Wbleh *urround a*. Honorable
gentlemen oa themttar aide speak out.
and plainly, their peeltion. We oaunot mia-
undcretand them any longer; and we of the
Sooth wouM ta unworthy of imneivm aud of
the people we rofrwftit, If we failed to defiae,
with eoaal rinrwem pa<tfW haloti| th« poai«
tion we Mem.
Tim On*at stxamku liviatjhan —From
aa artftle in the Loadon Time* we loam tbe
thit ia aa k<Kg la fitting ita Imvietbaa
Tta «at of eowpletiei her fittioga ia
eatiuiot"d at 1500,000, aod the timo f
months, or thn end of July. No leaa than
anebora ur« now required to hold tbe monater
v ease I at her protect lilonrlnga- -five ft tta
atom aod five at the atom, aad each wttfc
leottbs of cablet stitched varying at from 48
to 180 fathoma Then ere to ta eiy ameta ia
ell, three aqaam rigged aad three rigged with
fetre and aft eaift. All thaae inaaU will be
eoUpoacd ol platee ol wrought iron one inoh ia
thlekoeaa, and riveted tiwetbar lo t
manner ae the a deeaf tta elia, or
fco'lar of (he atroojraat deaeription.
vary la height Aa* 1«0 to 170 feM
keel to tba track; each will ta
oboe la diameter at the da*
weigh from fhirty to forty towe,
the rigllag. Ktteh meat reate ia a sqaarc eol-
. j umn of plate ir.,a, whieb roeeta* direct from
} tta keel to tta upper deck, aad ft rivftwl aad
built Into all the ettoeemivt daeka
whleb ltpa.se*. In eaaa ot lu eirr 1
aeeeaeary to eat away the amata. at lift
tbem all at about three frit above tta deck,
will ta taod a peculiar apparetu*, wbleh, work-
A HAMtofeiij I *MMW 4m
* JP P^^^oawa p la wINVv
Now. sir, have said that tlie«se :.a._ ^ ^
wan pnoaatioaary. They aero oot adopted«« ' ®r'^*r IA*? ™.?*! '"? T?
a taaty aet. The South he# made aoate flaahea , , u L~ ,C u
...I a. gull iitraalaaia nf ! Ti. . , "P— "*•* iwaomtwjf
aaew moav - wtmvm ww^^ aweawm wwvwtttnwwp ui wwwwt< ij ^t^ fclld Mfm "ftj" thd fBQlftt
Toxaa, I am protad to aey, haa ^torf a post lion
whieb introlee tta aceeurity of etiaeaftiog with
tar tutor Statea of tbe Soathj aot
upon the action if felldeftaa, tai
liowltlaf )M
■ - a .... . ■ «... iA--J v Ji- |.JL-1 at U# iLa
jn^®S a® mw
North la, tbat ao more aBmra Skated ahall ta ad-
mftaed into tiia Uafto. Kaaeaa i* now bat a
" r ilrniltara men,
* mimake when
the &r uiiiaion of
f||Wa|W mmaolUa f.
IWieiaL' ia
■ni«.
of eengfiw-
of
Ualea, with tar
18641, ttai the
■OTVM w9m
•mmtkm ar aot. I wiU wei^ aa Ikft tftae
aewelly tta
wMl to afta ef irott
will ta 180 feat tolit, or
ibi ■
that!
the
W
montteg.
tta eiwaftu J
four
iM
4-
Xi
rimllar pratntioo!
•n,
ea, to
mM
m
"Aim . m teiutid ''
Io W UrtulMllfUM
. a^i . i a,iitiii<ljif|i*;
w to aaean i
■Sua up aim river, made a t
iato tta water, aad pa w
Wf -•
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