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WHOLE WO. 8500. DIAMONDP, AND JEWELRY. i iD = ‘HOLIDAY PRESENTS AT RETAIL oo AT FACTORY PRIOES, 405 Broad way, IMPORTANT CONGRESSIONLL PROCEEDINGS, Speech of Mr. Clay, of Alabama, on the Crisis. VIEWS OF MESSRS, GWIN, HALE AND WILSON, Opinions ef the Democrats, Antl-Lecompten- Kes and Southern Oppesition Members 4 of the House. NO BALLOT FOR SPEAKER. Project for Introducing Slaves into the Southern States from Cuba. THE TREARY ESTIMATES FOR 1960, ae, dey &e. Our Special Washington Despatch. ‘Wasmvoton, Deo. 18, 1850. ‘THE APRAKERSHP—MUTINY IN THE REPUBLICAN CAMP. ‘Thurlow Weed was called te a severe account last night by some of the New York republican delegation, for at- tempting to dictate to them who they should vote for, from Speaker dewn to the most inferior office. Thurlow attempted to deny the charge; but it was no use. His in- terference has been too palpable, and he knows it. He is not alone as a dictator to members of the House—thero are those in Washington who have acted with ‘Woed who disgrace their high offlces by their attempts to manage the business of the House, ‘and have made themselves highly obnoxious. One Sena- tor has gone so far as to threaten gentlemen that he would crugh them out if they opposed the Astor House slate, which, thanks to the Hunt, has been wiped out. Weed bas gone home. I see no reason to vary from my calculation in to-day’s ‘Hxrawp, that Sherman will probably be elected on the next ballot by a majority vote, Messrs. Clark, of New York, and Adrain, of New Jersey, have both indicated their course on the floor of the House to-day. The demo- orats, fearing an election of Speaker, were afraid to let the House come to a vote. ‘The election of Sherman i conceded, and the demo- crats say it is useless to contend against it. Since the declaration of Mr. Clark, of Missouri, that there should be no vote for speaker till his Helper resolution was ‘voted on, many republicans have determined that some other avowals shall be tested in the House also. They ‘will offer resolutions that, as disunion sentiments are hos- tile to the domestic peace and tranquillity of the country, no one who avows or endorses them i fit to be These can easily be carried, as the republicans and South Americans will ‘vote for them, and many Northern democrats will be compelled to do likewise. Another resolution is suggested from an anti-Lecompton democrat, that no one who voted for a Governor of Vir- ginia who bad endorsed the Ruffin anti-slavery pamphlet, as Governor Letcher did, is fit to be Speaker. This is a hit at Mr. Booock. Evidently there is a good time coming, and the politicians, on all sides, will have to face the music. ‘THE VACANT NEW YORK DISTRICT ATTORNEYSHIP, The President did not send the name of the new District Attorney to the Senate to-day, There seems to be a hitch somewhere, The contest has narrowed down between Judge Parker and John Van Buren. The name of the former will probably be sent to the Senate to-morrrow. ‘The President has not yet sent any communication to the Benate, It was expected he would send some ap- pointments to-day. ‘THE PRESIDENT’S manson. ‘STUDS, CJ CAMEO REID IN ERABL | upstairs’ arte Hite MINIATORE SETTINGS, ‘Diamond, OHRONOM! GENUINE WATCHES his Message to Congress. Ho said to-day it would not go are ofurad for ule in before Monday next at any rate. ihe felowing are clad:— In regard to sending the Message to New York, he is E. L. BRAINERD, suill undecided what course he will pursue. 39 Northampion square, Tho President, and all the Cabinet, except one, have communicated their desire to the leading members of the House, that the organization should not be delayed beyond ‘Wednesday, ifthey can prevent it, as it is the President’s desire to send in his Mesgage on that day. It is understood the President desires to send his Mes- |, HARGREAVES, 3.43. BA tik a TaYLOB &SON, OHARLES +t bist CARLRY,£ 00. sage to the Senate—bis friends wish him not to at pre- DAVID COOPER, cco cia been ready from the first day of the DELAOHAYX FRERES, Tho Senate has Ea sep arranged the commit- tees, nor does there appear to be any hurry about the 7.7400 matter. Caucuses were held early for the the purpose of YNIEE PIL! putting the matter under way, becauze several Senators ri Geuers, ‘want to Be absent for a short time. BALLARD FREBES, ‘WHAT IS THOUGHT OF SENATOR GWIN’S DISUNION SENTIMENTS. Geneva. The declaration from Senator Gwin to-day, that the South will not permit the inauguration of a republican R. GOLAY, Geneva. President, and have determined to go out of the Union if PAUL BRANDT, a republican President is elected, is treated with contempt _Gesera by the republicans, coming as it does from the Senator E. D. JOHNSON, of a free State. . 9 Witm are, No.9 ington 84) iB. Tae vB. Bon Al ‘THE MISSION OF GENERAL SCOTT TO THE PACIFIO—THE SAN JUAN DIFFICULTY. General Scott’s despatches arrived here this morning, and wore considered in Cabinet council to-day. His mis- sion to San Juan has been highly successful. He suc- —— ceeded in making a temporary settlement entirely satis- OenSS aeons factory to the English authorities there. The administra- Lavery tion aro exceedingly gratified at the veteran’s success, DUCHERE, and his course is entirely approved. a ‘THE RE-OFENING OF THE SLAVE TRADE AND THE BOSTON UNION PERRELET, ‘MEETING, Geneva. ‘The declaration of Gov. McRea, of Mississippi, that he VAGHERON & OONSTANTINE,| is in favor of opening the slave trade, is received asa fpeeeaiy prevailing opinion of slaveholders in the Gulf Statcs. A. HOURIST, " ‘The Governor will finish his speech to-morrow,’and will PE ag ventilate the Union savers at the recent Faneuil Hall B. REATARD vs. meeting in Boeton, and will expose them as anything pans ‘but conservative men. He considers Gov. Lincoln, the J. GIROD, peer President, as an abolitionist, and will prove ex-Governor Gardner not only as no representative of Massachusetts rere ANE va sentiment at all, but as a hypocrite, by his record. Gard- Yihcos ner’s anti-tlavery letters to Charles Allon in 1864, and ORTON a: Governor Winston in 1866, and Caleb Cushing’s famous sJoeern JOHNSON, shirt tail letter, will be reproduced. Tho fire eaters say Liverpool. they view these meeting in the North as stock jobbing af- fairs for the continuation of the slave and cotton trado, J. & M. T. LEVITT, Londen. and not as earnest representative demonstrations of the MORRIB TOBI. ‘AB, actual sentiment of the people. _iantoo. A KEW SLAVE TRADE PROJECT. FREDERIOK MARSHALL, Thero is a bold project spoken of for bringing negroce i from Cuba to Florida, and from that point to supply the ARNOLD BROTHERS, demand in Louisiana, Misslesipp! and Alabama, taking them by the way of Georgia. This is to evade the law more effectually. The projectors believe, from the J. COURVOISIER, Geneva. short distance between Florida and Cuba, thoy MONTANDON can suceced in doing ® large business. Though Geneva, this would not be directly importing from BAUTTE, e Africa, it would give a groat impulse to the slave trade. ae es Tho sxiministration is informed of the scheme, and give ROSKELL, ‘Liverpool. credit to the representations made. Instructions have beon ‘seas prepared for United States Marshals and naval officers to STODDART, prevent @ violation of the laws. prrens CRNTRAL AMERICAN A¥PAIRA, All of which are of ‘Tho intelligence from Central America brought by the DIRECT IMPORTATION, Atlantic to our government is not important. Matters WARRANTED wore progressing there aboutas usual. Professor Dimitry True Trade Mark was still at Costa Rica, but was expected to leave for Ni- ‘asd Ror ese caragua in a short timo. sree ‘STRAMSHTP PROJECT. AT THE IMPORTERS PRICE, It is reported here that @ person who came’on from % per cent below New York lately, ad made a flourish about a steamship RETAIL BTORE PRICES, mail contract to Brazil and othor perta in South D. ©. PRACOoK, America, is issuing stock and raising money among sim- — ple capitalists on his scheme. The department bas beon ne ary London, 60 informed. No contract has been made by the de- Represented by partment for this service, and I believe none is likely to be DAVin Rar, with the individual alludod to, Coma A DURE ExrroreD. ae Bromway, The leer publishod in tho Constituion this morning, Pigned by Senator Johnson, of Arkansas, denouncing Col, AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON. | EZNEW YO A oa MORNING FDITION-WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1859. - TY HeoR ALD. — PRICE TWO CENTS. Hindmr'z, member of the House from Arkansas, bas ¢x- ite; the friends of those gentlemen to an unusual degree, ‘as the principals are well known to be men of genuine ‘tnd not sham chivelry. Senator Johnson is expected here every train, and upon his arrival it is understood that Col. Hindman will challenge him. Annexed is the letter of Col. Johnson, to which allusion is made above:— Drar &m—Durwg wy absence at Little Rock, many let- ters have accumulated for me. They make it clear that I cannot with propriety leave the State without s further public declaration of my intention. 1 declared in a public speech in this town, in July, 1888, that it was my fixed determination to retire from the pub- again be used ‘This fact The President bas not determined when he will sent” tp way and larly by a frequent and crane family’ Gt Jobeaoas, and, ad ness, he pledged himself fn his’ public ‘Little Rock, and to denounce them to 8 nounce to be for himeelf a name for courage, and to fling on others an im- Putation of cowardice. His conduct in the fow he has been here is, tomy g wind, thatof a bully,and an impostor in the ranks ‘His position a a member of Congress secures for him my 3 In again ann to my fellow citizens my wish to retire from public life, 1 beg to express my deep sense of gratitude for the honors have conferred upon me, and for the unchanging yori they have shown me for #0 many years. Tain very ronpectaly. Pr ee-My private afhirs will dotain til », Bom! wi ‘me, per! unt the eth of Deoomber' at bome, afver which’ shat basien on Pow Burr, Nov. 28, 1850. DINNER TO THE DIPLOMATIO CORPS. General Cass gives a dinner this evening to the diplo- matic corps. Mr. John Cochrane and the South Ame- ricans. ‘Wasumaron, Dec. 18, 1869. James G. Benner, HeraLp Orrice:— ‘That partof the despatch in yesterday’s paper which connects me with negotiations with the Soutn Americans ig altogether an error. JOHN COCHRANE. Oar Washington Correspondence. ‘Wasuweron, Dec. 12, 1859. ‘The Great Fight for the Speakership—Analysis of the Parties in the Struggle, dc. Thave not written much to you, because neither the surface nor the interior of political combination has pre- sented the tangible evidences of specific results. A week’s experiment, however, has at least taught us the di rection in which we may look for the approaching finale. Though there are rumors that sufficient of the anti-Lecomptonites will vote for the plurality rule with the republicans to carry it, they are not reliable. If Sher- man is to be elected, it will only be by such a process. If, therefore, the democrats intend to prevent it, thoy must preventa vote upon the plurality resolution; for, though the Lecomptonites as a body will not vote for Sherman, it is to be feared they will avail themselvas of the first opportunity to vote for the plurality rule. These patriotic gentlemen are a marketable commodity, but do not wieh to traffic in market—overt. ‘They therefore trade Dehind the convenient counter of a plurality vote. Itig quite clear that no democrat can be elected. I think that the South Americans and the demo- crats could unite vpon a democrat. Still, such @ union ‘would not avail without the assistance of five or six anti- Lecomptonites. This could not be procured upon a demo- cratic candidate; and while the ant!-Lecomptonites would probably vote for a candidate from the Southern opposi- tion ranks, the Northern democrats could not be brought to bis support. Thus you will see that there is po pope. here. There ia but one resource left, in my judgment, Suppose that an ee ray for the Speaker’s chair. He, being neither a South American nor an administration would de @ compro- miso sul for the present candidate of both. While neither would compromise its principles, both would be united in practical action. This coalition would be a profitable spectacle to the masses, now opposed, under different organizations, to the republicans, and might marshal the way to co-operation in 1860. The anti-Lecompton element would not fail to be propitiated, and again would the democratic party present an unbroken front to its adversaries, with added numbers from the Know Nothing forces. ‘The most available man is John @. Davis, of Indiana. ‘The effort is now making for this combination. Its suc- cess will in a great measure depend on its secresy. If the democrats can secure the requisite number the plan would be to accomplish the regult in one ballot. Whether or not it be fearible, to-day will determine, The democrats until yeaterday were contented with the few ballots had, and Tejoiced at the opportunity for disclosing the ultimate views of the republicans. True policy indicated this line of action. ‘The Henan furnished the ammunition, and all argument, and every fact was drawn from that magazine. Having thus aroused the country and fixed its gaze upon the act of its representatives, the South Americans were fortified, and uncertain members propped. In reviewing the fielt, it cannot be said that Sherman’s defeat is secure. He is reatly endangered. While the republicans will not aban- Gon him, there are serious divisions among them. He is the candidate of their moderate men, Grow leading the ex- treme wing. This last seeks to abolitionize their party— the first, to resist the effort. Corwin isa resistant. Ho would overthrow Seward. Thad. Stevens is a malignant. He would abolitionize Seward. The last week’s fight has completely overthrown Seward, and comapelied the dis closure of a fatal division in the republican ranks. It has al- £0 determined certain and definite approximations of demo- crats, anti-Leoomptonites and South Americans to each other—recession among the republicans, approximation ‘among the Americans, the chances for the Speakership still trembling in equilibrium, and I think the democrats may ‘be proclaimed the gainers. The next two days will pro- pably determine, if they do not finish, the struggle. THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. FIRST SESSION. Senate. Wasnixaton, Dec. 13, 1859. THE HOMESTEAD BILL. Mr: Krxe, (rep.) of N. ¥., presented @ petition from Daniel F. Tiemann, Mayor of the city of New York, and one hundred and three others, in favor of the passage of the Bomegtead bill, and opposing a monopoly of the pub- lic 1ands. THE HARPER'S FERRY INVASION—SPEECH OF MR. CLAY, OF ALABAMA, ON THE ‘‘TRRESISTIBLE CONFIICT.”” Mr. Magon’s resolution was then taken up. Mr. Ctay, (dem.) of Ala., referrod to the remark of Mr. Doolittle of Wisconsin, that he agreea that ‘the time had come when we should understand each other fully and distinctly,” adding that he fully and cordially con- curred in that sentiment. Gentlemen on the other side of the Senate profeas, sald he, to respect and declare they will preserve and maintain all the constitutional rights of the South, If you are sincere, if your party intend to keep the pledge, there is no cause of difference be- tween us, and we may remain, until the final trump ehall sound, brethren and equals in this confederacy. But pardon me if I distrust your professions. You may think that such is the spirit and tendency of the principles and sentiments which you avow; but wo regard them in a far different light, and think that the manner and tone of this debate negatives this profession of friendship, or fol- Jowship, or respect and regard for our constitational rights. What have we heard upon this floor? One Senator treats this murderous foray upon Virginia with a levity that would be insulting to us if it came from any other than one who seems to regard everything as a joke, and who probably will dio, like Rabelais, with a joke upon his lips; another entertains us with his newly disco- ‘yered revelations of the opinions of Washington, Jofter- son, and other fathers of the Union and framors of the Declaration of Independence disapproving of slavery; another endeavors to excite domestic dissensions and discord within our own ranks in the South by appealing to non-slaveholding citizens to come up in support of the republican party, professing to vindicate their righta and to rescue them from the ourse of slavery and the op- pression of slaves, thus trying to scatter dragons’ teeth in the South, in the hope that there will spring up armed men, ready to destroy our domestic institutions, waste our fields, and drench our hearthstonos in fraternal blood; others, with fleree and graye words, threaten us with eoercion to submit to their authority, no mat- ter how tyrannical and oppreestve, These are the evidences of fraternal affection, respect and regard for us. Wendoll Philips eaid, and truly I think, speaking of thie foray upon Virg ‘that it was the vawural reeult OS pati-elayery teaching. one, 1 mimire his courage ‘and candor. Nearly sentiment in different could it be » 1 submit | can expect to teach their constituents doctrines, ani ‘ain them from violating our rights. When ou teach that slavery is a crime against man, and a sin the eyes of heaven, that it has no security in the fede- al constitation beyond the slaveholding States, how can Jose restrain men from violence and bloodshed? I think, aged by your acts and sentiments, and the very plat- fom wi ‘been read in our own hearing, you are exerting every means in your power to abolish slavery, not only ‘within the federal jurisdiction, but in the States where it exiats. He then stated that the Rev. Mr. Channing, of the Presbyterian ebureb in bis ‘owe: bed published, ta a leter ge he was in Cincinnaii, in 1867, for the parpose of ascer- taining where to colonize some slaves that had been man umitted, Governor Chase declared he never wauted to seo another negro put his foot on Ubio soil, because their mora! influence was degrading, and that he did not wan slaves emancipated because he loved them, but because he bated the man who held slaves. Such, I believe (con- tinved Mr, o9y)> ig the sentiment of the i ly cultivated intellect and fine feelings. Hie colleague mer times, who now sits on this floor, has uttered simi- lar sentiments. ane, Tam {rer-) of Obie, asked the time, place, and . CLAY—In & speeth delivered in the State of Maine Bb, you declared that the ‘Nori and South hated ecah 3 nounced us a8 a perfidious, us with fraud, perfidy and Illinois denied it twit relea of Garbarima,elygniny fa ot” only arbarism. Polygamy your and our estimation an uncbristian principle, in violation of the revealed will of God, but ete violation of na- as 8 . declares ed white man in social and political rig! of Maseachusetts, botany tact oo) admit the negro to the elective franchise, en him in the % admit him to evel civil and political right Sn Se Bike TO otha ein even by law whites! Does the Senator from Massachusetts this Will he say, in the presence of the American Sen- ate, that bla pariy bas been at fault in entrusting tho negro with all the civil rights, and’ immuni- ties of the whites, and also in ‘ey omar by intermarriage? If so, 1 will yield to hear him. declines to do it, and hénce J infer, as 1 right to infer, that he a) ves Of the entire equality of the negro, as by the The State of New Hampshire is little if any bebini Massa- chueetts, a8 Iam prepared to show. the same questions to her representatives if I saw them Indeed, if I am not misinformed, there are but few Norttern States in which you have not eS ee cehcct tae ht intermarriage. Therefore, re} that yoo tain by your platform and ith by your legislation your belief that the mere the equa! of the white man in social and po' ri ‘And there you make a chasm between us as deep ot which can never be passed over. You cannot pass it without saorificing your principles and deny’ faith, and we cannot pags it without denying our faith and our country. Hence we never can stand together, never submit to your domination, until we are prepared to pass beneath the yoke and surrender all that is dear to us in the present and in the e. You furthermore show hatred of slaveholding and slaveholders by the non-ac- tion of your Legislatures. For pee are years past our negroes have been stolen, either by individuals or organ- ized banda of predatory invaders, Sometimes openly and shamelessly, and at others ;,, amd let me ask of all Senators what non-slayeholing State has gyer, by any act of legislation, provided for these depredatious our. pers Is there one? ‘If there be T etait bo aiak to ear bim. My friend on my right says the State of New ‘York did it, and I ask him if it was net the act of a demo- cratic Legislature? 1 know it was. Mr. Wape—It was repeatedly done in Ohio, Mr. Ciay—Was in not by a democratic Legislature? Mr. Wape—It was. Mr. CLav—I repeat, that nowhere, except where the democratic party bas prevailed and controlled the legisla- tion of the country, has any act paseed to suppress the thieving and robbery which have been carried on upon the slave property of the South. Thus you have countenanced and encouraged the robbery of our property by your non- action; and we bave rem onstrated, and invoked you as brethren living under a common constitation, in the bonds of a common Union, and profeesedly devoted to the samo destiny, to discharge your obligations, devolved upon you by the solemn injunctions of the federal constitution, and which you are bound by a solemn oath to carry out. I repeat’ it, where is tho Senator of the repub- ican party who will get up in this place and say that he thinks it is the duty of tho People of the State which he represents, by legis- ation, to prevent theae predatory incursions into the Southern States, and the kidnapping and running off of our slaves? I pause for a reply. Not one! would encourage thee depredations upon our property, at least by non-action. All admit it by silence that their Le- gislatures are right to diccountenance and destroy that in- etitution as far as they dare do it. But Legislatures have not been content with non-action, and actually encourage them by positive legislation. The Legislature of Massa- chusette, under a republican administration, has passed an act for the purpose of nullifying the Fugitive Slave law. She disfranchises the lawyer who dares to appear for the claimant of a fugitive slave, she threatens the Judge who Gares try any such case with impeachment, and no doubt fhe does so with the approbation of her Senators. As the Senator does not deny it, I take it for granted I am right in saying that he approves of that. legislation. Well, such has been tho legislative action of New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Maine, Con- necticut, New York, Michigan and Wisconein. All of them bave nullified, as far as they could do it, the Fugi- tive Slave law ef 1860, and punished as a crime the exe- cution or the aiding or abetting the execution of that act; and not one Senator from these States will get up, and in the presence of an American Senate proclaim to the Ameri- can people that these are, as they certainly are, gross in- fractions of the federal constitution, and an inexcusable abure of the rights guaranteed by that instrument to the South. And yet you proclaim in our hearing boldly, and with apparent frankness and sincerity, that your party intends to preserve and maintain all the constitutional rights of the South. Can you make us believe it in the face of thie action? Do Te think to persuade us to credit these assertions, when I ask you here to admit or dis- prove, in any terms you please, these acts of your Legista- turee—when you sit mute, and by silence acknow! a 4 that they express your principles and sentiments ? Legislature of Michigan mado it a pensl offence to carry a fugitive slave witbin the limits of that State; and 80 with New Hampshire; and ao the Senator from Michi- gan the other day protested that he was in favor of pro- serving all the obligations of the federal constitution. I ask him to sey whether he condemns the action of the par- ty to which he belongs in nullifying the Fugitive Slave law? He says nothing, and admits by silence bie appro- bation of this legislation. The Senator from Wisconsin, speaking for his party, tells us that wo stand hero as equals and brethren, the representatives of equal and sovereign States, bound to maintain the constitution and the laws of the United States, which are enacted in purgu- ance ot the constitution—that we are bound by eur oath to maintain the constitution and the laws enacted in pur- suance of tt at all hazards, and against all enemies, no matter whether they come from abroad or exist at home; and yet, when I show him that the principles of his party are the enemies of that constitution and violators of the laws of the United Stater, that they have violated them by their legislation, he by silence eo betpe of this violence, or does not dare to get up and rebuke his party foals oon itd Eemecet gan beta l of the con- ution. Mr. Doourtix—I desire not to enter now intp a discus- sion of the question, but simply to state that t8e constitu- tion, construed properly, gives to the Congress of the United States no power to pass 2 Fugitive Slave law. The constitution simply inhibits the State from discharging the fugitive‘from service who may be held by the laws of the State from which he escapes. Ido not now enter into a discussion, but at a proper time I am willing to do 80. Mr. Ciay—I shall enter into no constitutional argument with the Senator about the acts of 1850 or 1793; but his Legit ‘hes never paseed any act for the rendition of means sea will the Senator say here he would ad- viee provide bo their re ‘a ae party and the People e pass aglaw? He would not doit. Whats poor mockery of our rights, what sheer protence, to tell us that you would we tee Joniire Fere, ty oe dae: you b gene it uncon- stitution: y should you get up and express abhorence of the crime ‘of Brown, endeavor to excul your party from any een either in act or intention, when on the platform which you flaunt in bitter mockery and railery in our faces, you denounce that crime as de- serving the execration of ail civilized ? Do you think Brigham Young is entitled to all the civilities and courte- ties here between gentlemen? You cannot eay you do; and yet you condemn us to everlasting infamy with him. De you \k Us more or less than mep—that we have no pride of home, pride of State, and pride of ry? If you do not, why mock ns with your proteaslodts of ir bal seuera and invite us to reciprocate your friendly feel- ings? Wo boliove the Negro 1a not the equal of the white man. Dy bature or the constitation, je bis “normal condition. sti amend Friday’s journal by inserting that he had offered a ere Plarality resolution, exoept the Senator from Beg: who 6 ‘Mr. Sickuxs, (dem.) of N. ¥., observed that he would PREP ee Can tee ah tn fia ‘the not trespass on the House did he not deem it hie imapera- from bis en wanentnags Sates tive duty to protest Against much which has been said on ing slavery in the Territos this floor in course of discussion ag to the sentiment ef the ohibiting slavery in all the Territories. North. The gentle: 7 ack bien wow 10 "speak. Buch 8 man from Pennsylvania (Mr. Hickman) avowed that the irrepressible conflict is not in the future, but is a fact, and is here, Mr. Bickles said the Northern sentiment is otherwise. ‘There are in the North millions of hearts devoted not only to the Union, but to the constitution on which it rests, and they would never relinquish their allegiance to it, or be unmindfal of the duty of performing their obliga- tions, with which that allegiance is inseparably connected , and without which their love for the constitution and the Union would be hypocrisy and a delusion. He said Mr. Hickman’s views of Northern sentiment are as unfound- ed as the charge he makes in the mame of the North, and as the reasons for this feeling arc unjustifiable. In tho course of reply to Mr. Hickman’s charge that the South has violated all covenants, compacts and compromises, he referred to the history of the adoption of the constita- ticm and to kindred subjects to show that-there had been no violation of good faith by the South. He desired an anti- dote to go forth with the poison. The gentleman from Pennsylvania could not sustain himself in bis first charge, that the clause in the constitution abolishing the slave trade was a concession to freedom on the part of the South, when he (Sickles) had proved that the clause, as originally reported xy eleven States, was enlarged and sustained on motion of gentlemen from the North. Thera was no instance where the Southern Courts had failed to take cognizance of or punish those engaged in the slave trade. Expeditions with this view were fitted out, with vessels sometimes expressly built for this purpose, and the pro- coeds of the traffic distributed in the North and East, and in all probability at the South. The late District Attorney of New York, Mr. McKeon, gave it as his opinion that more expeditions wera fitted out and sustained by Northern capital than from any other part of the Union. As tothe eharge that ‘he South had broken the Missouri compromise, he argued that it could not be called = compromise. It was an ex- periment, and had ceased to have vitalityin a quarter where alone it could be maintained. When the violent and excited focling produced by the repeal of the Missou- ri restriction shall have ceased, the North will, as here- tofore, regard the principle of the Kansas-Nebraska bill ‘as congenial to their convictions, and on which tha Dest hopes of the patriot cam rest, and entirely fair to all persons in the confederacy. Hemaintained that there had Deen no violation of the compromises of 1850 and 1854. ‘Tho gentleman from Pennsylvania had said the great ques- tion to be presented in the next Presidential election was: Shall slavery be allowed to go into the Territories? The and slavery. Now,! sul respect for the laws.of God, which are violated as you allege by this of slavery, how can you escape the obligation to abolish slavery in the Territories when- ever you can get the power? Is there a republican Senator who would go to war for this violation of Southern rights? pause for a reply. Is there oue of who would re- ress our Revenge by ‘war? Not one. Well, Senators, w! oes this tllustrate? Why, rf of Gover- vor Chase is a frank avowal of the sentiments of f ae : i it i? ite A i att ie Aaa Felear pel z 5g 4 fee be Ft State maint tions, and dissolve this Union if they possessed the power, upon the happentn of either of thee contingencies. I submit ifit would not be = the of a President of party pledged a a by thelr pl to ‘out all tese things ?° Tt may be said, in of extreme action ‘the of the Southern States: Wa't, let us appeal from tho servanta to their masters—from Congress to the people of the North—and seo whether they approve of th! - just and iniquitous ; and when the people thus ttn alt bor deierately avow their to ex- clude us from ali the }, by al ola therein, I ask whether we would not be insen- sible to our Or rent to their maintainance, or unworthy of if we quietly and peaceably submitted to the mauguration of your lent? I forbear to say more. I trust now that the ‘at least that portion of it from which I come, will be Hy forewarned of the fact to which I referred in of my remarks, Sisk a repens Dee in le and senti- ment to slaveholding and slaveholders, and that if they carry out prin }, the logical and necessary ures is, that are bound to prohibit did slavery in all the Territories, and wherever the federal | there were any communities in the North which would jurisdiction exclusively prevails; and I trust that the con- ‘mit assem! ‘within their borders with the view to stituents Ihave the honor to represent, being thus fore- Prootaim thelr perposes to cue ana death to warned, will prove themselves in the hour of trial fore- the firesides of any portion of country. Ass citizen einifl SERATOR, GWIR A DavUMIOiET. fee Fer be aba te riod of 1500, hen e . past — per , wi ee Eee: ee oe reget avane: Leer gave its deciding vote to Jeferaon for President, ind when of the Southern people in saying what would be the ince | 't laid the foundations, eop ae foe One vemarks, table action of webolding Siates in the event of tho | democratic party. [4% te conclusion of his remarks, election of a r ican President. Entertaining these ANOTHER GUN FROM THE ANTI-LRCOMPTONTTES. views, he would be faithless to his trust if he did not add * Bie Vehoe or warnbig af tale fanetcee, Tuers | ,, MF. ADRam, (A. L- dem.) of N. J., said —The recent ar was great mistake g in the non-slaveholding States ee Laad: wax mrepatisceaked ty Me Eakin ant ar, in regard to the nature of public sentiment in the douth, oe Soe arpa tenet Ye a ee is their organ, as well as that of Mr. Bachanan—-wnem be beld ible for its utterances—if it speaks the senti- ments of democrats here; and while (Gwin Fepubl conatul, cowkd ok en Remanelen oe Ge: Unicn, He to him to rally to the MS Lf oa oouerata tet See art Neh sonia be | he, While charged. by with Bribery, eset i separate and independent government, wl would be | ind ‘oy catiiacin tee - impregnable to the assaults of any foreign Power. They | be a disgrace — ze ene om havo all the elements of strength tn themselves. Tho | Daring ‘the d a an feography Of the Southern country has not been | soproched ca py ety ee aig pepe ay : Noriern utes” has’ only about "9,000 miles, Be eas Yot 2c acme Dee De Eras Ret © foreign ap- by the Coast Survey report, it would be seen that the Las mt. A member House came to him Southern States have twenty: three thousand, giving them and he could receive the opportunity for immense commerce. If properly fortl- pews r profiler and continued to resist to the fled they can defend themselves against all enemics. Ho | fist the attempt to force on the people of Kansas s consti. spoke of the affection between the slaves and masters, which at the North was not appreciated and understood. It was eminently demonstrated at the recent invasion of Harper’s Ferry, where were to be seen slaves a their masters or running home for protection. is sentiment was universal throughout the Southern States. Not only do slaves not seek their freedom, but it is a curse to them when ee it. Free negroes, either in Hayti or the No mn States, have never been #0 , never enjoyed. so many privileges, or so nearly approached civilization anywhere, from the beginning of the world, as tho slaves do in the Southern States. Some Senators have throaten- ed to hang those who pro} to secede from the Union. Who are they going to hang? Our mutinous Southern Governors? “But how are you to get at them? Of course the Southern States will put themselves in a posi- tion to resist invasion. Such lap; is inviting to disso- lution, and it will result in that if this course of remark be indulged in here or elsewhere. The Southern States must meet this question, as presented by the Senator from Alabama to-day, because the organization of the republi- can party looks to the conquest of the South. tional , having no existence in the Southern States. If a republican President is elected, how can he carry on the government in the Southern States? Where will he get Postmasters and other officers? Southern men would not accept commissions from a iblican Presi- dent. If they did they would be regarded as public ene- mies, and could not discharge their;duties. he said loved the Union, and made these remarks with a view to its preservation by the removal of those influ- ences which would destroy it. ation against their will. He had been called » black re- publican abolitionist, and no democrat, but he did not ask the Constitution to pronounce as to his democracy. His democracy was endorsed his constituents. This aa- ministration had endeavored to read him out of the demo- cratic party. dency, he declared that those’ of a State, should slavery Bonn ae wage es ty = rial condition. lemocracy of New Jersey, in their resolutions, had declared that the people of a Territory have the right to regulate slavery in their own way independent of Oon- gressional interference. No candidate of the Charleston Convention could receive the vote of New Jersey unless be to the principles declared; no democrat could be elected who stands onfan: Sees mare platform eo surely rm government pass into the hands of the opposition. They had been told that if a black republican were elected it would be cause for a dis- solution of the Union. This was a treasonable sentiment. ‘The people have a right to vote for whom they choose. If any attempt were made to dissolve the Union bocause of the election of Mr. Seward or any other man, he trust- ed there would be enough on the part of the people to put it down. They should wait and see what the conduct of such a President was, and then there would be time to further consider the subject. But let tha democracy take Mr. Douglas, who stands on the Cincinnats latform and Kansas-Nebraska act, ‘than the South stand on this ‘as _interproted REMARKS OF MR. HALE. 7 hanan in his letter a Mr, Haws, (rep.) of N. H., said that, if what the | ti ! Presigentat nomination, tod ao fopantiont Senator from California said was true, we were | could be elected to the’ Presidential chair. In not in the Union now. Senator urged the | responee to question from Mr. Burnett, he said if the majority at the North, for none but a majority | Charleston Convention nominate a candidate who does not could elect a tions of right and dut President, to forego their convic- ‘and public policy. Like the Sen views he had expressed, he would not vote iy y French Parliament of old, which merely re; Mr. Burnett, (dem.) of Ky., said he understood Mr. wae unee te eioier aed ios Se ed son oe North | adrain to say AAS he 8 im olaseitnees ‘woukl not vote eee ee ion of optoion by the majority. in for any candidate who does not hold that the ofa this country would realt in eEeotation of the Union, he Rn ee eatery want try the experiment, ani see if he was . Popresentatios in he § ‘Senate of such craven slaves that a, Gisman, (Oe) chrcariwiera = to ask they can be driven from their convictions by such threats. He believed he represented a people who could not be coerced. Mr. Gwin replied, alluding to circumstances attending the mission of California. All he wished to say was that there janger in the present course; and was it not best to pause before parties get so much excited be impossible to effect ne into the caucus, why did not Mr. Meet (AP Pried Coat ab a proper time he would bie Tearone, which would be acceptable. Gre Mr. ADRAIN said ihe not have gone into the caucus \ declarations a cow! stitut and express at the ballot box. Union saving mestings.are of no earthly } without debasing By significance. He had nothing to against those politi- Mr. Burnett wished to know whether Mr. Adrain pur- eunuchs who gather around ‘meetings; but those | posed going into the Charleston Convention? meetings did not weigh a feather’s weight in Massachu- RAIN said he should not be seen there. setts. ‘Boston haa for the fepublicans at the recent Mr. Bunnett asked whether he would support the election, and the Union-say Meeting held there wa8 | nominee? ‘enough to produce such a Notwithstanding these q replied he would, if the candidate steed on prin oe i eee ane es manna Se PoP ievee the — Ww nb tur cate eee TS usetts Wor thousand majori marks, expreese: @ belief ‘RO Constitatent: aha be nominated as to Fopubian couse for Pre ves Jobn ‘Nore lent whh Mr. Cuay said he had spoken with calmness, and assertions were sustained by proof. He could = further than he done to show the aversion and dis- bands off \ke—if batred were regarded as too strong @ word—for As to the slaveholders as well as slaveholding. | He would quote ‘and eball bq from the 8; of Mr. Seward, whose talents and ability give him undisputed a Ae oe ee peas Loy whethor, Mich he ald ri sbowed that in the cage of servile insur- Onekmmatl tae wane then obtained the floor, and the Sonato ad- journed. Howse of Representatives. ‘Wasmnoron, Boo, 13, 1859. SPEECH OF MR. MICELES OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS. The question being on the motion of Mr, Hickman, to