4 ptkmal, lie arraigns as sectional. This will t do. It involves too great a perversion of rms. I tell that Senator, that it is to him- f, and to the “ organization ” of which he is b u committed advocate,” that this epithet longs. I now fasten it upon them. For rself, I care little for names; but since the estion has been raised here, I affirm that the publican party of the Union is in no just ase sectional, but, more than any other party, \tional; and that it now goes forth to dis- Ige from the high places of the Government b tyrannical sectionalism of which the Sen- kr from South Carolina is one of the mad- st zealots. To the charge of fanaticism I also reply. \ fanaticism is found in an enthusiasm or riggeration of opinions, particularly on reli- !»us subjects ; but there may be a fanaticism evil as well as for good. Now, I will not ly, that there are persons among us loving perty too well for their personal good, in a fish generation. Such there may be, and, the sake of their example, would that there re more ! In calling them “ fanatics,” you (t contumely upon the noble army of mar- Js, from the earliest day down to this hour; on the great tribunes of human rights, by ’om life, liberty, and happiness, on earth, ze been secured ; upon the long line of de- ’ed patriots, who, throughout history, have ly loved their country; and, upon all, who, hoble aspirations for the general good, and ^orgetfulness of self, have stood out before dr age, and gathered into their generous .oms the shafts of tyranny and wrong, in er to make a pathway for Truth. You dis- dit Luther, when alone he nailed his arti- 3 to the door of the church at Wittenberg, il then, to the imperial demand that he uld retract, firmly replied, u Here I stand; mnot do otherwise, so help me God!” You Credit Hampden, when alone he refused to the few shillings of ship-money, and shook ’ throne of Charles I.: you discredit Milton, 7 7 en, amidst the corruptions of a heartless art, he lived on, the lofty friend of Liberty, •ve question or s’Vpicion; you discredit ssell and Sidnev. ;vnen, for the sake of their Jntry, they calmly turned from family and nds, to tread the narrow steps of the scaf- 1; yon discredit the early founders of terican institutions, who preferred thehard- ps of a wilderness, surrounded by a savage । to injustice on beds of ease; you discredit , later fathers, who, few in numbers and ,1k in resources, yet strong in their cause, ; not hesitate to brave the mighty power of gland, already encircling the globe with her Tning drum-beats. Yes, sir, of such are ' fanatics of history, according to the SenaBut I tell that Senator, that there are 7 7 \racters badly eminent, of whose fanaticism there can be no question. Such were the ancient Egyptians, who worshipped divinities in brutish forms; the Druids, who darkened the- forests of oak, in which they lived, by sacrifices of blood; the Mexicans, who surrendered countless victims to the propitiation of their obscene idols; the Spaniards, who, under Alva, sought to force the Inquisition upon Holland, by a tyranny kindred to that now employed to force Slavery upon Kansas ; and such were the Algerines, when in solemn conclave, after listening to a speech not unlike* that of the Senator from South Carolina, they resolved to continue the slavery of whiter Christians, and to extend it to the countrymen - * of Washington! Aye, sir, extend it! And in this same dreary catalogue, faithful history must record all who now, in an enlightened age, and in a land of boasted Freedom, stand up, in perversion of the Constitution, and in denial of immortal truth, to fasten a new shackle upon their fellow-man. If the Senator wishes to see fanatics, let him look round among his own associates; let him look at* himself. But I have not done with the Senator.. There is another matter regarded by him of such consequence, that he interpolated it into the speech of the Senator from New Hampshire, [Mr. Hale,] and also announced that he had prepared himself with it, to take in his pocket all the way to Boston, when he expected to address the people of that community. On. this account, and for the sake of truth, I stop for one moment, and tread it to the earth. The North, according to the Senator, was engaged in the slave trade, and helped to introduce slaves into the Southern States; and this undeniable fact he proposed to establish by statistics, in stating which his errors surpassed his sentences in number. But I let these pass for the present, that I may deal with his argument. Pray, sir, is the acknowledged turpitude of a departed generation to become an example for us ? And yet the suggestion of the Senator, if entitled to any consideration in this discussion, must have this extent. I join my friend from New Hampshire in thanking the Senator from South Carolina for adducing this instance; for it gives me an opportunity to say, that the Northern merchants, with homes in Boston, Bristol, Newport, New York, and Philadelphia, who catered for Slavery during the years of the slave trade, are the lineal progenitors of the Northern men, with homes in O 7 these places, who lend themselves to Slavery in our day; and especially that all, whether North or South, who take part, directly or indirectly, in the conspiracy against Kansas, do but continue the work of the slave-traders, which you condemn. It is true, too true, alas! that our fathers were engaged in this traffic; but that is no apology for it. 2Yndin
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