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1 Charles J. Biddle, The Alliance with the Negro: Speech of Hon. Charles J. Biddle, of Pennsylvania; Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, March 6, 1862 1 (1862)

handle is hein.slavery/alngchbidpa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE ALLIANCE WITH THE Xi GRO3 SPEECH OF HO. CHARLES J. BIDDLE, Of Pennsylvania; DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, March 6, 1862. The'House being in Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, Mr. BIDDLE addressed the Committee as follows: Mr. CHAIRMAN: I thank you for giving me the floor. I would not willingly let pass the sentiments which have just been uttered by my colleague (Mr. XoIRRis DAvIs) without opposing to them sentiments which are, I believe, more char- acteristic of the conservative people whom he and I have the honor, in part, to represent upon this floor. A As a citizen of the border State of Pennsylvania, the views in which I have been bred in relation to the institution:of slavery have been temperate, and, I hope, just. It has not been to me an exciting subject, as it is to many with whom I am associated in this House; for to some gentlemen, very calm in their judgment on all other matters, the mere word slavery seems to have much the same effect that a red rag has on a bull. I have never been blind to the disadvantages and evils of slavery; I have not been indifferent to their alleviation by. practical, constitutional means; yet I have ever regarded the intemperate and aggressive policy of the political anti-slavery party to be as sterile of benefit to the negro as it has been disastrous to the peace, the prosperity, and the unity of our country. This war has brought us, at last, to see that there is a broader question than the slavery question, though it is commonly preferred to narrow the discussion down to that. But, now the matter is brought home to us, we find that there is a, 'Snegro

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