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INVASION OF IAIRPEWS VFERR
SPEECH
OF
RON, BENJAM IN Fe AE
OF OHIO1.
Dlivered in the United States Senate, fleentber 1~4, 1859.
The Senate resumed the conmideration of the I Lihe Ler ill, I ut I State offleor - command oft~
following resolution submtrnted by Mr. MIdox on ; d wsO ea to It re ~
Ih~hf~~e ro'~Y(-l; uwi, ir, lad what ie8r~ f y
1tsohwi Tha a ciun~i Ti at y. b ted toinfluit Mr. WA DE. It was not my intentio; M
til l !csu~vi{g til Wn invsil au' Se-l r ha Presidenit, to say any tbing upon the subject of
ill Viiuia, by i t orrid t k n L and rpor who
t loanu wa, ~iottld fiv ar resitance t the authori- frms was called in questiour by one or two of
tw a( llWi On,, of ~tf ite Stre, by the inr the Senators onthis floor I made up yind
de tav f the cktz:r of y-irg a orh litany ros \ m
thee t, pcwvr te ublc roert ;whehe sihinaso on the introduction of this resolutiol ha
al E' rew od unie coo fa rgaunizaion in would vote for it; not, however, wit hehp
lbuldd ill suver tI ~ve-.art of anvklf 3h r~taI tf that~~ any c beiefic result wou~ld -c..rm t h
Un~ wht vstecltat, n xtent ol uhogn-i
zaio an whohr an Ca~m of ntd j~ts not seeme( u me from the first that Ih' inly f
I-,,n*, wer uowt~ trit or ro2 y thweo by fut it would have would be to increltea t
U ~ or u state of excitemnt that seems already to be suf-
ran t il Oic ]ad, O iv- the conro of * 1 i ntly strong, a~t least for all practical pur-
I ~ ~ ~ So lva~ ndw m bou poses Bit upon this resolution the whole sub-
p ~. I t oitalutle dcdAiid th t ject of controversy between the Northern and
t rer wh(tJe an and whaIt lfigisato sty ill thi S uthern State has been discussed, and I have
opinn ba ieS31rv Oi 01 Ipart Oflo United Ste~ W '
tho ~ ~ ~ u four pr.aritv or tiepae :h ontyo- been alluded to in such terms as renders it ee-
the sact o Il puul 1irpoty; and that said ct~tu L t~ia that I should say something. I have o dw-
hav Ioc tosn aprv~ n rixr.sr to speak frequently on this most Iakee
The pending question was on the following subject.
ramn~dment, orfored by Mr. TRusiBULL : Itws sid by the mover of this reouto
After the word11 irvaled,1 near thes end of the resolutin tha one great object of it was to elli th tt
traeurt iof Northern feeling with regard to the Ieen in
Adtasilritntp also ~ i nquir trn tire fact attend vasion at Harper's Ferry.
orl arsu lu ilp kot * Stts at tieti ir t 1 Mr. MASON. Will the Senator indulgem
Ni aii by it nn or utv f~ arnte men e nd reort moment?
%vi,:ho suc h sezr and roberv was a ttended bv rosist- he VICE PRESIDENT. Does the ear
ainlsoofthe Terfoy~ of Kie an~ d tile plnr atilta from Ohio yield to the Senator from VIrg1nar
nirlr Ofwy ofit ihasvits or , ny ciiu ofte Ar. WVAD13 Certainly.
Vint by. tho pqrsu W thus goolod tbun' and Mr. MASON. That has been ascribeI t me
Wotntino iho G~oven et or thtr cornilue with
thrn 7hte ,a' *ezr lidrbeyothaslwr once or twice in the course of the debate, per-
Illch kndr olo o alyo~;Ullei~i ntide t sbvrthaps upon both sides of the Chamber. It wasa
'CL n~ t i ric o' f the, misapprehension. I did not say, or mean to say,
III end whte an rafvtzri of tbe Unte Stts no that any object of the resolution wasto elict the
cut wer unph li h or a csoy thefto, by crn tt of Northern feeling in reference to the oc-
tibuin ofU moey ans, moruitio ohisr what curr-ence at Harper' F Jerry. My colleague may
wt dchaiactr andI~ extet oft the trlitr eqiinot in aesi omtigo ht ot Wa i
th leuto unde~r the cortrol of si ral, n hoit haesi omtigo ta ot Wa i
when atud where th sam wer s mubsequently used by said say, and what I design and hope to ascertain by
ino ; wisi wils the vau ofthWe arns and amuito of the investigation is to find out from what source
eey descriplion sotae froim the sid rea by tli he fnsadtecu~1wr bandta
m ob ;whiether te same~ or any pail thereof havo benr-tefnsand the cuslro t ained tha ed
turned, anid the value oruha &cls ; whte caj tafn to oridcdtaticrina Hre' er
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