By Mr. Singleton, of Mississippi—
“And a negro thief into the bargain.”
By Mr. Barksdale, of Mississippi, again—
“I hope my colleague will hold no parley with that perjured negro thief.”
By Mr. Singleton, of Mississippi, again—
“No sir; any gentleman shall have time, but not such a mean, despicable wretch as that.”
By Mr. Martin, of Virginia—
“And if you come among us, we will do with you as we did with John Brown—hang you as high as Haman. I say that as a Virginian.”
Hon. Robert Toombs, of Georgia, made a violent speech in the Senate, January, 1860, in which he said:—
“Never permit this Federal Government to pass into the traitorous hands of the Black Republican party. It has already declared war against you and your institutions. It every day commits acts of war against you; it has already compelled you to arm for your defence. Listen to ‘no vain babblings,’ to no treacherous jargon about ‘overt acts;’ they have already been committed. Defend yourselves; the enemy is at your door; wait not to meet him at the hearthstone,—meet him at the door-sill, and drive him from the temple of liberty, or pull down its pillars and involve him in a common ruin.”