It is, that the Mississippi River, gathering all the rivulets of the northwest into one current, must be permitted to float our commerce, uninterrupted and untrammeled, to the sea, or thousands of men will float down upon its waters and make it free.
Sherman advocates for the uninterrupted flow of commerce on the Mississippi River, warning of dire consequences if it is obstructed.
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Resolved, That the Democratic party will resist all attempts at renewing in Congress, or out of it, the agitation of the slavery question, under whatever shape or color the attempt may be made.
I would regard it as a public calamity to have the power of this House placed, directly or indirectly, under the control of this administration.
God forbid that the despots of the Old World should ever adorn their infernal logic by pointing to a disrupted Union here!
Is it not, therefore, possible to frame a bill which will punish the prominent actors in the rebellion, proclaim amnesty to the great mass of citizens in the seceding states, and separate them from their leader?
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