State of the Union Speech of Hon James M Quarles of Tennessee Delivered in
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his 'armies, garrisons, and fleets from the said United Slates, and from every port, ' place, and harbor, within the same. " I would ask gentlemen of the North if Franklin and Adams and Jay could admit, in the very treaty of our independence, that the right of property in slaves existed, in order to secure our liberties, if they, their descendants, cannot now recog- nize the same right in order to perpetuate them? Or have you sunk to such an unfathomable depth below the lofty and ardent patriot...ism of your fathers that you are incapable of the sacrifice? If this be so, then indeed, sir, do I despair of the Union. Sir, that Representative who hears me on this floor to-day, and is not willing to yield up every partisan feeling which he may have heretofore entertained ; who is not willing to incur political annihilation to give peace to this distracted land, is unfit to represent the rights of freemen. For myself, sir, I am willing to do anything which will not sacrifice the honor or material and vital interests of those I represent, to settle these difierences.
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