Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-11-27


orCe the execution Of the law. And.
although I! have no power 10 command
Fillmore TO any specific line Of
duty, ! have known him long. we'll. and
intimately and feel entire confidence in !
him ~ a man Of ability and honesty. and
Of patriotism. vino will perform his duty.
and his whole duly, in seeing to the ef-
fectusl execution OF the laws Of the land,
TO which ] pledge my support 70 the
utmost Of my poor ability.
In the exciting state fittings. we doubt
less shall not recover all our fugitive slaves
that escape. We shall. however. recover
some. and the Courts and the Jnries in
the free States. have demonstrated their
rssdine s. to give by their verdicts and
judgments, ample indemnity againstthos
who eniice. scducc away. and harbor our
runaway slaves. But how would the case
stand in a diymembered Constitution Of
the Confederacy.
Then we would not have right 70 de-
msnd. . solitary slave that might escape
beyond the Ohio, INTO what would then be
. foreign power.
II oil the slaves Of Kentucky in that
contingency were 10 flee beyond the Ohio
river, we would not have a right 70 demand
one Of them in the abcxiradltion tire atlcs
and no such treaties would ever be con
cluded with respect 10 slaves. We should
have no right To demand surrender OF
one Of them. Nothing is clearer in the
whole public law of Nations than that one
independent Foreign power, IS not bound
TO surrender fugitive who takes refuge
In another independent foreign power.
r.c.,flv .l,i@ inter-
national principal acted upon by tn
Sultan Of Turkey in tho case Of hossolh
and his Hungarian companions, who took
refuge in the Sultan's dom''ions, and ms
refusal to surrender them upon the demand
Of Russia and Austria. was enthusiast.
cally admired, approved and aPplauded
by all Of us.
Now. Mr. Speaker, we have the Con
s,itution. the Law and the right, on our
side. Dissolve the Confcderacy, and
create new and independent powers, the
law and the right would be transferred
from US to them. | may be asked, as
have been asked, when | would consent
10 4 dissolution Of the mon. ] answer
never! ncyer' never! because | can con
ceive Of no possible contingency that
would make it for the interests and hap
piness Of the people to break up this glofi-
Gus confcderacy, and to separate II INTO
bleeding and beligerent parts.
Show me, what | believe 70 be Impossi-
bio to show me, that there will be greater
security for liberty. life. property, peace
end human happiness IN the midst OF
Earring. jealous and waring independent
North American powers. than under The
earle Of the Union. and will consent to
il, dissolution. | would hold to it If Con
rress were to usurP power, which am
sure il never will, to abolish slavery within
the limits OF the States; for in the contln-
uency Of such usurpaiIon. we should be
in q better condition as to slavery, bad as
il would be, out Of the Union than IN the
Union. Approximations have been enter
tanned and expressed as TO the world IN
future time Of Territorial scope for the
slave population. believe, that very
distant day, not likely to occur IN the pre-
sent or next century, whenever the vast
unoccupied wastes in Mississippi. Arkan-
sa,. Louisiana, Alabama. Florida and
Texas shall become fully pcopled. slavery
will have reached its natural termination
The density Of the population IN the
United States will then be SO great that
,here will be such reduction IN the price
and value Of labor. as 10 render it much
cheaper to employ free than slave labor.
and slaves becoming a burden to their
owners, will be voluntarily disposed Of.
and allowed to go free. Then nope and
believe, under the dispensa,ions and bless
inos Of Providence. that the Continent Of
Africa. by the system OF colonzation Will
be competent to receive from America. all
4 ~ II the
agitation in regard TO the Fugitive Slave
Law should continue and increase, and
become alarming. it will lead TO the tounda-
ton Of two new parties. one for the mon,
and the other against the mon. FRO
sent parties have beer created by the
division Of opinion as systems OF NATIONAL
policy; and as to finance. free trade. or
protection. the improvement OF rivers and
harbors, the distribution Of the proceeds
Of the public lands. &c; but these systems
Of policy. sprinsing out OF the admins
ration Of the Government OF the mon
lose all their interest and Importance y
that Union is to be dissolved.
They sink into utter insigniiicnnce be
fore the all important pervasive and para
mount interes, Of tho | Mon itself, and The
platform Of that Union party will be The
Union, the Constitution. and the enforce
u,ent Of its laws;-and il il should be ne
cessary to form such party. and 1t shonl'
he accordingly formed. announce my
self in this place a member Of that t'nioi
partv-whatever may be its componen
elements, Sir, ] go farther. have ha'
great hopes and confidence in the primer
ples Of the Wing party. as beng mos
likely 10 conduce TO the honor the pros
perity and the glory Of my country. bu
il it is to be merged into contemplate
abolition party. and if aboliIionism is t
be engraiicd on the Wing creed. from tia
moment I rcnounce the party and ceas
to be a Wing. 80 yet step far'he'
IL am alive ! will give my honorabl
supper, for the Presidency 10 that man. I
whatever party he may belong. who IS IN
aoa4aa.i. ,ted by fauatlll SIN. railer TIN