The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-10-20
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1t is possible that the central Democratic or
gan labors under confusion Of ideas ii relation
TO the CaMPBELLs now in Congress. When
it spoke of LEWIS D. CAMPBELL it may have
meant THOMPSON CAMPBELL; and the para
graph imputing willingness to sanction re-
peal of the Fugitive Slave law may have been
applicable to General PIERCE. There are two
or TIRES reasons for this conjecture.
In the first place, Mr.. THOMPSON CAMP
bella Democratic Representative from ILL
nois, and co-worker with Judge DOUGLAS in
Sehalfo Of General PiEacE-is on record pledged
to vete for the repeal of the law. The follow
ing, which we find in an Illinois exchange,
places this beyond doubt:
"ISTERRoo AroRIEs submitted to M. p. Sweet and
Thompson Campbell, candidates for Congress in
the sixth Congressional district. by the follow
ing gentlemen, viz John Charlton, John Mon
telius, William Wright, 4. H. Salisbury. A. w.
Rawson, d. A. knowlton, and Job Arnold.
"l Will yor, if elected, vote for and cordially
support bill prohibiting slavery in the Territories
of the United States?
"2 Will you vote for and support bill abol.
ishing slavery in the District of Columbian
80. Will you oppose the admission Of any slave
States which may be formed out of Texas or the
Territories?
90. Will you vote for and advocate the repeal
OF the Fugitive Slave law pas.ed at the recent
sion of Congresse
"5. Will you advocate and vote for the election
of Speaker of the House of Representatives who
shall be willing to organize the committees of that
House to give the free States their just infu.
ence in the business Of legislation
sc. What are your views, not on aa to the con.
stitutional right Of Congress to prohibit the slave
trade between the States, but also to the expe.
diency Of exercising that right immediately"
"MR. CAmPBELLs ANswEa.-To the LIST and ID
nterrogatories, l answer unequivocally in the af-
hrmative.
"To your Sd interrogatory, ] reply, that am
opposed to the admission of any more slave States
into the Union that may be formed out of Texas
or any other territory.
ITO the 4th and 5th interrogatories, unhcsi-
tatingly answer in the affirmative.
"To the 9th interrogatory, reply, that SO long
as the slave States continue to treat slaves art
Giles of commerce, the Constitution confers power
on Congress TO pass lava regulating that peculiar
commerce, and the protection of human rights i'm
peratvely demands the interpositon of every con.
stitutonal means to prevent this most inhuman
and iniquitous traffic. T. CAMPBELL"
This establishes the fact that the CAMP
BELL who is before the county pledged to re-
peal the Fugitive law is THOMPSON CAMPBELL,
friend of the Union, representing Illinois
Democrats.
Now for the presumption as it applies to
General PIERCE. General SCorr favored the
passage of the Fugitive law and is prepared to
uphold it. General PIERCE, on the contrary has
e.aded an interrogatory designed to pledge him
to uphold that law. He looks on it as elm
moral" and is in no way pledged to veto any
measure for its repeal.
We recommend our contemporary to review
the whole matter, and to say how 1t proposes
to relieve THOMPSON CAMPBELL and General
PIERCE from the dilemma in which it has un-
Willingly involved them.