Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-04-02

now. By and By gentlemen will see this ten.
dency more strongly developing itself. 1t is ct
no avail for gentlemen try To shut their eyes
60 it, When the Federal party see that slavery
must come 10 an end they will endeavor to pre-
vail upon the General Government 10 buy II up.
Against that ! protest beforehand When that
il done il makes complete revolution IN the
whole nature of the Government. 1t builds up
a debt as grea. rs that o! England. II gives the
President Il power which mikes the Republican
Empire, even though your iornIS remain unchan-
ged, as France has been transformed into all en-
pire, from the great patronage existing in the
hands of one magistrate. But what j, the 9th
or issue? The Democratic issue is that you
take yonr stand sternly upon the Constitution,
and say that the Constitution of the United States
does not ailow--docs not Justify the Federal
Government in touching the institution Of slave
ry in the States. SLAVERY, AND THE
EXTRACTION OF SLAVES, MUST BE
LEFT TO THE STATES. That is the doc
trne | maintain at home. II is The only doc
trne upon which this question can be settled,
without one or the other Of two resuIts-elther
civil war, or else the binding mp Of debt which
would crush the freedom of the United States
forever say, them stand upon State Rights,
and say sternIy aud inf ,xibly, that The General
Government shall not NEEDLE with the insilu-
ton o! slavery in the States and | ask gentle
men - look, 10 see if they have not made fatal
mistake in msconstruing clause of the Cunsti-
tatlcn with regard to tugiIyeS from labor. That
clause no more allows the United States Gov
eminent 10 enact a law for The rendition of run
away slaves, 10 employ is officers for the rendi-
ton ot slaves, than it would allow this Congress
10 enact law to send liz officers into the port of
Charleston To rescue free men of color seized
there, and sold - Slaves bar1nSn
pay their Jail fees. | ask gentlemen if they
would think that WIS constitutional? can
make on. as strong Il case Of cOn>tltui0nay
tor that, As any gentleman has yet done for the
other. The principles you adopt IN the one case,
must cover the other. | say, then if Won have
already infringed upon the Constitutional you
have already violated it--hereafter cease 20 do
so. You have already entered the point Of the
wedge. Do not Dive it home, by a continual
urging upon Congress this question Of slavery
What have we heard all Of this session! "Qni-
CT agitation and quoting agianon is the MOI.
slest business we have-the very noisest: and
n!so the most irritating. Sir agitation is not 10
be quoted by iurl words. Hard words will
have very little success on either side. This
question of slavery can be quieted only in Two
ways. One way will be for the Snnth to let il
alone and then il everybody at the North would
let it aluno, which no nAn can promise, it would
be quoted. The other would be to talk about |
II like reasonable men. Take il upas you take /
npany other great national interest, and try to
get at the merits Of il. When Won do tl:at il /
will be then as quietly approached and treated
a. uny other subject, aud. by the blessing OF |
Providence on your honest eudeGyors, way
will be found to pass through that transition OF
social system, ;hrongh which most of the ma
tons of Europe have passed within compara-
lively recent period
Here the hammer fell