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air. TO herself? Is that the principle? Have
your principles Of statesmanship advanced you
thus? Why sir your s.atesmanship IS Africani-
Eed, and you wanttO Airicanize this whole
Territory. That is what you are after; and il
it is right, you should do it. But really. the
policy Of this Government now differs but
little from what il is in Africa. from Guinea to
Timbuctoo. We are about The same in prinei-
pie.
There thev are opposed to any general sys-
ten Of internal improvement they are opposed
to any general system Of education. | do not
know that they carry il quite as far as they do
in some other places, where they whip and i'm
prison women who undertake TO teach the poor.
/ am not quite certain that they under AXE
to carry il to that extent but, nevertheless,
so far they go side by side; and when you
come 10 raising children for The market, they
can vie well with each other.
But they seeek 10 extend the market for
human beings; and hence the object Of this
bill. .t
Their object is to enhance and extend this
market and say il does not consist with the
welfare Of this Union to do so.
! say that to 6ll the interior Of this conti-
nent with that kind of chattels is to blast the
farest prospects Of every man who has ever
entertained the highest hopes Of tbe progress
pf bis country; and hence 1t Is that stand
mere as one to oppose 1t.
You may call me an Abolitionisi If you
will; | care but little for that; for It an undy-
I ing hatred to slavery or oppression constitutes
an Abolitonist l am that Abol tlOnlst. II
mans determination, at all ti4-es and at all
hazards to the last extremely, TO resist the ex 4.
tension Of slavery or any ether tyrany consti-
tutes an abolitionistI before God, believe my
self TO be that abolitonist. So was taught,
and shall not probably very soon swerve
from the faith Of my lorelathers in particular
! 1t is idle to crv "Aboltion" TO me.
! To me il is an honorable name. N ot sir, tha
ever went with that particular party, but did
not differ from them on these points; but be-
cause they did not make their opposition eiec-
tual, in my Judgment: for would have gone
with those who would have reached your in-
rtitutions, wherever the Constitution gave US a
right to reach them Without eutrenchmg ona
hairs breadth where we had no right.
There do not undert axe, ard never shall
undertake, to trench, upon them. l admit
that in the States you have full control over
it. You may do with it as seems to you good.
You never found me, you never found the par
ty TO which / belong in the North, pretending
to do anything adverse to your right to make
such laws and regulations with regard to tn is
institution as you please. We hoped, like all
other men, that you would see that the system
did not work to your best advantage we
were in hopes you would see that gradual
system of emancipation, just.such as made the
vast difference between the progress Of the
State Of New York and old Virginia, would
wake up every sensible man to follow in the
track and to do like wise. We hoped that,
but we claimed no right to interfere. You
must do with this as seems to you good.
Irerret, Mr.. President, that this question
has arisen here now, for believe all will beal
me witness that | have not been factious here
From the first day took my seat in this body,
resolutions touching slavery, in manner cx-
ceedingly offensive to men OF the North were
) urged upon us day after day, week after week
and month after month, well calculated to stir
! the blood of northern man, and yet sat un'
der it. While it was matter in the abstract
| cared nothing about it. Your fnality reso
lutions that ~ere debated here so long; al
that you could say here or elsewhere your de-
terminations to resist all agitation Of this sub
iect never stirred me to opposition but wher
YOU come in here, by law attempting to legal
: ize,slavery in half continent. ..and to bring
into this Union in that way, and when. in do
9 inc so YOU are guilty Of the greatest perfdy
YOU can commit must enter my indignan
protest against it, Sir, what will be the con
sequence of passing this bill Does not am
: man see that its FIRST effect will be to rende
$ all future compromises absolutely ridiculous AM
6 impossible for il one MS solemnly entered in
{ to as this, as faithfully lived up to as this sha
g be thus wantonly broken down, how, when
: matter Of difference again arises between us
J shall we compromise it I? Shall we have an
9 faith in each other No, sir no. Where
It YOUR compromise of 1850? Why it justa
9 effectuslly gone as the compromise you no,
t seek to repeal They both stand together
: One guarantees the other. They are linke
II together by the same Legislation. To repud
u ate one is to repudiate BOTH And do you be
IL lieve sir, that we shall keep our hands off tbs
u portion Of the legislation OF 1850 upon whic
the South now relies rs giving an equal chanC
II for slavery in New Mexico and Utah and whic
st is exceediegly offensive to the North as tbs
ly was free country when we conquered it ?
ID Suppose prodigiOus excitement pervades a
VI the northern States. Suppose they come
Re here to say TO the South "You have led I'll
IN way in repudiating compromises, and, as theI
ut is no further trust to be reposed in one sectic
US of the country or the other, we sternly deman
s. a repeal of all those laws which are for you
to benefit as YOU have gone foremost in doing
,u way with that portion which were made for u
st What shall then be said
What plea can you put into me, when
on come here backed by my constituents, demal
o, ding that now, inasmuch as the South ha,
ny come up as one man and have taken away 9
IL the guarantees on which we and our forefatl
'te ers relied to guard this great domain again
er the encroachments Of slavery, nasmuch as
nd has been ruthessly tramped under foot BY
= few treacherOus men not consulting with The
on constituents, that you shall repeal alllthe cor
4 promise laws, the fugitive slave Law include