The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-02-15

people can get no servants, no. f." help" as they
are called in the section of country where was
born, and, from the necessity ofthe case, they
must do the best they can, and for this reason
a few slaves have been taken there. have no
doubt that whether you organize the Territory
of Nebraska or not this will continue Gar s,me
time TO come. 1t certainly does exist, and il
will increase as long as the Missouri Cnmpro-
mise applies t. the Territory; and | suppose it
viii continue Tor little while during their ter
ri orial condition, whether prohibition is i'm.
posed or not But when settlers rush in-when
labor becomes plenty, aud therefore cheap in
that climate, with its productions, it is worse
/, than folly 10 think ct its being slavehulding
| country. | do not believe there is a man in
| Congress who thinks it could be permanently
a s'aveh"lding country. have no idea that it
could All have to say on that subject is that
WHEN you create them mo a Territory, you
thereby acknowledge tina, they ought t. be con
slccred a distinct political organization. And
when i've them, in addition, legislature,
von thereby confess that they are competcr, TO
TX rrs- The powers of Legislation. II they wish
slavery, Thy have right to it. 1t they do not
want il, they will not have it, and you should
10 free II upon them
d, not like, never did like, the sy stem Of
! legislation on aur put, by which geographical
line, IN violation OF the laws ef Nature, and eli
mate, and SOIL, and Of the laws of Or d. should
| BE- run t. es absh institutions for people; yet,
GU; of Il regard for the peace and quiet of the
country, out of respect for past pledges, and ou'
Of desire TO ;dhere faithfully to all compro-
misses, | sustained The Missouri Compromise SO
long as it was III force. and advocated its ex,en-
sion to the Pacific Now, when that has been
abandoned when ii has ben superseded, when
great principle of selfgovernment ha. been
substituted tor II, choose to c.irg to that prn.
cipr, and abide in good faith not only by the let.
ter, but by the spirit of the last compromisr.
SIR, do not recognise the right Of The abnli
tionlsts OF this country 10 arr,ign me for being
false to sacred pledges, as they have done in
their proclamation. Let them show when and
where have proposed TO violIie ,nprct. /
have proved that stood by the compact of
1920 and 1915, and proposed is continuance
and observance in lo4S. have proved that
the iree-soiltrs and ab ,iitoEs.s were the guilty
ptrties who violated that compromise then.
should like to cor pare notes with these aboli-
| ion 'nfrdera,eS about adherence to cnmpro-
misses. When did they stand by or approve Of
any one that was ever made:
Did not every abolliionst and free .soer in
America dennunce the NJ ssour Compromise
in 1920: Did they 1T for years hunt down ra
venously for his blood every man who assisted
in making that compromise? Did they not in
1918, when Texas was annexed, denounce all
of us who went for the annexation of Texas,
and for the continuance of the Missouri Com :
promise line throu IN ii' Did they not, in iS4S,
denounce me- as slavery propagandis, for stand
ing by the principles of the Missouri Compro-
mise, aud proposing 10 continue the Missouri
| Compromise line to the Pacific ocean, Did
they not themselves violate and repudiate it
then' Is not the charge of bad faith true as to
every aboliionst in America, instead of being
true as to me and the committee, and those who
| advocate this bill?
They talk about the bill bein: in violation OF
| the compromise measures of 1850. Who can
show me man in either house oiCongress, who
was IN favor of the compromise measures OF so
and who is not now in favor of leaving The PEG
pie of Nebraska and Kansas to d. as they please
upon the subjcc, of slavery, according to the
| provision, OF my bill? Isthere one. II so,
have not heard Of him. This tornado has been
raised by abotIonists, and abrllti,nis alone
They have made an impression upon the pu-
bile mind in the may in which ! have MENTION
ed by Justification Of the law and the
facts; and this whole organization agains,
thu compromise measures oil 1850 is an aboli-
ton movement presume they had some hope
Of getting IA few tender-f ,o,ed democrats into
their plot; and acting on what they supposed
they might Go, they sent forth publicly to the
world the faisehood that their address was sign
ed By the senator's and majority Of the repre-.
sen,atlves from the State of ONO; but wheu we
come 10 examine signatures, we fEd no one
wing there, no one democrat there-none but
pure unmligated unauthorized abolitionists
Much effect, know, has been produced by
the circular, coming as it does with the inspos-
ing title OF representation of a majority OF the
Ohio delegation What was the reason for its
eft ct: Because the manner in which it was
Mt e., .I,y hat Ill a. -
! from that S ate had joined in il; that part of the
! democrats had saed it, and then that the two
abolli ns.s had ,aod i, aud ihat made ma
jority of the d, lc,,atior. BY this means il
F.! frightened the why p7rty and the democracy in
thu State Of Ohio, because they supposed theii
own representatives. aad friends had gone inta
this negro movement, when the facts turn out
| to be that il was not signed by single wing OF
democratic member from OHIO
! Now, | ask the friends and The oppon ats OF
this measure to look at it it is Is not the guas
| ton involved the .imple one, whether the PEG
Pile of the Territories shall be- allowed to do as
| they please upon the question OF slavery, sub
ject only 10 lhe ilmi; atoms Of the cons tuition
That is all the bill provide; and it does so in
clear, explicit, and unequlvocal terms | know
there are some men, wings and democrats, who,
not willing t. repudia!e the Baltimore platform
OF their cwn party, would be wiling to vote fox
this principle, provided they could do 80 in
sach equivocal terms that they could deny that
1t means what it was intended TO mean III certaf,
| localities. | do not wish to deal in any eqnivo-
cal language. If the princ,pte is right, let il
be avowed and maintained. II it is wrong, let
il be repudiated Let all this quibbling about
the Missouri Compromise, about the territory
acquired from France, about the act of 1890, be
cast behind you; for the simple question is, will
you allow the people to legislate tor themselves
upon the subjec; Of slavery? Why should you
not
When you propose to give them territorial
government, 10 you not acknowledge that they
ought TO be erected into political organization:
and when you give them legislature, do you
not acknowled re that they are capable of self
governments Having made that acknowledg-
ment, why should you not allow them to exer-
else the rights of legislation' Oh these
abolitlonists say they are entirely willing to
concede all this, with one exception. They
say they willing to trus, the territorial legs-
ature under the limit iions ST the constitution to
legislate upon the rights OF inheritance; 10 legs'
lateln regard 10 religion, education. & morals; to
lagislate in regard to the relations of husband
and wife, of parent and child, of guardian and
ward-upon everything pertaining to the dear
est rights and interests of white men but the Y
are not willing to trust them to legislate in re-
gard TO few miserable negroes. That Is their
simple exception. They acknowledge that the
people OF the Territories capable of deciding
for themselves concerning white men but not
in relation to negroes. The real gis. of the
matter is this: Does it require any higher de-
gree Of civilization and intelligence, and learn
! ing and sagacity, to legislate Tor negroes than
for white men? If it does, we ought to adopt
the abolition doctrine, and 60 with them against
this bill. IL it does motif we are willing 10
| trust the people with the great, sacred, funda-
mental right of prescribing their own institu-
tons. consistent with the constitution of the
country-we must vote for this bill as reported
| by the Committee on Territories. That is the
| only question involved in the bill. | hope
have been able to strip it of all the misrepresen-
tation, to wipe away all of that mist and 'bscur-
ity with which it has been surrounded by this
abolition address.
have now said all have to say on the pre-
sent occasion For all except the first ten min
utes of these remarks the abolition coniederates
are responsible. My object, in the first place,
was only to esT.ain TIE provisions of the bill,
! 50 tia, ..ai~y might be distinctly understood. |
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