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lihe Special POstotiice Agent shall have Anothe
lskinning, as he deseryss lie said there Wa
no danger Of slavery going into KaRsas ant
Nebraska. The slayeholdefs don't emigrste
but Che Yankees are sharp and more quick
and viii always beat the South at this game
Foreigners come here with prejudises agains
slavery, they go to the territories opposed L
/ il.
He said Southern men said 10 him, for God'
sake. take this slavery question away from
Congress, &c. Sam. Houston said, '' TAX,
care, or the Yankees will come down, and max,
two free Sssssses e. Texas Benton said, anC
i;hs Ohio Stale Journal said, that slavery will
not be established in Kansas. He made 4
speech in Circleulle, in April, in which h,
took the ground that, By the laws Of population
and emigration, Kansas must be free State
He was surprised chat the Journal published
articles going to show that this prediction would
be true, and he could only explain IL by the
old adage that whom the Gods wish to des.
troy they first make mad" (0lds can't un :
derstand how a man can tell the truth, if is
likely to aIect his party Interests. We gain
much by rubbing out the line Of 36d. SOM,
because by so doing, free States may be estab-
lished South of that line. The repealed COM
promise was. that, all south Of that line was
to be regarded as slave SOIL and he did not
believe that Wings would agree to restore the
compromise with this understanding attached
to it.
But the 18th Of july Convention did not in
tend to admit any more Slave States. He ex-
planned how this could be lodged by corning in
with constitution against slavery, and then
when once fairly in, turning round and ma
king anew constitution allowihgit There was
no way to prevent this, so the resolution to ad-
NIT no more Slave States would be of no avail.
He attempted 10 show that Galloway was
not nominated by the Wings He was can
didate of the fusionists. He then referred to
Giddihgs' declaration, that ifthe slaves should
revolt the South must look out for themselves.
&c. Galloway was on sectional, while he was
on national ground. He was for the Constitu-
tion and for the glorious Union, but the Fusion
party were sectional disunionist, aud opposed
to the Constitution and the Union. He again
called upon the ghost of Henry Clay to come
forth and rebuke the fusonists. Is-.. l
In conclusion, he made very moving appeal
to the patriotism and love Of country OF the vo.
terS in his behalf will you not stand by me
under the banner of the Constitution beat
aloft the glorious flag of the Union will you
rally around me, or will you prefer to gather
around, and uph old the black flag of dis
union. r.. ...st s.. ...... ... t.....
.fH s GALLOWAY's REPLY.
Mr.. Galloway said he was the ant-Nebraska
candidate for Congress for this district. He ex-
claimed to be friend to the Union and to the
Constitution. He was ACCUSED of being a fol-
lower Of Giddings, &c. He did not know that
gentleman, personally; and he had no sympa-
thy with some of his views, but he was sure
Giddings, with all his faults, would never vote
for such measure as this Kansas bill.
If there is any question well settled by the
uniform action of the government, from The be-
ginning to 1850, it is the right of Congress to
prohibit slavery in the territories The very
men that had been referred to, the fathers Of
the country; Washington, Jefferson, &C., put
restrictions upon slavery. We all know that
Jefferson was in favor of prohibiting slavery in
ALL the territories of the States, either then
held OR HEREAFTER To BE ACQUIRED. We're
Washington and the early fathers friends OF
the constitution and the Union Did they un-
derstand it? For hImself, he was ready to be-
lieve that these men who made the constitution
knew whatt meant quite as well as any set Of
men at the present day: He read from B on
toms speech. to show his opinion that Congress
has this power to the fullest extent He had
not, in former days, agreed with Benton in his
notions, but he was of the opinion that, with
his long experience and talents; he knew more
about the constitution than either DIR. Olds OF
himself. fs777 .F rg
He also referred to tie opinions of Chiei
Justice Marshall, Chancellor Kent, and other
eminent lawyers and Judges to sustain the op;n-
ion that Congress has this power ofrestriction.
The question returns shall we follow the faith.
ers, or the rush lights of to-day,
But, why is it that the Missouri Compromise
was repealed ? Hear what Benton said: What
is the excuse for all this turmoil Is it to keep
the discussion of Slavery out of Congress- p
Great God it WAS out of Congress Where
was there an inch of territory wherein the
question was not settled? It was only by un-
doing what had been done that any agitation
could possibly arise. Benton was in Congress
in 1850, and knew that nobody supposed they
were repeating the Missouri Compromise when
they voted for the Comp omise measures Of
1850. Not single man had arisen and said
that he ever entertained any such idea. He
declared in the same speech, that the laV Of
1890 restricting slavery was solemn binding
covenant and not to he disLurhed IT, was