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lagonism between these two principles, which
is greatest 10 numbers
According to the present census. all the slave
holders in the United States do not amount TO
four hundred thousand. What number Of free
lsoorers are there who ought 10 have the ben
eft Of this great Territcry? Probably fully
thirteen millions are to be Offset against about
four hunared thousand. Ifyou take any con-
siderable numbsw Of slaves into this territory.
you as efectuly blast and coneemu il Tor all
be rurposeses Of free immigration Is though
YOU should burn il with fire and brmstone, q.
Sodom and Gomor-ah were once consumed
Every man understands this.
Immigration does not 90 into slave States
Immigration cannot abide there. But is there
any constitutional difficulty upon this subject?
Senator's from the South say they can 60 into
this Territory aud take their property with
them Now why should they b. let q there
with what they call their property !? Am o.
blged, as a member Of the Government OF the
United States, to acknowledge yeur title to a
slave? No, SIR, never. Before / would do it /
vo'd expatriate myself ;fcr.I am believer in
the Declaration ofindependeoce. believe that it
was a declaration from Almighty God, that all
men are created free and equal and have the
same inherent rights. But, thank God, the
Government Of the United States TO which l
belong does not anywhere compel any man tc
acknowledge the title ofanJ person to slave.
Ifyou own him, you own him by virtue OF
positive law in your own States with which |
have nothing to do. and with which l never
have had anything to do. Sir. / hear the gem
lleman from South Carolina, Mr. Butler,
talking to the Senator from Kentucky, Mr..
Dixon, and wish it to 60 forth that the gen.
item an from South Carolina, says, why should
not the free laborer work with the slave Is
he not his equal !? Is that the opinion Of the
chairman Of the committee. i.. Its rf
Mr.. DIXON. VIII the Senator allow me
10 ask question
/ Mr.. WADE. Yes, sir; and your associate,
too, Mr. Butler .r .E,Ii
Mr. DIXON. The Senator, il understood
him, said he WAS believer in the Declaration
of Independence, and inhhe doctrines of God,
which declare that all men are equal. Does the
Senator mean that the slave is equal to those
free laborers that be speaks OF in the Northl
Mr.. WADE. Go on.
M. DIXON. desire him 10 answer thai
question.
! Mr.. WADE. Certainlyi certainly. The
slave, in my Judgment, isequal to anybody
; else but IS degraded by the nefarious act
and sel6shness ofthe master, who compels him
, by open force and without right, to serve hin
{ alone. That, sir, is my doctrine. When yo'
7 speak ofequaIity before the law, or eqnalit!
r before the Almighty God. l do not suppose yoI
It Undressing hmse If to Mr.. DIXON stand on
r whit higher than the meanest slave you have
$ That is my judgment and probably it |
/ the judgment that you will understand in tn
i last day, though you will not understand
r before. -.
t Mr.. DIXON. Will the Senator allow me Il
$ ask another question a
Mr.. WADE. Yes, sir; as many as yo
: please. at
Is Mr.. DIXON. Does the Senator conside
: the free negroes in his State as equal 10 tn
o free white people? a.
d Mr. WADE. Yes. Why not equal D
u thew not all have their life from Almighty God
: do not they hold i of his tenure? When yo
n speak of wealth. riches, and inauence-7if :ha
= lis what YOU mean they are generally poor
4? without influence, perhaps despised among U
: as with you; but that does not pIevent tina
n equality of which speak | say, ia the Ian
!. gaage of the Declaration Of Independence, tina
!. they were ''created equal" and you hav
+? trampled them under foot, aud made then
h apparently uneaqual by your own wrong
/. That is all there is OF it,
It That is my doctrine, do not go into th
t States, be it known; never went there to as
: any questions of you; bat ! believe your leg
n isIation is all wrong and as wrong for You,
= ever. us il is for your slaves; for when con
!, trast the prosperity ofthe States where thi
e wrong and outrage is INDUCED in with tn
re- prosperity of those where the free and jus
Of principles Of the North prevail, what's tn
at manifestation Of these principles upon the AZ
m parent welfare of the societies in which the
is perval This is a question which, if il wer
,e not involved in this controversy, should nc
re ,argue at all for do not wish to do anythin
b, which will excite i'll feeling here but cannC
as shrink from anything that is pertinent to III
issue. The question is whether, in that IA
" field, large as IA continent, we shall now pal
Is human slavery or whether we shall leave
OF as our ioreiathers left it--(enced out forev
lgihereaIler 1 1.-
That brings up the whole question.
ns slavery is right--'ifit comports with the be
Mt interests ofmanknd, slavery unquestionab
h should be fostered, encouraged, and uphe
r bv our legislation am with you there, II "
ct will meet me upon that issue. Ifyou will ma
er il appear that your principle works better th
70 ours, let us not only carryit into Nebraska, b
is let us carry tito the ends ofthe earth; let
I'd send missionaries out to herald forth the bic
at sings of human slavery. and introduce it in
i. countries where 1t does not nov exist, If v
r. can find such.n L am for doing the create
A. good to mankind. GO D. aaile at He4tl
ie M But how is this? Look al the ola Domini
u herself. 1t is not more than sixty years az
~ y" hardly has the age Of one man passed aw
W since the Old Dominion was a head and shol
!, ~ ders higher, in very particular, than any 81
~ is this Union, not only in the number off
population. but in her riches and wealth, a
ne the Importance Of eAthat pertained to her.
= i Why, sir, at the time your Constituti
!, was framed, so apparent was this that 4
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