The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-03-08

- VIZ EptN4titN IlufSEe lf-
/ 20 my oso section OF country, and ask why
should any northern man objecl to this prin
ciplr? lfyou viii review the history Of tl.'
! slavery question in the United States. ycu
will see that all the great results ia behai.
Of free institutions, which have been wofh
ed out: have been accomplished by the OPP
ration Of This principle, and by it alone.
When these States were colo les of Grea:
! Britain, every one Of them was a slave.hold
ing province. When the Constitution OF
the Uuited St1tes was formed, twelve out
uf the thirteen were slave holding States -
Since that Time six Of those States have be-
come free. How has this been affected?--
! Was Thy virtue Of abolition agitation ia
! Congress? Was it in obedience to the die.
tates of the Federai Governmenis Not at
/ all; but they have become free States under
/ the silent but sure and irresistible working
VI that great principle Of self.governmeHT
I which teaches every people TO do that which
the interests of themselves and their poster
/ ty morally and pecuniariey may require.
| Under the operation Of this principle New
/ Hampshire became free, while South Caro-
lima continued TO hold slaves; Connecticat
abolished slavery, while Georgia held on ~
1
| while Earyland preserved 1t; New York
New Jersey, and Pennsylvania aboiished
slavery, while Virginia, North CareliuE, and
Kentucky retained il. Did they do it rt
the dictation of the Federal Government
| DID they do it in obedience to any Of ytuf
/ Wilmo. provisoes or ordinances OF '87?---
Not at all; they did it BY virtue of their ri.bI
as freemen under the Constitution Of ,hs
! United States, to establish and abolish susa
/ institutions as they thought their owngooi
( required.
Let me ask you where have you sueeed
ed in excluding slavery by an act OF Con
! gress from one inch of the American so,is
You may tell me tbst yoI dii l. in ttie.
northwest territory by the ordinance Of lTg
| viii Snow you b. lie history OF tie &C aiitgy
that YOU did not accomplish any such .hiay
You prohibited alayery there by 'aw, ST.
| you dij not excluto !. ~ f5ct LHinols wl5
a part of the north~est ,yrri.2ry. WIN tn
exception Of few Fse6cn and vage setti.A
mentS it was a va. wi!is~aGse, Gltd wiz
hostile saYa yca whec lie oraia3nce of9rJf
was adoptef Vet. III. waaa Iiao!s
organizes i,to ete.or d. at e,s sets. /. et.
tablishe4 arg ;rf.tc'a: ast-s aH6 ~a,.,
tained it in sd clsa& e5in aHce 1j ~
defiance uf l.& .eClE !tisr ~ II ".
curious fac, i 81 .eosa S. !
the territory OF D.@H 's@ gg IN
very, she actually had t.te - ~
day wien you withdrew yoS, igteasas,,,, 4
prohibition, he people Of Tilino.s .. Ea
own free will and accord, proyidedfoI 4 'ts@
I iern 81 emancipation.
Thus sou ala net succeed in Illiuois Ter
ritorr with your ordinance or Your W,,mo!
i proyso, because the people there regarded
II as an invasion Of their rights. They re-
garoed il as yiolatiyc Of the great principles
of sslr.govarn,nent, and they determiael$ 4
that they would never submit even to have
freedom so long IS sou torred Il upon them
Nor mussit be said that slavery was sbol ".
ished in the constitution Of Illinois in order
to be admitted iQtotbe Union as a Stats, IL
compliance with tEeRordinance of 1897; fo!
they did no such thing. In the csnstltatiey
with which the people OF Illinois were ad
mitted into the Union, they absolutely violsS
ted, disregnrded, aud repudiated your ord
nance The ordinance said that slavery
should be forever prohibited IN that country
The constitution with which you received
4 them into the Union as State said that all
slaves then in the State should renal slaves
for life, and that all persons born Of SLAVE
parents after certain day should be free HI
q certain age, and thai all persons born il
the State after certain Other day, should
be free from the time of their birth. Thns
their State constitution, as we'll as their ter
ritorial legislation repudiated your ordi
nance Illinois, therefore, is q case in point
: to prove that whenever you have attempted
to dictate institutio1s to any part oftLt
United States, YOU Nave failed. The same
is true, though not TO the same extent, wi Ii
reference 10 the Territory Of Indiana, whefe
there were n,Say slaves during the time i
its territorial existence, and believe, also
there we're few in the Territory OF Ohio
But, SIR these abolition eoniederatcs, iaa
their maEif .sto, have also rcfrFcd to' Ii \
wonderful results Of their policy in the stals
, of Iowa and the Territory oi Minnesota Hsr.r
again, they happen to be in fauh as to ,lF
, laws Of the hand. The act TO Organise lA~
Territory Of Iowa did not prohibiE slaysfs
but the people of Iowa we're allowed to do
, rs they pleased under the territorial goserss
ment; for the sixth section Of that act pFevR
ded that the Legislative authority shoalG
! extend 10 al r. .,htfal sabiects Of gsgistaGiel
: except as to the disposition Of public lands
and taxes in cstaia cases, but not sxeept;a,,
' slavery Il may, however, be SAID BY souls
that slavery vas ptohibited ID Iowa BY yis:ps
: OF that clause in the Iowa act which declaa
a ed the laws Of Wisconsin 10 be in force Their
2 in, inasmueh as the ordinance OF TeT @is.
! one ofthc laws IL Wisconsin. Ii, however
they say this. they defeat their object b. Z
cause the very elause which transfers .bl
= laws Of Wisconsin ID losa and makes them
\ of force therein, also provides that those Aws
are subject to b. altered modified. .aoE repeal
: ed by the territorial legislataFe of fJwa..
I Iowa, therefore, was lsft "a do as she pleas
J led. Iawa, when she came TO form coa..
sitation and State gJgerbmear. preparatory
: to admission into tle Union. considered kh4
= subject offree and slave illstitatons calmly N
. dispassionately, withlat any restraint "a
= diclation, and deterpind that II would be III
. the interest IL her people in their elinlase
Y and with tiieif Productions, to prohibit sta
e very; and hence Iowa became fres sbag
slby virtue Of this great principle " allossin. !.
!, the people TO DO Is they please, and motif
! ,,Jedivnce To any Federal command
y The nbolitiofisLs are also in The habit ot
n treier NJ to Oregon w another instauce III
= the tirntspSli lat II ab,litiuh pniev TI,srs