The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-04-15

in all time to come. II will have the effect
to destroy all sectional parties and sectional .
agitatons. IT, in the language Of the report .
OF the committee, you withdraw the slavery ,
question from the halls Of Congress and the .
political arena, and commit il to the arhitra.
mcnt of those who are Immediately interest.
ell in and alone responsible for its conscqucn.
ceS there i, nothing left out of which see.
tiInll parties can be organizcd Il never
was done, and never can he done ON the
bank, tariff, distribution, o. any other party
issue which has existed. or may exist, after
this slavery question is Withdrawn from poll.
ties On every other political question these
have always supporters and opponents in cy'
cry portion of the union--n each State,
county, village, and neghborhood- residing
together in harmony acd good fellowship, and
combating each others opinions and correct
ing each others error. in spirit Of kindness
and fricnpship. These differences of opinion
between neighborS and friends, and the dis.
cusSions that grow out of them, aud the
sympathy which each feels with the advo.
Gates Of his own opinions in every other por.
ton of iiis widespread republic, adds an
overwhelming and Irresistible moral weight
W lIlt Ntltll. VI VI t!lc
Affection Tor the mon can never be alien
atcd or diminished by any other party ISSUES
than those which are joined upon sectional
or geographical lines When the people Of
the North shall al BE rallied under one ban
ncr, and the who,g South marShallcd under
another banner, and each section excited to
frenzy AMI madness by hostility To the lnstl-
tutiOus of the other. then the patriot NJ,
well tremble for the perpetuity of the
Union. withdraw the slavery question from
the political arena, and remove it to the
States and Territories, each 10 decide for IL
self, such a catastrophe can never happen
Then Won will never be able TO tell, by any
senator's vote for or against any measure
from What state or section Of the Union he
comes
Why, then, can we not withdraw this
ycXcd question from politics? Why can We
not T.dopt the principle of this bill n "A rule
of action in all new territorial organizations
Why can we not deprive these agltators Of
their vocation, and render it impossible for
, uatoF- 20 come here upon bargains on the
slavery question? believe that the peace
the harmony, and pcr'Ctuity of the Union
require Us to 70 barl, to thc doctrines of the
Revolution, 10 the principles Of the tonSu-
tu.on, t. the principles Of the compromise
of $50 and leave the people under the
Constitution. TO do rs they may sec proper in
RESPECT 10 ,h,ir Cwn internal affairs
Sir. President, have not brought thi,
question forward a. non 'h,rn man or a.
southern man am unwilling 10 recognize
such divisions and distinctions. have
brought it forward rs an American senator
Ia. 4.
principle, and which has approved oi my
action in respect to the Nebraska bill
have brought it forward not as an act of JUS
tee to the south more than to the north. !
have presented it especially rs an act Of JUS
lcc to the people Of those Territories, and
of the States to be formed thcreirom, now
and in all tlmc to come.
have nothing TO say about northern right,
or southern rights. know Of no such dN.,-
ions or distinctions under the Constitution.
The bill doe, equal and exact justice 10 the
whole Union, and every part OF II; 1t vlo-
late, the right, ot no STAT, Or Territory, but
places each on Il perfect equality, and leaves
the people thereof 10 the free enjoyment Of
all their right, under the Constitution.
Nov, sir wish to say to our southern
hcind, that if they d,sircato see this great
principal carrIcI ont, nov is the time to raj
iy around it, to cherish it, preserve it, make
it the rule of action in all future tlmui II
they fail to do it now, and thereby allow the
doctrine ufintcfiyrvnCc to prcyatc, upon Their
heads the consequence" If that I'M Inference
must rest. 70 our northern friends on the
other hand, desire 10 say, that from this
day h-nCciOrWard, they must rcbukc the
SANDER which have been uttered against the
south, that they desire TO lcgslatu slavery
into the Territories. The south has yindic.-
ted her sincerity, her honor on that point
by bringing forward provision nceatlving
in express terms, any such effect as the re-
salt Of this bill. am rcjoiccd 10 know that
while the proposition to abrcgatc the ,isl,ii
section of the Missouri act comes from the
northern states, the proposition ncgatiyihg
the conclusion tina slavery is thereby intro.
duccd comes from slaychulding State
Thus, both sides furnish conclusive evidence
that they 90 for the principle onlv, and de
sire To take no advantage Of any possible
III DEMONSTRATION.
Mr. President, fell that owe an apology
TO the Senate for hayin, occupied their attcu-
ton SO long, and Il still greater apology for
having discussed the question in such an III
coherent and dcsultory manner. But could
not iorbcar to claim the right Of closing this
debate. ! thought gentlemen would rccog.
nihc its prOpricty hen they saw The manner
in which was assaulted and misrcptcscnt5d
in the course of this discussion, and especial
~ by assaults still more hsrcputablc in some
portions of the country These assaults have
had no other effect on me than 10 give me
courage and energy for still more rcsoutc
n. .gl ,,.. I 81.