Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-09-21

From the o. S. Journal.
Debate between Galloway and OIds,

Oh TUESDAY aiternoon,at So'clock, debate
on the exciting political topics Of the day cam,
of, between MEssRs. GALLowAY and OLDs. a
Camp Charlotte, about seven miles southeast
Of Circlevillc. When Olds spoke in this city
some days since, he said he would be happy &
meet Mr., Galloway. before the people, and dis
cuss with him the question atissue, &c. AAel
Galloway was nominated, he sent a letter "a
olds expressing his desire To meet him &C The
meetings in PickaWay county during this week.
olds responded, agreeing to meet him only al
two points; at Camp Charlotte on Tuesday,
and at point in the west part of Pickaway,
on Thursday, (this day. He declined to meet
him at the other points, for reasons best known
to himself ED. t. -a-a-aaz
Desiring to witness the discussion, and to
present the speeches, &C., to our readers, in
company with several Of our citizens, we at
tended the Camp Charlotte meeting, and took
tolerably full notes of the debate. There was
fair attendance for county afternoon meet.
ing, The two speakers treated each other with
courtesy and propriety, and the entire affair
went off greatly to the satisfaction of the An
ti-Nebraska portion of the audience. Mr.. Shell
by, on the part of olds, and Mr.. Shoemaker
on the part of Galloway, acted as chairmen.-
olds, it was agreed, should open in speech
of one hour and fifteen minutes; Galloway to
follow in a speech of one hour and a half; and
0lds to close with fifteen minutes.
OLDS' OPENING SPEECH.
He said 1t was his purpose to defend the
action of Congress in the passage Of the Neb-
raska territorial bill; andhe presumed Mr.. Gal
loway would attack that measure, and his ac-
tiOn, in its support. ar. "
In l848, the Democratic party, under the
lead of Gen. Dass, adopted and settled the
principle of non-intervention on the Slavery
question in the territories. In 1850, the COM
promise measures were adopted by Congress
After mentioning the others he referred to the
bills establishing territorial governments in
Utah and New Mexico. By provision in
those laws, these territories may hereafter form
themselves into States, either with, or without
Slavery, as their people may determine. In
1852, the Democratic party at Baltimore, sane
toned this principle of non-interventon, and
made it platform of the party. They endors-
ed the compromise of 1850. The Whig party
also, in s52, in their national convention, en-
dorsed the compromise of 1850. The Aboli-
tion party, on the other hand, held that Con-
gress had the right to prohibit Slavery in the
territories, and, by implication, this gave Con-
gress the right to establish that institution
Now, where are the Wings of the North at
this time? They are with the Abolitiouists, and
hold, with them, that Congress has the power
to prohibit Slavery, and that It'll its duty to de-
termine this question in the territories.
In the late session, Congress passed bill to
incorporate the territories of Kansas and Ne
braska. They carried the non-intervention doc
trine into it. The compromise of 1850, settled
a great principle, and it was applied to this BILL
The Missouri compromise was rendered void by
this compromise.
But, it is said the bill will let Slavery into
the territories. 1t leaves the people there, to
adopt or rejectit, as they see fit To prevent
the old French law from being restored, which
authorizes Slavery, clause was inserted to
that effect. The people of the territories are
left as free, as were the Pilgrims at Plymouth
rock
Who finds fault with thisG In the days of
old John Adams, there was party that legis-
lated for the erich and well born," but the
Democratic doctrine is, to let the people settle
the Slavery question for themselves. 1t is a
local question, &c.
He then cited the resolves of the House Of
Burgesses in Virginia; also the resolutions of
the other States, before the revolution; that
they brought with them the rights they had in
England, as English subjects, DC. The infer
ence from this was, that the emigrantp had a
right to establish slavery in the territories with
outthe control of Congress. He said the whole
difficulty and noise about it, arose from the
fact that this bill takes away the discussion of
the slavery question from Congress. Gid
dings, and others, live BY agitation. The
Wings, having been badly used up, in 1859.
now hope to raise up large northern party,
by their clamor on this subject:
Congress, he said, canno! make a compact,
and any law that waspassed could be repealed,
He then said the north had not observed lis
part of this pretented compact. and cited the
case Of che objection to the admission of Mis-
souri,, in 1891 of Arkansas, in 1888; of the
refusal to extend the compromise line of SO
deg. Som. to the Pacific, in ls4S; and of the
restriction upon Oregon, in l847, &c. I'VE
do not elaborate these, as we have already