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

Is not the charge ef bad faith tTas a. 10 eE-
cry sbolihvnisl IN AMERICA. instead OF being
true rs - meand the committee, aud those
/ who advocate this bill?
They talk aSout the bill being a violation
.. The compromise measures OF 1850
Who can show me man in tithe house Of
Congress who was IN favor Of the compro-
mise measures OF 1880, and who is not now
Ia favor OF leaving the people OF Nebraska
and Kansas 10 do as they ease upoq The
suiJecl Vi slavery, according 10 the proyis
soas vi NV bill? Is there one2 Ii 50 have
not heard ut him. FMS tornado has been
raised by sbJhuonisls, alone. They have
iasie ~ Impression upon tie public mind,
la lHe way III which have meHIioned, Uy
4 Justification 0, lie law al the facts; and
u.i, wnJle organ AatIJn agginst the com
promise measures oi 1850 Is an abolition
movement. presume they had some hope
vi getting lew tenier-OJted democrats
mo rheif plot; and. acting on what they
sIpposed tHey might do, ihey sent forth
ya0gigiy Ia the world the Ialsehood that
,ne;r tddess was signed by the senators aEd
i npjJrlgy OF the pressntaives from the
otate Ui ONO; but when we come TO exam
iue signatures, We tud no one wing there,
no one democrat ther.; none but pule, III
! Intusajs0 Uaaduilerated abOntOulsts.
MucA effect, know, has been produced
by thls circular, coming as II does with the
imposing li.ie Of representation OF a majority
ot The Ohio delegation. What was the rea-
SCI tog It's cace.! Because the mannsr in
which il WAS sent forth implied that ali the
wing members from that Sale had joined in
IL that part vi the democrats had sI4nel II;
aud then that the tw0 abohtIonlsLS had sign
ed It; and thar made majority vi the del
esativn. By this means 1t frightened the
wing party and the democracy In the Stale
OF ONO, because they snppc sed their own
representatives and friends had gone Into this
negro movements, when the fact .urns ut To
be that 1t was not gned by single whig
or democrats member from OHIO.
Now, | ask the friends and the opponents
OF this measure to look at it as il is. Is hoL
the question involved the simple one, wheth
Ter the people ofthe Territories shall be al
lowed TO do AS they please upon the ques-
ton OF slavery, subject only to The limitations
Of the Constitution! That is all the. bill pro-
yides; and it does SO in n clear, explicit, and
unequlyocal terms. know there are some
men, whigs and democrats, who, not willing
to repudiate the Baltim ore platform OF their
own party, woald be willing to vote for this
principle, provided they could do So in such
cqulvocal terms that they could deny that
1t means whatlt Was intended to mean in
certain los alities. do not wish to deal in
any equivocaI language. Ii the principle
Is right, let il be ayowed AMI malntaned.-
1t IT'S wrong, let IT be repuIlaLeI. Let ali
this quibllng about the Missouri compro-
mise, about the territory acquired from
France, about the act Of 1899, De cast h4.
hind you; for the simple question is, will YOU
allow the people to 5gisI,ie tor themselves
upon the subject oG.siarery? Why should
you rol?
When you propose to give them Territo-
rial Govsrnmenl, do YOU not acknowledge
that they ought TO be erected lnlo political
organiz >ton; and whe,, you give them a
legislature, do you not acAnowed ge that
they are capable Of self government? Hav
mg made tHat acknowledge why should |
you not allow them 10 exercise the rights oil
legislation? Oh, these aboltiynlsts say
they are entirely wiling 10 concede all this,
with one exception. Ihry say they arc
willing to trust The Territorial legislature,
under The Limitations OF The Constitution toI
eGislase upon the rights Of inheritance 20
ieglslate IN regard to religion, education, and
mora.s 10 legslate in regard to the relations
OF husband and wife, OF parent and child, 0!
guardian an ward, upon everything pertain
tn Il ,el
White men, but they are not willing to trust
them to legis!ate in regard TO Il few misera
bic negroes. That is tLelr sngie exception
They acknowledge that the people oil the
territories are capable OF deciding ior them |
selves concerning while men but not in reia:
tion to negroes. The rea, gist OF the matter
Is this; Does 1t require any hlsi ct deglre
Vi airIlzation, and intelligence, and learning
and sagacIty co legslate for negroes than
for whlte men? Ii it does, we ought to I'D
opt the aboitIoa doctrine. and 20 with them
against this bill. lit does nol--if we are
willing totrust the people with the great,
sacred, fundamental right Of prescribing
their own institutions consistent with The
Copstituton of the comtry-~we must vote
lor tbs bill as reported by the Committee
on Territories. That is The only question
iuyoTed in The bill. hope have been a.
bic 10 strip 1t OF all the misrepresentali oa,
to wipe away all OF that mist and obscurity |
with which ii has been surrounded by this |
abolition address.
haye now said all have to say upon the present
OCCASION. For ai except tbs trst ten minutes OF |
these REMARKS, the abolition contederates are respon
slols My otect, IN the first place, only to ex-
pam The provisions oi the bill, that they might be
ulsnHcuy understood was willing TO ALLOW us as
sallants TO attack IT as much taey pleased TeseTV
ing 70 my sef the right, when th lime shJuid approach
Iu tlkilg the vote, 10 answer IN concluding sJeecn
'a tle Arguments which migat ns ussI aIalist IT,
Sun resefye--wlat 0e.isge common courtesy AMI
parliamentary usage awards to ths ch4irman OF
couimittee and the auhor OF a bIll--tne night OF
summing up alter all shall have been sail wal "A has
to be sald against thismoasure.
hope the conpact which was made on last Tues
day Z! TIE susgcstlon OF these sboitIonIsts, wnen
the OH was proposed to be taken up, will be vbsery.
eH II was that the bill, wlea taken up to-day,
shonlu Continue to ba considered from day to day
until nnalIy disposed Of | hope they will not re.
p1dlate and violate that compact 40 they have the
Missouri compromise and all others which have been
entered into. h1ps, therefore, that wa may press
the bill 70 vote; but not by depriving persons oil al
opportunity of speaking.
am IN favor vt giving every enemy Of the bill the
most ample line. Let US hsar them all patiently,
ana then take the vote and pags the bill We WHO
are IN favor ot II know that the principle on which
y Is based is.15ht. Why, then, should we grauIy
9 aooLlil1a party Ia their eJrt to get up another
Pohaeai tornado oitanatlclsn, aud pat the country
an IN peril, merely tor The purpose OF eecling
i1W agltat1F9 to tho Congress OF the United otales
Ns Ih'ead TO sian1 uy the principle OF ths com:
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