American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-08-09

red certain rights and deyolyed certain
dalies OF the ate, but gave no authority /
to Congress To lugislate on thai subject
Mr. W. had yielded against his own con-
victions TO the decision of the Supreme
Court. but he believed he (Webster) was
right Sill. as it was there, let it stand.
In 1877 slavery was prohibited in the
North West Territory. which is now Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michi-
gan.
This WAS designed to render permanent
the ascendency of the free States. and to
guard against slavery Dropagandism. But,
afterwards, when The slave power came to
feel It's strength il began to cast about for
the means of msin,aning that power, and
then was silently created sentiment, that
whenever Aaerican liberty should be in
pregnang condition aud about 10 bring forth
new Saies, that il should have twins, one
OF them SHOULD be bla,k baby aud the
o.her white baby. (Laughler,) or that a
free AMI slave state should be admitted at
the same time. Struggles followed
Louisiana had about 4J,U00 slaves, and
was admitted with them. A few slaves
were scattered along up the river--some at
81. G"neyieve-some at St. Louis; and on
the strength of these Missouri claimed TO
be admitted as slave Safe.
By the concession of some Northern
members, acting in |ofiauec OF the wishes
! If their constituents. size was admiIted.-
Bat thry yielded becalse they supposed
z th@y were ohtsiniag, in the Compromise
line SO deg 81 min, something positive
f for ftcedom-s something so sacred and 81
I permanent lhns II must thcncefor;h stand
MS Il a-pnrto The Constitution.
lie Hen read from Niles Register, pub
Flslel in Bal more about tliis period, pas
siges going to slow that the Compromise
was regarded rs irrepealtble and as per
manent ~ the Constitution Itself.
A length we wanted Il railroad TO Tho
Pacific, and one step toward obtaining i
WIS to organiz4 anG settle the territory
, through which il was to run. At that mo
, ment plot was found already hatched Il
give i over to slavery. It wis not then Q
{ noulh 70 bave wilie baby and a b|acI
blhy, bu, aIl the babies ware 10 be black
. And this had been done on the wrelcher
q prptence that slavery would not be eslab
: lshed in that territory. AS though
: neighbor ShoulG lei down tie bars Of you
] corn fell. and say in ex,cnuaiion that h.
: knew his hogs loved corn. but he didn'
{ think they would so in, md if they dl
t you roul keep them ou.--and this too,
q line fence. which he bad bound himself Il
e keep up aud project yau from depredniion
= from lis side.
4. Il had been supposed he people woult
acquicsre in this case as they did in III
L case OF Unh and New Mexico, and in cv
t cry other, and he had perhaps dona then
wrong in the appeal that on the passage q
D.. the Nebraska act they had sem fosth to th
q people. He lad penncd that appeal NOR
: rs deSpairing than IL hoping man,and h
| was rcjoiced TO learn that Ne had no groun
. for those gloomy oPprchcnsions. II wa
evident then lhai the slave power bad en-
e tered upon proLagaudism, the end o
e which none could toresee, but to which
was already evident tie people OF til
@ North must become tire vasSals.
il Cannon had been planted on the mort
y IOI NliN RslIllDl W " 'lNblhtc' NllI "
II the biil.and were booming as they went, ,sa
It and few. TO their homes. on that evenlfl
o night But, thank God! that csnnon it
u ] tended go celebrate the death OF freedom
l. had woke up the slumbering freemcn of III
e North. (Applause.)
Danger to the Union did not lie in MAJ
IS ly opposition to slavery, bur in submssio
j. TO ;hat CALLING yoke which would grow ,
If intolrrable that it could not be born
- There was the danger.
n. While others were conteuding about
re nance and trade, he had Thought chiefly
lie this question, and had regulated his poll
ls cal conduct by ii. lie had never held az
S. other views on the subject than those
ly had here expressed, and il these made hi
no an Aboliionst, theu were Madison al
b. Jefferson, Wythe and Pinckuey, Hem
and Washington AbolIionsts Ii tho r
in proach Of Aboitionism fell Justly upC
r. these men. then might so humble an ind
ID vidual as himself be we'll content 10 sha
10 it.
x. This question was so important that
ID had shivered all parties. The old par;i
v llHu lilcu iNlNluS duh INIIUlS, uHlll lll'
he had yielded themselves out Of existqnc
10 aud were dead except SO FAR as Execu,i
m patronage galvanized, AMI gave an appea
We ance Of life 10 one of them, (Appause
of The Convention that nominated Pier
h. stcmmed it, though opposed by OH
Is: Their nominee had succeeded because L
to South thought they could more safely tru
Of Franklin Pierce tlan Gen. Scott, and
n was quie sure iheir cohtidonce had n
r. been misplaced.
to As il 6y magic then grew up the Am,
- lean Party. l. arrayed Ii in the fl
at States on he side Of Geedom--in t
ee South it could do nothing bat array i;s
for slavery Bul the South had not lou
an her northern brethren quito as yielding
o the Convention at Philadelphia as they h
10 found them at Baltimore. Tie northc
lis men di not here say to them. "Am u
I'd dime ass, upon which thou hast riddle
at even unto this day? Was ever wont
Ir. do so unto ,hee?" No; o;-Lalthey exhb
IN ed what was sadly wanting in the North
that was. back bone. They camc hor
" aud re.erec,ed their platform at Coumbu
ID. and that they now stood upon and won
1t, fight together, dnlted az brethren. !
,ly matter by whs, name. they were calle
ch they would fight out this issue, and {
-- rance their liL,lr ditlnrences nf etwards