Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-07-05

ton, for iu 1900 when she coded Henn@Re
to the United States, she expressly 5tipulSd
that no regulation made or to be madSby
Congress should lead to the emaneipatioaol
slaves. Congress accepted the grant upon
that condition aud thus made the nation res
ponsibe for the crime of slavery.
Mr.. Cunningham, of South Carolina. Mr.
President, own a slave, and the gentleman from
Massachusetts OWNS horse. Does the gentle
man believe that the federal government has any
more right to exclude my slave from the terrific
ries of the United ates, than it has to exclude
his horse Will the gentleman give me answer!
Mr., Wilson | will answer by saying that il
my horse belongs to breed that blasts the earth
wherever it puts down its hoof, SO that blade
OF grass will never grow where it treads, the
government has the right to keep my horse out
OF the territories. Where the slave plants his
heel, the earth withers. BY the decision OF the
Supreme Court of the United States, g the state
OF slavery is a mere municipal regulation, found
ell upon and limited to the verge of the State
law" Slavery does not exist ly any municipal
law In the territories. Congress has no constitu-
, tonal power to establish it there, therefore the
local law of the States authorizing slavery can
, not be transported to the territories, and the
: slave becomes freeman when he is carried be-
yond the authority of the local law of the State
The slave in Kansasis not held by the authority
of law, but by the force of the master.
The views of the anti-slavery men of the North
are studously misrepresented by the pro slavery
e presses of the North, and by the slave prona.
e gan'a Of the South. This question Of slavery,
. overriding as it docs every other question here
n n M of L.
> be met by the statesmen of the cou ntry. by the
people of the country, and discussed in the light
: humanity and Christian patriotism. Northern
Y men and Southern men must bring 10 the dh
n eushion OF MISREPRESENTATION question something
/. besides harsh words and rash acts We waES
7 calm, dspassionate discussions in the North and
in the South.
desire here and now to state precisely INV
e views upon the slavery question, and desire to
d do SO because know my views have been msrep
: resented at home and abroad.
: am opposed to slavery everywhere. be-
q lieve it to be crime against man, and u sin
y against God. | am in favor of its abolition
wherever it exists, by those who are legally re-
+ sponsible for its existence
h believe slavery to bea " mere municipal req
G ulation, founded upon and limited to the verge
= of State law" and the people OF the States
where it exists are alone legally responsible for
i its existence.
u believe the federal government has no more
right to make a slave than to make IL kipe-no
e more right to permit slavery to be established
e where it has exclusive jurisdiction than to ner.
q nit an order of nobility to be established.
# ain in favor of relieving the Federal Govern
:. ment from all connection with, and responsible
II ity for the existence of slavery To effect this
Is object am in favor OF the abolition of slavery
s. in the District of Columbia, and the prohibition
- Of slavery in al. the territories.
n Mr.. Mallory of N. Y Mr.. President, if the
% gentleman will allow me, | should like to ask
"a him if the power to abolish slavery does not car
- nv with it the power to establish slavery by the
- Federal Government
s. Mr. Wilson, thin not. Freedom il the
!. rule-slavery the exception. Slavery cannot lie.
a gally exist by positive Jaw. There is no powe,
lie expressed or implied in the Co institution of tn,
o United States to institute slavery. The Consti-
to tuition was ordained and established 4" to promote
the general welfare and to secure the blessings
n OF liberty; not to establish slavery The SUI
prcme Court Of Massachusetts, under the au-
~ thority OF her Constitution, decreed the aboli
e, ton OF slavery-the power to abolish it, would
ID not authorize the Court to re-establish II.
'" Mr.. Boteler Of Va-Will the gentleman from
r Massachusetts, read the remainder of the sen.
en- tence of the Constitution which says that the
blessings of liberty are to be secured Z" to our
selves and our posterity" Negroes are moi
ourselves or 9 our posterty. -
r. Mr.. W.-Seven States have abolished SLAYER,
on since the adoption of the Constitution, ans
or these negroes are a part of " ourselves an opl
At posteritysl III accept the Declarati w
~ tionStfndependenc and the Consli
=, ~ United States as the polite
" Observation-Disclosures de-
co American citizen the imF
cir exercise his national political
of cure the blessings Of liberty,
On inyolate the :" self-evident trnths-tol
II are created free and equal--that they 49, ~ d.
ID dowed by their Creator with the inalienable
"' of liberty"
We Standing by Williams slave pen nineteei
ne. years ago, and gazing upon men, women an,
90 ciildren,' collected for the Southern markets,
cry pledged myself to liberty, and have never,
red public or private at home or abroad, spoken D
,,v. written one word inconsistent with that pledge
,ss and never will do SO, to any party, at tn
N command Of any body of men on earth. Whe
ue united with the American organization
use in March, 1854. in its hour Of weakness-I tol
to the men with whom acted that my anti-slav
in cry opinions were the matured convictions @
,ad years, and that would modify or quality IN
ted opinions or suppress my sentiments tor no cor
u.s. sidcration on earth. From that hour to this, i
0N 5 public and in private have freely uttered m
inu antisavcry sentiments, and labored to prOmOt
III the anti-slayery cause, and can tell you now
L that will continue to do 50 You shall not pre-
fish scribe anti-sayery principles, measures or incl
md without receiving from me the most determine
alf and unrelening hostility. 1t is painful thin
"a to differ from our associates and friends-br
y. when duty-a stern sense of duty demands it,
10 shall do SO.
oiN Reject this minority platform adopt the PR
eb- position 30 restore freedom to Kansas and N
braska, and to protect the actual settlers fro
On. vialence and outrage-simplify your rules
H. make an open rganizaton-banish all bigotI
Wy and intolerance from yonr ranks-pac9 you
'er' movement in harmony with the humane pr,
ate gresslTe spirit of the age, and yon may win an
nth retain power, and elevate and improve the pC
AN, litical character Of the country. Adopt tn
eel majority piatiorm-commit the American NOV
ere ment to the slave perretualsts and the sla,
~ propagandists and you will go down before tt
" burning indignation and whitening scorn
ltes American freemen.
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