The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-09-29
Wiseell

Speech of 8. p. Chase at Cincinnati.
Hon. S. P. CHASE, the Republican
andidate for Governor of Ohio, made
ery able speech recently at Cincinnati.
. We give below some extracts which are
sually worthy of attention here in
Eansas:
j D1sUsIoN-I disunionist Point
ne a sentence, an expression, a word,
aming from my pen or my tongue, from
.hieh sentiment of disunion can be in
erred Point me to an expression, a
antenee, a letter, that is not full of 10y
Lly to this Union. | have written much,
! and it has fallen to me to make many pub
Elic addresses much of both has found
way into the public prints, but no man
ran point to aught that conflicts with
& that loyalty. l have never calculated
! he value of the Union, know of no
arithmetic by which its worth may be
computed Stretching batween the
iFenty-fifth and forty-tifth parallels of
aitude, and reaching from the Atlantic
Ocean to the Pacific, cemented by the
rek-ribbed hills, united by iron bands,
united, as well as divided, by great riv-
srs; this Union is as dear to nae as it can
be to another. There are two parts of
tie country where this Union is lightly
ssarded by Garrison and his friends
! in the North-with whom | have no
zsympathy-and by the nullifers of the
South with whom | have no sympathy.
chance to have here, in the shape of a
printed report, specimen of the dis
union sentiments popular in portions of
! the Southern States. 1t is in the pro-
eeedings of meeting held in "Whip-
pee Swamp, suggestive name-down
III the Carolinas. The chivalry met
there, and among their toasts is one to
The "Disunionists of 1776--we honor
the day and we would do better to honor
their deeds" Sensation.
Fellow Citizens, the men who vilify
me are the men in sympathy with the
grOfessed disunionists of Whippee
swamp. The enemies of free terrific
rles are ruled by the rulers of Whippee
Swamp. Where is the strength of this
present National Administration ? Not
In the free North, not in Ohio where It's
Kansas and Nebraska villainy has been
greeted with thunder tones of indigna-
Ton general applause but in the Whip
pee Swamp of the Carolinas.
TnE IssUE-Thus then | dispose
] Of the charge of disunionist senti-
nents. and may ftly add here what
said in the Senate--that We in
the West, never computing the COM
nercial value of the Union, re-
garded it as everlasting, like the
lrch of heaven, never to fall--in
ms did | misrepreseat you? { No, no. J
Where then do we, the Republicans ol
aOhiO, stand in this canvass? | hare
Filtered from some of you widely hith-
dto--not upon cardinal principles, bul
'Pon the time for their application. My
@avictions have been that the question
Of the naturalization of human slavery
Vas paramount and imminent my ac-
eoa has been shaped by that conviction
Ny Wing friends have told me we mus
axe up other questions first, my Demo
erahc friends that the things first in i'm
Ortanee was to whip the Wings, ant
hat the national workings of the Dem.
q cratic principle would abolish slavery
but tie precipitation of the Kansas Ne
erassa bill startled the country, and re
so.sed the North to treat the propagand
An of slavery as the issae--tie only is
Sae IN politics. This has brought US al
1se;her. We never differed, except a
o the time for meeting the issue. AM
AoE already the issue is made. Is it no
gossible to avoid it. We are, then. al
ofought together on the common prin
siple that Slavery is Sectional, not Ma
.enal. We occupy the same groun,
Ssh Patrick Henry, with jefferson, witt
"ashington. We will not interfere wit
sasery in Kentucky. Let not the place
a0iding enemies of the Republica
movement for one moment falsify ou
Posieon. We will not interfere wit
iEafery in Kentucky, and Slavery il
aeatucky must not interfere with u
As,e; Earnest applause.
nHar ARE THE FAcTs.-I have sal
alas only stated where stood the Faith
9 q % Of the Republic. 1t was the objec
. thomas Jefferson to exclude SLAYER
ssu all new territory. and he only faile
s sause of rule requiring, in the pas
,ss Oh such an ordinance, majority c
Tue States but nine States being reE
.seated when the first ordinance cam
LOT adoption. six out Of the nine sur
S.'ed the general prohibition. JefIel
u Was a Democratic Saint, but th
= leaders of the Democracy have 81
YSalnI Frank and Saint Stephen Al
a; Laughter.
Hnen the Conslituliea was frames
ss slase States prevailed in the adoptio
clause providing that Congress