Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-02-08

WI DANhS- L repeat III. tiSAh; tho
principle ON which answer interrogation
les from any quarter, aud it is, that speak
as Member of this House for one of the
Districts of the State Of Massachusetts,.
In regard to my position As connected
with the parties of the country, | wish to
make my statement i'll my own way, mas
much as it is matter which particularly
concerns myself. l will state the facts,
and gentlemen may draw their own infer
ences. When | was elected to this House,
l was elected on the nomination of the re-
gular Democratic party and of the Ameri-
can party of that district. The American
party was very largely in the majority. l
avowed my sentiments freely and fully on
the questions which are involved in the
issue presented by that party, before there
was any especial cause for me to do SO,
and before it had attracted the attention
of the country; and as an answer to the
fourth interroga.ory put to me by the gen.
tleman from Mississippi, after it ha9been
submitted to the gentleman from Illinois,
l have only to say that, in the speech
which delivered to this body during the
last Congress, l expressed freely and fully
all my opinions on the subject. The re-
cord is there, and to it | refer the gentle
man for information. Let the record
speak. l have adopted the maxim of Ju-
MUS, that it is an unfortunate waste of
time for man to spend any considerable
portion of his life in commentaries on his
own works [Laughterl.
l come now to speak to the interrogatory
in reference to the equality Of races. In
this matter, I accept the doctrine of the
Declaration of Iudependence-that all
men are created equal" In regard to the
superiority Of races, | am impressed with
the conviction that it is to be determined
only by capacity for endurance. So far as
! have studied the subject, it seems to me
TO be the universal law, that the weaker is
always absorbed and disappears in the
stronger race. Whether the black race of
this continent, or any other part Of the
world, is equal TO the white race, can only
be determined by the absorption and dis
appearance of one or the other; and | pro.
pose to wait until the respective races can
be properly subjected to this philosophical
test before / give it decisive answer
[Roars Of Laughter.
AS the other question is the key to the
politics of the country, l will now give it
my attention.
Are you in favor of restoring the Missouri
restriction. or do you 90 for the entire prohi-
bi;lon of Slavery IN all the Territories of the
United States -
The Territorial question of this day re-
fers to the Territories of Kansas and Ne
braska. | leave the Territories which are
to come hereafter TO the hereafter but |
say at the same time tha. am in favor of
the prohibition of Slavery in Kansas and
Nebraska. Then, in regard to the first
clause of the interrogatory-Are you in
favor Of restoring the Missouri restriction?
i have to say that desire that the pro-
hibition made by Southern men and South
crn States-the inhibition of the institu-
tlon Of Slavery in the Territories of Kan
sas and Nebraska-shan be made good to
the people Of the country. | care not in
what manner it shall be done-whether
there be restoration of the technical and
arbitrary line, or by some other methods,
or appliances, Or principles, there shall be
made good to the people Of the United
States the prohibition for which the South
ern States contracted aud received a con-
sidcratiOn. | am for the substantial res
toratien Of the prohibition as it has existed
since 1920.
Here arc several questions in regard to
Slavery in the District of Columbia, and
the modification of the tariff laws as they
now exist. I stand here ready aud desir-
Gus and determined to cooperate with the
men Of the United States who are for the
substantial restoration of the prohibition
Of Slavery in the Territories of Kansas ard
Nebraska. l am ready to act with men
Of any party aud of any views for the ac-
complishment of this great end. l shall
ask no man with whom shall cooperate
in this matter, what he thinks of the abo-
lition Of Slavery in the District of Colum-
bia, or what he thinks or shall do on the
tariff question. In my views Of the poll
tics Of this country these questions are not
at issue /; and, Sir, inasmuch as | pro-
pose to ask no opinions of those with
whom | cooperate upon such questions,
apart from the great political issues of this
coming year, SO, Sir, | say that l have no
opinions myself to pronounce. That, Mr.
Clerk, is my answer.
FATE OF TIE MURDERERs OF LOVE-
JoY.-A correspondent of The Ravenna
Democrat, from Alton, Illinois, says: