Demoine courier., 1856-08-07
Fcarlcssiy spokcn.

meet with response, wherever true
hearted friend ri American Freedom and
the A nerican Union can he found:---
Mr.. WILSON. MIR. President, we
+. Yankees have The reputation OF answer.
ing a question by asking another. did
not know before, tina, that was a char
aclerisiic Of any portion OF The people o.
NUrih Carolins. submitted very
plain question TO The Senator from North
Carolins. aud he answers by putting a
question 10 me. / have answered his
questian, Now he submits another -
Nlfgive frank and plain answer to that.
told him | would no. vo,c for the adj
mission OF Kansas INTO this Union as a
slave State. do NOT ask the Senator
Minnesota, or Oregon. or Nebraska as
Tee States. II he votes against them
shall not ;hrealeu 10 dissolve the Union
Now, sir, deprecn;e altogether these
threats ahon, the Unien. The slave
tower governs the country. l.has gov
erned /, for more Than hat a century,
and il may govern for Years TO come,
ba, j shall slay IN the Union Massa-
ehu,et,s will stay 10 The Union. If you
defra, us-If you carry on, your schemes
we will s1bmi, 10 it. and. we viii fight
an and work on Gniii we change the
public sentiment OF tie. coun,rs, until
we auaIn a msiotl.y IN Congress. mud E
Presiden, who will carry out opinions
tia, We believe are in harmony with the
lfncipes of the GoBjiilution OF the
United States. and Me genius Of our
Democratic Institutions.
TIL. qpfs!On oil slavery III America
istile grand central idea Of the country
aud oi the ege. Ii Secstors i'm agine
, thar anything that can he done in thus or
& the ether House ni Congress, at ibis SEES
sion or AT asy other session, is 10 nakF
peace III dts country between the great
conierdiug power, IT ireet!nm on The
one side, aGd savthv ufnn the ether
they are greatly mistaken: lhey do NOT
comprehend the sas,ness and * eal st
The ISSUES! Taere are staten Free
States IN The North wnh s.xlsen millions
al sireemen--e t.ucaied ir.pinen whn are
wnrking OUT The mos, peTteci eqnahiy of
The masses. an ,ha hlg14st ctrllIza.
,,ok 10 be iound on the globe. There
are fifteen slave States, wHh about two
mlIlions OF persons intefeslad in three
ant. halt miilfous oi slaves, ant, fur aud
half millions of poor whites whr have
no direc: connection with slavery.
La every aspect ~ which you can ex
anime ,he question:, the balance IS ~ IA
.or OF The Tree States physically, mor-
nlIy, add intellectually. | do no, say
fins in any offensive sense. llowisen
the historian OF Nifglma. admits that ,I1
Hundred and eighty three thousand per
sons in tina, SAFE cannot read or wins.
The Governor al that Stale declared. du-
;. ring the canvass in 1855, that commerce
: had sa,led away from Virgihia--,hat The
landlord had skinned The tenant. and the
iedant had skinned The land: anG that IA, Y
Md all grown poor together He de-
clared THAI he sedge- patches ou,shope
The sun thin, ins,ead Of feeding u lhuns-
and hills, they ''had to chase the stump
tailed steer through the sedge- patches TO
obtain tough piece Of sieak!' SIR,
by the testimony of southern men, you
can prove thai, in the department of ag
rcuhure. of commerce, Of all the g.es,
manufacturing aud all the great material
! interests Of The community, the insiltu-
ton Of slavery has weakened thai sec
zion OF the country. 1t has had The
came effect upon schools, and the insu-
,uunns Of education. You have only To
read the reports OF Tie mos, eminent
men OF The South upon the subject 10
ascertain the fact.
Now, sir, we'are opposed TO slavery
We do not believe in il. We have
fourteen hundred thousand square mites
ef territory. We maintain The doctrine
that that territory is free; and that the
interests Of humanity, the interests ol
the white and black man, the interests oil
This country. require at our hands thai
we should organize il into free States
We are responsible for the future OF .ha
vast domain. Ii we succeed. we ex2ec
YOU gentlemen Of The South 10 submi
% il. We do rot intend TO interfere
with your rights. and you Know that we
do not. II you can defeat us; if you
establish your policy OF leaving hi,
Z slavery TO the people Of the Territories:
oyif you establish that new doctrine
that the Constitutions carries slavery
wherever tie Constitution goes -.ha
slavery 10 the rule. freedom the exception
we will submit 10 il until we change
the public sentiment Of this country. =
We know tina, sen.imeh, is rapidly
changing.
a Why sir. twenty years ago. there was
not a man in this Senate or in the House
of Representatives, tho entertained The
viewswhlch the minority here enter.
tain to-day. We had not State in ,ht
Union with US. Southern Legislature,
mplored northern legislatures to pas,
laws forbiddlng persons speaking OF
writing, against slavery. The mails
were broken open. The anli-slavery
n,ea we're hunted down; bot. sir. they
knew they were right. They resolved
10 appeal 10 the heart ana to the con
science OF the country; and to-day, they
have not less than . million and quar-