Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-09-11
WHOLE NO. 944

| '" ~ ts'S oeHJ or, from u
date OF this Coustiution. and in the cou,
sells that formed and established this Co,
stituticn, ard I suppose in all ssmen's judo
ment since, it Is received as settled truri
that slare labor and fires labor 10 not eri,
'oeA together. have before me a declsrs
ton OF Mr.. Mason, in the Convention tina
formed the Constitution, to that effect
hr. hascn, as is we'll known, was distinp
ushed member from Virginia. He saws ,ba
the objection to slave labor is, that il put
free white labor in disrepute; ;atha, cause
labor to be regarded as derogatory to tn
character Of the free white man, and ,ha
the free white despises to work, to use hi
expression, where slaves are.employed.
This is matter of great Interest to III,
free States, if it be true, as toa great er
tent it certainly is, that wherever slave lab
or prevails, free white labor is excluded o
discouraged. Wherever labor is uxins,
performed by slaves, it is regarded as deeras3
ing to freemen s..-
The FREEMEN OF THE NORTH. THrRr
FORE, HAVE A DEEP INTEREST IN KEEPING
LABOR FREE, EXCLUSIVELY FREE, IN TIKI
NEW TERRITORIES. So 5t 50
= But, sir, let US look further into this al
ieged inequality. There is no pretence that
Southern people may not 60 into Territory
which shall be subject to the Ordinance Of
1887. The only restraint is, that they shall
not carry slaves thither and continue that re.
lation. They say this shuts them out alto
gether. Why, sir, there can be nothing
more inaccurate in point of fact, than this
statement. understand that one-half the
people who settled Illinois, are people, or
of people. who came from the
Southern States. And suppose that one
third of the people of Ohio are those, or
descendants Of those, who emigrated from
the South; and | venture to say, that, in
respect to those two States, they are at this
time settled by people of Southern origin,
N as greal proportion as they are by, the
people of Northern origin, according TO the
general numbers and proportion of people,
South and North. There is, then, no ex
,lusion of Southern people. There is only
he exclusion of peculiar local law. Meth.
,r in principle nor in fact is there any in
equality.
The question now is, whether il IS not
to Congress, in tie exercise of q!
air and just discretion to prevent the further
Increase OF slayeholdiDg States. That is
he question; see no injustice in it, to the
'o~er of Congress. l have nothing to add
o what said the her day. CossREss HAS
'ULL POWER OVER THE SUBJECT.
Ihave said that / shall consent to no erten-
ION, Of. the area Of Slavery upon this Con-
inent, nor 10 any increase of sIaue represen.
ztion in the other House of Congress. II
ave now stated my reasons for my conduct
nd my vote. We, OF the North, have
lready gone, in this respect, far beyond all
hat any Southern man could lave expected
r did expect, at the time OF the adoption of
he Constitution, | repeat the statement
f the fact of the creation Of five new slave
olaing States out of newly acquired ter
itory.' We hove done that " hich, if those
'ho framed the Constitution had foreseen.
hey never would have agreed to slave re-
W. have Welded thus far;
nd we have now in the House of Repre-
entatlves ftOentv persons voting upon this |
cry question, and upon all other questions,
Tho are here only in virtue of the represen-
alton of slaves
sQUATTER SOVEREIGNTY REPUDIATED.
We were told that Slavery could not 60
, Kansas. and such was not the object o.
,e repeal of the Missouri Compromises:
hat the people of the Territory should
ave the right to exclude Slavery thereGrom
y Legislative enactment.
The following is an amendment offered
y Trum5ull, of Illinois, in the Senate on
lie 10th of July last, to the Kansas bill of
[r. Douglas:
Sand be it further enacted, That the pro-
sion in the act to organize the Territories
Nebraska and Kansas" which declares it
} be,"the true intent and meaning" of said
It "not to legislate Slavery, into any Ter
tory, or State not excluded therefrom, ,but
} leave the people thereof perfectly free,
} form and regulate their domestic institu-
ons in their own way, subject to the Con-
tuition of the United States," was in
,nded to, and does, confer upon or leave to
e people of the Territory of Kansas, full
'wer; al any time through its Territorial
legislature, to exclude Slavery from said
erritury, Or to recognize and regulate it
lerein." Yeas and Nays were taken and
suited Yeas IL, Nays s4-those who vot-
for this amendment VERSAILLES Bell.
New Hampshire; Collamer, Durkee.
Foot, Foster. Hale. Seward,
and Wade: Those who voted
,ainst it, Adams, Bayard, Benjamin,
eggs, Bigler, Bright, Brodhead, Brown,
ass. Clay, Crittenden, Dodge, Douglas
vans, Fitzpatrick, Dyer, Hunter, .Iverson.
Jhnson, Jones, of Iowa, Mallory, Mason,
Ugh, Reid, Sebastian, Slidell, Stuart,
thompson, of Kentucky, .Toombs, Toucy,
Geller, Wright and Yulee.' so /
This vote shows conclusiyelv, that Cass
nd Douglas, and his party repudiate the
octrine of Squatter Sovereignty, and hold
lat the people of Territory, have no pow
r to exclude Slavery therefrom: that :he
laveholder has the Constitutional right TO
Ike and hold his Slaves in Kansas, the
aIne as other property, and there is no pow
r in Congress or out of it to prevent it
his is the democracy Of the present De-
Party. What discord. What
ntagonism to the Democracy of Washing
IN, Jefferson and Madison, and all the great
len of the Republic!
If we succeed say our opponents the
zion will be dissolved! Who will dissolve
lie Union if Fremont is eected-the South!
they attempt it, which no sane man be-
ewes for moment, they wilfsucceed about
) well as South Carolina did in 1892, under
le administration of Gen. Jackson. Docu-
rents are printed and circulated all over
he country by the supporters of Buchanan
nd Fillmore charging that the Republican
arty are in favor, of dissolution of TIE
nion. Speeches are put into the mouths
their Leaders which they never uttered
nd WIZ. LLOYD GARRISON, WENDELL PHIL-
IPs, ABY KELLY, and others of that school
re paraded as members Of the Republican