The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-09-18

appropriation bill because ut those laws, but
that they wish Il for blood, murder, robbery,
civil war, for political effect, ihstend Of the
repeal Of those law that they are oppo. ed
to the repeal or those laws, in order to make
political capital out Of it, at the same time
that they condemn the laws in their poIti.
cal speeches.
Sr, have said th,t every man Of that
party, with one exception, vot'd 10 recog-
nize the validity OF those laws; that one
has published letter in which he assigns
his reason for his vote ] find the letter in
the newspapers.
Mr.. WADE. | do not wish to interrupt
the senator /; but he says we are opposed to
the repeal OF thuSe laws, want to know
how it happened this morning, on our en-
deavoring to repeal them, that every mem
Der on the other side Of he House voted to
lay the bill on the table. ......
Mr.. DOUGLAS. We passed a bill to
annul them once, and sent it to the House
of Representatives, and your majority would
not take it up and pass it. We then sent
the bill second time. and your majority in
the House Of Representatives would not
take itup 1t was well known that the ren-
son why you would not take it up was the
fear that few of your men would JOIN US
and pass the bill. 1t was unnecessary for
US to send a third bill--twice, assuredly,
our bill contained other matter which you
did not like in conneXion with that repeal
ing section. II you had insuperable OBJ
jrctions 20 the other matter, it, 1t involved
your conscirnces or your judgment, you
could have stricken out all that you objected
to, and sent US the resid1e. You have had
assurances sufficient to day that your action
would have been concurred in by the Sem
ate in moment il you had done it /; and if
your folks are sincere in desiring these OBJ
noXious laws to BE- repealed, you will take
up oul bill and certainly pass the repeating
section, whether you puss the remainder or
not, before l2 o'clock Tomorrow. We
shall now wait to see whether You are sin
cere in trying to gel rid OF these obnoxious
laws. | believe, and it is painful to me to
br u der the necessity nl suying that have
been forced 10 the conviclion, thlt you " i'll
not permit these obnoxious law 5 to be swept
| lr III the statute book until piter the presi.
dtutll election. believe that you have a
distinct understanding tha, the repealin.
| bill shall not pass. It is th,' main plank in
your POLITE al platform 'ur the pending elec'
ton ...LaE .t
Bur | said | wruld read an extract from q
letter Cf one member of the Bluck Rrpublj
can party of the House who could not vote
for your bill. He says: Il ~. e.. b. eI
." We passed Dnnn's bill for Kansas yes
terday in u very objectionable manner. Ii
! has nury good provisions, hut extends tn fu-
giti,e slave law over Kansas aud Nebra- ku
and perp"tuares slavery there until 1858
and makes all children born therein up to
was too much for me. have always said
and now repeat my pledges, that will never
vote to rerognize slavery; will never vote
to make any human being slave | will
never vote to extend slavery one single foot
] will never vote for the tugitive-slave law
or lis extension over any free Territory.
therefore voted against Dunn's bill, solitary
and alone of all our party"
A SENATOR Who is that! q.
Mr.. DOUGLAS Mr.. LETTER, of Ohio.
He shows in this letter that it was known
| and understood, at the time when every
member Of the free-sol party but hmsel
voted for that bill, that they were voting tt
perpetuute slavery in the Territory by con
tinuing in force laws which are so obnoxious
to gentlemen now. 1t also appears from thi
letter that they knew that they were yotin!
on proposition to make children hereafte
born slaves for life and their posterity afte
them, if born Of slave mothers and removed
from the Territory before. 1858. The lette
shows, too, that you all knew, when yo
passed that bill, that you were voting to ex
tend the fugitive.slave law over Kansa
Territory, with all its provisions, at the sam
time that the senator from Massachusetts,
in his speech to-day, talks of the barbarit
of the fugilive.sluve law, Of its heavy an
munstrous penalties in not allowing foo
and raiment and water to be furnished t
the unfortunate fugitive. will not repea
his ,doleIul speech on that branch Of the sub
ject delivered TO- day. wish him to bear il
mind that every man Of his political part
in the House Of Representatives, with on
exception. did every act which he condemns
and is responsible for every consequence
which he PROCESSES to lament. 4, Do not mis-
understand me ON this point. | am not com
plainIng vi the harshness or the injustice O
the fugitive. slave law. | believe it was
law required by the constitution Of our coun
try, ard l. sustain it Ior that reason. ,Bu
with whataiaee or show ot justice or trut
can one of this Free.soil or Black Republ
can purity rise and condemn that fugitive
slave law, when he, knows that his who'll
party have voted for it within the last thre
OF four weeks9 g. .gs.s7T isog
Then, sir, we find, upon looking into thi
question, that is il clear to. the mind G
every Impartial man, that while the Demo
cratic Senate desire 70 get rid Of those law
| which vinlufnd the freednm of sneech md IL