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CRROLTON CARROLL COUNTY ONO THURSDAY OCTOBER 49, 1856

, IeOnsutuhOnal measures Tor the suppression ol
q The domestic slave trade, and 10 resist the ad-
mission Of any new State into the Union while
tOlerating Slavery"
= The sentiments OF this resolution are strictly
Democratic, and the whole Democracy Of the
u North then endorsed them as such.
u The people Of Connecticut. by their Legisla-
Iure, on the 29th day OF December, ls47. sx-
: pressed truly Democratic ssntimsntssu the pass.
= age Of the following resolution:
"ResOlved, That II any territory shall here
] after he acquired by the United States, or an.
nexed iheretO, the act by which such territory
I. Is acquired or annexed, whatever such act
T may be, should contain an unualterabIe funda-
: mental article or provision, whereby Slavery
or involuntary serVitude. expect as a punish
ment for crime shall be forever excluded
from tie territory acquired or annexed"
This resolution was at the time esteemed
as sound Democracy, and now so regard
: liz.
The Legislature Of the State Of Indiana, In
. i847, passed the following resolution:
Be Il resolved, By Tie General Assembly of
Q tho State Of Indiana, That our Senators be in
: structed, and our Representatives in Congress
be requested, so TO cast their voIes and extend
their influence to have sngrafted upon any
: law that may be passed for the organization Of
territory recently acquired from Mexico. pro-
vision forever excluding from such territory
Slavery and involuntary servituds, otherwise
than in the punishment for crimes whereof the
party has been duly convicted"
And sir, to show that this resolution was
Democratic, l now refer to the following reso-
lutions Of the Democratic State Couven-
ton Of that State, on the 9th Of January,
i849:
"ResOlved, That the institution Of Slavery
fought not 10 be introduced into any Territory
5 where it does not now exist.
''ResOlued, That inasmuch as New Mexico
and California are in fact and in law, free Ter
rtories, 1t is the duty Of Congress to preVcnt
the introduction of Slavery within their lin
it's"
, In this instance the Legislature aud the peo-
pie have spoken. Yes, the Democracy spoke
3 in due form, and with proper solomnity. and
was responded TO with appreciation elsewhere,
BY the Democrats of the North Even little
Delaware. a slave State, then came to the res
. cue, by the following resolutions Of her Leg
islature, passed February 20. 1917:
"Whereas a crisis has arrived in. tie public
, affairs of this nation, which requires the full
, and free expression of the will Of the people,
through their legal representatives land
whereas the United States is at war with sis
ter Republic, OccasiOned by the annexation of
n Texas, with view to the addition OF slave
territory to our country and the extension Of the
r Slave Power in our Union: and whereas, in
the opinion Of this General Assembly, such &C.
QUESTIONS are hostile TO the spirit of our free
Institutions, and contrary to sound morality /:
therefore. be it.
Resolved By the Senate and House Of ReprSsenta-
r hVss Of the State Of DelaWars in General Assem-
n bly, met, That our Senators aad Representa-
tives in Congress are hereby requssted to vote
> against the annexation of any new territory
:. which shall not thereafter be orsusr free from
). Slavery"
!. ''Resolued. That copy Of the foregoing res
/ Olution be transmitted to our Senators and
! Representatives in Congress
/ have the resolutions OF Vermont New Jsr.
sey, Massachusetts,, and Wisconsin. which were
passed about The same time, jus! as strong and
conclusive on this question as any have read,
but will not publish them at length, Sufficient
: evidence has already been given Of the senti.
!. ment of the North at that time. Now sir
take it upon myself to say that this sentiment
has not abated in the least since that time, buI
has gradually increased ever since, and is now
a. the prevailing opinion of the freemen Of The
y North.
81 Not content with this, sir. will now entsl
10 the Cabinet Of President Pierce, and bring 4
10 the support Of Freedom one Of It's members
u Who in those days. united his voice with the
~ freemen Of the north in behalf Of suffering hu
70 manity. Imean the Hon. Mr.. McOlelland. o
< Michigan. who in February, is4o. u'ed th
following language in the House Of Represez
% tatives of the United States.
., "We have. however, the power TO impOs
nj taxes upon inhabitants of Territory, to reg
v ulate the right Of suffrage in is. and II "
Its deem Ii advisable. to legislaGe for Il. withOu
IL the Intervention Of local Legislature, Al
these acts Of the Legislative Council Of Tel
'r- rtory are subject to supervision revision. an
he correction Of Congress"
II donol subscribe to the opinion advance
ofIby Northern member, that the question
.he political power alone is involved, and that "