Demoine courier., 1856-06-12

frame such Institutions az they desire,''
seems 90 plausible in fact, and go heau,i-
ful In theory. az TO almost palsy The
tongue and b. wilder the brain Of him
who disputes it's truth. Nothing was
ever more false, that seemed so fair.-
The establishment and continuance OF
Slavry in the Territoiies mol, only pre-
determines the question for the future
Slate, bu, II violates the very equality
which 1t pretends to foster and protect.
The millions of hardy laborers OF the
North and Northwest will no. live IN a
Slaveholding community. I need no,
answer why! A thousand reasons are
on their tongues. To you Il may seem
10 be the resol, Of . sickly sentimsnial.
ism. TO them their conclusions seem
TO be the result, Of the cleares, reasoning.
sustained by the strongest sense of NOR
al duty. II. then. you establish slavery
10 .he Territories, you eselvde them
IRON The enjoyment OF ,his common her.
iiage. The thousands and tens of thou
sands Of men and women Of the Free
North who migrate 10 the West are la
borers. Many of them 60 10 your nav
Territories with no capital except indus.
trious habits. strong arms, generous
hearts, and lofty purposes. They 70 to
form 2 communities and a new socis
". where labor is honorable, whore he
who IS too proud 70 work 10 ~d..ssasaed;
where he Who refuses. by bis OWE 'foiI,
to add something 10 the solid Capital Of
the country, is d:sgraced; where The in
due,rious, the v,giIanl. and ,hs frsgal, are
honored and promoted; where, ia lime,
nearly all in their own soil, and run their
sn machinery. They live on . com.
mon platform Of equality. because all ave
willing t. labor for a living. Such men
will never so degrade themselves an to
labor in the fields, side BY side. with
Southern slaves.
Establish Slavery in the common ter.
riuories. and you exclude the working
men Of the North; prohibi, slavery in
The territories, and you exvlude slsve!
holders. Which is The greater Unequal.
iHr The white population Of The Uni.
ted States was reported by the o~ficers
Of the Governmcn, IN 1850 at abou!
twenty millions; The number of sIav We.
holders, al less than n quarter of q
miAi0n. If this be true, the enac,meL, Of
laws excluding Slavery from the 'Eerri,o
ries would deprive less than a quarter oil
the c~,izens Of the Coup.ry Of the RICH
10 hold aspecies Of property there, whict
nineteen millions seven hundred and &C.
~ thousand Of their fellow conntry me {
discard. Nineteen and three fourlhs mill
ions OF the people Of the United State,
may still 60 10 Kansas with their prop.
erty Of every kind.' The quarter Of
million may go on eqaal terms, ia
MAKE room for the slaves Of the on.
quarter of q million. you are required Il
exclude the Tree millions Of the North
Tor, by establishing slavery in the Terri
ritories. you practically exclude free Ia
borers. who are 100 proud 70 become ths
companions Of slaves. IL this right
10 il jusl! Is::tha. constitutional equality
For myself. sir, | am free 10 admit tina
Am one Of The number practically ex,
Guided. esteem il no disgrace to say
sir, in The Senate of The United States
tina. from childhood | have been laugh
10 labor. The swaa, Of my brow ha,
been my only capital. have bse, re
quired 10 fulfill the cdict pronounced By
the Almighty, in the original forma,iel
of the human Iauilv. that by the swsaJ
Of his brow ne shall earn his Bread
On : platform Of equality. ] have nev.
er been disposed 70 shrink from an hon
orAble competition with the moet favored
in lifs's ever recurring conflicts; but sir
never will, By act Or yo,e oil mine, place
myself IN q condition 10 siruggle for posi-
ZION IN social life with those whose slur.
are the companions Of my daiip tolls Il
would NOT thus stulhiy myself, | will
rot thuc wrng my child. would Be
equally plessed 70 see him compete, in
tbs school-room. ., the blackboard, nj
the lecture room. on the ros,rum. in the
field, OF ia the shop. with the con Of the
S~oushernsr az well ~ the sou Of the
Northerner. But sir. l never could feel
. fathers pride in witnessing. his s,rug.
giles for position in the polite circlas,
while | had. b. vote Of mine, made him
the companion Of slaves u his daily la
Dor. Rather than see him reduced 10 Z
practical insqealiiy Of this kiad. l would
prefer 10 sec shis eyes plucked GU, and
given 10 the eagles, and hls heart snatch
ed ~ and given orhe val.urss. Place
him on q platform Of equalisy-let him
labor in the same sphers. with the sams
chances Of success and 2romo,ion-le,
the comics. bs exactly equal between him
and others; and il, in the confic, Of miad
with mind. Ia should sink beneath the
billow, 10, him perish!-bus by no vote
or act Of mioe will , give him On uus
quail battle. Ill could no, thus wrong
my own child, I will sot. 40 Senaios
representing in part one Of the S,aies Of
this UOion, by any Official oct Of mine.
either exclude her free citizens from the
enjoyment Of our common Territories,
or place thsm in companionship with The
6eld-hand Of Southern planters. <
tits this claim of Southern esa.ssmen
to the use 81 al the Territories fos slave.
holding communities, that 10 upheavirg
the slemen.s oI society. and dissolvipg
old paF,ies. North and West 'phs orv