The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-09-18

States, formed out Of new territories Now.
It seems strange to me that there should be
any complaint Of injustice exercised By the
North toward the South. | do not represent
the North. | state my own case; aud | pre-
sent the mater in that hight in which | am
willing. a> an individual member of Congress.
10 be Judged by civilized humanity We
stand here now. a. least 10. FAR one. 10 say,
that considering five new slayeholdIng States
have already been framed out oi newly ac-
quired territory. and only one non -slavehold-
Ing Safe, 6o not t>e2 that lam c7Iir3 aa 70
go .tartber, do nor tee2 t3e o5kgatloA II
Y5eid U3orc.
But cur friends of the South say, You
deprive Us OF all our ri sh:S We have fought
for this territory. and yea denv Us par,icipa-
ton in It. Let Us consider this question a. it
really Is; and since the honorable gentleman
from Georgia proposes 10 leave the case 10 the
enlightened aud impa ual Judgment of man
kind, ani rs agree with him that il Is a ease
proper - BE- considered by the enlightened
part of mankind, let see how the mater in
truth stands Gentlemen who advocate the
case which my honorable friend from Georgia
with SO much ability Su>tainS, declare tha, We
invade their rights, that We deprive them of
a participation IN the enjoyment OF territories
acquired by the common service and common
exerious OF all. Is this true2 How dcprIveH
of what do we deprive ,hem@ Why. they
say we deprive them of the privilege OF ear
rylng their slaves, as slaves, into the new
territories. Well, sir what is tile amount Of
that? They say that in this way we deprive
them of the opportunity OF going into this
acquired territory with their propertv-their
property" What DO they mean by ''p1op-
erty?" We certainly do not deprive them OF
the privilege Of going INTO these newly acquired
all . 10
ton Of society, in the general and common,
and universal understanding Of mankind. is
esteemed property. Not at all. The truth
Is just this. they have, in their State,
peculiar laws. which create property in per-
sons They have a system of io~ai irgtSiatioa
Hooa uhjch SfarerG crists, while everybody
agrees that it Is against natural law. al least
against tie common understanding which
prevails among men aS 10 what Is natural law.
am not gong in.o metaphysics, for there
in | should encounter the honorable member
fron, So1th Carolina, Mr. Calhoun and We
should Snl no end in wandering mazrs lost
until after the time for the adjournmenns Of
Congress. The Southern States have peculiar
laws, and by those laws there is property in
slaves THIS is h-aj The real meaning.
then, of Southern gentlemen. IN making this
complaint, Is, that they cannot go into the
Territories of the United States. carrYin2 srt,h
tbcm netr oru gecuiiar iocH idsr-a law
which creates property in persons. This. ac-
cordlng 70 their own statement, Is all the
ground Of complaint they have. Now here,
| think, gentlemen unjust toward us
How unjust they arc others viii Judge: gen
eIations that come after us will Judge 1t will
not be contended that this sort OF personal
slavery exists by eencraf lar, 1t exists only
by iocat tar. | do not mean to denv the vail
ditv of that local law where it Is established
but ! say it Is, after all, a k9cu} tar. 1t is
nothing more.
Ind chcrerr that Ioca1i iau docs rat crfenI
propcrtp IN Derson does 3aot crist. Well, sir,
what Is now the demand Of our Southern
friends? They say: We will carry our local
laws with u, wherever we go--we insist that
Congress does Us injustice unless it establish
es IN the Territory IN which We wish 10 90,
our own local law" This demand, | for one
resIat- and ball rar;rt. - Y,tvPeiey or au'lo'
itv Of that law, can 60 into new Territory anu
there establ sh that local law to the exclusion
Il tie -caerai lam
Nj President, II was a maxim Of the civil
,sw. thai between slavery aud freedom, free
dom should always be presumed, and slavery
must always ~ proved. Slavery Is an eX-
c-ption to tie general rule Spcl, suppose
IS fic general itsr q Usunkiad, An ind'ndu-
Al i~fo b. presumed to be free, until n lar can
be procured which creates ca NnershiP ot ms
person.
NV our fllenIs seem TO think that an IN
EQUALITY arises from restraining them from
lin, inso the Territories ualcss Hore be n
Lgtr 2ro,i6c5 o.hfc4 shH protecf hatr ofraoC-
,LtD IN pcrsoas. The assertion IS that W.
create an ineqnalsty.
Is there nothing 70 be SAID On the other
side in relation to ine4HsHtya Sir, from the
date Of this Consul. .uIon. and in the counseIs
that formed and established this Con stltullon,
and | suppose IN ali men 5 judgment since, It
i received as a settled truth, that STARE and
free iaJo7 do not erjst UeH togefh|r. l have
before me declaration Of Mr. Mason, IL the
Convention that formed the Constitution, to
f that effect Mr. Mason, a. IS we'll known.
was 4 DISTINGUISHED member from Virginia
He saws thai the objection TO slave-labor Is,
that it puts free white labor in disrepute; that
causes labor to be regarded derogatory to
= the character OF the free white man, an! that
the free white man de~pises to work, to use
70 his expression, where slaves are employed.
n This i A matter Of great interest to the free
T. States, if it be true, to a great extent II
!. certainly Is that wherever slave labor prevails
n free white labor Is excluded or discouraged
e Wherever labor IS manly performed by slaves
T. il is regarded as degrading 70 freemen
: The FRFENES or THE NORTH, THEREFORE,
% HAVE 4 DEEP INTEREST Is KEEPING LABoE
! FREE. ExcLrsIvELT FREE, IL THE NEW TERRI
TORIES.
.e But, sir, let US look further into this alleges
e inequality. There IS no pretense that South
As ern people may Tot 70 inte Territory whlci
a. shall be subject 10 the Ordinance OF 1881
G. TIE onlv restraint IS that they shall not carr,
i slaves thither aud continue that relation
n Whv. sir, there can be nothing more inacearat
:; in point OF iact than this statement | under