Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-07

Al i 1906.
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t bill. They had been identified with the prime
Piles OF the bill, and, in sustaining them, we br
I. suslained-lts principles; and, in rejecting lher
!. Yves seemingly declined the naked issue wlIic
: the Kansas. ebraskl bill presented. confes
s. that wllenl saw Tie Distinguished leaders
e whom have referred--aLle statesmen, an
] eachaa resident Of Il free Slate-put aside an
. and another. leader chosen, who had no place
1.-THE picture Of the fight, my faith in norlhcr
, Democracy was again shaken. reasoned wit
, myself in this way; if northern Democracy
SO lender-footed upon the nsas.Nebraska bi
;s.asto reject northern men, cvena New Englar
der because Of their TOO intimate conncctio
E@Rh i, what security have we of the South hu
our construction.of the act will obtain in tn
fiHpoIicy Of The Government; or what securit
= have we against construction which had bee
suggested, and upon which the Senate >ha
besn rogfatulatcd, and which, in my Judgment
is datal.to our interests ns the positive enact
I ment which had been repealed! Ii non.conner
5Rtiop with The bill and abseneeism is necessar
s 10 gild. .thcthill, how do know but That it ma
4 berejected when, its essential componenLs ar
Z faScerthined ?
Ms. Speaker, enough has transpired to show
4, that'ny apprehensions were not altogether with
: out foundation. The assertion has here fre
! qucntly been made and unconlradcted, that Il
4 many Of tlle Democratic meetings in the North
the people were rallied under banners 'upor
which was Inscribed Buchanan, Breckenridge
and free Kansas" Have not large pacard:
been here exhibited with these words in The
largest letters upon them, and the word free ir
italics? We are told by our Democratic friends
on the floor, that nothing moro was meant than
4 that the people of Kansas should be free 10
decide upon The subject of slavery for them.
selves. What was meant is not the question
How were the words understood by the masses
What was their eject upon the voters? That
is The question and if the presidential elccinl
was carried upon false prc!cnscs, what cause OF
triumph have we? My friend from Indiana
Mr.. English l.I.as frankly ayowed his preference
I that Kansas should be u free State, lhougb.he
/ Is willing to admit her with constitution re-
.cogIizins slavery. To his position do Snot
object. We Of The South would prefer that she
should he slave State, yet we'hcld ourselves
prepared 10. vote for her admission even wilh;a
constitutions rejecting slavery, ifllatis the clear
-ascrrtained will Ola majority Of her citizens.
But in sections where the Squattfr soreieiy1lty
feature Of The bill is maintained, is it not pre-
| sumable that the uniform and continued cx-
preston, OF thsl' preference at meetings where
banners were nMng willf Buchanan, Breckn-
| rdgc,nnd free Kansas" might delude The voters
inty the belief that fLer al h. Is n
- s.gidi bvi.an % Jilct
when j, il coupled with the fact, that many nor
;hrrn Democrats have admitted that, in the even;
of Kans;lS becoming Il slave Stale, they will 60
by The board it strikes me more as logical
deduction.
That the grarest differences Of opinion in re-
gar,l to the true construction of the Kansas-Ne-
br.lskA act are entertained by northern and
southern Democrats. and by each among them
selves is hcyoai doubt and this difference is
The shoa %irli l.; threatening Us with wreck.
The Senator irrm Pcnn,r rlvanil. Mr. Bigler.
wlrn intrrrogIird rs 10 the power al u Terri
lnr,I Legislature to exclude slavery. replied:
6. an of opinion that The people thrnngh
their local Legislature have that nower. ar
rive ut this cOncIusnn. hrcau>e can sec ba'
two sources Of i:sw-making power for - Terrific,
ry-;hc one, Congress: aid The other, lie pes"
pie. | hold that, wiirn Cnagrr,s has conferred
upoa tic people Of Il Territory all The Ia"-ma.;-
W poGc. With il Possesses under Tie conS!i-
tuition, The power i, complete in the people
cqn, 10 the question Of dnneslic slavery, Or
any other subject, bu: hi, is rgaI qli">tum
and for o.c should ke gr:lii'ird trsee il de-
cid
Iii, srrns 10 i.c lie Sai#c .,:"H:ii - !iIa;
rc.npi..I b. ny friend tro!n II,n;. ,Ilr Eng
.i,ir as know il 10 be hat o. which Iua9y
n;irrr gentlemen irnm Isuc States s:a:i|
-. A, ii y
gui,!.c,i southern geniirmcn. In tir speech t"
NY friend f'"m Tennessee MIR. J"mes fin:
lii; paragraph, which he will parton mc 20?
saving is cran'a!ed inil with her political here
| sizes:
T. ila unlrr$tan,! irat even l!iose wio cry
..1pa!vy sovereignty throughout The South,
ari wii) mlasi si@naIiy failed in tie la c,Era>.
andrr thai cry, admit that he people Of Il Ter.
:ilnr. lave II right, when they cume 10 f"rm =.
] Safe constitution, TO determine w.Ie!ier they
v;ti have slavery or uo!. Am tor!-'ct in that
pn.i.inn AID Understanding OF what they hold.
IL DC ,hu r0rrcc, duc;riHu upon Hi, subject! Ii
! 5 !. there may be nni more ti!an twelve il nI>
difference nE ia!e between them aul myself. |
spy they can do it to-day: and They Say that
the same men can do ii Tomorrow by tranl;'g Il
Sia.c constitution Then there is between "a
bn, umr.nights difference in time, and prr!i :;
| but onr hour. Ii Is iuc manner us d"nT il:
and nnt lie thing GuHr, which seruS 10 ar Is
CONTROVERSY even in The Democratic party. N"w.
il secul:. TO me ii..t this should be no cauSc ui
dissatisfaction with the Democratic party, nor
should il he any objection to the Dcmngse
party Our Positions are clear, au! thins
understood lis much so, 1T least, as t!ioaTni
the party 10 which you, Mr. Speaker, belong"
But one nights difference" Perhaps i,tll
one Inuur!' Why, sir, the difference is ju,i as
nrrat between Il Territory and !; State rs be,
Tween child aud Il lnan. Each have their re.
sprc1ivc rights, TO br sure, but they are 81 Il
totally different character. The gentleman
would seem, loo, 10 intimate that y statue Of !:
Legislature WAS OF equal sosEIniiy with an NJ.
icIe Of constitution. See where bis doctrines
would lead lis. 4 Territory is added 10 uuI
domain; some ten lhuHsamd pcop!c, coming
from dillrrcul States, where different institution,
prevail, settle upon il. They rrTairc law fl"
the regulation ni their society, and 4 terrioria
government is given them. For what? Tt
protect them from anarchy drring their c!gliu
rial condition.
Tic people Of ali the States have an equa
right with themselves to enter upon the terrific
rv. and arc protected in lhrir persons and pfo
rerty by the Constitution Of The United Stale
which recognizes property in slaves; and We
nv friend from Tcnnrsstc would permit Il ma
; ioiriy of Ills ter thousand Git may be one thou
saudi 10 exclude, hy 4 territorial law, ever
slave owner from the South, or impose coid
lon Of admitlance contrary 10 his tastes. habits
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