Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-08-21

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citizens at Morrow, Ohio, on Friday, upon
the political topics Of the day. lie takes
a position independent Of party, but agrees
10 the main With the republican party, and
favors a union OF all the elements Of oppo.
sition to the pro.slasery democracy, upon
q liberal basis. He goes against the sham
Of territorial sovereignty aud against the
extension Of slavery over free territory but
with many other conservative republicans,
is not prepared 70 take the extreme position
that no more slave states shall be admitted
to the Union We quote several of the
most significant paragraphs Of the speech
as reported in the Cincinnati Gazette -
"IIe would not be understood as desiring
that there should be any more slave states
in this Union, He thought it an unfortu-
nate condition--for bis part he would not
have seryile population in any state in
this Union, where white men could live and
work but he did not consider himself
commissioned to inquire into the sins Of
his slaveholding brethcren We had white
men enough, or soon should have, to Gil up
all our territories, without introducing slave
ry there, and moreover he would say this /;
he believed the nigger would destroy the
white man in bis own home, would drive
him from his native soil In other words
that if race of white men was to be rails
ed up without labor, with the understand
ing that the black man was to work for
him, aud sustain him 10y his toll, that the
white race would finally succumb before its
meDials. 1t was law of God that the
men who lahore cd would ultimately possess
the land.
"He sskcd what consequence would flow
from the doctrine that we ought to keep
out states with slavery in them, Suppose
Pennsylvania should hold convention and
ordain slavery. If we had right to ex-
clude slave states, ought we not to have
some way to turn out state already in,
that should become a slave state And
if the constitution was designed to confer
the former power, was it not imperfect for
making no provision for the latter case p
He could not, as moral citizen of Ohio,
destroy the symmetry Of the constitution
by contending that it allowed us to exclude !
states because they had slavery in them
He revered himself the principles of old
Harry Clay--if not the very best man, at
least the very best statesman since the
Revolution. In those old whig principles
a prominent one was opposition to the extern
sion Of slavery. Thatone principle was the
platform Of the republican party, and SO
far as believing in that was being repub-
lican. he was republican There were
many men in the republican party with
whom in many matters he differed but in
opposing the extension of slavery he agreed
with them all If there was any plank in
the republican platform which was not in
the old whig party. then he was no repub-
lican. lie loved the principles Of the old
whig party-but God help him-there
was no communion table for him, and he
meant therefore to go with the republicans
because they were right on to theanti-slave-
ry question. Sel
"He would let Louisiana, which had slaves
already, come into the Union with those
slaves but if free territory presented
itself, he would insist on applying to it the
Wilmot proviso. This feeling it was that
ed one, insulted and reviled when alive,
but mourned now that he was dead-Hen-
y Clay--to say that no power could make
him vote to introduce slavery into any ter
ritory already free. 1t was not his doc
trinc 10 refuse the admission of slave states
from slave territories, which We had ac
quired by purchase or treaty. If his broth
or republican did not want any moro slave
states, let him vote against further con-
qnest II bis brother democrat wanted no
more slave states, let his party throw away
that miserable trash Of squatter sovereign
ty. Let us go on in the good old way, the
revolution way. which was red with the
blood of our fathers who trod it'll Let us
begin territories in such a way that no
slavery shall come into the state. | tell
you Mr. Republican, Mr.. Democrat, there
is no other constitutional way. / am not
going to take an oath TO support and carry
out that constitution, and then go away
and say, like q rascal, "To be sure the
constitution doesn't warrant this course,
but I'll adopt it." Scoundrels aud knayes
ay it to their conscience, but no hon
sst man would. This is my view of the
constitution of the United States wish
here was clause in it prohibiting any
more slave states. But if it is not there,
md / cannot violate that constitution, for
f you take it away, am slave. But
behind it is a rampant from which will fight
or freedom. The constitution has said what
lights shall have / take these as unques-
,ioned, and will not go out into the desert of
nature with you, Mr. Abolitonist, to search
or abstract rights to use inside the forti6-
ID rampant of the constitutions of Ohio
Ind the United States.
"As to Cuba, he said, suppose you have
bought Cuba, the treaty comes before the
Senate for ratification, and will be ratified
ill yon find what to do with IL? The
southern man would admit it as it is. The
northern man would not admit it till the
laves were set free. And that ought not,
think, TO be done without the consent of
he owners, who were bought by US along
With the niggers and they of course would
rot consent How then are we to get po-
ession of Cuba. We may send armies !
here to keep the peace aud pay their ex- !
,enses. But Cuba will not be state nor .
! territory, not even Kansas. Kansas
las had seven governors. Cuba won't have
me If our cnpidity compcls us TO take {