The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-07-31

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can produce nothing but strife, but discorJ
but hostility and finally disunion. Cheers
And yet Mr.. Ljncoly asks you to send hin
to the Senate of the L. s., in order that h
may carry out that great principle of IN
that all the States must be slave or all mus
he free. I repeat, how is he to carry it on
when he gets to the Senate? Does b.
intend to introduce a bill to abohsi
slavery in kentucky Does he intend ,C
Introduce a bill to abolish slavery in Virgin
ia: How is he TO accomplish what he pro
fesses must be done in order to save lii,
Union? Mr.. Lincoln is lawyer, sagsciou'
and able enough to tell you how he pro
poses to do it, {" He'll never do IL
That's So, and laughter) ask Mr. LIN
coin how it is tha. he proposes ultimately tC
bring about this uniformity in each and al
the States Of the Union. There is but ons
possible mode which can see, and perhaps
Mr.. Lincoln intends to pursue, that it Is tC
introduce a proposition into the Senate tG
change the Constitution Of the United
/ States, in order that all the State Legsla
lures may be abolished, State sovereignty
bOtted out, and the power conferred upon
Congress to make local laws and establish
the domestic institutions and police regula-
! tions uniform throughout the United States.
/ c'That would bc anarchy :" " They cannot
, do t.''J Are you prepared for snch change
in the institutions of your country: ("Eo;
Never" us worse than Austri-. y
/ Whenever you shall have blOtted out the
/ State sovsreignties, abolished the State Leg
isatures, and consolidated all the power in
| the Federal government, you vii! have
established consolidated empire, as de-
.tructivc to the liberties Of the people and
tie rights Of the citizen as that OF Austria,
or Russia, or any other dcSpotsIn that rests
upon the nccks Of tho people. How /. It
possible for Mr.. Lincoln 10 carry cut his
cherished principle OF aboishiug slavery
evervwh re or establishing it everywhere,
except by the mode which | have pointed
oGt-by N amendment 10 t4e Constitution
to the effect that have sLSEest,d: IRE
Is no other possible mode. Mr. Llacoin IN
. tends resortiug to that or e,se he means
nothing by the great principle upon which
he desires to be elected. Ny friends, | trust
that We will be able to get him 10 define
what he does mean by this scriptural quota
ton that A house divided against ts.lf
cannot stand;" that the government cannot
endure permanently, half Save and half
free: that it must bc all one thing or al the
other Who amcng you expects to live, or
established in Illinois or abolished in South
Carolina: Who expect. TO see that occur
during tic lifetime OF ourselves or cur child
rca:
There is but orc possible way in which
slavery can be abolished, and that ) bv
leaving 4 State according TO the principle
of the KaRsas-N cbraSka bill, perfectly free
to form ana regulate its domestic institutions
in is own wav. That's ii. > Iha. was
the principle upon which this Republic was
founded, and II IS under the operations Of
tLut principle that we have been able TO
preserve the Union thus far. Under its
operations, slavery disappeared from New
Hampshire, from Rhode Island, from Con
.uctcut, from New York, from New Jc sey,
liU.a Pennsylvania, from six Of the twelve
original s!-7,Lold;ug States; and ills grad
uai SvSt,m OF emancipation went on quietly,
peacefully and steadily 50 long as We in the
free atcs minded our owa business snd left
our neighbors alone. But the moment the
Abolition societies were organized through
out the North, prca hing a violent crust de
against slavery in the Southern States, tLis
combination necessarily caused counter
coin binatio1 in the South, and a sectional
line was drawn which was d barrier 10 any
further emanci patton. Bear IN mind that
emancipation has not taken place in any one
State since the freesoil party vas organized
a a political party in this country. E.nan-
cipatiOn went on g aduai.y IN State alter
State.sc long as the fee States were coutcn;
with managing ;hcir own affairs and leaving
the South perfectly free TO do as they
pleased but the moment the North sad We
are powerful enough - cont: o! you OF the
South. the moment the North proclaimed
itself the determined master Of the South,
that moment the South Combin- d II !, s.si
the attack, and thus sectional parties were
formed and gradual emancipation ceased in
all the Northern slavehol iHg States
{" Hear, hear") And yet, llr. Lincoln, in
view OF these historical facts, proposes to
keep up this sectional agitation, band all
he Northern States together in one pol Iical
party, elect President 10y Northern votes
alone and then, If course, make Cabinet
composed of North IN men, and administer
:hc government by Northern men only, de-
nying all the Southern States of tie Union
any participation in the administration OF
affairs whatsoever. | submit TO you, my
| fc.low-citizcns. whether such line OF policy
il consistent with the peace and harmony Of
the country. Can the Union endure under
( such a system of policy: He has taken his
position in favor Of sectional warfare. /
have taken mjae in favor OF securing peace,
harmony and good viii among ali the States
by permitting each to mind its own business
and discount.nsncin. any attempt at inter-
ference or the part G.. cue State with the DO
rneStic concerns ot the others. e. l ou are
right
Mr. Lincoln makes another issue with me,
and he wish, to ccnsine the contest 10 these
/ two issues. accept the other as readily as
! the one to which | have already Refereed
/ The other issue is a crusade against the Su-
preme Court of the | nited States, because
/ Of It's decision in the bred Scott case. My
! fellow citizens. have no issue TO make with
the Supreme Court. | have no crusade 10
/ preach against that august body. l have
no warfare to make upon II, receive the
decision of the Judges OF that Court when
pronounced, as the iinal adjudication upon
all questions within their jurisdiction. 1t
would be perfectly legitimate and proper for
| Mr.. Lincoln, mys.lf, or any other lawyer, to
20 before the Supreme Court and argue any
question that ght arise there. taking either
side of it, and enforcing it with all our abili.
ty, zeal and energy, but when the decision
is pronounced, that decision becomes the
law of the land, and he, and you, and my
self. and every other good citizen, must bow
to it, and yield obedience to it, (Grest ap
plause. and cries of that's rIght.1 Z nIeSS
we respect and bow IN de!erence to the ina!
decisions Of the highe t judicial tribunal IN
our country, we are driven a. once to anar-
chv IN violence. to mob law, and there is
no security left tor our property or our own
civil rsohts What protects your property
hrt tn. law. and who eXpoGnds the law but
ths ;udicial tribunals; and if an appeal is to
he taken from tho decisions Of the Supreme
Court of the United States, in all cases where
a person does not like the adjudication tc
whom is that appeal to be taken. Are We
to appeal from the the Supreme Court to q
country meeting like this? Aud shall We
here re-argus the question and reverse the