The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-12-02

pslty and confederacy that be bases all his
arguments and addaees all his illustrations.
Whatever. effect, therefore, slavery may pro-
duce upon the internal concerns u the States
where IL exists, moth Bg Ia more palpable than
that its existence in one STATE can In no way
impose obligations In respect 70 its reception
or refusal upon another.
The defunct Mr.. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, at
the commencement Of the Illinois canvass,
also enumerated the doctrine Mr.. SEWARD
now breaches Us the true faith. But under
the vigorous management Of Mr.. DOUGLAS,
LIscoLs was forced to abandon bis ground
and deny the legitimate construction OF his
own language.
We need no excuse for repubshing Mr..
DoU0LAs comments, as contained in his
Chicago reception speech OF July last, upon
the declarations Of SEWARD and I.iscoLS:
His first and main proposition | will give In
his own language, scripture quotations and all.
u.augblsf) give his exact language "A
house divided against itself cannot stand |
believe this government. cannot endure orma
nently, half siaee and hall free. do not ex
pect the Union to be dundee, do pot expect
the house to JAI-but | do expect II 70 cease 10
be divided. 1t will become al one thing or oil
the other"
In other words. Mr.. Lincoln asserts, as fun
damoBtal principle Of this government that
there must be uniformity IN tho local laws and
domestic Institutions OF each and all the States
Of this Union; and he therefore invites all the
non slayeholdlng States to band together, or.
gan ze as one body, and make war upon ,lay.
cry IN Kentucky, upon slavery IN Virginia. upon
slavery IN the Car0linas, upon slavery in all Of
the hlayebOlding states in the Union, and to
perseyere IN that war until 1t shall be extermi
mated. lie then notifies the slayeholding States
to stand together "a unit and make an az.
gressye war on the free States Of this Union,
with view Of establishing slavery In them all;
OF forcing II upon Illinois, Of forcing it upon
New YORK, upon New England, and upon very
other free state and they shall keep up the
warfare until IL has been formally established
In them all. In other words, Mr.. Lincoln adyo
Gates boldly and clearly war Of sections, q
var Of the North against the south, Of the free
States against tn slave states war of cxter.
mnatiOn--to be continued relcntlessly until
the one or the other shall be subdued, and all
the States in the Union shall either become
free or become slave.
Now, my friends, must say 10 you frankly,
that take bold unqualified issue with him on
that principle. assert that It Is neither de-
sirable nor possible that there should be uni
formity IN the institutions and domestic rega.
latio0s ot the different states Of the Union. The
trainers Of our government never contemplated
uniformity IN It's internal concerns. The fathers
Of the Revolution, and the sages who made the
Constitution, well understood that the laws and
domest Institutions which would suit the
granite hills OF New Hampshire would be to-
tally unit for the rice plantations Of South
Carolina; (theers) they well understood that
| the laws which would suit the agricultural dis.
trIcis of Pennsylvania aud New York would be
| totally unit Tot the large mining regions Of the
/ Pacific, or tho lumber regions Oi Maine. (Bravo)
/ They well understood that the great varieties
! OF soil, Of production and OF interests. In re-
/ public a. large a. this, 7, CURED different loo al
/ and domestic regulations IN each locality,
/ adapted to the wants aud interest of each separ
| alta state, (cries Of bravo aud good and
/ for that reason II was provided in the Federal
/ Constitution that the thirteen original States
/ should remain sovereign and supreme within
/ their own hunts In regard To ali that was local.
! aud internal, aud domestic, while the federal
/ government should have certain specified pow
/ era which were general and national, aud could
| be exercised only by the federal authority.
! (Cheers)
The trainers Of the Constitution well under
stood that each locality, having separate and
/ distinct laws, domestic institutions, and police
/ regulations adapted to its own wants. and its
own conditions and they acted on the pre-
sumption, also, that these laws and Institutions
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