Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-12-03

ef Whie lq wisdom Justice 81 his
voting At ali, and that Of nainE the profer auseaen
test New York Being soyeresq poeeT q 81. en9s y Iean
Io sbs ls 70 vote on sr equality with lie white nan
would permit negro 70 vote II a nor exercise
control ii with my vote; Maine content with Der ey,
and viii pursue and mind her own business and let US alone,
viii not interfere with her. but she must not y to engraft er
poiicy anon u.s. She send her missionaries among
- I've rof booee o srgls it with hemwe argue il with
our on people; We argue 1t Il home, but with other sts
II YOU want slavery here in Tennessee have is il il s for the
good Of your people, keep You must Be satisfied with 1t At
home and not ny force Epon We have Just much
right exclude you have to introduce it. Il you will be
content with exercising that power Enl under NE Oonst9
ton posses and let US alone we Will be friends
with one another without any dufoins cause o. %
question Of slavery is concerned i is 50 clear at It Is
aoa and domestic ustu ton, that other State has right
an srrnnut what te lust institution policy with
tosayery in the Teoresl that has been the great disturb
North have seemed the dsusion that t section
had distinct right and interest making As mans re states and
dension making just many slave States as possible
saw tbat neither be North As section section,
has interest 10 that question OF slavery m Kansas
North and South. The constitution recognizes Republic
thirty sovereign States and 81 other distinctions than those
separate States are unauthorized y me For ths
North interfere and Try 20 deprive the people o. Kansas Of
slavery they IL violation Of The people Of Kansas,
bot not Of the South For the son hu ny . piaht
slavery Kansas to the will Of the people violation
people Of Kansas but not those Of the North It no
violation Of Northern or Southern right to that the pn
epjes Of its constitution shall be carried in
question for the people Of Kansas with which State Of the
Bnon the Federal Government has any right 10 interfere one
Nov will tell you right why it that opposed the
Leoompten COnstnonthough never intend to revive the
strife and acriony t grew ont Of iyet will tell you Why
opposed that Instrument stated in my opening speech that
opposed the Lcompon Constitution not because Of the slave
ry csase contained in opposed ecanse Ibelieve ii
and deed OF the people Of Kansas Appause 9th
think it was the act and deed OF mat people Bet say you
bad F to force upon Kansas unless was their en-
bodyng stated then and repeat Eow that kansas
wanted slavery she ought to have Il - MOI want should
never upon her eouldprevent H. Whether she
should Is her own business and nobody e But
10 net relieve that LecOmpten Constitution their act
and decd embodied their will then asse ted and repeat
earth can rghtuly force constitution down the threats Of
unSillns people It IS yoa!,9a o. me sIet a9aDe s
10 az thar freedom Is blessing Bear in mind YOU had no right
To focs good thing unwilling people, But by assuming
good thing bad violate the great principles
State sovereignty 1t s1or the people Of Kansas 70 decide for
themselves whether freedom slavery good or bad thing
the very question of its goodness or is badness to be de-
ced by the people who are 10 live under mat const9uon ana
not by the North South outside the State shall not
MONT 10 etr Lecompton embodied will people
Kansas only state that the result Of the votes on the Eng
is sufficient uony my mind that the people did not want
it, II they wanted Leoompon was willing mat they should
havej III they wanted one, willing that they
to stand 6rmlv m my principles Reconstruction, and
eap Of the States, matter whether it benefits this that
section [Applause. And permit me to say to The Democrats
here present, that never knew Democratic Pary II they de-
parted its principles plea Of expedeney without in the
receiving just etrbuon for the abandonment Of that Prn
ciple. IApplausel
The policy is ever men, Constitution loving
Of friends States rights, and States Governments to stand
expeny take Of itself It not right for me to
before the Northern people and ask them 70 abandon their
Principles in order give greater power the North by
ing another free Statel And you admit it to be the
Consultation appeal Northern passion, interest and pride,
how much les reasonable is for Southern to say
the South seek by the strengthen HERSELF although
there has abandonment Of principles you decide for your
whether Loompton embodied the popular viii Of Kansas
II Il it II wrong: and Southern
support could make rghno Northern opposition could make
y wrong l say Is .; Iii $50 fiio,. 49,, 4
Territory making constitution and coming into the Union
should 6avejust such constitution they want and wiz
st any attep-whether the North South
force down their throars against their wil Cheering and
One Several gentlemen have called me- and
asked what meant or thought By this doctrine Of popular
sovereignty as enunciated in my treePo speech IN Illinois
mean that by Constitution fathers msde st. by
SDTr CoT,-t as tbev ar pronouDced AppIause By the
decision in the bred Scott 1t will be found By reading CHIEF
equal footing with other property and that consequently the
owners Of that species Of property have The same right to take =
into Territory the Of other property. tCres Of
that decision ss Inc Authoritative exposition OF the Consultation
and on that point concur fGood"I Now. question
arises what is the condition OF that property after gets into
the Territory You in the slavehoding and in the free
States whatever occupation be have an interest il
? knowing legal rights when get there
believe said IN FreePor that when you eI mo inc territory
with property equal footing nth all other property
different character you 60 there with horse
and your mules, shall taxed exempt question
goods whether you shall sell without license or be compelled
get license question for the local legislature If you g
there with your liquor the your selling it is question
to determined by the local laws You do
think just them discourage species Of business for tho
benefit another how you going help it. do not
wish to mislead BY hsse views Il are wise you wont
h misiesd but will think for yourselves II your slave properly
is subject the local law for its protection what have you go
for it? suppose the local legislature do not slave Law Al
ALL suppose they DO not Law furnishing remedy fo ue
violation your rights, hold slaves day! Non
er practical exclusion. Is there aaye any
well informed who will contrOve that proPostonl Vow
suppose the local legislature refuses make law protect ouI
@ ii nay n aDd ,is tev EiII not will tell YOU when
they and when they will not Whenever Territory has
climate, production making it the interest Of the in
give it encougnent Whenever the climate soi and prouc-
pecludes the possibility Of slavery being profitable they
will not permit it. You come right hack to he principles Of dol
lars and do not where the migration in the Southern
country comes from; Joshua Gddings should raise
strongest Of savey the whole South; he would find
when he got there his opinion would he very much mo he
wonId sugar plantations that question
between the white and the but between the and
He would say that between the negro and the crocodile he
took the side o. the negro But between the negro sn the Hhe
line hscontinent, the side of which the soil
be cultivated BIZ slave labor; on the other by white labor Tha
lire did thirty deree and thirty minutes for %
six degrees and thirty minutes mountains and
through valleys But this slave line eanders in the sugar fields
and plantations Of the South e remainder Of this sentence
lost by confusion around the reporr And the people living
in their dilrent localities aud IN the Territories must ine
for themselves whether their mdde led isbest adapted to slavery
Hence under the Constitution there is no power to prevent
Southern going there with his than North
Ills property when he gets subject local for pro-
lection. There will be found in that local legislature power Of
deciding they do want it, and Of encouraging they do
V LstSeTv Sle he reopIe do not and ii Is sauai
folly Northern fanatic think that aDolhitby law
where the people do The people locality
best they Will for their interests They
whether they penetrating New England South Caro-
lima they will their homes and resds and the
teres OF their children and grand children as their own and the
good OF posterity require, regardless OF the controversies
North South. disguise the fact, il the people
territory slavery they will have it, il they don't
il you force them. content with that result
Idon think that under system Of government that slave
ry forced upon people against their Will You Of
the South in leaving slave property in the
category, protected in the The
principles all other property WheueyeE take the ground
that slave property requires different protection from other
erty, upon Congress furnish you might
your infant the tender embrace Of bear
your infant Territory to the gentemanly embrace Of Northern
AbCiuOuists II therefore, the principle laid down
by Mr. Buchanan in his acceptance Of his Cincinnati nomination,
and expounde by the Supreme Court under the Constitution
should keep hands or Interfere
way other; the Territory shall be slave
people Gre then there will be peace and harmony between
all the States Of this Union. do not believe there other
C ground Of peace for these great principles
Reconsideration OF Government rights and State
eregny maintained, the Union exist. If these
taned then America fulfill the expectations Of its most
guine all Then these Inited States
destiny, being the light teach the nations Of abe old
world just constitutional liberty Then America will increase
expand indefinitely, Republic shall increase
1t folly imagine that because have territory
enough shall need When this Republic
original boundaries enough, but W years
found crampel, demanded We required
open road to the Rocky Mountains. We required
Florida open road the Gulf We annexed Texas with Cali
and New Mexico. We have Territory enough but how
long will it be enough? One hive is enough for swarm Of
bees, and hlTeis Wantl
nation nation, increasing by natural growth and
increasing by emigration, and boundaries mustbe enlargei
like il dislike it, never fuhll
destiny without may say shall want anything
when the