Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-08-07
Judge Douglas Forgiven.

The New Orleans Dcitu, speaking of
Judge Douglas, after noticing his recent
Congressional disscmsion from the Demo
cratic party, says:
"But, inasmuch as this folly pertains TO
a bygonc Congressional specalty-to II
practical question disposed ofby the lastC on
gress-we doN't know but we ought to for
give the harmless exhibition of it at Chi
cago, iu view of the sound, statesman-likc
and Wholesome ideas he expressed in re
gard to that Great and most exigent ques-
ton of the time, the true politician, social
and industrial relation of the negro to the
white man. We publish elsewhere an ab-
shact of his Chicago speech, and in this
place, on the subject of the status of the
negro, we append the folio 'ng extract from
a full report of it;
| assert the right of each State to dc
eide for itself on all these questions, and |
do not subscribe to the doctrines of my
friend Lincoln, that uniformity is either dc
sirable or possible do not acknowledge
that they must all be free, or that they
must all be slaves. | do not acknowledge
that the negro must be our equal every
where or nowhere / do no, acknowledge
that the Chinese must have the same rights
in California that we would confer upon him
here | do not acknowledge that the Coo
lie, imported into this country, must neces-
sarily beput upon an equality with the white
races, don't acknowledge any of these
doctrines of uniformity i'll local or domcs-
tic regulations in the different States
Thus you will see, my fellow-citizcns, that
the issue between Mr.. Lincoln and myself,
ogf {, ~
States Senate, is made UPS direct, un-
equivocal, fair issue He goes for unifor-
nifty of domestic institutions, for the war
Of sections, until one or the other shall
yield. | 90 for the great principle of the
Nebraska bill, for lie rights of the people
of each State to decide for itself On the
other point Mr.. Lincoln goes for warfare
upon the Supreme Court of the United
States, because fthcir judicial decision---
! yield obedience to, and acquicscc in, the
final determination OF the highest judicial
tribunal Ofthc nation upon our Constitution.
He objects to the Dred Scott decision, be-
cause it does not put the negro in posses
sion of the rights of eitizcushipo on an equal
,ty with the white man. | ann uttorly op-
posed to negro equality with white men,
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wpi'c PeoP'',-a people comPos2d Oh Euro
Ecan oGSconaan's' S a people tnat nave estaD,
~, iisiicu 'il.S GoVerhhght lof themselves anu
1hclt poStcrlty, ana am III laVor OF pre-
Soi',nS noI oniy Vhc purify OIL 'lle'r pioo';
o"1 tl,c purify ol 'i'G government, from III
lnlNou l"cGs' OF "',.alssainat!ons; we nave
su"i uo GiteI!s " 'nese liHeu : races Oh S".
PI''oi ',; "n. 'n'g.lor races 1lls nlAtu,c M o'
mll'G ''!c'', lhui'is anu hes'Oes' nave
?e',, ~ !" loN'co' III Gen'ra, america FL ana
~ ,,oou'n -tnoric''' ana iii an inc spanish
nM''li."n 'o,".es l's result mas peSn oc-
.cr'o'".,ol' ucmcralizatlon, ana oegrad"'on
DcloW the capacity Tor sell government. l.
am opposed to taking any step that recog-
nizcs the negro or Indian as the equal OF the
wmte man, to have voice in the execution
ana adminstratIon OF the Government:
would Il extend to the negro and the Indian,
ana al! dependent races, every right, every
privilege, and every immunity consistent
WIN the sa'ety OF the white race, but equal.
NY however should have either polltical
OF soc"!, or IN any other respect Whatever,
on'y IN diversity is at the basis OF tn"
ioaer"t'Ve theory. Inc moment you at
tempt 10 merge UNITY INTO uniformity, you
st'ihc DioW at Ieucration, ana give help
lnS hai'o 10 u1sPotlc CONTAMINATION Mr
pougIas mas llt upon the true idea here,
ana I,'m' wi ana MS views OF the African qucs-
'loh iit' MN several degrees In the scale OF
genuine StaCCSlnanShlO, [ non Sllcl Olpun-