Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-07-27


.La!i .stabIlsb aiavery 10 make It uniform, % Nc;
Lincoln Gays, snd | will call on you TO folio" ms ana
shed The last drop OF our heart 6 blood IN deie"u'pS
our rlgh 5 and chastIsing her insolence' lapPiauoe'I
If we would have them fight for our own rights" =
must defend their rights in turn. Hence, you ma
Mr. Lincoln and myself come to . direct issue on 'his
doctrine of slavery i'll hi. own nsiive State OF hnn-
tucky. The Declaration of Independence contains
this language: A men are created free and eqnal7
There" s.id Mr.. Lincoln, does not that instrument
declare that all men are created free and equai!" be
goes Oh 10 say that il dOes include the negro. a
voice-"I say il does not" Then l don't think you will
vote for Mr.. Lincoln. daughter aud cheers Yea.
Lincoln duotes the Declaration of Independence. He
goes on to argus that that language includes all infe.
rior races. IA voice-"Baboons." How far h..
would carry it, whether TO the extent the gentleman
has just suggested, | cannot cay. Laughter. ltin
cludes the negro race-.hence. hs argues, thstby the
Declaration OF Independence, ",hat men" &c.-that
they were endowed with equality with Inc white man
as a Divine law. Consequently the law oil man would
deprive him of that equality. lie ID cohsci1nuoas III
this belief without q doubt. For my part L do not
believe 1t. He thinks The negro his brother. 1 don't
think he ia any kin to me al all. CHEERS
| believe that that Declaration, when II used The
language thar all men were created equal, meant 10
allude only to the people of the United Ststes-the
men of European extraciion-being white 'nen-tEat
they were crested equal, and hence Great Britain nah
no right to deprive them OF their liberty. They did
not intend 10 include the negro or the Indian IN mat
declaration; for if they had. would not they have been
pooua w ooOIoh ofhNbAy 1880
that every ons of the thirteen COLONIES were slave
holding colonies; remember that every man wh"
signed the Declaration represented a slavehoi1ing
constituency. Did they mean 10 charge thehteIves
and all their constituents with violating the Ia" ot zoo
in having enslaved the n~egr07-then they were oounu
to have conferred upon tbs negro equal rights. lhey
did not do il; and the very fact shows that they ola
not mean their language to include any but the white
man. Did they say that the Indian was endowed
with inalienabls riglts7-their actions belied II. | am
opposed to Indian and negro equality, or to put the
coolies. now being imported into the country on all
equality, or the Chinese, or any other interior race. l
hold that the white raos, the European race care
not whether they are English. German, Scotch, lrIsh
or French, go they be the white race-their descend
ante, constitute the people of the United States
tApplause. ,.
The Declaration Of Independence meant the whre
psople-ths Constitution WAS framed by the while
people, and ought to be administered by th1 white
people. Ii will have each State 10 allow the negro TO
come or not, just M it chO0sss-allow him to have
OWL rights or not, Just as it shall determine Tor Itself;
Let us only carry out these principles, and We shall
have peace and harmony in the different States But
Mr.. Lincoln's conscientious scruples force him To
bellows that the negro is entitled, by a divine right,
10 civil and political privileges of citizenship on al
equality with the white man. For that reason, he Is
for reversing the decision of the Supreme Court in the
bred Scott case. He wishes to confer these prlvi
leges upon the black race 20 he will be called upon
TO strike ont OF the Constitution of Illinois that clause
which prohibits the free negro or slave from voting IN
this State.
When Ls let's down the bars and the Hoods shall
have turned in upon us and covered our praIrle7
thick with them. I'LL they shall be az dark and black
AZ night, in mid dsy-when he shall have done that
still ME mission will not have been fulfilled. Then II
will bs that he will apply tho doctrine OF nsgro
equality. He will then allow them TO vote and hold
office, and make them eligible to the State Legis!s-
ture, 80 that they can vote for the right persons for
Senator'S, you know, laughter and cheers make
them eligible TO Government offices, &c. Alter he
shall have MAIDS them eligible TO the judgeship, he
will get Cuffy elevated to the bench-hs certainly
would not refuse the Judge the privilege of marrying
any woman that would have him. | submit to you
whether these ars not the legitimate consequences of
his principles. II be thinks the negro is equal 10 the
white man by the divine law, and the human law
deprives him OF equality and citizenship with the
white man, then does il not follow that II he had
the power he would make them citizens, with all the
rights OF citizenship, on an equality with the white
mani | think ii is the inevitable conclusion. don't
doubt Mr.. Lincoln's sentiments on this subject, and l
willo oppose them forever, or any practical or other anna.
gsrna,ion on this continent. We have seen The result
of giving the privileges of government TO the weaker
races in Mexico and South America. Those young
men can tell you who went to Mexico to fight the
battles Of the country.
Mr.. Douglas concluded by eIhorting his hearera to
preserve the Constitution as our fathers made it.
He denounced the office holders OF the Federal 20.
vernment throughout the State as banded together to
defeat him, appealed to the people to support him, and
demanded as an endorsement of his principles N re
election 10 the Senate.
He said he was aware that the contest would be q
warm and bitter contest, declared his intention OF
again addressing the citizens Of Springfield during
the csnvsss; and, thanking hs friends for their pa
tience, retired from the platform amid the shouts OF
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