The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-04-24

that refusal, as | suppose, i have been rea
out Of the party by the editor of tho Unio
at least every other day from that time I
this. Sir, submit the question who ha
deserted the Democratic party and the j,
mocratic platform, he who stands by til
sovereign right of the State to establish
abolish, and prohibit slavery as it plcascs
or he who attempts to strike down the soy
cregnty of the states and combine all pow
er in one central government, and cs ablisl
an empire instead of Confederacy.
! The principles upon which the presiden
| tial campaign Of 1856 was fought, on which
the present Chief Magistrate was brough
to the high position he now occupies, arr
well known to this country. At least, in II
lnois, think | am Authorized TO state what
they were with clearness and precision, SC
far as the slavery question is concerned
The Democracy Of lllieois arc prepared to
stand on the platform upon which the bat.
tic Of 1856 was fought. 1t was:
First, The migration of importation Of ne
groes into the country having been prohib-
tied since 1S0S-never again to be renewed
each State Will take care OF its own color
ed population.
Seconc, That while negroes are not citi.
zens Of the United States, and hence not en-
titled to political equality with whites, they
should enjoy all the rights, privileges, and
immuni.ies which they are capable Of exer
cising, consistent with the safety and welfare
of the community where they live.
Third That each State and Territory
must Judge and determine for itself of the
nature and extent Of these rights and privi-
leees.
Fourth. That while each free State shoe
and will maintain and protect all the rights
of the SlavehoIdiur States. they will each
for itser maintain and defend It's SOVEREIGN
,;,,h, r.;,b;r ;ts orn limits "a form ard
r.rula,e ,hcir own comes jc institutions in
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t;..n of the I'nit.d states
rif,h Th,, in ,b. .lon.uaro ofNr Ruclan-
ans letter or ,,.-ent,Dc,. of the pr.S;d.rrial
ro,n;,a,io, "a. Nebraska. Kansas act docs
mo- NOR. IN IN aiy. tl,,. form Of law to this cI
c,nen,arv uri,'9.;,,lc Of -..lr GOVERNMENT " hen
il declare, That I'm. pr0,.l. Of a I rritory.
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1t. in ,k. institutions and laws our
,a.,,ors ,nros,,- Tia, tho local institutions
rb;ch yonId sui, The Granite hills of New
IIamnshir, wourI he IN adapted to the rice
,I,r,atic,s of Sou,b Carolina They fore
~ int ,b, institutions which wo'l be well
ad,n,cd ~ the mountains and valleys OF
pcnp ,Ivoni, wopId no, sui, the plantation
interests Of Vir,inio. ~hev forrsaw that
rho ,,-e,, d;y.-si,i of climatc of prodpction
ne i-to,a.,s ,ro,I5 rcon;,a a co,resnorJ;np
diversity Of IoraI laws and local institutions,
For tbis reason. ,bcv provid.a for tbiiteen
States, each with a separate Lccis-
lature. and each State sovereign within its
own sphere. with the right to make all its
local laws and ,ocal institutions TO suit IL
self on the suruosition that they would bc
as different and as diversified as the number
Of States themselves. Then the General
was made, with a Congress
having limited and specified powers, extend
ing ONLY to those subjects which were ma
tional and not local. which were Federal and
not State.
These were the principles on which our
institutions We're established. These are
the principles on witch the Democratic par
ty has evcI fought its battles. This attempt
now to establish the doctrine that Tree
State has no power TO prohibit slavery, that
our emancipation acts were uuconSututIon-
al and void, that they were outrages on the
right of property, that slavery Is national
and net local, tha; it goes everywhere under
the Con stitution of the United states, and
vet is higher than the Constitution, above
the Constitution. beyond the reach OF sover-
eign power, existing by virtue OF that high
er law proclaimed by the Senator from New
York. will not be tolerated. W hen the doc
trine of a higher law, a law above the Con-
law overriding the Constitution,
and imposing obligations upon pubic men
in defiance OF the Constitution, was hrst
proclaimed in the Senate, 1T was deemed
moral treason IN this body; but now am
read out of the party three times wteA ny
the Washington Union, for disput'ng thiS
higher law which is embodied in the Ie-
compton Constitution, that slavery, the
right to slavery property, does not depend
upon human law or constitutional SANCTION
but is above and beg ond end before all con-