Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-04-02
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Speech Of Hon. s. G. Foster,
E House, March 10, 1858.


Mr.. Chairman, we often hear the Inquiry,
what have we of the North to do with
slavery? Why should we be eternally
mcddlinS with the affairs OF other people
to the neglect of our own ? 1t has been
triumphantly asked, have white men no
rights, no interests, which demand our
concern Must we be forever engaged
in II Quixotic agitation in behalf of ne
groes
There was q time, not a great while ago,
when such questions, tauntingly thrown in
the teeth Of the opponents of slavery, wcfo
deemed conclusive. They conveyed their
own irrefutable answers by implication -
But that day has passed and gone. The
most stolid are at length becoming sensible
that, although we of the North may .slet
alone slavery in the severest manner possi-
bic. yet slavery will not let us alone.
Our fathers, near forty years ago.
entered into q solemn league and covenant
with slavery. They divided the common
national heritage, and set up landmarks
within which the South, by an almost
unanimous vote, pledged itself to confne its
"peculiar institutions" We know how
this pledge has been kept. We all know
that the landmarks have been thrown down
in order to establish the new Undiscovered
principle of popular sovereignty" We
were told that there was no danger of cx-
tending slavery The Missouri compromise
! line. though sanctioned by Henry Clay, by
Mr.. Monroe, thop the President Of the
United States. and by his Cabinet, including
Crawford, of Georgia, and Calhoun, of
South e@roiina, was 1ouhd 70 DC III mncoi'stit1-
tonal, an'! must be repealed. Inc people
of the Territories, it was said, in common
with those oi the osates' were sose,eisn' anu
had the right u ADMIT CT eHciooe slavery
III tii5if pleasure. but at the same time wo
were assured tHat slavery "ouia iiot pc
eAsenaed. nat thc current Oh immigration
would lnfailibly give large preponderance
To TIC trends OF ifeedoih, #ho "ouia re
"leit perfectly frec ololm thelr own m
Is9tutl9ns III Their own way. Inc strength
Oh the human toe rem Tue iree states
which has lowed over ana around tile state
oi Missouri, IN fEite OF fGiiian oipoSltion,
wAs not oTerrtted ny the friends OF tho
iNitH'ilf--f --f',i'rask's h'li hut taat tt'e people
li;tYe Been igit perfectly ire3 70 form their
Inst.tat 'ns has lee2me SO VIGOROUSLY un-
tfae rs To eNJ3rt taH reluctant ADMISSION OF
the author ai tlie hahsas hil Rimsslt, and
lo a@aAeil llis ihtii4nini femanstrnnce
iitF' the teeHte oi -'i'tthe nothing to Go
VIII sl'@eit III h1h5its ifdSe whte men
no ri&iit5 IN that territory? Docs all
heloi!s 70 slavery itni t4le south No on"
/ ih9aiF. Hitst fiS II nave &c 1rgla ard
Seata eafa5th{ to eeAale with slavery N
hansas. by tia general consent OF tho
isnPPoft5fs o' t'ie Administration, North and
South, ttieif interference Is legitimate and
matef.
we OF til2 eS2rta Who oppose slavery
= n
fte's' been eai,ca= the negro party or
negro WofshiPhefs NOW, MT. C1a nan,
let u' look inio tins matter. We RePuhli-
cans propose TO ennfne the nagro institution
70 us present limits; we WISH 10 people tho
new rrIt9rios with wnite men, ana 60 rear
up new States with the great institution OF
ifea Whita iaeof as itS basis: Our opponents,
on tne contrary. dfs're 10 ioou hansts ana
TN the other TERRITORIES win nero siaves.--
iHeS nave afowea IN 'he ilc'ls o, congress,
| ~ their nun ero,'s organs o! puohc OPINION
1hfo"Saone li M tne 'oootn, ana IN some pubiished
horth ol Mason anu i'iH,n iihe' that siaV-
cry ~ 'l'e normal e'na.ton OF tile mpof;
ing class 1hat no society can DC seanie ana
iappy without that institution ana IN
| recent claoora'e art'cie' 1ne oihciai organ
OF tiie oo'erhmen'' the Washington Union
LOOK tle ?rouhd IN 'st euPtaticlily,that the
y Tohs,i'nloh carries slavery h'' ohiy into tne
lerr.,ories' ont in.o .iie ifee states lhe
rfes'aFht himself mas asserted that me
CONSTITUTIONS "ithon' I any legislation under
IT, ana even asllnst legislation, carries
slavery INTO all the territories ana regards
IL u as Il great mystery tiat suGh men as
Iiay, ctster, Jaage Marstaii, Monroe,
1ohh quincy Aaaits, &c, could have
entertained dihoSh' opiAion.
IN view OF these notorious iacts, hold
that, II ever party IN this country deserved
to be designated as the negro party or
NEGRO worshiphers,' IT Is that which
adheres To The Administration oi MT. Bu-
chanan
shall ofler addltionai proofs on this
| Foint' Let the following extracts from Mr..
Buchanan = letter to Professor Slllman. an |
paragraph or two from tho columns OF tho
ashington Union, suffice. In the Silliman
letter, dated August 10, 1857, the President
says;
''Slaycry existed at that period, when the
Nebraska bill was passed, and still exists,
in Kansas, under the Constitution of tha
United States. This point las at last be n
finally settled by the highest tribunal known
to our laws. How it could ever ben
seriously doubted, is mystery. If