Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-09-06

said that it bad been offered to be rejected,
simply to make capital for small dema gogueS
on the stump. As to the question whether
DoHgias would submit to it if the Supreme
Court of the United States should decide that
State could not exclude slav ery-Douglas
said:-
am amazed that Lincoln should ask such
question. GA school boy knows better,;'o
= Yes, school boy knows better. Mr..
Lincoln's object is to cast an imputation
upon the Supreme Court. He knows that
there never was but one man in America,
claiming any degree ofintelligence or deceney,
who ever for moment pretended such a
thing. II is true that the Washington Union,
| in an article published on the 18th of last
December. did put forth that doctrine. and
denounced the article on the floor of the
Senate, in speech which Mr.. Lincoln now
pretends was against the President. The
Union had claimed that slavery had right
to go into the free States, and that any
! provisions in the Constitution or laws of the
| free States to the contrary We're null and void.
! denounced it in the Senate. as I said before.
and was the first man who did. Lincoln's
| friends, Trumbull, and Seward, and Hale, and
| Wilson, and the whole Black Republican side
of the Senate, were silent. They left it to me
to denounce it. (Cheers.) And what was the
reply made to me on that occasion? Mr..
Toombs, of Georgia, got up and undertook to
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! have deemed the article worthy of notice. and
| ought not to have replied to it; that there
I was not one man. woman or child south of
\ the Potomac. in any slave State who did not
repudiate any such pretension. Mr.. Lincoln
knows that that reply was made on the spot.
and yet now he asks this question. He might
/ as well ask me, suppose Mr.. Lincoln should
steal horse. would sanction it; Qaughter;)
and it would be as genteel in me to ask him.
| in tha no str q bnrca hat oh tn
| be done with him. He casts an imputaton
upon the Supreme Court of the United States
| by supposing that they would violate the
Constitution of the United States. tell him
| that such thing is not possible. (Cheers.) 1t
| would be an act of moral treason that no man
on the bench could ever descend to. Mr..
| Lincoln himself would never in his partisan
feelings SO far forget what was right as to be
guilty of such an act. ('Good, good.'O
AS TO THE EXTENSION OF TERRITORY.
| The Black Republican creed LAYS it down
| expressly, that under no circumstances shall
we acquire any more territory unless slavery
| is first prohibited in the country. | ask Mr..
Lincoln whether he is in favor of that propo-
sition. Are you addressing Mr.. Lincoln) OPP
1 posed to the acquisition of any more territory.
| under any circumstances, unless slavery is
| prohibited in it? That he does not like to an
swer. When i ask him whether he stands up
| to that article in the platform of his party. he
turns, Yankee fashion, and without answering
| it, asks me whether am in favor of acquiring
territory without regard to how it may affect
the Union on the slavery question. [Good.l
| answer, that whenever it becomes necessary.
| in our growth and progress, to acquire more
| territory, that l am in favor of it, without
| reference to the question of slavery, and when
| we have acquired it, | will leave the people
| free to do as they please. either to make it
slave or free territory, as they prefer. Here
Deacon Bross spoke; the reporter believes
| that he said, "That's bOld.' 1t was said SOL
emnly.1 1t is idle to tell me or you that we
| have territory enough. Our fathers suppose
| that we had enough when our territory eX-
tended to the Mississippi River; but few
| years growth and expansion satisfied them
| that we needed more. and the Louisiana terri
| tory, from the West branch of the Mississippi,
TO the British Possessions, was acquired
| Then We acquired Oregon, then California,
and New Mexico. We have enough now for
| the present, but this is young and grow
| ing nation. 1t swarms as often as hive of
bees, and as new swarms are turned out each
| year, there must be hives in which they can
| gather and make their honey. (GoOd.) In
| less than fifteen years, if the same progress
that has distinguished this country for the last
| fifteen years continues every foot of vacant
| land between this and the Pacific ocean, own
! ed by the United States, will be occupied
|
of fifteen years well as now? | tell you.
increase and multiply, and expand, is the law
of this nations existence. [Good.1 You
cannot limit this great Republic by mere
| boundary lines, saying, "thus far shalt thou
go, and no further" Any one of you gem
tlemen might as well say to son twelve
years old that he is big enough, and must not
grow any larger, and in order to prevent his
growth put hoop around him to keep him
To fCfrr Wbnf L.,
suit? Either TIE hoop must burst and be rent
asunder, or the child must die. So it would
| he with this great nation. With our natural
| increase, growing with rapidity unknown
in any part of the globe, with the tide of en-
igration that is fleeing from despotism in the
4 old world to seek refuge in our own, there
is constant torrent pouring into this cOun-
try that requires more land. more territory
upon which to settle. and Just as fast as our
interests and our destiny require additional
territory in the north, in the SOUTH or on the
islands of the ocean, | am for it. and when we
acquire it will leave the people, according to
the Nebraska bill. free to do as they please on
| the subject of slavery and every other ques-
ton. [Good, good; hurrah for Douglas!l
NEGRO EQUALITY.
I have reason to recOllect that some people
in this country think that Fred. Douglas is a
| very good man. The last time / came here
to make speech, while talking from the
stand to you, people Of Freeport. as / am
doing to-day, l saw carriage, and mag
| nifcent one it was. drive up and take pos
ition on the outside of the crowd, a beautiful
young lady was sitting on the box seat,
whilst Fred. Douglas and her mother reclined
inside, and the owner of the carriage acted
as driver. daughter, cheers, cries of right,
what have you TO say against it, &c.) l saw
| this in your own town. (''What of it.') All
7 have to saw of il is this that If Won Rack Re.
publicans, think that the negro ought to be on a
social equality with your wives and daughter
and ride in a carriage with your wife whilst you
| drive the team. you have perfect right TO do
so. Good, good, and cheers, mingled with
| hootng and cries of white, Whitley i am
told that one of Fred. Douglas kinsmen,
another rich black negro, is now travelling in
this part of the State making speeches for
his friend Lincoln as the champion of black
men. (.'White men, white men," and what
have you got TO say against it." That's
right. &C., All have to say on that subject
lis, that those of you who believe that the
negro is your equal and ought to be on an
equality with you socially, politically and
legally, have a right to entertain these OPP
inions and of course will vote for Mr.. Lin
coin. c'Down with the negro" no, no.)
Here Douglas took turn on the various
Republican platforms, very adroitly knock
ing Lincolns head against them. Whenever
he said "Black Republicans" the crowd
shrieked "White, white" at him. At last this
scene took place:
Now, there are great many Black Repub-
licans Of you who do not know this thing
was done. ("White. white" and great
clamor.) / wish to remind you that while
Mr.. Lincoln was speaking there was not a
Democrat vulgar and btackguard enough to
interrupt him. (Great applause and cries
a. D. \ al. Al.