The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-07-22

There is grandeur in the bold,
manly, uncompromising course of
Frank P. Blair, in Missouri. He is
now on the stump through his District
discussing the questions Of the day side
by side with the Democratic and Know
Nothing candidates, and he marches
right up to the slavery issue fearless
and faithful to the Free Labor interests
Of the North. In discussing the ques-
ton Of emancipation in Missouri, he,
the other day OH the stump, spoke
thus: Gil IT, ~
- All the States at one time tolerated
slavery. Massachusetts, came in as a
free State under the constitution. John
Jay In New York, and Benz. Franklin
in Pennsylvania, accomplished the
emancipation of slaves in those States
on the ground of interest. / would
like to hear of any man in that day de-
nouncing Jay and Franklin as Adolf
tionists. Why he would have decended
into infamy. And now what are the
results Of this policy of emancipation
in New Y ork and Pennsylvania.-New
York was behind Pennsylvania. 80
Virginia was the first State in the
Union. But when New York stripped
the letters from her limbs, she out-ran
her competitors. Who should be
thanked for this? Mr.. Jay or those
who:opposed his policy? Had Virgin
ia adopted the advice of Madison, of
jefferson, of Geo. Mason, and of many
others of her gifted sons, what would
have been the result? With the finest
fields to be found on the round earth
with mountains crammed full of ore
with find harbors upon her sea coast,
containing within her limits every ele-
ment necessary for great and pros
porous State-with a mild and healthy
misunderstanding in natural scenery
unsurpassed for its magnifcence, what
should be her position? In the face of
all these facts shall we be denounced
for advocating the policy of such men
as Ihave named? If we believe eman-
cipation will be conclusive to the
growth, development and prosperity
OF the State we should labor to achieve
it. ] do not believe in sitting still and
doing nothing. Believing it will bene-
fit the condition of those who by the
benefcence of our laws are made citi-
Gems with us in the enjoyment of this
princely heritage, believing something
should be done which shall place Mis-
souri, on the line of progress, and in
the work of rapid development, no ter
ror, no threat, no epithet, can deter me
from marching right straight to the
mark for the accomplishment of the
glory and prosperity of this State which
i love, and of this people who have SO
generously supported me. Look at
Iowa-the other day Wilderness
naked prairie-now she almost out
strips Missouri, and in the next Con-
gress will send as many representatives
as Missouri. Will you furnish me a
clue to this prosperity? Why, 1t is in
the vast superiority of free labor over
forced labor, and believing this shall
not stand here and cry out" Don't agi-
tate" "Don't agitate." In all the
States where emancipation has taken
effectit has been on the after born. Nc
one has vested right in prosperity not
in existence. On that principle we
could never emancipate, but We have
the right to say that all born after a
certain date be free, and besides we
can legislate them out of the State, so
that we can have homogeneous white
pOpulation