The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1858-12-24

III ~ pelnclPec ~ 49, o"sVse~ P'~'e''
ed there would he uninterrupted peace
between ~ North ssA The South, and oil
parts Of this glorious oonfsdesecy. 10
reply to the pgecious sophism " spposi-
ton to them drawn kom the Dsceaeation
Of independence, thae +" ~ aea aee born
free and equal" which cAildrea, weak
minded men, aud silly I'D wCuc~ in
some portions Of the North believe
makes the negro their brother. and M.
der which even some Southern men have
suailed, he declared that the clause re
ferred to white men a.onc, and 10 no
inferior or dependent race whatsoever tor
every State but o~e VAS then slave hold
ing, and every man who signed thu De-
clsration represented . slave holding
constituency and will any maa say
they were such hypocritcs and wor~c
than hypocrites. ~ to declare y negro
the equal Of white men in all respects
by divine right, and then hold him in sla.
very, lie scorncd any such imputstion
on those glorious ssges and heroes.
lie admitted the right Of the negro to
ali the humane treatment consistant with
the welfare Of the community in which
he lives but he insisted on it AZ law
Of humanity, that when any man or race
Of men prove themselves incapable OF
managing his own affairs, whether from
being a minor, blind, insane. incapable
of sclf.govcrnment, or any other cause,
however unfortunate his being 80, some
may choose to consider il, be must sub
init to be managed by those who can gov.
crn. The negro race has in all ages and
| in all countries proved itself incapable
Of sclf-governmcut, and has attained q
higher degree Of cultivation and happi-
ness under the institution Of slavery in
| the southern States OF America than he
ever las elsewhere.
Illinois has decided that she will no
longer have slavery within her limits.
while the territorial government intro
duced it in violation Of the ordinance Of
1898. Any other State has the same
right to say she will have it, She has
further resolved that she will not have .
free negro population, such as was pour
ing into her from Kentucky and other
slave States II she possessed u hot
climate, and produced cotton, sugar and
rice. she would doubtless have seen too
much virtue in slavery to take these
measures. as no doub., some of the most
excited Southcrncrs, il they lived on the
granite Hills Of New Hampshire, would
entertain very different views from those
they At present hold. This would Illus
tratc what he meant. when he spoke of
States rights in opposition TO that policy
which would concentrate their rights
and privileges in the Federal Gov.
crnmcnt.
As to territorial rights, the abolition.
lists claim the right Of Congress TO die.
tate them, the Democracy deny il. The
grounds Of the revolution, one of which
was the injustice OF ruling the country.
while II was no, represented in Parl'a-
mcn,, show which is the tight view; and
the constitution leaves the territories
open to citizens fibm every part Of the
country. and to the laws they may make
when they get there Some Of his
Southern friends imagined some monster
involved in his principle, and call it
sqnaticr sovereignty He would ex.
PLAIN what Illinois aud imsclf hold OF
this point They accept the decision Of
the Supreme Court in the bred Scott
case; they regard slaves AS property
and consequently hold the right of their
owners 10 60 anywhere with them; but
that on their arrival in any other State,
they become subject to the local law.
and that IL this makes the stealing Of
slave subject 10 no punishment, there
is no remedy for It, for the constitution
makes no provision for doing so, and
Congress never yet passed criminal
code for any organized territory Of the
United States. Slaves cannot bc held
anywhere unless protected by the local
law. and no State can be compelled TO
pass such - law, nor can any State lc
compelled 10 abolish such q law, il il
exists; and whore slavery is advanta.
gcous, 1t will be- established in spite If
all Interference; where il is net il will
not be maintained, and that without re-
gard 10 a line Of 50 degrees or any other
latitude.
| II was these principles which actuatcd
HIM last winter in opposing III. admis.
sion Of Kansas under the Iccompton
Constitution. He held that Kansas
ought to be allowed 70 choose for her.
/ "''', as CNtIN one oI MS hearers would,
II he believed the advocates for slavery
to have been in q large majority. Mr..
Douglas then entered into u succinct re-
view Of this subject, which the small
further space at our command forbids TO
pursue
With these principles. he continued,
the country can gradually certainly and
sdvantageously expand, and fulfill the
destiny marked for her. He was not in
favor Of any acquisition Of territory by
improper means; but on the other hand
he would not have any foreign govern.
ncnt allowed TO make ours the instru.
mcnt Of its own purposes on this Cont.
nent, He held il TO be- the destiny Of
this country to have Cuba, and they
could not prevent it if they tried. So
with Central America But il must he
by peaceful and honorable means When
he opposed the Claytonlsulwcr treaty in
1850 the British Minister cndcavorcd to
persuade him Of the error Of doing 80;
but he told MIN although we did not
want It then, We are not going to close
il against ourselves for the future. that
II was only just halfway on the high
road to California, that We should not
permit Great Britain to interfere with
American affairs on this Continent. that