Litchfield enquirer., 1858-08-19
Eatyaet from Speech of Dlr. I'psmbuU at
 Chicago
WHAT TIE REPUBLICAN PARTY PROPOSES.

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 WHAT TIE REPUBLICAN PARTY PROPOSES.
 What does the Republican party propose 1? l shall dctain you but a few minutes upon that point. We propose, upon tle slavery ques- tion, to leave it exactly where the men who framed the constitution left it. We are for leaving the question of slavery, where it exists in the states, to be regulated by the states as they may think proper and we are for keep ing the territories which belong to the United States free from the invasion of slavery so long as they remain territories cheers leaving them when they become states, of course, to deal with their black population as they sball think best for we have no power to interfere with the subject. There is no question what the result will be. If there is no slavery in territory, there will be none when the people come to make state. 1 waut to appeal to the candur of these who are honoring me with their attention, whether they be democrats or . Republicans--for there are but two parties it is idle to talk about third party-a Doug las party, orany thing of that kind. There is no middle ground you must take one side or the other. If you sustain the measures of this self-stylcd democratic party, you are one of them j; if you sustain the measures of the Republican party, you must 90 with them, and there is no third party to mite with. We wish to ask yon men of all parties, if you are or- posed to the introduction of slavery into Illi- nos. apprehend that you arc--that all this audience will respond with We are opposed to it." If that is so, you have your reasons for it. You think it better for the white race that there should be no slavery here enter taining that view, you will exclude it. Now, is there father who would do less in the for nation of government for his children ald his posterity, than he will for himself. Is there an honest man here who can say, II will ex- clude slavery from the state and locality where live, because believe it all evil but will suffer it to go in where my children are to go." gross of the United States. The Constitution of the United States says that Congress shall make all needful rules and regulations respect ing the territories of the United States. Here , is n territory about to be settled you are cal led upon to frame government for the people who are to go there, which is to last so long, and only so long. as the territorial condition continues. Now what sort of government is it your duty to frame? You will readily admit that it it is your duty to form such govern melt as will be for the best interests of the people who are to go there. Is not that so :? You believe it to be for your best interests to exclude it from Illinois, where you live. Is it not then for the best interests of your chd and sister, and brother, and neighbor, who are going to the territory, that slavery should not go with them? Will you do less for them than for yourselves A man is not deserving the name of man who is so selfish that he will protect himself from an evil, yet will not raise lis arm, when he has the power, to protect his child and his friend from the same evil. Then it is your duty to exclude slavery from that territory until there are people enough there to come to act for themselves. That is exact- ]y what we propose to do and nothing more. That was what the fathers of the republic did. Is there any thing wrong in that :?
 I think if you will look at this matter can- didly, you will see that it is right, and that it is your duty to insist upon it. The charge tLat we want to have anything to do with negroes is utterly untrue. It is false clamor raised to mislcad the public mind. Our policy is to have nothing to do with them and i, my self, am very much inclined to favor the project suggested by MT. Blair, of Missouri at the last session of Congress- He suggested plan for colouizing our free negfoes wlo are willing to go somewhere in Central America, where an arrangement could be made by which their rights may be secured to them. The policy now is such as to prevent emancipation and although we do not want to interfere with the domestic institution of slavery in the states, still we wish to interpose no obstacle to the people of those states in getting rid of their slaves whenever they think fit to do so. We know that many of the states have passed laws prohibiting the emancipation of slaves by their masters, unless they are taken out of the state. The result of this legislation is that emancipation must cease there are thousands of free negroes in Virginia but that policy is now stopped because it is impracticable, there being no way of disposing of the negro when emancpated Many masters in the South de- sire to emancipate their slaves, and especially is. this the case as they approach death for, however they may reason while in health, and thoughtless of that event which levels all alike, they are very apt, in making up their last ac- count and disposing of their property, to think of the wrong and injustice they have done by holding some of their fellow-men iu bondage, and they are quite willing to emancpate them. Thousands would be enlancipated if there was any place to which they could go. I, for one, am ,xry mueh disposed to faror ttc colonization of such free negroes as are milling to go to Cemtral America aoant to hnre nothing 10 do e;4Aer arikh the f.ee aegro or the slare @egro. We, the Rpmblieam party, are Me schite mam's prrty. We are for free white men, and for making white labor respectable and honorable, which it never can be when negro slave labor is brought into competition with it. Great applause.] We wish to settle the terr;t tories with free white men, and we are willing that this negro race should go anywhere that it can to better it's condition, wishing them God speed wherever they go. We believe it is better for ns that they should not be among us. bt- lieye it will be better for them to go else where.