New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-07

spoke uDon al considerable ergtb LJa cfte5 tho
Maine liuuor law. Az legislative violation of the
rights oG propertv similar to the Congressional vfo
lation Of the riphts og slave nronsr+v ad c,rr;ad
ont his argument with great lnci5itv and gorca
Ifthe people Of a Territory vyera nnosad IN slavsr
tbey wonld r. /:
they would egisIats foT \ bis Il to., = + bara
sugar and cotton are raised no,r, t.b, ,.r,,ob1o
and selRinterest will have il in sTt ~ t1itfo, az,
all its power. Where the all a Iroto 4
there will slave labor he had ana n fFis 1as,fo
determined by the soil and climate what se ia tbor
in making so much fuss about it? If dave Iabor
profitable people will want II IL not nroe.ohI 49,
will not want it,
For either party to attempt to coerce the other ia
to violate the great principles of the Constitution If
the people of a Territory do not want slavery Won
cannot force them to accent il. This principle he
had maintained in Congress through all the Kansas
debates Suppose the Abolitionists in Congress had
succeeded in creating an Abolition constitution for
Kansas and set Of Abolition officer. and attempted
to force them down the throats Of The slayehoders
there? Would the South have submitted tn snch an
act of tyranny?
Here Mr. DougIas' voice began to fail him: getting
weak and very hoarse so much 20 that We we're
unable to catch but little of what he said. Hs CON
clason of the Kansas part of his speech we cauobt
and that was, that as the Kansas controversy was
dying away be hoped the asperities growing ont Of Il
would die with it, All be hoped was, that in future
the people of the States would leave the peope
Territories to settle the slavery question for them
selves.
Mr.. Douglas became 80 hoarse at last that he could
scarce speak at ALL He began making an apoIopv
for his indsposition which he said was the result of
fatigue and exposure and was returning bis thanks
to the audience for their yery profound attention
when some one not regarding his weakness sbouted
What about Cuba ?n Mr.. Douglas turned to the
direction whence the voice came and after a pause
in which his voice seemed to have come back to him
said, It's our destiny to have Cuba, and YOU can't
prevent it if Won trvn The annl,nsa that followed
this was perfectly tremendous. Il was one deafenng
roar which seemed al if il wonId raise tb roof nf
the building and was so LONG continued tba+ II o,ave
the Senator chance to recover still farther and oet
his voice in good speaking trim. When he began
again. he spoke Of the aconisition If cnba o. ~
cessity of American progressveness but il was a
question of time. The same. he said was trns of
Central America and Mexico. Just as onr nonnlation
increases and our interests demand Il viii W. a..
oaire new Territory and snra,d H. bonn1, ,ria, i
civilization and bappiness Once in Coprress Nom.
ber asked him what he wanted with Central America
saving it was too far off to become mart If tba
United States. He replipd tbat ba wanted 4 II.
canse It was only half rs far off o. CaIiforr,io
directly on the road there. rc,raot choerino, a.a
lauohter1
Hespoke in strong terms arainst tba c,Iav+or.
wer treaty by which Great Prtnin Ia soo,,ra5 -
herself an equal interest with the TTnited statss in
the affairs of Central America. In tbo co,rso oe
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