New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-26

thsll ,tst N the belief q y IT j. N Tao our
"nst. extinction or i:s siyocstes VII push u io''
"vs,d until il shLl beoorls 81 ls lssial - e.
"e.stss old Sc veD new North ss ven e. y ~
Nfemerdou cheers Cries Of Good o'o1 ~,
have DO ooabt i is AID ! am densossu :, ~
SAY good. lGood good lsushter.l hsys ID oYuo.
ma n dcct:ne expresses y5ar nents soa yer
lvI prove 70 you, If you vii listen - ue, Iaa. ~
h,Be srevou'ionsry SO .ooin ss,e our
C;sJsnnea. cannot endure perm anenly u me sans
co,ction 10 shicb il was made BY ne trainers. l. Ts'
r.sde divided INTO Free States and Save States H.
Imeo ssys has existed FOR near eighty ye.rs nus
divided; bu. ne tells you that i. csLnot eH3Gre per-
yaren,y the sane principles snd In tas sams n
dtion relatively in which your fathers msae H.
Why can't ]: endure divided ITO Free sni Say. ave
Slater Wa,anston, ss the P'esident o. tce
Convention, Frstklin, ard Madison, ana nan
lten, ard Jay, ard the ps;rio,s OF it1 gay
BsSs this Government, divided mo free
Btsss ara Slave States, lesvog eacn Stste perec'y
free to do Sc ii pleased on that suoec: o; slavery
Why cart it exist npon the sane pi.ncipies upon
which our fathers inside II Our fathers EneW when
they made this Government tnst 70 county Is vac
and broad az this-with such variety OF chmse, Of
utere,.s OF or )ductions thisthat the people nec
sssay required different locs avs ard local instta-
tens in certain localities from those n otneI
TAey knew tina, the laws and regulations that would
ruit the granite hills Of New Hampshire would be I'M
suited 70 the rice plantations OF South Carohns.
Hence they provided that each STATE should retain iH
svs legislature and Us sovereignty, With the iuu
and complete power to do as pleased wishn Us OWL
limits in all that local and not national. onS "a
NE reserved fghts Of the States was that OF resGs
ng the relation between master and slave or ths
cry question. At that tae-tDtt Is, whsh tuo ConeI
tuition was msde-there were thirteen ~ Va.
Union, twelve Of which were Slave otste' ana one
VS. Free State Suppose tn' ao .Sa o. uonr
preached by Mr.. in,oln had prevailed then, waat
would have been the result OF COURSE the Twelve
slsveholdirg States would have oyerutd tle one
Zee State ard Slavery would have been fastened by
Constitutional provision every inch OF tho Amsr-
can Continent instead of being lef SO our fs:nefs
wisely left IL, for each State to decide Tor itsei.
therefore soy that uniformity in the local
institutions OF the different States was neither possible
Dor desirable. II any uniformity had been adopted,
it nust Inevitably have been the upifoT nifty OF Slavery
everywhere, or the uniformity OF negro Citizenship
asd negro equality everywhere
We are told by Lincoln that be is utterly opposed 10
the bred Scott declsion and will not submit 10 1t, Tor
the reason, as he says that deprves tne negro OF
ne rights and privileges of citizens. That the hrst
and main reason he Gays, for his warfare upon the
Supreme Court Of the United States tlst 1t deprves
the negro Of the rights and privileges OF citizenship.
Nov, ssk you. are you IN favor OF conierrIng upon
the negro the rights and privileges Of citizenship DO
you desire 70 Ike cut OF our State Constitution that
clause which keeps slaves aud free negroes out OF the
State, and allow the free negro TO flow in aud cover
prsiries with biz settlements DO you desire TO
tnn this beautiful State into free negro colony, in
srdsr that when Missouri shall abolish Slavery, she
send these emsnclpsted slaves 10 become cit-
and voters on equality with you II you de-
sire negro czershipif you desire them TO come into
the State and stay with white men-if You deslre To
lot them vote on an equality with yourseives-lf you
desire to make them eligible to ofioe-to have them
juries and Judge of your rights-then go
with Mr. Lincoln and the Black Republicans in favor
of negro citizenship. For one, Am opposed TO negro
citizenship In any form. believe that tals Govern
neBt was made on the white basis believe it was
made by WI tie men for the benefit OF white men and
their posterty forever and am 10 favor of combining
The citizenship TO white men-men OF European birth |
and European descent, instead Of comforting it upon
Negroes and Indians and other inferior races Bat
Mr. Lincoln, following the lead of the Abolition orators
that here ard lectured in the basement OF your
churches and school houses reads the Declaration OF
CO. that all created free and equal
sad then says: How can you deprive the negro OF
"that equality which God and the Declaration OF In
A" dependence award to him u lie and they MAINTAIN
that negro equality is guaranteed by the laws of God
and ressserted in the Declaration Of Independence
If they think 80, they ought thus to say aud thus to
vote.
do not question Mr. Lrcon's conscientious belief
hat the negro made his equal, and hence IS his
brother. But, for my own part do not regard tue
negro my equal aud positively deny tina. ne is my
brother, or any kin to me whatever. But he hiss
learned Loveoys catecbsm, and repeat It as we'll
es Farnswoth, and could receive baptism from Father
Gddngs or Fred Dougls lass in Aboitionism. He holds
that the negro endowed with equality by the AL
mighty, and hence that no human power alone can
deprive him Of those rights which the Almighty has
guaranteed 70 him. l do not believe the Almighty
ever intended the negro to be the equal of the white
man II be did, he has been long time demonstrating
the fact. Laughter For six thousand years the
negro has been upon the earth, and during that
whole f1 thol'.nd years-n all a.itudes and climates
wherever the neg. has beenhe hes been inferior to
whatever race adjoDe1 him. Tho fact is. he belongs
to inferior race and musi occupy an inferior posi-
ton. / do not hold that merely because the negro
belongs to inferior race therefore he .-cht 10 be
slave. BY no mesns can such conclusion be drawn
On the contrary, do hold that humanity and Chris
tshity both require that the negro should have and
enjoy every night every privilege and every imnu
atty consistent with the safety OF the society ID whch
he lives. On that point l presume there can DO no
diversity Of opinion. You and are bound 70 eNtenu
to every inferior dependent Oelng every fght every
privilege and every facility aud immunity, consistent
with the pubic good.
Then the question arises What rights and privileges
are consistent with the public good That IL ques
ton which each State and Territory must decide
for ITSELF Illinois has decided that question for her
self We, in Illinois, have provided that the negro
shsu not be tlsve. We have also provided that ne
shall no. be citizen, but we protect him 10 his civil
riehts-in his lfe-in his person-in his property
while We deprive him of any political right wnstso-
ever, and refuse TO treat him on an equality with the
white That policy of Illinois is satisfactory 70
me. II II were to the Republicans, then there would
be no question upon the subject. But the Republicans
say that the negro ought to be made citizen, and
when he becomes citizen he becomes your equal 10
al rights and privileges Of citizenship They assert
that the bred Scott decision is wicked and mortrous
because IL denies that negro Is or can be citizen
under the Constitution. Now hold that Illinois had
erght to abolish and prohibit Slavery as she did, but
j hold that Kentucky has the same right TO continue
and protect Slavery that Illinois has 10 abolish II.
hold that each and every State of this Union s SOW
ereign power with the right TO do as it pesses upon
this question of Slavery, and al domestic institutions
But Slavery is not the only domestic relation that
comes upon this controversy. The question Is far
more important TO you, What sh S be done with the
free negro We have settled the Slavery question
Illinois forever. In doing 40, think we hsve
done wisely, and there is man in the State who !
would be more strenuous in his opposition TO the |
introduction Of Slavery than l would. But when we
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