The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-20

thyself.o (Applause) Thus we should live towards
the South and upon that maxim which came from Him
OF Nazareth we are to put tangled wisdom inter-
probation we are not TO say that there are minister's OF
God at this day who wiser than the propounder Of tho
maxms should govern between us and our brethren
Of the South But gentlemen, the question is, do they
the rights Of the South by proclamng negro slavery un
us That is the point TO which this great argument
come negro slavery unjusts II i is unjust IL violates
that nrst rule OF human c0nduc-Render TO every man
his DUE" If Is unjust violates the law Of God which
says Glove thy neighbor as thyse for that requires
could be maintained that oegro slavery was unjust per-
haps might be We all ought 70 bepre
alIusion is frequently made, and say, " There is
higher law which compels US TO trampie
beneath our feet the constitution established by our
fathers with all the blessings secures TO their children
But insist-and that Is the argument which We must
meet, and on which we must come TO conclusion that
sentaves the Congress OF the United StatesI insist
that negro slavery Is not unjust Iong continued ap
pSsss i mot S followed BY appass
PREsDESr-Let him stay there Orderl
Mr. OCoSoR-serpents have the privilege Of Kissing
Good men will be silent here (Cries again Of Put him
out;' calls to order; confusion for q time)
The PREspxNr-If anybody Kisses here, remember eve
rybody has their peculiar way Of expressing themselves
and as birds only understand hissng so will they
hiss. (Applause.) +.
Mr. OCoNoR- Gentlemen, there is an animal upon this
in any other way than by hiss am for equal rights
Ihree cheers were here given for Mr. OConor three for
Governor Gov IN Wise and three groans for John Brown
Deg OF you, gentlemen, all OF You who Of my mind
sssn eas animal 20 p ser I'm silence and leave the
applause) The first woman that Offended was taught to
do SO by that kissing animal daughter and appause)
trance Of discord and sin broken up by the
Of that animal (Applaase) Therefore, say il s his
good" laughter and applause.) Gentlemen, viii mot
detan you much longer (Cres OF Go on, Ego only
No lin nfu
the white man. and upon the back man (Voces-' That's
SO, that's eo, appause) that il is ordained by nature;
carries with duties for the black man. and duties for
the white, which duties cannot be performed except by
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reasons for this Isl that have been taught by the high
est tribunal in our country and the most venerable expo
nent of The principles Of justice and Of the bearing and
effect Of your constitution. The Supreme Court
Of the United States has told us, what wisdom
will ever pronounce to be sound and just doc
trine, that there are some principles well known,
well understood universally recognized and universally
acknowledged among that are not to be found written
in constitutions or in laws The people Of the United
States were every other nation must be- in
peculiar and different from other nations Of the earth.
We were white men, ofwha is commonly called by way
of dstineton-the Caucasian We q monoga-
nous people; that is TO say, were not Mohammedans,
nor followers of 10 Smith-with half dozen wives a
piece. Uaughter) II was fundamental principle of
morality that State could exist be tolerated in
the other States OF the Union Many other distinctive
features might be stated which mark people dis
tnct from others, incapable OF assocatng terms Of
perfect political equality friends and fellow citizens,
with kinds Of people that to be found upon the
face of the earth. AS white nation we made our copst
tuition and made our laws vestng political rights in that
race Of white American people. (Applause) As the
negro why we allowed him TO live under the shadow and
to q Rive cur h s
conumely; we denied to him, however, political rights
the power Of government; and left him, long
the community in which he lived should please
der in the condition o. bondman. (Applause.) Now,
gentlemen to that condition the negro assigned by
ture. (Cres Of Bravo and Thats 80, - and applause
The history Of mankind shows that his class pros
perthat they die out and become extinct in any cold
in any very temperate cme but in the warm, the
tremey warms regions his prosper and be per-
petuated He has strength and competent TO labor but
the nature which created him denied to him either the
telect to govern or the willingness TO work. (Appause
Both denied him. That nature which deprived him
of the will to labor gave him master TO that win
and made him useful and valuable servant in the cline
in which he capable Of living for himself and for the
master over him (Appause) Now, gentlemen, main
ton In which nature placed hmto leave him in state
OF pupilage and give him master to govern him
him Of any Of his rights 70 compel him to sbor il
| return, and afford to that master just compensa
ton for the labor and the talent employed in
governing him and rendering him useful to himself and
to the society in which he lives (Applause These are
the principles, gentlemen which the extreme measure
we must take. We not to talk about slaves being
ev-of slavery being thing which, though pernicous,
must be tolerated because we have made bargain to
tolerate it. We to look at it Isl we are to look at
by the voice Of inspiration to be found in the Sacred
nowhere CONDEMNS bondage
who are only fit for bondage We must look at it with
the eyes OF sound philosophy and we must it
ns benign, lawful and proper We must consider that
serves and maintains it, is not unjust wicked but
sound and wise, and entitled to fullest and heartest
protecton and that execraons due to any man.
whoever he may be- who objects enforcing the provi
sons of that constitution with the utmost good faith or
who seeks by any ndrecton get away from its bind
ing obligations, and to sew unhappiness, instruction,
discord or trouble of any description throughout
the territories Of our Southern neighbors. cloud
urubir Uun.
is what must say to brethren Of the South If we
have sent men into Congress who false to these views
and are seeking to violate the compact which binds US
together must ask be FORGIVEN until we have an
other chance We must tell them that these shall be
10 the ~ true
country alike, shall be elected in their stead And gem
tlemen, we must do more than promise that-we must
perform IT, loud applause, followed by three cheers
Mr.; o,Conor, and tger.) But word more gentlemen
and have done (Cres of "Go on.n) have no doubt
at all that what have said you this evening will DO
greatly misrepresented is very certain that have not
mad time enough TO enlarge properly and fully explain
myself boldly and distinctly upon taking the
be they what they may. (Applause.) But will say .
, single word S by way Of explanation have main
tanned the justice of slavery; ! have maintained
it because l hold that the negro is decreed by
nature to state of pupage under the dominion Of the
the negro should live at all. (Applause) say state
Of pupaee; and that may be rightly understood, say
that the interest of the white treat him kind
ly-(applause)-dt If the white in the climes
wnere slavery exists only let alone by the crazy ana
tics who raising disturbances in tho chimes where
slavery does not exist, whatever laws whatever i'm
provements whatever variations the conduct Of society
are necessary for the purpose Of enforcing every in
stance the dictates of interest and humanity between
the white man and the black will be faithfully and fairly
carried out in that progress of Improvement all those
things in which we are all engaged. is not pretended
that the master has right to Stay his slave pre-
tended that he has right to be guilty Of harshne
nhumany TO his slave The laws Of all these Southern
States forbid that Why we have not right here the
North to be guilty of cruelty and inhumanity TO horse.
1t an ndictabe offence to commit such cruelty. The
came laws exist in the South, and there any failure in
enforcing them to the fullest extent due to the ms
conduct Of this external force which pressing upon the
Southern States, and compels them TO abstain per-
haps from many acts beneAcent towards the me-
gro, which otherwise would he performed (Appause)
In truth in fact in deed-in TRUTH in fact, in deed,
the white man in the slaveholding States has no
more right to the exercise Of authority under the law Of
the land over his slave he violate humanity
with respect to them than any of you or any father
In any Of the free States Of this Union can exercise acts
voatve Of humanity towards his son under the age
OF twenty So far the law is concerned you own
your boys, you have right and have right to their