Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-09-16


executive Of tho United States.
And whom they toll you that they are In favor
Of non intervention, they simply mean that they
ntc opposed to Congressional Intervention, which
they arc in tnvcr ui tho Intervention of The exec
uuye Of the United States in behalf and for the
protection aud extension Of slavery. For, uufor-
tunately for our country, the President Of the
United States has been the chief Of only the South
ern part OF tho country. They we'll know that they
can better trust 10 james Buchanan 10 intervene
in behalf OF slavery than TO The National Congress,
part of whose members are from tho frco States
aud preserve still unsullicd and unIramclled
manhood.
Now, my fellow citizens these, as ] under
stand them, are the positions of the Republican
party on the one hand, and Of the so called
Democratic party on the other. | submit
to you tho Republican programme One that
has been tried for sixty years and moro
in this country, and has uniformly worked
TO tho estiro satisfaction of ths friends Of
free institutions wherever it has been a.
lowed fair trial ] point you to what is
called Squstter Sovereignty, to say to you that
that power which a claimed for the people Of the
territory, has only been exercised thus far, and
have already said, undof circumstances most
degrading and inqultng TO freemen Of this or
any other country. | do not know whsther
exactly appreciate the position Of my distin-
guished competitor upon this question, but
have stated it TO you as do understand il. |
know there is very much said about the unity
oiiho Democratic party upon questions OF eVory
sort bot have not yo, been able 20 ascertain
the unity of that party upon what ~ called the
slavery question, as it relates to the territories
Of the United States So far from their being
united upon this point, as ] understand it, that
party is divided up into many fragments upon
this, the only living, real question OF tho times.
As understand il, there are those living in
States south of Mason and Dixon's line who
believe that il is the duty of Congress TO carry
slavery into tho territories and protect it thero
understand further that there are those who
agree that Congress out to carry it into the ter.
Titories, but have no power over it there, It's
rights there being entirely dependent upon the
decisions of the territorial courts. Then again,
/ understand that there are those who set aside
both Courts and Congress, aud talk about the
Constitution Of the United States, recognizing
property in slaves And again. there arc those
who talk about there being some way by which
tho people of the territories have the right to
cluds slavery by legislation, If they choose 50
to do Now / want my friend here to state
distinctly upon which Of these platforms lie
stands. 1 want to know whether he goes with
the South upon this qucstion,or with what por-
ton of the Northern Democracy. And that
ference upon which of these platforms, North
ern or southern, he may just now stand, for the
power lies south Of Mason and Dlxunt line,
and if ho does not come up to tho mark at first,
he is only playing coy, and, sooner OF lattor
must bow the knee before this power, and &C
cOpt its Interpretation OF the Constitution, which
they declare carries slavery into tho terrific.
ries.
| want my friend to adjust the difficulty too,
between the two Democratic papers in this
city. Here they have a SOLthon paper and
Northern paper. Undor which flag do you
sail my honored competitor! Lets hear you
upon this point. ! want 10 know. | have a
right to demand. Here he is set up by party
called The Democratic party, to defend certain
great principles, which they claim 30 hold.
demand therefore, to know whether ! am con
tending agsinst James Buchanan or against
Stephen A. Douglas. want the doctrine,
and when / come to reply, will show you that
have point to make with it.
! said, my fellow citizens, that prscti-
cally il amounts to very little, how these
Northern Democrats talk on this or auy other
phase of the slavery question, for the simple
reason that there ia practically no Demo.
cratic party in Ohio. There is practically no
Democratic party in more than five of the
free States of this Union. The Democratic
llhlNN lda lu lOuktA any ItWcAs 'AAtl ~ III hHo
OF the free States of this Union. 1t is
the Republican party that controls thirteen of
those States, sud in 1860 will control pretty
much all the balance Of them. But if you go
South, you will find that the Democratic party
controls iourtscn Of the fifteen slave States. You
will find, If you 20 into Congress-, that instead Of
the Democratic members from the free States hav-
ing any power there, there hardly enough Of
them to dance a four,handed reel. If you 20 In,
TO the Senate, Of 81 members, there are 80 So
called Democrats, and Of these oAly 10 are from
the free States. You will find thHt out of these
10, two are anti> >Lecompton and opposed to the
administralion; that two Of them, Senator Pugh,
of Ohio, and Stephen A. Douglas, Of Illinois, have
utterly deserted all Northern interests, and two
more are bogus officials, fruudulsnty imposed up
on th0 Senate by the Democrats minority Of the
Indiana Legi;lature, 80 that you will find only
four remaining, who in any manner, legitimately
represent tho free States. Go there and you will
find "a Republican Senators and sVrsy year adding
to their humber and their power. II you 80 into
the House, out OF 237 members you will hnd that
there are but about so Democratic mombers from
the free States While thsro arc something like
81 already elected, and three or four more certain
tO bs slostsd, from slaVs>hOlding StAtoE. Whgtis
to be the resultl Why, sir, whenever these Demo-
Gratis come Ugother TO organize their committees,
where all the important legislation iS inflated,
when they come togolhOr sny, AZ party, in the
capacity Of caucus, your Democratic members Of
the House rOm tho free States, are in so utterly
impotent and imbecilS a minority, that they have
no power. The South hlVO the power aud the
numbers, and such being tho case, they easily
control al! the legislation Of Congress, taking
care that it shall be such as will be most pro
motive Of tho great interests Of the South, which
il the sluve property of the South. Whenever any
Democratic member from the free States there
undertakes to have legislation turned in favor of
freedom in the territories, in favor Of FREQ in.
stitutons in the territories, in favor of fee la
bor in the territories, he is at once met by this
imperiOus and dominant power from the s )uth,
which says to him in tones not 10 DO mistaken,
"you must either stop that sort Of thing, or we
will drive you stTsight out of the party" The
result is that all the Congressional legislation
being in the hands of this Democratic party Of
the South, partakcs of the character which they
deem most favorable TO the protection and er-
tension Of slavery. And, therefore, go far as
the free States are concerned, you will derive
no advantage from having Democratic mem
beIs TO represent them in either bIRnch of Con
gress
Why, sir, the people of the Free States un-
derstsnd this perfectly we'll II you will take
up the record of Congress, yOH will find that
in 1893 there were 20 Democratic Senators in
the upper House, from free States. In tho
short space Of six years this number has dwin
died down to ten! Aud in the luwor House
the representation of tho Democratic party
from the North has decreased from 90 TO 80,
the very number Of Democratic Senators rep.
resonting that section of the country in the
proportion of 5 to l. Now if any young gen,
tleman fond of arithmetic Will take his slate
aud pencil, he can easily demonstrate how long
It will take this branch Of the Democratic party
to be without single member in either House
of CongreSS-loIing &C per cent in six years,
! how long will ii take them 10 lose the balance.
According to my figuring, tiI only about three
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