Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-11-25
NO. 81.

body. That is no proper way of treating
what you regard as wrong. ."-[Specch at
, Alton, Oct. Is, 1885,
t Il suppose most of US Ct know it of myselfl
believe that the people of the Seuthefti States
are entitled to Congressional Fugitive Slave
Law. As the right is constitutional, | agree
that the legislation shall he granted to it
and that, not that we like the institution of
slavery We profess to have no taste for run
ming and catching negroes-at least L profrs,
no taste for that job at all. Why then do /
Yield support to FugitiFe Slave f1aw? Be
cause do not understand that that the Con
stitution, which guarantees that right, can be
supported without it:''- [5pecch at Alton,
Oct. Is, 1888.
"'fhe real sfue iii tbs conference.-the or.,5
pressing upon every ritirdj is the sentiment oil
the part of one class that loci S upon the in-
stitution Of slavery IA wroug-and Of another
| glass that does not look upon il us ii wrong
The sentiment that cnitrmrlutes the institu-
tiou of slavery i'll this country as IA wrong, is
the sentiment of the Republican party. They
look upon it as being moral social and
political Wrong and while they cqntemplate
il as such, they nevertheless have due regard
for Its actua existence among us, and the diff
culties Of getting rid OF it in any satisfactory
way-and to all the constitutional "b,igaiions
thrown about it. Yet having a due regard
for these, tliey desire I6ljcy in regard 10 il
that looks to its hot crc;-tiig any more danger
They insist that ii sltud-as far us may be
be treated US a wrong-and one tie Methods !
Of treating it wrong, is to make provision
that it slEtIl grow no larger. If there be
xx-Jp L, +I, a., -;
stitution of slavery is wrong in any one Of tie |
aspects of which lIare siioheh he is misplace
ed find ought not to be with u.s. And if there
be d man among us who is 50 impatient of it
as wrong as to disregard lis actual presence
among us, and the difficulty Of getting rid Of
it suddenly in satisfactorily way. and 10 disrr-
gard the Constitutional obligations thrown
about it, that man, is misp accd if he is on our
platform" - [Spcech at Alton, Oct 18th,
1858.
FEW WORDS THE soUTff
awe. the Repu bIitahs, and others, forming
the opposition of the country. intend to 'stand
by our guns" to be patient and firm, and in
the long run to beat you When we do beat
you, you perhaps want to know what we will
do with yoti'
81 will tell you, so far as / am authorized to
speak for the opposition, what we mean to do
with you: We mean to treat you, as nearly .
as We possibly tan, as Wasfifgton, Jefferson :
aid Madison treated you. We mean TO leave J
you alone, and in no way interfere with your :
institution to abide by every compromise of !,
he Constitution aud, in word, coming
pack to the original proposition, to treat you ,
is far as degeiierated men Gf we have degene- =
'ated) may, according to the examples of those
Ioble fathers - Washington, Jefferson and
Madison. We mean to remember that you
ire as good as we are; that there is no differ I
nee between us, other than the difference OF i
We mean TO recognize and G
'ear in mind, always, that you have good Il
lcarts in your bosoms as other people. Or as T
We claim TO have, and to treat you according t
y Speech at Cincinnati, Sept. II, 1859. n