, 1859-09-19


that the people Of tue colonies were desiroes.
OF regulating their own concerns in their
ovu way, that the British Government should
not interfere; that at one time they struggled
With the Dritish Government 10 be permitted to
exclude the African slaro trade; It not directly.
to be permitted to exclude it indirectly BY tax
alton sufficient to discourage and destroy it.
From these, and manF things Of this sort,
Judge Douglas drgues shat they we're in favor
Of The people Of our own territories excluding
slavery il tLcY wanted 10, or planting it there
it they wanted to, doing just as they pleased
from the time they settled upon the territory.
Now, however lis history may apply, and what
sound and nccuFate, or rusound and inaccurate,
ii we can find ont What these men did them
selves do upon this yerT question Of slavery in
the territories, does it not end the whole thiugf
If, after al this labor and effort to show that
the men of the revolution were in fator OF bis
popular sovereignty and bis mode Of dealing
with slavery in the territories, We can show that
t4tse rery men took hold Of that subject, and
dealt with it, and ne can decide for ourselves
1t is not . nu,ter OF argument or inference but
ne know what taey thonght about il -.
It is precisely upon that part of No history
OF the country, that one important omission is
made BY Judge Douglas. He selects parts Of
the history oi The United States upun the SUBJ
iect Of slavery, aud treats it as the whole omit
Congressl in regard to the admission Of Mist
souri,. by which The Missouri Compromise was
established, and slavery excluded from coun-
try hall rs large as the present United States.
AL this is left out Of bis history, and ia
no wise al1uded ID to br him, 50 far as remember,
save once when he taakes remark, that upon
bis principle the Supreme Court were author
lied to pronounce decision that the act called
the Missouri compromise was unconstitutional
Al that history has been left out. Butthis part
Of the history Of the country WAS not made bY
the men Of the Revolution.
There was another part Of our political hi.to-
r made by the yery men who we're the actors
~ the Kerolusioo, which has taken the name Of
tue ordinance Of 81. Let INC bring that history
to your attention. In 1874, belie1e, this same
Ar. Jefferson drew up an ordinance for the gov
eminent Of the eouutry upon which ne now
stand; or rathera frame or draft Of m ordi-
nance for the government Of this country, here
in Ohio our neighbars in Indiana; US who lire
in Illinois; our neighbors in Wisconsin and
Michigan. In that ordnance drawn mp not only
for the government Of that territory, bat for the
territories south Of the Ohio Rirer. Mr. Jetfer>
sou expressly provided for the prohibition OF
slavery. Judge Douglas says, and perhaps is
right, that that provision was lost from that Of.
dinance. believe that is true. When the vote
was taken upon it, . majority Of all present in
the Congress Of the Confederation voted for-it
but there were 50 many absentees that those
voting for it did not: make the clear majority
necessary, and it was lost. But three years al.
Ter that the Congress Of the Confederation were
together again aud they adopted new ordinance
for the government Of Ibis northwest territory,
not contemplating territory south Of the rTer, for
the States owning that territory had hitherto re-
| Trained from giving it to the general Govern
ment; hence ibeY made the ordinance to apply
| only TO what the Government owned. In that,
the provision excluding slavery 1oas iuserted oad
! pdxstd uAanimously or at anY rate it passed and
became q mart OF lie law OF The land. Under
that ordinance we lire. First here in Ohio you
were q territory, then an enabling act was
passed authorizing yop 10 form' a Constitution
and Stats government, provided it was republi
can and not in conflict with the ordinance Of 81.
When you franed Jour constitution and pre-.
scented it for ADMISSION, think il you will lind
tie legislation upon the subject, it wil1 show
that, "whereas ron had formed a constitution
| that was republican sud not in conflict with the
| ordinance Of ST." therefore you were admitted
| uppu eaual foot;pp with the original States.
| Tue same process in a few years was pona
| through with in Indiana, and so with Illinois,
md the same substantially with Michigan and
| Wisconsin.
Not oplY did that ordinance prevail. but it was
oGked To- t.ao step talsn
| niways turned their attention to it. and IN ali
their movements UPON this subject theT traced
! their cnursa by that ordinance. NJ is7 When
| thcr admitted new States they advertised them
Of Ibis ortl;nauce ~ mart al the lrr;sIntion nj
! tbe country. TbeT id so because tl,ey lad
| fracei tbe ordinance Of ~ 1hronohont H. his,
tory Of this country. Begin with tba man of tbe
rernlut;on. md On dnwn far sirtv ent;ra Years
and until the Iast scrap Of thnt Tertiary con7es
into The unit !, in Inc form Of tne State of Wis.
1 coms;u-eys1ythinc vas made to conform viii,
the ordnu G, Of 81 excluding slavery from
mat yas. extent Of country.
| Iomittcd to mention in the right n1aee thai
tho CONSTITUTION Of tha Tinted Stairs was III, in
process OF being framed when that ordinance
Was first made Rr thc f,onrress of tha Confoi
eratiou an1 nne Of tfe fTst acts nj f,oncress
| itsef under The new Uon.titut;on Itself xys. r.
aive force To that ordinance bv nnttine no5.e,
70 carry It out in The hands Of the new nff1ccrs
Who had been lepis]nted ant of eristenre he n,
change in the government from the coufcd.ra
! tion 70 tie Co5s,itutiou. Not only 70 h,,t he
| {;eye Indiana once or tw;ce. If mt tshin not;
! TONED The general government far tie privi
lece Ut saspendinr that provision and a1lowine
them to have slaFes. A report made hv IL
Kauaoloh Of Yireiu;a. h;mself a slaveholIar
| relusr ther1 ia urfr;ieee of T;o,at;n~ no "A;
nnnce Of
t. Th;, rcriod nf h;,torr vh;rh haxa RIM ov&
br;eflT. Is. i,rcsume' ~ fami,iar Ia most q
this assembly as any other part Of the histof,
Of our country. sunpose tbat few of ,nr henr
ers ore not US familiar with that part Of 3istof,
as nm. and only mention It to recall your ui
tention to it at this time. ANA hence ak hoS
extraordinary thing i is that a man Who HI
occupied position upoo the foor Of the Sen
ale Of the United States. who is now ia bis tbir,
term. and who looks tn see fho porernment !
his whole country fall into his own hands nrs
tending to c;ye atruthtul and accurate hi,tor,
~ entirely irnore The wboia of tbat no,t;o., :
mr. h;s,n9yBsha nnst in,no,tant or 1SIs XII u
not \ most e1traordinarv knectac,e that A not
should stand up aod ask for anr confIdence III !,
his statements 1ho srts ont as "a dnes itI, ,or
tinns of histnTr e.l,;no mon thc nconie ~ r. h.
iieye that it ia true and fn;r renrcsen.,t ,t;o,; NJ
when tho lending nart. and contrngi;nv fcatnr;
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