, 1859-09-19

slavery would BE- excluded from the terr'toIaes
md can ahow by history. that IN regasa 10
these .wo things, public opinion Was Exactly
alike, while II regard to positive heiton, toeie
was more done ID the Ordinance OF 'o7, TO IT.
kizt the spread Of slavery than was aver done 70
abolish the foreiga slave trada. Lest % n1is-
understood, Say again that ut ths tlme ., OK sne
ton MAS that the slave trade would be aeolian-
cd, but no more 80 than the spread Of slayefy
in the territories should be restrained They
stand alike, except that in the Ordinance OF ~
there was mark isft by public opinion showing
that it vas more committed against the spread
Of slavery in the territories than against the for
eign slare trade.
Compromise! What word Of compromise |
was there about It. Why the public sensewaA |
then In favor u the abolition of the slare trade;
but there vas 1t the time very great couu1er- |
eia interest involved IN j, and extensive capital
in that brareh Of trade. There were doubtless
The incipiens stages Of Improvement in the
South in the way Of farming, dependant on the
SLATE trade, and they made proposition to
Congress to abolish the trade alter allowing it
twenty years, sriEeient time for the capital
and commerce engaseM1 a. m II 70 Do .fnnsterfeo
that it should b. abolished for twenty years; I
do mt doubt that they expected it would be;
but they nude no bargain about it. The public
sentiment lett no doubt in the minds OF any
that it would be done auuy. 1repeat there is
notuiugin the history Of those times, in favor
Of that matter being eon.proo'iss Of the Con
stitution. It was the pubic expectation At tho
time, manifested in Thousand wsys, that the
spread ef slavery should also bs restricted.
Then say that If this principle is established,
that there Is no wrong in siaVery, and whoever
wants it has right to have It, it il q matter Of
dollars and cents, d sort Of question Is to how
af~n 4 p,N md
the negro hero there is no sort Of question, but
that at the South the question is between the
negro audE the crocodile" That is al !. It is q
mere matter Of policy; there is perfect right
according to interest to do just as you rlesse.-
when this is dome, when .his doctrine pseIa,,s,
opinion for the slare trade+ Then they wli he
ready for JEFF: Davis aud Stephens and other
leaders OF that company. TO sound the bugin Tor
the revival Of the slare trade, for the second
Drea Scott decisiou, for the hood OF slavery 70
be poured over the free States, while We 1hali
be here tied down aud helpless and run oTer
like sheep. j.
It's to be part snd parcel Of this same idea,
to ssy to men who rant to adhere 70 the Dem
| ocraiic party, who hare alWays belonged tothat
party, and are only locking about for SONG ex-
cuse to stick TO it, bat nevertheless hate slavery,
I that Douglas Popular Sovereignty is as good
way as any to oppose slavery. They allow
| themselves to be persuaded easily in accordance
with their previous dispositions, into this; be-
| lief, that ii is about as good way Of opposlng
slavery as any, and we can do that without
straining our old party Yes Or breaking nPi ola
| being called negro worshippers. We can do
tha. without being subjected to the jbes and
sncers that are so readily thrown ont in place Of
| argument where no argument can be found: So
let us stick to this Popular Sovereignty this
insidious Popular Sovereignty Now let irne
/ ~ IN Ia
happened, which shows this gradual and steady
debauching Of public opinion, this. course Of
! preparation for the revival Of the Stare trade.
Tor the territorial slave code, and the new bred
Scott decision that is to carry slavery into the
free States, Did you ever, f'e years ago, hear
! Of anybody in n]I thr world saying that The me-
| gro had no share in the Declaration OF National
Independence; that it did not mean negroes at
all; and when "all men" were spoken Of ne
! grocs we're not incfuded@
am satisfied that five years ago that pro-
! position wns not put upon paper by any lining
being anywhere I have been unable at any
| time to ind a. man IN m audience who woald
declare that he had ever known Of any body
saying so ire years ago. But last year there
was not Douglas popular sovereign in Illinois
who did not say it. Is there one in Ohio but
| declares bis 6rm belief that the Declaration of
| Independence did not mean negroes at nite l
| do not know how this is; hare not been here
| much; hut presume you are resy much alike
every where. Then suppose that afl ROW ex-
press the belief shat The Declaration Of 1nde-
pendanee never did mean negroes. l call up
on one Of them to kay that he said it i've years
| ago.
| If you think that now, aud did not think it
then, tile next thing that strikes me is to remark
| TINT there has been change wrought in you
| Daughter and spplause}, aud 4 very significant
change it il, being no less Than changing the
negro. in your estimation, from the rank Of q
man to that Of 4 brute. They arc taking him
reptiles and crocoditcs, IS Judge Douglas him.
| self expresses it. g:
Is not this change wrought in your minds q
very important change: Public opinion in this
country is ereFything- In nation like oIIs
this popular sovereignty and squa.ter sovereign
y hare already wrought change in the pub
lie mind to the extentl have stated. There Is
no man in this crowd who Gnu contradict it,
Now, if yon nre opposed to sl1rery honestly,
rs much As anybsdy, I ask you to note that fact,
and the like Of which Is to follow, to be plaster-
ed on, layer after layer. until rery soon you are
prepared to deal with the negro everywhere as
with the brute # public sentiment has not
been debaueted already to this point, . new turn
of the screw in that direction is all that Is
wanting; and this is constantly being done by
the teachers Of ibis insidious popular sovereign
II. You need but one or Two turns further nnt1
yoEr minds, now ripeniug under these teachings
will be ready for aii these things, and yet you
| will RECEIVE and support, OF submit to, tie slave
trat!e, rtysred with all its torfoss; ala,e cota
eu.orcel in our territories, and new Dred Scott
decision To bring slavsry up to in the very
hart Of tho Tree North. This, l must
say, IS but carrying out those worda
pFopheticalIE spoken by Mr.. Clay many, many
years ago, l belicrc more than thirty years
when be told an audience that it they would re:
press all tendencies to liberty and ultimate
emancipation, they must 20 back to the era ol
our independence and muzz'e the cannon which
thundered its annual joyous return on tho
Fourth ct July; thfy must blow out the moral
lights around us; they must penetrate the hu'
man soul and eradicate the lore Of liberty; but
until they did these things. and others eloquentl
ly enumerated by him, they could not repsess
a1l tendencies to ultimate emancipation.
ask atteution to the fact that in prc-tmi
nent degree these popular sovereisus arr u
this work; blowing out the moral ishts around
Us; teaching that the ue1ro is no longer s
man but brute; that the Declaration has
nothing to DO with him; that be ranks with the
crocodile and the reptile; that man. with
body aud soul. is matter Of dollars aud cents
l suggest TO this portion Of the Ohio Republi
cans, or Democrats il therr be any present, the
serious consideration of this iacs, that there il
now going on among you steady process o
tebaucaing public ocinion on this subject
With this my friends, bid yon adieu.