Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-08-13

not be strengthened SO as to fortify the good
old Ia of trial by jCry He would not in |
wade constitutional rights. Whatever the
rights Of the South may be under the Const.
tuition for the rendition Of iugiuyes, he would
accedc TO them, but he would have those
rights defined, and the rights Of freedom guard
ed He thought jury Ohio as competent
to decide the question Of freedom or slavery in |
the case of Fugitive, as a K'ntucky Jury is |
to decide upon the proprlotorship Of horse, |
and this right he would have vindicatod lie
would not have liberty jeopardized in a State
where the presumption OF law is in favor of
slavery
Mr. Dennison remarked at length upon the
disgust of the Democracy all over the Union, !
when the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise
was first intimatcd IL had become sauctihed
in the hearts of the people, and no man was
bold enough to advocate its repeal. Bot when
il was repealed, thousands OF Democrats fore.
swore their party, and with the majority Of
old Wings, united in organizing the Ri tuhlcau
party. Ia the face of this invasion of the
rights of the free States, you yet find the Dem
ocratic party defending It, AMI cOntendmg that
"the Compromise was UNCONSTITUTIONAL not
wthstandng it was approved by Calhoun,
Crawford and Writ, Southern members of
Monroe's Cabinet You find that no memory
is to sacred for them to vlOlate-nO precedent
too holy for them TO disregard
In Kansas oil the powers Of Government
were brought &c, ,beyr to force an odious Con
| stitution upon the people. Democrats raised
another howl all over the North, but they soon
ycarned to renew communion with the oaves
and fishes of the Administers tOn and snatchcd
with alacrity the opportunity afforded by the
infamous English Swindle, which ackuo wledg,d
that the Lecomplou Constitution was odlous to
| the people of Kansas, and proposed to admit
! . all,
aton of 94,O00, while at the same time IL ad-
mits Oregon with 10000. The speaker here
alluded to the asserted refusal of the Demo
cratic members Of tie late Constitutional Con
| vention, in Kansas, to sign the new COHsiilu-
| ton, upon this very clause of population, eX.
pressing his fears that it is true, because so thor
oughly in keeping with Democratic anteoe
dents.
In relation to this question Of prohibition, he
said that there is now deliberate purpose in
the South to compel Congress to pass a law to
protect slavery in the territories Douglas has
said he will not accept u Nomination from the
Charleston Convention with a slave code plank
in the platform, but his career proves that he
would accept anything, il there were forty slave
code planks in it. Hls doctiiue is that slave
property Is like any other property in the teri-
tories. He was prepared TO see the Democracy
sustain slave code, and would predict thit
lheN euuOTse ". lney tnuOfte Tue Dreu scout
doctrine with the South lfthat is right doc
trine the logic is with the South and the Con-
stitution does carry slavery with it into all
the territories and he who recognizes the doe.
trine sound must admit that Congress has
power to pro ect slavery in the territories
As tue Democracy of the free States have
backed out upon all theirprevlous positions up
on the slavery question, they will back ont
from their opposition to the Slave Code. They
have also entered solemn protest against the
revival OF the slave trade they acge that it
cannot be revived; that the prohibtory law OF
l7SS cannot be repealed, but yet it will be a
living practical issue, and the Democracy of the
free States will support it, Two and a half
years ago, when Etherldge, of Tennessee intro
duced resolution denOuncng the slave trade,
4 only eight members voted against the resolution.
r and they ostensby because they resented the
suspicion against the South, but the rapid
{ growth OF the slave trade sentiment as proved
p by the speech of A. II. Stephens, from whom
T the South now derives its political inspiration,
is convincing that it must be q vital question for
the consideration of the friends of freedom -
Mr.. Dennison did not think that the repeal Of
the prohibitory law would constitute a plank
? IN the Charleston platform, but it must come
, up as an important measure hereafter lie
would predict likewise that the Lennon case.
=. before the United States Supreme Court involy-
ing the right of a STAKEHOLDER to take his slaves
through free States, would be decided as was
t tue Drcd Scott just after the Presidential
election
, The speaker held that the bred Scott decis.
ION was made for political effect (Fcrnev saws il
was known what the decision would be before
the President delivered his inaugural and that
l the Lennon case would be similar, and that IL
e would sustain the right Of slave transit through
Free States, and thus introduce slavery into the
+ North, because the power cannot be limited il
d 1t is permitted to foster itself anywhere.
d The Republican party, SAID Mr., D., proposes
y nothing new in these questions--they simply
+. oppose the extension OF slavery. They do mo-
e propose TO invade Southern constitutional rinhts
e They demand that slavery shall not be carriol
o into free territory They repudiate the doctrine,
n of the Dred' Scott decision. They insist upor
Il interpreting the Constitution as Washington
F. and Jefferson did, and upon adhering to the
Z, settled policy OF the Government under the
I, fathers of the Constitutions They do not seek
r to disturb slavery in the States where it exist
J, by force of law, but they intend to prohibit
b, slavery nggresslOns upon free territory They
s- intend to reorganize tho Supreme Court, Sc
p that 100000 white men IN the South shal
Is not have five Supreme Judges, while l7OOO OO(
y in the North have but four This Court is th,
e citadel OF slavery, and Republicans intend t,
n storm it.
II The Republican party is The white man.
T. party, and 1t labors lor the prosperity and Id
ID erty Of the white man. Mr. Dennison proceed
ie ed TO say that he favored a tariff upon furcigI
r, goods Tor revenue, and would entirely with
t. draw the public lands from Government as
so source Of revenue, leaving them TO be subdiyi
e, dcd into small homestead farms, subject TO pre-
70 cmption claims without price Aiterremarkiu!
somewhat upon the philosophy Of agitation
at for the promotion of all interests, Mr. DenuisOl
e., drew to a close, asserting that If the Republl
D. can party h8d agitated the slavery question h
y was not disposed to deny it, but the hstor
n, of the country proves that the Democracy hav
h, been the agitatoTs.
sy Our report purpors to be a mere outline d
n the speech. We eXtenuate nothing IN sayin
b. it produced a good cilrct It. evolved no ne'
Nv and startling points, but was a stTaightioI
M ward, comprehensive review Of the history q
IS. the Democratic party on the slavery question
US and a statement Of the position OF the Repul
m cans upon the issues involved II was us
py such speech a. intelligent farmers like I
no hear and if repeated all over the State it woul
ut promote the interests Of the party.
h" PALuDL MnsM The chemists have lon
been laboring % dete Il this subtle poison, an
w determine what it is, Doctor Ayre, ofLowel
has at length succeeded lie finds II to be a
II' ETHEREAL eGhaation Of vegetable decay, which
~ evolved only in the presence aud by the 0ssis
.1S adco Of water. Its absorption through ii
~ lungs into the blood is the sole cause Of n
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