Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-12-29

Why, sir, tho .erritorial question is settled. You
unsettled il. Did you not pledge yourselves, in
1859, that you would abide by the measures Of lo50
and, according TO the measures of 1850, was not
slavery excluded
Mn YuLEE As would desire to save the Sena-
tor from going off an another topic, not necessarily
connected with this, viii say that did not say it
was ended. said that, if the purpose of the, or
ganzaton was confined to that single question, the
country would know thrt that question being done
with, the purpose of your organization was done
with and your organization at an end. did not
say whether the question WAS done with, not done
with, but that, fsuch your purpose, there would
be APPOINT Of time at which your efforts would end.
1 make that explanation to prevent the Senator
from being drawn off into irrciavaut ISSUE for
desire to have his exposition of the platform, or
what he presents as his platform. -......r
Ma. TRUNBuLL The Senator speaks of what
present as the platform Now, is it possible that
the Senator from Florida has notseen and docs not
know, this platform7 Is there anothcr7 Why
not say "the platform OF the Republican prrty!'
Why should we seek here, in the Senate the Uni
! ted States. to mslead anybody? am sorry we
cannot speak Of admitted facts, as they are. We
are trying here, trust, arrive at understand
ing with each other. That is my object; and wish
TO do away with all these clap-trap expressions and
these ugly names that arc used for the purpose Ol
exciting prejudice Why isi that members Of the
Senate of the United States, and that the Cabinet
officers of the country, talk of the Republican party
create prejudice against itl The Senator did not
/ use that word.
j Mr. YurEE. No, I did not use it. -1D
Mr.. TRuMBULL. happened to speak oft now
1T has been used in this debate-bccausc the Sen
ator seemed to cast n suspicion upon the platform
Why sir there is but the ono. - .F,.sr
] Mn. YUIEE 1t may be. would state here tt
a.. ID l.
publicaan. p. -. 81,
| Mn. TRUMBULL. / lave said you did not.
Mn. YUr.EE. But did not use the term Rcpub
can here, for the reasons as said las. night, that
that term and that party denomination hav wing beer
once consecrated by national party of far other
and hunlbly think hi cher objects shan the pres
, ent party. no party, whatever its objects may be-
has the right to appropriate that name. 1t has be
come the property of proceeding party, and there
| fore, some qualification of the term Republican, by
which the gentleman's party may be defined, ough
to be adopted. will not myself apply the quail
cation, but leave it to that party to discover, as
hope they will, some qualification of the term Re
| publican.
Mr.. TRUKBurL. Mr.. President it is because VIC
advocate every principle advocated by the old Re
publican party that adopt its name; and say tC
/ the Senator to-day, show me a departure from the
| principles of the Republican party of Thomas JEFF
| ferson's days, and viii oppose that departure in
! the Republican party of fto-day. 1t is because VIC
advocate the principles of Thomas Jefferson, be
cause we advocate the principles Of the Repub
can party of 500, that we call ourselves Rcpub
canS; and, If | know myself, I will adhere to the
principles of the old Republican party in regard to
hs question. The flther Of that party is our great
model. Our principles are taken from him The
very words of our platform which the gentleman
objects to were indicted by his lrand.
Mr. ULEE $40 create and not to destroy free
| govcrnmemt?''
Mr.. TEUyBULL. Yes, sir; and we will perpetu.
ate free government, by continuing the principles
| thathe advocated. But, sir, what beyond that?-
| How has it come from gentlcmm upon that side
of the House. to tell we must call ourselves
Republicans, when they @Tsume to call themselves
Democrats: Der,scrats. And the illustration of
y,ar prin- defnocracy, is the supremacy Of an ar
-s'dey Of shareholders in the couafru ANY man
can De member OF the Democratic party who will
ADOPT your creed on the subject of the spread of
tioas n .hs s oaSns ss aPeo'ans as f cosa dscy not
one man in sixty of the population of this Union
That is the party that has arrogatcd TO itself the
nsme of Democrat aud that reproaches rs for
calling ourselves Republicans. Democrats. A
pariy fa leslafes for tte interests of one out Of
ty forgetting the interest Of tourJJhs Of fhe families
Of The South TO promote that Of one;fh-free ,cite
| men, f - - i = i~
| The Senator wishes to know if slavery was abol-
ished by the Constitution of the United States
| have already said, no slavery was not abolished
by the Constitution of the United States. i stated
before, and will try to repeat it again, that the
Constitution of the United States was based on the
idea of freedom but it did not abolish slavery where
| it existed by State or local law. 1t allowed the
States to manage that for themselves land provided
that, when one held to service should escape to
! other State where slavery did not exist, he might
be reclaimed; and wish the Senator TO understand
from me that acquiese in that clause OF the Con
| Il
right to reclaim the person that runs away; but
think it should be done in a judicous and proper
manner, without exciting bad feeling in the coun-
| try. Hfir aiaI8r0-n9 o1 -EfliIH rin
Mn. CLAY. VIII the Senator allow me moment
TO ask him whether he recognizes the right to re
claim fugitive slaves in the Territories?
Mr. TRTMBULL. / do under act of Congress
applicable to Territories. eilgal9 alea.
Mn. CLAY. Then will ask him to reconcile tn,
apparent discrepancy between the platform iron
which he has read and the position he now assumes
for in that platform as he read il, il is declared tina
neither Congress nor any individual can give lega
assistance to slavery within the Territories. !
Mr. TRuMDrIL. "Give legal existence to slaver]
in a Territory is the language. We deny tha
the right to reclaim fugitive proves the existence
of slavery in "A Territory any more thanit does IN
Il State Wehave expressly provided by our Con
stit,ton i'm the State of Illinois, that slavery slal
not exist there, and yet will say to the Senator
from Alabama that If slave OF his escapes to th,
State of Illinois, we recognize the right of the own
or to reclaimhim and recognize the same riglr
in a Territory. - ,f:. ,.f,..l,
Il seems to me a plain platform. IL has got M
Northern and Southern face, like your Cincinnati
creed. We do not preach popular Sovereignty II
the North and scout it as humbug in theSouth.
Mn. PUcII.-You DO not preach it in the Soutl
at all. BE- R si'a3 2Hl s'iiie31 tio9i~'l
Mn. TRuxsuI1.. No sir; we do not preuch it in
the South mt all and yet the who do net allov
our principles TO be proclaimed in the South tall
about sectionalism A srctionalism so pure ans
unadultsratrd that ,ciI not tolerate the exposition
of The principles Of its opponents at all nhere IS a
pocer, talks to the other party about sectioaalism
/ say that slavery not abolished in Tcnncsse,
and in louisiana by the Constuton. Why, sir
docs not tho Senator from Florida know thatwe &C
+ qured Tennessee by deed of ccsson that prohib
cd the extension to it of that portion of the ordi
nance of 1889, which excluded sIatcry? Slavcr
existed there not by virtue of the Coffstution ere
ating it.b by virtuc cflocal law, and that is tn
authority which establishes slavery everywhere :
Slavery can exist nowhere cxceptby virtue Of loca
owns slave in a State cannot hold sim as a slave
under the law of his State, in Territory wher
slavery has never been established The Senate
wants to know if Congress can con6scate his, prop
erty. Surely not. That question cannot arise; h
cannot hold the property there; he does not owl
the man; he voluntarily goes into jurisdiction
where there is no law to establish slavery; and whe
he goes there the shackels of the slave fall of,