Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-09-01
TCLEvELAND THURSDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER !, 1852

or for the benefit OF the people.
How have they sought 10 do thisl By secur
ing the nomination and election Ofsuch men for
President as will use the patronage Of the Gov.
ernment in their behalf, and thus control legis.
laton They have sought IL also by the or
ganization Of the Supreme Bench They have
row iive slavehoding Judges, while there are
only four non slaveholding Judges, and Of these
nearly eveiy man has been appointed by ths
slave power itself, by the President Of its selec
ton. Thus they have organized the Supreme
Court to suit themselves. They elected their
Presidents, and have control of ths Government
WHERE WILL TT END4
Yet there have been gentlemen who have
supposed that at some point OF its career this
slave power, which Is the essence of depOtism,
was going 10 stop. Where can it stopl there
is an irresistible logic of events as well as Of
reason, and this teaches us that despotsm never
ceases IN its career Of oppression until it has
subjugated the whole people to ils will This
slave power is not going to stop in is aggres-
siOns until It has obtained the pTedominance in
the country. .9Ati
In 1852 said, and most of the people Of the
country seemed 20 think, that the slave power
would be content by what were known us the
Compromise measures. Was it content, That
was proclaimed as fual settlement of the slav-
cry question. Was it finali You know that
hardly was Mr. Pierce inaugurated, hardly had
that poor man repeated the cry OF fnaty in Liz
inaugural address before he was told by the
Shareholders. "We meant that il was final for
the observation-disclosures, not for us. We meant
that they should stop resisting, not that we
should stop aggressing You don't understand
this subject, Mr. Pierce" "Rhy," said he,
"what do you wantl" "We want the Missouri
prohibition repealed" The poor man did not
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Washington at the time and had an opportunity
TO know it, but he was obliged to submit. He
submi ted, and this Missouri prohibition was
repealed and then we were told that there was
final settlement. 'No,' the slave power told
him, 'no, you have not got final settlement
yet. We want Kansas; we don't care about
the repeal OF the Missouri prohibition unless
we get some fruit from it Mr. Pierce, you
have to apaoint officials to secure il for u.s.
He did it; he did his best. The people resisted,
the people struggled. You know the whole
history; need not recite it. Finally, the peO-
pie of Kansas have 30 far conquered that as yet
slavery does not exist in the Territory. except
under the Dred Scott decisiOn when they found
that this power of Presidential patronage and
the repeal of the Missouri prohibition was not
to serve their purpose, what did they want
then they wanted a constitutional sanction
| for slavery everywhere. This came from the
Dred Scott decision.
tbs SLAVE TRADE REVIVED.
Now, you have got certainly sufficient You
have got the Dred Scott decision, by which
Slavery is sanctioned in all the Territories; you
have the Government so organized as TO enforce
these DEGREES. Then, surely you are satisfied
now. ''Uh nO,-what is the use of having
Slavery established in all the Territories, unless
we have negroes 10 putthere." So Mr. Stephens
said The other day in Georgia. Said he: q,
don't see th3t we have gained much, unless we
have negroes to put in the Territories II you
want" said he, ITO put slaves in the Territories
you must have negroes to put there" So they
have revived the slave trade already. The Gov
ernment made some poor, puny and Intellectual
attempts to repuse it BY judicial proceeding
at Charleston. What was the result! The slave.
holders in the jury box said; "We don't recog.
nize any law OF constitution which condemns
the Slavery which exists among us, and if you
condemned the traffic in slaves in Africa, you
equally condemn that traffic at home" Tha' il
true. You cannot get away from that, and &c
these South Carolina men said, ave are moi
going to condemn it at home, and therefore moi
abroad and therefore we shall acquit these
men," and acquit them they did.
Only last week read in the newspapers wha
you have seen, the account of the landing o.
six hundred nes roes from a slave ship in Flor
da, and the Marshal says that he would have
prevented it il he could, but he had no meanl
furnished him, Why hadhe not Mr.. Buchan
an finds it dangerous to arouse this interes
which is in favor Of the Slave trade, lest b,
finds il hard to seeure the nomination at Charles
ton.
The Slave trade is revived, and now the only
question is whether the laws which prohibit il
shall be repealed or no.
know my Democratic friends say that they
are not going to consent to its repeal. SO they
said of the Missouri Compromise. SO they saiC
of the Fugitive Slave Law. So they have saiC
of every event in this long train Of submission
which has been constantly fulfilling its course
They have always said that they would mol
consent, and yet they always consent. Wha
ground have you, my Democratic brotner, tina
they will not consent What ground have yor
n say that the same course pursued heTetofor,
will not be pursued again If you will admi
Slavery into the Territories, why not into th,
, States II you admit the carrying of slaves in
te the Territories, why not from Africa If yol
consent TO the Dred Scott decision which es
tablishes Slavery everywhere, are you prepared
to resist the Arguments which will be addressed
to you in favor OF the slave trade 1t is impos
sible. There is no ground of reason or con
science upon which thoae who consent to Tia,
aggressons already made shonld not consent Il
these iufthef aggresslOns.
Then as have said already, that will not b,
all but they will claim that slaves once intro
duced into the country may be sent into th,
free States; and you have, il not the African
slave trade, at least the American slave trad,
revived in all the States.
EXPERIENCE.
Some people will say that this is all imagina
ton, but, ms fellow citizens, l have seen thi
workings and progress Of this party for the las
fifteen eT twenty years. haye observed then
all the while, and have, from timo to time lit
! ed up my voice in warning Of the aggressionl
sought to be made, have always found tha
, everything that supposed could take plac
has been transcondedhy that which has takel
. place. ! did not dream a few years ago, whel
! resisted in the Senate at Washington, th
Fugitive Slave Act, that the measure would b
endorsed by the Democratic party and inseribe
on their banner in the election Of President
But l saw It done. But even then, wh4n the
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