Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-10-14
deferred Matter.
Lincoln in Ohio,

The Hon. Abram Lincoln, in his speech
at Columbus, Ohio. on the 10th instant
thoroughly reviewed the late magazine es-
say Of Judge Douglas. The following is ar
extract from it,
"At the debate in Freeport, during tn,
Illinois campaign, questioned Judge Doug
las, and his answers are now matters Of re
cord, and cannot be gainsayed, though q
heavy effort is made to forget them. In re-
ply to those questions, Douglas said the Dred
Scott decision was right, and also that the
people Of a Territory had the right to ex.
clude Slavery, when they came to form q
State Constitution. That is to sey. thing
may be lawfully driven from place where
it may lawfully remain.
troubled the Judge sorely. And you will
Douglas no longer admits the right of Ter
ritories to drive out Slavery. His language
now is, that they may control it, Now
beg you Continued Mr.. Lincoln) to observe
the difference between the force OF the words,
drive out and control You can under
stand me when I say you can drive a horse
out of this State-Ilouse lot, for it is clear
that mean to put him the other side of the
fence. Laughter.I Or you might shoot
tbs horse and let the worms eat him up.
But when say you can control a horse
in this lot, you can do a variety Of things
without necessarily putting him On the 9th
er side of the fence. You can saddle him,
ride him, drive him, [laughter,l and whip
hlm-in short, you can control him as prop
erty but it by no means follows that you
can drive this species OF property outside the
specified limits. Here you see one Of the
artful lodges of this champion Of popular
sovereignty. Now, may it please you, free
men of Ohio, what more does the STAKEHOLDER
want in the new Territories than the right
to control property in men-to ride them, to
drive them, and to work them till they die !?
81 know that Judge Douglas squints at
the idea, that under his construction Of pop
ular sovereignty the people Of Territory
might control Slavery to death but we all
know that if the people of Territory tax
Slavery to death, the Supreme Court has
promisei to interfere and to pronounce such
legislation unconstitutional. And thus is
the North to b, outfanked in any movement
for the confinement OF Slavery to its original
bounds. SO long as the nation allows the Su-
preme Bench to be occupied by bred Scott
Decisionists.
"Another new position of the Senator who
has such infinite trouble in explaining his ex-
plantations of his doctrines, is made promi-
nent in the article in Harper's Magazine for
September. lie argues that the bred Scott
decision is negatire in its positions-that it
afhrms nothing except total lack Of power
in Congress to legislate Slavery out Of a Ter
ritory. Here again we are forced to expose
a false position. The Dred Scott decision
states the absence OF power in Congress to in
tervenc for the exclusion Of Slavery from Ter
ries, but adds, that the right Of property in
slaces is expressly affirmed IN the Coastitu-
hon ofhe United States. This decision does
not stop with saying that the Constitution
recognises property in slaves, but declares
that i. expressly afirms the right to hold
such property-and this, fellowcitlzens of
Ohio, by a logical conclusion, carries Sla-
very into all the Free Sites