Newbern weekly progress., 1859-09-20

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Hon. Robert Toombs, Of Georgia, made speech
at Augusta on the 9th instant. He supports Dou-
gas' nomination. though he says he is not his
6rst choice. The principal topics touched by him
on the occasion referred to were--slavery, reve.
nue. and expenditures. We extract from the
synopsis before US taken from an Augusta paper ::
"The question of slavery affects all, but it had
been settled, and nothing now could be made OF
it. That at the time of the confederation all par
ties looked to division into Slave and non-Slave-
holding States, then it did not enter into Nation
al politics. and was not considered question for
federal legislation. But after the Constitution
was formed, it became necessary to legislate. 1t
was determined to be the duty of non-slavehold-
ing States to give up fugitives That 'oas settted
They determined upon the per capita principle of
representation. That settled AS to the ques-
ton of the African Slave Trade, all the States
cept Georgia and South Carolina, were opposed
TO it-they agreed upon the existing laws, and
acos settted-The American Congress had full and
ample power to control it.
The Constitution was silent to what should
be the condition of new acquisitions of territory
and out of this silence all the troublel had gr@wn
The Northwest territory hadibeeTfc3ded by{Yir..
ginia, with section prohibiting sla1ery North>of
fhe Ohio. Tennessee, Alabama andI Mississippi,
did not contain the prohibitory section placed
over the Northwest Louisiana and Florida, it
was then seen, would fall into our hands just as
naturally as it is now seen that Cuba and the Is
lands of the Caribbean will The principle that
the South is entitled to an equal participation in
territory acquired by the common blood and
treasure will triumph if we maintain it. It
opposed by King and the New England politi-
clans. In the admission of Missouri, false and
degrading discrimination against this right was
assented to by large Southern majority in Con-
gress. Then came the acquisition of Texas by
treaty with her as Independent government.
The territory acquired from Mexico, next came
up for adjustment, and the unanimous vote of the
South was cast to extend the Missouri line to the
Pacific But in all these acquisitions the princi.
pie was not settled to the power of the terrific
ries over the subject of slavery, while in terrific
rial condition. In 1916 there were but four men
in Congress, Democratic or Whig. who did not
hold to Congressional prohibition. This ground
was abandoned in the settlement of the territory
acquired from Mexico, and California decided this
question for herself. Utah had been settled by
the MormonS who had adopted-in the language
of distinguished free-soier-the twin abomina-
tions of polygamy and slavery" and New Mexico
had adopted slave code, protecting slave proper
ty, and it was as safe there as in Georgia.
The Senator explained and defended the Eng
lish bill-it was identical with the Lecompton
bill, except in its land clause. he repudiated
with indignation the supposition that any South
ern member of Congress could be bought. We
are told by the opposition, and by some of the
Democrats, that the Kansas bill contained squat
ter sovereignty. He regretted that his colleague
in the United States Senate, was of the number.
Douglas stood jast where he in 1913, 1850,
and 1855 He (Toombs) had differed with Cass
in his views of squstter sovereignty.
Mr< Toombs said that Douglas was not bis
=. fer the Presidency-but he Sa1s
- sooner than, any Oppositiam
= nor,<Y1o-