The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-12

IMPORTANT POLITICAL DOCUMENT.
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Authoritative Exposition or tho Position
OF Edw ard Bates the BlH very Qnos-
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FREEDOM THE RULE SLAVERY THE EXCEPTION ,
prom the 81 Louis Evening News, Nov. 81
some O The opposition papers VI Missouri (,he 81 Jo
eelb West among rhem) while admitting ths indecency
d private citizens, who suppose tbe nselves candidates.
for the Presidency thrusiDg their opn,cns all qaes
tionE upasked the country nevertheless appear
lhnk that the Of Edward Bates ia exception.
They claim that Mr. Bates stands prom entity b.
The country possible candidate 10 e Preede acy,
and that the anxiety Of Mssourans great 70 declare
In favor Of him. il his views tie sayc questbl are
his views that subject least Other WISE, many
czeBs after committing themselves his support might
bno tbe mselves in u false position.
There VIII be no occasion for citizen feeling
embarrassment on Mr. Bates account He s NOT en-
aca.e or The presdency and VIII not seem by psbAh-
ing letters unasIed, and OH even the most trDg
ssn, TO be oour,ng attention u his views
But II Mr.. Bates should be made candidate by the
auth tor'a,ye voice Of bis ccnnrymen, he viii obtain
vote upcn false pretences. He will stand upon jugge
IKE tho Cincinnati platform, with It's Ambiguous and
double Isaanss The country viii know his poanon en
all queshons manifestly as In letters Of living light Til
then, Mr. Bai.s views Of slavery will not probably be
more oimaly set forth.
senied the name Of Mr. Bates the favore Of the e.
Louis opposonss for the Presidency, reasonably 70
be supposed that we had sufficient knowledge of hin
opinions this and other subjects justify the nomns
ton Of HIM. II may be that we know enough or hs
views, even now to satsy the more mrorunate querss
m the matter The following are what we sure will
be found to be the vMws Of Edward Bates the slavery
question:
SLAVERY NOT EzanHIAL SOCIALLY, POLITICALLY On xx1I-
Mr. Bates does not believe that AFRICAN slavery s tho
stone Of Liberty"
He does not believe that African slavery h beneficial
institution either in social, political religious ssnse
Not in social sense because sets at naught the family
relation and separates man and wife, parents and children
at the caprice the necessities OF owners Not In q
political sense, because rs productive OF disoords be-
tween naens that tolerate IT, aud nations that do and
because IT Liable 10 pancs, commissions insnrreotjoDs
and massacres and has ended often 10 bloody revelations
knowledge, makes the word Of God sealed book 70 the
slave, and gives his body " the VI human mas
ter, whereas the body Of every created being should
freely given to the service Of God.
xxIENnoS UNCONSTITUTIONAL Excsar BY AFFIRMATIVE II
GSlATJoN
Because Mr.. Bates docs not believe that slavery Is
beneficial institution either in social political religious
sense, be unaer&by opposed to s extension INTO Ter
rtores already free. Mr. Bates in his political creed IS
Henry Clay whjg, and Mr. Clay declared that his srivht
should drop from his shoulder before he would vote
extend slavery foot Of territory already ee
Mr. Bates heartily endorses that continent and holds 10
that creed.
MIR. Bates does not believe that the constitution by it's
proper vigor carries slavery into all the territories that
may be acquired by the United States He believes that
freedom is the rule, and slavery the exception He
believe that slavery exist any territory acquired
by the government Of the United States except by the
positive law Of Congress- That positive law Mr. Bates
would not be in favor OF passing, because for
into territory already free.
DISTINCTION HErwnN SLAVE AND OTHER PROPERTY ouEvkL
WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
be held that this exclusion of slave property from
territory acquired by the blood and Of
the Union, establishes nvidous dsunc ton between
sections Of the Unionthat denies the South rights
that freely given to the NorthMr Bates denies
phaticay that il has any such effect Tho distinction
complained Of is coeval with the It
tbiDg-no modern hardship; in TACT, no hardship At
all The locaixng Of slavcry-the prohibition Of It's ei
grating and establishing itself in free territory,
bodied the compact Of the Union the beginning but
for this limitation the slave States got far than an
equivalent Y beng anPwsa n shs nsssona ogrcss and
slaves do but their for them The
votes Of two men In the South much the vo,ee
| Of Eve men in the free States.
CrnzKSs POSSESSING OF PgoprRrr No1
| HELD EY 4 yIEGysIAg.
Wny should THIS be 60! II slaves are only property as
mans property vote also. II s all only property When
the STAKEHOLDER y dpoeed 10 complain therefore, that
common territory Of the country and take his property
the citizen Of the free State reply properly
~ that votes- is properly that gives You Two and
bali votes 70 my one-n Is property that makes me
inferior TO you IN our relations to The federal government
and that Is not fair when occupy has been
bought by the common blood and treasure OF tho Union
THIS distinction between free property and slave pro
perty is, as before stated old the constitution ITSELF
there were no Territories ALL the same distinction
would exist citizen Of New York can remove bis doni
c to the State OF Ohio and carry all his prspsry with
him and hold it, citizen Of Virginia cannk rerope 10
the State Of Ohio and carry all his property with him ana
hold 1t. he can't do now. He couan do ,sn yearr
ago, nor twenty years ago. nor at apy time since O -
isted as State Of the Union why rs this 20 Does nos
the constitution prevail equally all the Union Does
not the very language OF the second section Of the fourth
article Of the constitution OF the United States declare that
"the citizens Of each State snail be entitled to all pri.
yileges and mmunites Of citizens in the several
Statesw
SLAVERY MOI PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION, ONLY
BY LOCAL LAW.
Yet We find that citizens Of Massachusetts possess and
have for over MY years. certain privileges in
The matter Of changing their domcs, which the cizens
OF Virginia do not possess. One Ohio and carry
| his property and keep 1t. The other cannot And
yet oemagogues would have Southern men believe that
no discrimination against their property ought exist or
ever do exist and that 10 enforce such discrimination in
the settlement OF new States would be to establish dis
apcton between certain classes OF property which the
slavery cannot 60 into the free States and maintain
Itself why should expect TO into FREQ Territories and
maintain isef-there being in neither local
protect III not the constitution Of the United States as
vigorous as comprehensive and just in Ohio it in
rghs-of all citizens, in all places Of the republic, as
equally sacredY slavery is pationalif In the
Of such property to be despoiled Of il in free
State any more than in free Territory Can Ssate be
permitted 70 nufy the rights Of IN property that Is
recognized In the constitution Of the United Eates-and
the federal government have power to interferes
or course not; for the constitution says that
" tho United States shall guarantee 70 every
Stale republican form Of government But
such State government despoling Of his right,
slavery be the ruie-f be nationa-f IL exists m The
constitution and carried wherever the constitution pre-
yailathatt is IS sacred in Ohio as IN Kansas, and Is
bne Wherever the flag Of the Union floats there every
citizen entitled TO protection in all his rights that are
national and constitutional Such would be the case with
regard TO slave property II slavery Is national.
TIE DETERMINATION HxvR THOUGHT RAHDeHp BY rsr
BorM
But this Is not 90. nb claimed even by The South
and never has been, that eave has . right to
remove with his negroes TO free State, and call on the
United States government 70 protect him in his property
Yet hh right go to free State perfect under the
United States constitution a. s 70 90 70 free Territory
Was Kansas acquired by sthe common blood and trea.
sure Of the Uniony' So was Iowa-and what right
IOWA. any more Than Kansas, 70 discriminate against
property 60 as to deprive the citizens any portion Of
the Union OF their national and constitutional rgh This
siscrmnasion against slave property, regards emgra
ton into free States, we have thus shown has always ex
Nted and never by the South been thought hardship
And whyf Because, perhaps, the citizens Of the slave
states felt that IN the privilege to vote their Slaves that
Species Of property had obtained peculiar and transcen
dent advantage all other property in the Unon that
more than compensated for its one restrcon-to Wit
that should into and establish tssh In free
States
the South tired Of this discrimination against slave
property which has existed since the government was
and abandoned, then the SOuth