The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-09-08

/ II al whenever any man, owing service or iaooE,
/ should escape into State where the institution
1 IS not recognized, he might be pursued aad re-
Ella med not bY the Constitution bat by the lay
Of any State. Treating it As matter of local law
entirely. that Is ali the recognition OF Slavery
there is in the Constitution aai Mr.. Maisoa,
when that clause was about 10 be inserted. begged
that they would not ass the word Slave, aud theg
substituted his phraseology. wing labor not by
the Constitution of the Unitei States bat in the
express language Of the Coas,itasio, By the law
of any State rec ogaiZag II as local Institution.
aa1 not at all as oae Of thosa natural rights of
4 property which woald De rcog. Lied with a Coz
sttutional provision at all Ii recognized it Sd
far as it sholli not cease to DC property by rua-
ning away into State where slaves are not rec
ognIZad as property.
I Some Of our people OF the Republican party
deny that Constitutional right Gentlemea ladies'
men. women, Democrats, Republicans. Wings,
eryth;ng and everybody that has ears and tha.
car, hear me- while tell you that it is not the
doctrine of the Republican party, either in Oaio,
New York, or any other State or Territory OF
this confederacy. The d d)ctrins of the II epubli-
can party Dec iase | am the founder of that par
"; they got oil their doctrines from me pro-
claimed them years before the party called Re-
publican party was heard Of is identical with
the " hig doctrine OF 1914. upon which in every
State il the Union where Mr. Clay was run. and
where his election was advocated l know that
they were his own convictions which he had held
Z
and sunshine. Almost the last speech he
made was that he would prohibit Slavery every
where ID the world where il did not already exist
but he also believed Asns that article that author
led the master OF a slave iu Kentucky 70 come
TO Ohio to take his fugitive slave. was just and
right and binding any other provision Of
the Constitution. 1t is in the bond and We in
tend to adhere to it, lapplause We dou't like
/ the Fugitive Slave law, ard the people Of Ken
lucky Won't say it is right. 1t has got certain
things in il that we don't like. l don't believe
thai they are Of any account but they are hate
ful to our people; for instance. they are opposed
to it under the supposition that any STAKEHOLDER
has right TO come here and put his hand on my
sh oul Ter and say. 60 and catch my ngyer.,-
That IS their construction. as understand; turn
ing to Mr.. Moore,) am right, sir?
Mr.. Moore-'rhat is
Mr. C0rwin-That is your construction Now,
sir Congress never meant that. That would make
slaves Of US white men, ani We caa't sufsr that
We'll. the Shareholder puts his hand on my shoal-
der, and tells me to go and catch his niger
We'll" says I, what win you give me. sir p
j Nothing sir; go catch my nigger! Congress
meant 20 such thing. They do enjoin all good
citizens to aid in the execution of the law, but
they mean nothing more than your Statutes all
mean, when you give the power TO sherifs to ex-
ecute their laws. If your people of Kentucky
I have got such thing :ha. into your heads.
you had better send the n to Sunday Schoo'.
| Mr. Moore-W e say, if they resisted.
| Mr. Corwiu-rhat is another thing. an not
helping them to arrest the fugitive slave, but an
upholding the dignity of the laws. AMI the good
! faith of my State.
/ That is all that Congress ever meant. If the
MaIshal is resisted, what is resisted? Not the
man hlnting his negro. but the type and symbol
! of power of the Government of the United States.
The very authority given by the Constitution
der which you and l. and all of US, live and hold
our rights, authorizes the Marsha! to do this, aud
| when we see that authority contemned, when
see treason comnitted-for it is treason to op-
pose the authority OF the United States - say
| ghen the Marshal is resisted by force, every man
i rbs9e Seaia s ao,siss to iss ,aA' .a d, the a q
masters in this. No Law could be executed any.
where If it allowed men to resist if it the
| privilege of the strong man to resist the weak
man who official. That is all that is ia it.
| Our people don't believe it, bat have told them
so, God knows, often enough but they say that
they doa't believe it, but tell VOC that it is
The Republican tina: thinks he is bound to 60 and
/ follow negroes, ought to stajy Law, at least he
ught to read Swans Treatise OF Justices of the
Peace, or Wilcox's Book of Forms
/ We don't like your Slavery system. Oar pao-
pie believe that we have got along n little better
/ than you have in Virginia and Kentucky. l don't
know whether that is right CT not. l have my
opinion on that subject which | would rather ex-
press here than over there laughter. For
4 would like to 60 abroad over there - but here
i do 50; | believe, before God, that we have beat
yon, and the simple reason of it is that every man
here is working for himself, while over there. the
/ negro is working for you Keep them, and tell
you you may clne here and take them back when
they away from you; but you must prove
something on tie subject, because we have great
many men Of uiy color that arc not slaves lalga-
ter There is 40 need of quarreling on this sub
iect There is not State in the Uaion, as
maintain, where Law is scrupu'ous!y and stu
d;oqsiy obeyed and enforced than ia this Stale OF
OHIO, which IS risen, in my life time, from po
pulation of 800 TO about 100000 and the la
dies will bear witness that yet quite a
Youth lapplause and laughter. We beat you
on that point. Y on beat in good may things,
but we beat yon in that and my belief is that it
IS owing to your having slave labor instead of free
labor. Therefore it is We don't want it. We have
no quarrel with Kentucky about it, because it is
a local affair with wi ich We have nothing al all
to do and xoad advise every in the slave
States to beware how they make il other than a
local affair; keep it within your State limits af
fected only By your State laws. and do with it in
the Territories what Congress chooses to do With
it.
My people differ with me on that, bat saw
e. them establish it if they please 50 to decide
: For hold when yoa give omniposent power to
! men 10 do thing they may do it or not as il
shall please them. That is the doctrine of the
/ Republican party on that point
Bat We have good many things to do in Con
greSS beside tlaf. say tnaI as tnefe Is 90 terri
; tory where Slavery will go, it is more abstract
! qaes,ion than than practical one, at leas. unti
! ae have more.
NEW TERRITORY.
II yoa won't look into the jecalogus which for
bids yoa to covet your neighbors property, bat
7 will acquire more territory, then the North will
' tell you yoa shan't do it and carry your slaves
there L tell you that yoa must roast at stakes
until all our fogers blaze in the fires OF martyr
dom. like lighted candles and We shall still believe
Il is batter TO have free State where white mes
can labor and live. II we are fools, We are fool
= eo-are- and there are two and half millions o
lust s8ch tools 10 the State of Ohio. Ill you il
: Kentucky aud the s.ave States have got 10 do I,
9 Du. al end TO this vexed question, and see |.
: the cultivation of the farm you have got it i
| very large. Keep Tha. you have got; let farthe
acquisitions az least for this geaera;ion 60 Yov
doa't want Cuba any more than you want . hor-
nets nest about yo1r heads. see in the Demo
cratic patfyrn that it so9.d be very desirable Il
: have Cuba . matter Of national defense -
WouId II not be mach better to On tn c>ra3