The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-04-14
REMARKS OF HON. ". L. DOEHhM

announced that our I"ii"t!iatr CONGRESSMAN,
General B"nh.n,. ready To address his c,n
situcnt. on tie political matters OF the day aud
in Il short time iiiv Count House WIS thrn,rrI
General Ennh"rl >lii that he found pleasure,
in being able thss early to comply will, II call
that had been made upon hm to ad,iicSs the
people. II" responded readily rnd chccrlullv
The events OF the l';.>t sc$ son Of Congress were
ur great in",ncrt 10 the country and he ,l.cu!v
regretted ha! the Indications were of that in
suspicious character which prevented his reply.
ing with h",rfulnr>s l." tn" inquiry addressed
10 him MS one cr their sruiiuris--" Watchmau
what of Tie night" lie could no, say
with the sentinel his lonely round, "All's
wcll!' Duty compelled lin To declare tha, it
wus not Il time u! security wi;li us. but that To
the reverse, The rights an,l interests of the South
have never been in rn"r peril or N greater dan
ger Nirc years ar", Mr. Calhoun predicted
with his accustomed forecast. that if this slavery
agitation were not arrcs;r,! in ITS mail progress
II would end in Il dissolution of the l'nion-
Were lie NOW alive, he would iind too much
in realize the force ol his prr,iic,iou-to
he convinced. III fact, thar the events H., fore
kaw in thc DISTANCE were almost immediately
at hand.
Thc." w"rc many m:i,crs Of interest before
Congress, at lis recent session. sill, this cease.
-s question OF slavery. lt"irr-uc. 10 the later
debates of ia" Session VIII i'.,iratc wi Il .uici.;,:
Slcarn"Ss villa, .vr ar" I" "Nr-r, ia this conncc.
tiul from III" Federal Congress-
General E"mhAim then reviewed the p.o.trvSS
"f the anti slavery a;:It;'"n and IL repeat ed ,n.
rr"achmcn;S ul'nn Il!r SOUTH. H.. srukc %: the
l'y;Sit ";i -! t":.r.Ss hcgun far back as =
81 of tho fiiI",s "rdiauc' Of II-.. bv which
slave States c,,icd tn the asst slavery demand
exclusive nnd Invaluable territory OF tho com.
prolns. of lS2'. nrd lis a':, ,";s.. fleets upnn the
prwer and Will l,"in. of il,,. slave States u: 1h.
ta,lir;.ia sw.i,ii.. w lici territory mn chased
LARGELY hv Southern t:.;:>rr nj Southern
h!",i was v:"''i. :" III" cravin. appetite Of n
ral'a"i"rs anii>lav"ry l.: .i'.iiiv. 1t hal h,c,.
sad shat. 10 r"i,p-nsatr irr The g frauds q ~.
peal e.. til" n ,nuS Missouri Compromise. , been
citar:'d Er' What WI! r tn" "nl';" Of that rr
peal Il Ill" dangerous i.psli":iS u; s-i,nlrr i,,..
las TO eX"rcis" II controlling niiurn". in III,
direction %. all ; 1t vii i,rnvc in lie i,nt n
phantom 10 aa; Snn;hc:. Indignation; AMI in
.;-:,'! "f r->u,ung in her hrr,ii;. lis aval.,,.cs
will rather ;''rn tr III" North opening To her
ctiz.lis W; in"rc avail ,hr in"anS oi "rrrr, iu,r
cvcr Tho iiern Territories ai,i ui banishny
slavery from HEIR hui.l..lS
Th" speaker next l':"r""'i"T Ia ""mbu, tie
dangerous views ui tie l'Ii,'uis Senator Til.
Iniscii r h".,:n with ra! -: ;,iicciri ,.ri,uuGcr-
standing Of 1! 6 knn~:- Nebraska AT
BY thu non Intervention vi "nlr.<a no more
n"r less ever meant than this, un, Congress
shomtl E"i "gi>'a'c slavery i'!io nf i T.r.
r,"rv. Ah"i,"ni>ts sad Congress had ,I,n,
righ!. Both wings ot l. Dc,n".:r :, r lnr,y d.
ni.d this Th" suilll""n win. iI.i,i. i.,I,t,; ,l,,.
the umrr!i"n "i Slavery az ~,i,.gy J. T.. b.. dc.
cir,i hV the ,.'i'i". ::..: ~ i,"i!,.v.r ,i.
number ni III" i;::a''il":.'$ .~i.l.r .n f,,:,
the constitution ui 'h" :>iai-. l.r' l.::ury n
admission tu til" con:,.cia"v %, Sta!rs. and
H": !"!nr". Sirat',r sever, -:uitv, willis, i,
ni.n:iS ~" III 1T us III" s.avrh"l,lcr Ia 20 with
his Save iu:n jlc T"ir.i"G:- SAYS ii:ui the ,.y.
rr 10 .!";"i:uih" whether slavery shall ot shall
nr;. exist IL .h- f.,r"!rS, * in the Territorial
I.rrt>i,ti:t". ni. II th" Legislature, ns has been
don" IA k:;m-:,>. say slavery shall rn. rx.s, in
III" T'ii'"iy. although it ain,S the action of
thn, Legislature" must he Sul,or.liuaie TO the Con.
sii!n:i'n and The Supreme C"uii, still it, further
SAYS. Congress cannot interfere Ia enforce the
rie'i,. AZ the Shareholder in tc Territory If
,~ .i.,-,rn- h." true. it is bal ~ The W limo,
i'rnv'S.' ;n Renders the repeal uf the Missouri
C",.p.ni:lI~. .lca letter. 1t is the i.ll.st mack
"ry I" t.i! III" stakeholder voi have as much
ri-h' :" :a!ic Your slaves into tie Territories n.
,. N"r,,i"'n rnnn his h"r>" but fifth" Territorial
I."..i ,t..rr, backed by handful of squ.,tcr-.
say slavery shall NO. exist, that there Is 10
Ien-dy.
Wherever there is right. there is n remedy
The Klaus - TERRITORIAL i,..is'n,ur has under
taken Ia prohibit slavery. This SITS II, n;u"h,
the to:.s'u ium ;.:i The Il, r>iun of the Supreme
Court ,f III Unit"h States and vh...ry.r :,
arises "f q stakeholder being deprived u: ,h.
enjoyment "i his property 10y such .gi>.:.nn il
will b. the duty Of t":..r"-s l." pass such laws
Will carry into cicc, the ;ru. intent aad
meaning Of tho Constitution. ANY ether ,!uc-
tr:nc will provc destructive oC tn" rights of th.
Ih" creature cannct b- g:c..!cr than the creator
Congress has no rig ght to l"yi~ia:c slavery i,,,,
or out ol Territory. Can It's mere creatures
do il? Bat Con.rtss has passed 4, furi,,.
Save law, TO carry out the provisions of the
Constitution even ia sovereign States How
much ilore ti:cn is it competent for Counress-
ny, ITS duty, TO pass Necessary laws to protrct
the iyts OF the citizens il the Territories when
the mere creatures Of tnnyI"ss not only T., LIST,
II q. protection, but lcris!ate adversely.
No u;hcr view than Tins entertained a ny.
where, or III least not declared, until Mr.. Doug
lass finding it necessary tn secure his seat in tic
u. >. SeuaIc, promulgcd his erroneous views of
sGna,tcrS v"gntv, Views at once nn,ayunis,ic
to tho Kansas ebraska Act and at vu,i ,ncc
with The Democratic platform, announced hy
the Ciucinn tti Convention, which Mr. Duunl,s
unders!oo to have cor,liuily approved But
iie has gone against lis. the declarations of his
Fr"cprr; speech unml,tnkHv prove. His new
fch.cd princii" is dangerous To oar Hcpubli.
can system, nn especially detrimental tn the in
tercsrS -! thu, Southern pru,,'c. 1t Irrpnrrs in
our Territories AN inviting, Ic>nrts for the il.rks
nf enrram., daily arriving at Northern norris
aud for the surplus population OF ihn Northern
States many oi them ,!I:,Wm from IA" ti,t uur
lc,;is of their cities. In lis operations i, pre
scnis the startling spectacle of f,.w Thousand
such settlers gifted wuh tli. extraordinary poy-
cr Of excluding eight mils Of trc.nc; from
tie coinIIion property Of ;lr ;rnp,e Of these
States. IN the Cnn.r, ssi"ilmI debate S,u,tor,
Mason, Davis, ETowi;, and others, met this vi,w
uf the Illinois Senator with tho DECLARATION, that
his doct;inr is. TaS not. ouH ~anuot b. f5c ,y,c
Giuc nf ne South. But ior i!lis dangerous ,le-
vrlop.:,l by VITO has nccui.. - pro,ui
Hrnt position il The D,:urcrilic ra,ks There
was ground nr h"pc that our territorial nr.nni.
cations might have rr"rcc'l"d i'cnccuIv in the
future: hu; HOW that Kansas has Ul,l.riakcu 10
abolish slavery in Ter hrrder-, naw thai this
,."rr," "f >iu,ticr sovrisnv j, bsimu embraced
openly hy the North. aud at ha>t by the Doug.
las faction of the Democracy the question j.,
upon lis and obliged I" met It,
The speaker ii:"n followed Mr. Calhoun in
tracing tho gradual s,.v"ra;.cc that had bee,
long gong on between tn" North anl the South,
ir Rendering asuni-r "f il.c links of the church,
cs standing lr"r!inent in this manifestations
Tie would follow M! that train Of thought, The
Ioi'ical parties Of the country a,c also going by
'lr board The Wing party ~ already gone ;
and the Democratic party. he feared, was also
about to Jose til. prestige Of ts greatness and
succc>s. No man had more TO do with bringing
this about than Senator Douains, by his comb.