The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-12-29


! final determinations Of the people of the
, Territory, and exclusive agitation of the
slavery question from Congress, they
; you'd abide BY it. Now, sir, where are
We? Whois there that represents that
Southern sentiment of 1880 and 1854,
, upon this floor Who is there that rep
Frescnts it? Is there any southern mem
ber who represents il? 1t is likely that
, there is. 1t there be, however he has
maintained a most respectful silence up
TO this moment. No, sir; the southern
sentiment destroys all the benefits Which
the North got by the compromise of 1850
: and 1851. | viii not undertake to say
) what the motive of the man was who in
} troduced the Kansas Nebraska bill, but |
: think that no man ought to have doubted
what the effect Of that bill would be. The
South undoubtedly expected that it would
conduce to the Interest Of slavery. and
the effort was strenuously made, think,
in Kansas, to reap that benefit from that
provision of the bill Bat from the mo-
ment that it failed to plant slavery in
Kansas, it has been repudiated, and if |
understand the position which the South
occupy to day, it is that they will have
nothng to do with this thing of squater
: sovereignty. They wash their hands of
, it.
: Now here is the first, the second, the
third the fourth and the fifth comprom
ise which the North have entered into
. with the South upon this all absorbing
subject Of slavery and the North charge
; upon the South that in every single IN
stance of compromise they have violated
them after having received the benefit, or
tried to receive the benefit arising from
their side Of the bargain. And these
charges have to be answered, not. here
merely, but at other times and other
: places They will have to be answered
next year, and | assume now the position
that the South have got to wash their
: hands OF these things, or they have got
to give UP the Federal Offices Applause
aud cries Of Good > upon the Republi
can side Now the South have rights
! guaranteed under the Constitution; but
the South have not all the rights The
North have afew Individually, would
not withhold from the South, or any por-
tiou Of the South, the least, as would
not the greatest right, guaranteed to her
either by fundamental law or statute.
would treat her as I would treat a Young
er sister; | would give her more tan she
was entitled to, rather than less, because
she is the weaker party. would bestow
bountes even upon her; but when she
comes here or anywhere else and demands,
as a right, what was not her right, aud
seeks to wrest from the North what she
is not entitled to, | would deny her. That
is my position, and those are my princi-
pies at the present time; for if | under
stand the politics Of the country at the
North if have not been blinded for the
last four years, there are no politics in
the United States now bat "nigger" The
whole politics of the country are involved
in the negro question. Shall slavery
travel into the Territories or shall it not
that is the question. There is no other
question, and there will be no other ques-
ron, in the presidential contest of 1860,
and if am constraln d to choose between
the party which insists that slavery shall
travel everywhere, against right, and that
party which says 1t shall not 90 anywhere,
even when it is right, I cannot help it.
That is all. stand upon the principle
( Of the Kansas Nebraska bill. | believe
T., t. Il.
bond between the North and the South,
and | will try it little further, and | am
with the men who are for that principle
I know how it will result. 1t viii result
exactly where the Republicans desire it
should end--it will end in the exclusion
Of slavery from all the Territories of the
United States IF there is aay man who
is committed to the principles Of the Kan.
sas-Nebraska bill, who does not answer
that question in that way when it is pro-
pounded to him, all ! have to say is that
he is either willfuIly blind or slightly dis
/ honest.
/ Sir, | have pever uttered political
sentiment in my life, that I can remem-
Der, that | would not utter here in the
hearing Of the South--not one. have
always stood by the Democratic party
when J. believed it to barght. Iadhere
to the principles Of the Democratic party
aud | have always opposed that party
when | believed it to be wrong and in
Ittud to do so forever. There snail not
be any misunders tanding between any
gentleman upon the Democratic side of
the House and myself. feel perfectly
certain that the party has been bankrupt
4 ed BY this Administration of james Bu-
chanan. know it, | know it for When
ever the Democratic party can no longer