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moral question with Them, and ma:ter Of great
interest with them te abolish slavery. The doc !;
tFinc Of the republican party is MT to interfere
with slnrery III any slave Slate, but to continc
it, with nll is erie, its woes md its benefits.
just where il low is-to insist that this iusttu-
tion shall be extended no farther-that line
ofpolic} shall now be adopted precisely such
Us was intended BY the early fathers, wLo made
the government aud knowing nll the interests
'nsol'ed in it. supposed that slarery "as IN
compatible with liberty, aud that it would die
out when liberty became universal in the land.
hare told you what is tic doctrine Of the
Republican party upon this subject. TFat is
the only question at issue betweeu the two
great parties into which the American people
arc divided. They seek to con6ne slavery
where it is, 10 prevent the admission OF nny
District of Columbia. That is the doctrine Of
the Republican purity to-day upon slavery aud
slarefy extension. Let VI Sec how these paz-
ties stand upon these subjects.
There was d time in the history Of tlls GOV
ernment when it Was universally agreed that
this government IVES made Tor tue purpose OF
extending the area of freedom and not Of slaTc-
y. Bnt few years age the Democratic party
throughout the whole North occupied upon the
subject ofslRFery extension, tue sHne position,
and resolutions we're passed in every Northern
free State III tue Union, except Iowa, endorsing
precisely the doctrine Of the Republican party
ofto-day upon slavery extension. TheS.ate Of
Wisconsin among the rest. The Democratic
party in its convention Of 1919, passed resolu-
lions asserting the power Of Congress- to pro-
hihit slavery il the Territories, aud its duty to
exercise that power, asserting its power to pro-
liblt the admission Of eyen slare States, anllts
duty to exercise that power, asserting its power
to abolish. slavery in the District OF Columbia,
mud its duty to exercise that power. Such was
the Democratic doctrine ten years ago. In the
winter Of 1849 Democratic Legislature in the
State Of Wisconsin adopted these resolutions:
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uass stall cnsaln ptusscn hr In:
Of sys Or e u Into sd
q Io ozsr taf a"ao on Of aay more Safe saas Into
3D. Te ezzt ,heir Influence to secure repea Of =. laws
sunainns .asey I'D the five t,,ds in hc Dt; Of c.
arery add tic saye It De ii sces uner the
Esssss NJ II: E!ssl!sssy. t5s Governor, !. hereby
SPEAKER Of the A.senbfy,
| Jonx IL lioIxis,
Adopted by the 1tgtAau urs Feb. 6. 1s49;
Within few days thereafter, in the same
haring been ascertained that Mr. Walker, one
OF the Democratic Senators in Cungress. had
introduced an amendment 10 the civil aud diplo-
naatic appropriation bill, for The government Of
California and New Mexico, which did not con-
tain this restrictive proviso against tue iutro-
| ductton Of slarery into these Tcrrit.ries, this
| Democratic Legislature at Wisconsin passed
| resolutions condenlning Mr. Walker, as having
acted contrary to his asowcd principles and
fath{esa 10 the trust reposed in him, and III
structing him to resign his seat in tue Senate Of
the United States. T4at is what the Democracy
| did at that time.l Even Isaac F. Walker was not
Free.Soil enough for the Democracy Of that
| DAY.
Cor. Randall then proceeded to trace the his.
tory OF Democratic ideas tn the subject oi
slavery in the Territories, from the Jeftssonian
ordinance Of 1877 prohibiting the institution ia
tie Northwest Territory, down to the present
tiue, when "a neu light has dawnei upon De,
| common people, it hAs been discovered that the
men who made the Const'tu did not under.
stand the work Of their own hands-that there
is no power in the Constitution Of the United
States to prohibit slavery in the Territories, 0,
to legislate oser or for the people Of tue Terri
torie5-that these old statesmen did not say wtla
they meant, or mean what they said" He theE
turned to the conflicting doctrines Of Squattel
Sovereignty aud the Dred Scott decision, and Il
the resolutions Of the Wisconsin Democracy
endorsing them both; one Sauatter Sovereign
t. argument Gov- LANDAU exploded IN thi:
wise: ,.--
It is sa'd that II Congress has power 10 pro
hihit slavery in the Territories, rs necessary
corollary, it must have the power to establish
slave code to protect it in the Territories.
sag It is 10 such tding. It does not follow tha
because Government ike ours. made to pro
tect the people. las right to prohibit crime
therefore we have right to enact system o
laws supporting and establishing crime. and re
commencing il to the faror OF the ps oplc+ Sncl
doctrine will not hold, either for man stealing
or property stealing. BECAUSE we hare 10 pas
!aws prohibiting slavery. it does not bring viii
il. as coEoisary, the power to establish slavery