Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1860-02-04


G can be no safety in any community unless Il
c secured against external violence from abrOnt
: Why, sir, II sheen question seriously moot
c ed in Europe, whether il was not the duty
5 England, n Power foreign 10 France, to pas
Q laws to punish conspracies in England ngains
, the lives Of the princes of France. shall no
: argue the question of comfy between foreig
States. ] predicate my argument upon tn
, Constitution by which we are governed, an
which we have sworn 10 obey, and demand tina
, that Constitution be executed in good faith 81
rs TO punish and suppress every combination
every conspiracy, either to invade a State or I,
modest its inhabitants, or to disturb its proper
ty, or to subycrt its Institutions and its gov
eminent. | believe this can be elcctgllly don,
by authorizing the United States courts in thu
several States courts in the several States L
take jurisdiction Of the offence and punish tn,
violation Of the lawwith mn appropriate penalty
II cannot be said that the time has not ye
arrived for such legislation. 1t cannot be salt
with truth that the Ilarpers Ferry case will no
be repeated, or is not in danger Of repetition
II is only necessary to inquire into the cause;
which produced the Harper's Ferry outrage
and ascertain whether those causes are yet in
active operation, and then you can determine
whether there is any ground for apprehension
that that invasion will be repeated. Sir what
were the causes which produced the llarpers
Ferry outraged without stopping to adduce
evidence in detail, have no hesitation in ex-
pressing my firm and d liderate conviction that
the Harper 8 Ferry crime was the natural, log
! ical, inevitable result of the doctrines and
teachings of the Republican party, as explain
cd and enforced in their platform, their parti-
san presses, their pamphlets and books, and
! especially in the speeches Of their leaders in
and out of Congress. Applause in the gal
leries.
Mr.. MASON. trust the order the Senate
will be preserved. am sure il il only neccs-
sary to suggest to the presiding officer the in
dispensable necessity of preserving the order OF
the Senate and give notice that if il Is dis
turbed again, shall insist upon the galleries
being cleared entirely.
Mr.. DOUGLAS. Mr.. Presdcnt---
The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator will
pause for single moment II is impossible
for the Chair to preserve order without the
concurrence of the vast assembly in the gale
ries. He trusts that there will he no occasion
TO make reference to this subject again.
Mr.. TOOMBS. | hope that the Presiding OH
Ger will place officers in the galleries, and put
a stop to this thing. 1t is very bad sign Of
the times. It is unbecoming this body, or the
deliberations of any free people.
The VICE PRESIDENT Tho Presiding or
iccr has not the force at his command to place
officers in the gallery.
Mr.. DOUGLAS. If the Senate will pardon
me for depression an instant, was about to
suggest to the Presiding Officer that thought
it would be necessary to place officers in DIFF
fcrent parts of the gallery, with Instructions
that if they saw any person giving any signs
of appreciation or dsapprobation calculated 10
disturb our proceedings, they should instantly
put the guilty person out of the gallery,
The VICE PRESIDENT. That has been
done.
Mr.. DOUGLAS. was remarking that con
sidered this outrage ut Ifarpcr's Ferry as the
logical, natural consequence of the teachings
and doctrines of the Republican party ! am
not making this statement for the purpose Of
elimination or partisan effect. ] desire to tall
the attention of members of that party to re-
consideration of the doctrines that they are in
the habit Of enforcing, with view TO fair
Judgment whether they do not lead directly to
those consequences on the part OF those de-
ludcd persons who think that all they say is
meant in real earnest and ought to be carried
out. The great principle that underlies the or
ganzaton of the Republican party is violent,
rreconcilable, eternal warfare upon the lnsti-
tuition of American slavery, with the view of
its ultimate extinction throughout the land
sectional war is TO be waged until the cotton
fields of the South shall be cultivated by free
labor, or the rye fields of New York and Mas
sachusetts shall be cultivated by slave labor |
In furtherance of this article Of their creed,
you find their political organization not only |
sectional in its location but one whose viali- |
ty consists in appeals to northern passion
northern prejudice, northern ambition against
southern States, southern institutions, ana
southern people. have had some experience
in fighting this element within the last few |
GnA hat fba n
consists in exciting the prejudices and the pas
sions of the northern section against those OF
the southern section. They not only attempt |
to excite the North against the South, but they |
invite heSoutht to assail and abuse and traduce |
the North. Southern abuse, by violent men,
of northern statesmen aad the northern people, |
is essential to the triumph of the Republican
cause. Hence the course of argument which |
we have to meet is not only repelling the ap-
penls to the northern passion and prejudice,
but have TO encounter their appeals to south
ern men to assai us, in order that they may |
Justify their assaults upon the plea OF self
defense
Sir. when | returned home in 1851 for the
purpose of canvassing Illinois, with view to |
a reelection, l had TO meet this issue OF the |
"irrepressiblc conflict" 1t is true that the
Senator from New York had not then made his
Rochester Speech and did not for four months |
afterwards. 1t is true that he had not given
the doctrine that precise name and form but
the principle was in existence, and had Deen
proclaimed by the ablest and the most clear
headed men of the party. will call your at
tention, sir TO single passage from speech,
to show the language in which this doctrine
was stated in Illinois before it received the |
name of the "irrepressible conflict" The Re-
publican party assembled in State convention I
In June, 1858, in Illinois, and unanimously |
adopted Abraham Lincoln as their candidate |
for United States Senptor Mr.. Lincoln APP |
peared before the convention, accepted the |
nomination, and made speech-which had /
been previously written and agreed to in eau
Gus by most Of the leaders of the party Twill |
read d single extract from that speech;
.Inmy opinion it tho slavery agitatonl will moi cease
until crisis shall been reached and passed. house
divided against itself cannot stand believe thlN 10Y.
eminent cannot endure permanently, nan slave ana mn
free do not expect tho house to fall but do expect
will cease divided II will become oil one thing or
all the other Either the opponents o. slavery NH hIesi
the further spread Of it, and place where the public mind
shall in the belief that II Il in tho course OF ultimate
extinction its advocates will push forward I'll Il shall
become alike lawful in MI the SIneHN Us wen Us hvW
North as well ns South
Sir. the moment landed upon the soil OF
Illinois, Mt a vast gathering of many thousands
ofmy constituents to welcome me home read
that passage, and took direct issue with the
doctrine contained in its being revolutionary |
and reasonable, and inconsistent with the per- |
rntnity of this republic. That is not merely |
~ individual opinion Of Mr.. Lncolni nor is
II tile individual opinion merely OF the Senator
from New York who four months afterwards
asserted the same doctrine in different Ian
guaee so far as | know it is the general opin- |
ion of the members of the Abolition or Repub-
lean PARTY. They tell the people OF the North