The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-10-11

their Territori IS i'm favor of slavery? Are
you, the people Of the free States. coin- to
consent to that? If they Were. whv did
they MT consent to the proposition Of the
President, that the people Of Kansas
should be subjected to slavery under the La-
compton Constitution Then, they said,
that was the act of the people But if the
people of the Territory should decide in favor
OF Freedom, are the slave States going to ar
quiesce? No, because thy have their can
didate in the person Of VI . Breckinrid, ,e to
continue the war, un;ii they shall regain The
lost battle.
But Mr.. Douglas proposition nay result
in a different way. le SAYS, if | under.
stanl him rightly, that it is imma'clial 60
him. AZ least, he has no right and does n,
propose TO decide upon the question, whe,hcr
they vote slavery up or down. Laughter
Then they will vote slavery up in some Ter
ritories. and vote it down in some other Ter
rit0res. That, fellow citizens, will be Com
lomisc; are you going to he satisfied with
new Compromise? You have tried them
and found that they are never kept On the
whole, you are very sorry that they were
ever made.
But is a compromise th"t is brought abeut
IN that way, the irresponsible art of Squatier
Sovereignty in the Territories. to satisfy the
slave States? They have repuiiated Mr.
Dou-lis, III able,t man among them al.
thev have ropuiiated him altogether, because
they will not b, satisfied with a Sanatter
Sovereignty that gives any Territory what
ever to the free States
have now demonstrated to you, think,
that the Republican party is the only posi-
tive party Put | show it bv another argu-
L., ID 4. L r II
one creed one baptism, ore candidate and
viii have but one victory. TApplauSe.l The
power of slavery has three creedS, three
faiths, and is to have three vict,ries.-
Laughter. Thy have openly confessed
or, rather, the secret leaks out, through con-
,erSations and consultations; that they do
not expect to get single victory, any more
than you expect they will. All tn, ir hope
and endeavor is to defeat the Republican,
party, and tax the chances for share of the
fruits to result rom your defeat. Applause
Suppose III y n ould. by combinations and
coalitions, secure the defe of tie Republi-
can party, are you gong to stay defeated ,
Cries of No. no You have been defeated
once, have you not? Can You not bear an
other defeat. Yes, half a dozen Of them J
You viii not have to | am sure Laughter
But am Supposinr f,r the purpose Of argu-
mpnt that we are defeated by coaliiian.-
Did any one ever know cause that was lost
when it was defeated 5y coalition? moi
There was coalition in Europe five years
ago in which Hungary was defeated bv the
Coalition Of Austria with Russia; but Hun
gary has risen up again to-day. and the c.
alition is understood to Ie dissolved. Ap-
plause. There was coalition two or
three wears later, in which Russia was de-
feated 10y the combination of France and
England, but Russia is just as strong, Just
as steadily pressing on upon Constantnople,
to day, as she has been every day from the
time of the Car Peter until now. And while
she has ahated nothing of her purposes, and
nothing of hope, she hls gained strength.
So, al! the efforts of the statesmen of both
France and England, are required to keep
them from falling out With each other before
tho battle begins. There is no danger. AMI
not much disgrace in being beaten by coali-
tions; and there is no danger because they
are coalitions. The more the coalitions are.
necessary, the less are they efactual. One
party is always stronger than two other par
ties, in a contest. unless the whole result is
Staked upon a single battle.
But fellow citizens, the explanation of the
whole matter is, that there is time when
mand the settlement Of subjects of contention.
That time has come at last, when the parties
in this country, both of tie slaveholdiny
States and of the free States, both the slave
holder and the free labOring man, will require
an enl--a settlement of the conflict 1t
must be repressed. The time has come to
repress it. The people will havei repressed
They are not to be forever diSputng upon
old issues and controversies. New subjects
for national action will come up. This con-
troverSy must be settled and ended The
Republican party is the agent, and its sue
cess viii terminate the contest about slavery
in the New States. Let this battle be Geci-
ded in favor of freedom in the Territories,
and not one slave wilt ever be carried into the
territories of the United States, and that
will end the lrrepressible Conflict. [Great
applause.
Aud because it is necessary that it should
be done, is exactly the reason why it uM be
done 1t cannot be settled otherwise, be-
cause it itinvolves a question of Justice and of
conscience. 1t is for us not merely ques-
ton ofpolicy, but a question Of moral right
and duty. 1t is wrong, in our Judgment, to
perpetuate by our votes or to extend slavery.
| 1t is very different thing when the slave
holder proposes to extend slavery for that
/ Is, with him, only a question ofmerchandize.
Men, OF whatever race or nation, in cur eSti.
nation, are men, not merchandise Accord.
ing 10 our faith, they all have natural right
to be men; but in the estimation ofthe other
party African slaves are not men, but mer.-
chandze. Ii is, therefore, nothing more or
:. less with them than tariff question; ques-
tion of protecting commerce. With us it is
a question ofhuman rights and therefore,
when it is settled, and settled in favor of the
right, it will stay settled just as every ques-
ton that is settled in favor Of the right always
does
! But il ( be taken merely as question of
policy, il is equally PLAIN that il will be set
Tied in favor of the Republican side, because
our highest policy is the development of the
resources and the increase of the population,
wealth and strength of the Republic. Every
man secs for himself, aud no man need be
told that the coal, the iron, the lead, the cop
per, the silver and the gold in our mountains
and plains are TO be dug out by the human
hands and that the only human hand which
can dig them Is the hand OF a freeman Great
applause. Every man sees that this wealth
and strength ana greatness are to lie
acquired by IA man labor, euided
by hunaa intelli, ,srnee ana human purpose.
Every man knows that the slave, even if he
bea white man, will have neither the strength
nor the intelligence, nor the virtue To care
TO be wealthy for the slave has a simple
Inc GrintereSt before him il is to etract the
least and consume the most. Hear Hear
tslfe r't n u.