The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-09-15
AppoRrIONMENT.


Douglas speaks In behalf of clans in Rhode
Island is in favor of protective tariff in
Pennsylvania, and glories in his services in
behalf Of slavery extension now that he has
reached Maryland. lie is mindful of the
apostolic injunction, and becomes all things
to every body in order that he may win
some.
We find report Of his speech at Baltimore
in the Missouri Republican, from which we
make an extract or two for the benefit of our
neighbor Of the Journal, who processes to
be opposed to slavery extension. 1t will be
noted that Mr.. Douglas not only adapts bis
topics and bis policy to the localities In which
he speaks, bat be also conforms his phrase.
olosy to the same standard. la New Eng
land he designated the supporters of Lin
coin as Republicans in Pennsylvania he
called them Black Republicans; but in Mary.
land he speaks of thsm only as Abolition
lists.
Mr.. Douglas, after maintaining that slave
ry would exist where the climate and soil
was favorable for slave labor and could not
where they were untavorable, proceeded as
follows:
The inhabitants Of the Territory, the cu.
tlyators OF the soil, the persons interested In
its legislation, will ascertain for themselves
whether their good and that of their poster
ity requires the institution. They may come
10 the conclusion that it does, and they will
ma -, h.F ~. 81 h yl, AAa
terests DO not require il, oil the power in
Chflstendom cannot force themssto have 1t.
You have an example now before you in
the present condition of our Territories
There is the Territory of New Mexico, which
was acquired by the treaty of peace with
Mexico, and was organized into Territoi ial
Government by the compromise measures OF
1850. Certain Southern fire. eaters opposed
those compromise measures upon the ground
that if they allowed the people Of the Terri.
tory to decide the slavery question for them
selves they would be sure 10 exclude slavery
ami thus make it free Territory.
Mr.. Seward, Mr.. Chase, Mr.. Sumner and
other frce-solers, opposed the same meas.
ures upon the ground that If they allowed
the people of the Territory 70 decide the
question for themselves they would be sure
70 adopt slavery and make the whole a slave
country. lLaughter.1 You see from this
that the Southern fire eaters and the North.
ern Tree soilers united in opposing the Com
promise measures Oh 1850 for directly the
opposlte reasons.
lime rolled on, and two wears ago the
Legislature OF New Mexico enacted u slave
eode, introducing, maintaining and protect
ing African slavery within the limits of that
Territory. New Mexico, therefore, had be.
come slave Territory under that principle
OF non intervention and popular sovereignty
which was denounced bg the Southern fire.
eaters as worse than abolitlonisn.
Last winter the Abolitionsts in Congress.
passed Law through the House OF Repre-
sentatlyes repeating the slave code In New
Mexico, IN order TO abolish slavery there, anC
when that law was brought into the Senat,
denounced il as violation Of that erea
principle OF self-government upon which al
our Instltatious rest. Applause The peo
PIE OF New Mexico, after trying Tree nstitu
lions for years, came 10 the conclusion thu
s.asuIy ~as better for them and their DOS
terlty, and hence they introduced it.
Now, it will be remembered that both Mr.
Webster and Mr.. Clay insisted that the eli
mate and soil of Mexico forbid the possibilit
of the establishment Of slavery there; bu
slavery both Of black and white races exist
there and is regulated By Law under Dooe
lass "gar reaf pur- rinciple;n aud be boast
30 the Shareholders Of Maryland that wba
could not have been accomplished by Con
gressionsl legislation for tho extension o
slavery, on account of the Abolition maiorit
in Congress, has been secured under the no
10y ofsquatter sovereignty. Congress woul
not extend the area Of slavery, but squatte
sovereignty has converted free Mexico iul
slave territory.