The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-09-20
Richmond, Wayne County, indian;

8cceSSlOnS OF -erHtofy OUT OI Wnicn new
5 Slave States can be formed, SO as 10 Increase
= our representation In Congress. and to re-
. store the equilibrium of power Nothing
3 more sensible The acquisition OF foreign
E countries, such IS Cuba aud the northern
3 States Of xico. is demanded; and. it they
canno, be obtained by fair purchase and d.
: plomatc transaction. war must be resor,ed
. to; aud, if the major.s.' OF the people are
not inclined to go 10 war, our International
: relations must be disturbed by filiibustering
expeditions. preeipit~tins. If possible. his
| country into wars. thus forcing the peacea.
, BILE or cheating the enthusiastic into sub
serviency to the plans OF the Slave Power.
You may call this piracy. disgr~cing Us in
the eyes OF the civilized world. But can
you deny that slavery needs power, aud that
it cannot obtain that power except by ex
tension?
/ So. pressed by its necessities. it lays its
hand upon our national territories. Time
honored compacts, hemming in slavery,
must be abrogated. The Constitution must
be so construed ~ to give slavery unlimited
sway over our national domain. Hence
your Nebraska bills aud Dred Scott decis-
ions and Slave Code platforms. You may
call that airocious, but can you deny its con-
sistency!
But" adds the STAKEHOLDER 'of what
use is to US the abstract right to go with
our slave property into the Territories. IT
you pass laws which attract TO the Terrific
ries q class Of population that will crowd
out slavery; if you attract to them The for
eign immigrant by granting him the imme-
diate enjoyment Of political rights; il you
allure the pauper from all parts of the globe
by your pre-emp,ion laws and homestead
bills? We want the negro in the Terrific.
ries. You give us the foreign immigrant.
Slavery cannot exist except with the system
of large 'arms, and your homestead bills es-
tablish the system of small farms. with
which free labor is inseperably Connected.
We are. therefore. obi sed to demand that
all such mischievous projects be abandoned"
Nothing more plausible Hence the right
OF the lAboring man To acquire property IN
the soil Ivy his labor is denied; your home
stead bills voted down, aud the blight of
oppressive speculation fastened upo, your
virgin soil. aud attempts are made to deprive
the forei.n immigrant in the Territories OF
the Immediate enjoyment of political rights.
which, in the primitive state OF social or
ganiZ ,tion. are essential to his existence.-
All this in order to give slavery chance to
obtain possession OF our na.ionu domain.
This may seem rather hard. But can YOU
needs power in the General Government?
That it cannot obtain power except bv in
creased representation? That ii cannot in
crease its representation except by conquest
and extension over the Territories? and that
| with this policy all ,nea ,ures are incompatb
BILE, which bid fair to play the Territories
into the hands OF free labor?
This is not all. Listen to the STAKEHOLDER
once more: "Our States," he tells US. "are
essentially agricultural producing States
We have but Little commerce. and splI less
, manufacturing industry. All legislation
tending to benefit the commercial and manu-
featuring interests principally. is therefore
to our Immediate prejudice. 1t will obl;ge
us to contribute to the growth and prosper
iy of the Free States at Our expense. and
consequently turn the balance of political
power still more against US. We are. there
lore. obliged to demand that all attempts to
promote, by Federal legislation. the indus
trial interest, be given up Nothing more
logical. The system Of slave labor has
never permitted them to recognize and de-
velop the harmony Of agricultural and in-
dustrial and commercial pursuits. Wha, is
more natural. than that they should seek to
give the peculiar economical interest in
which heir superiority consists, the prepon-
derance in our economical policy? Hence
their unrelentiug opposition to all legislation
tending to develop the peculiar resources
of the Free States.
| Here let us pause. Is there anything
strange or surprising in all this? You may
call it madness, hut there is method in this
madness. The Slave Power is inpelled by
the irrepressible power of necessity 1t
cannot exist unless it rules, and it cannot
ruls unless it keeps down is opponents.-
All its demands and arts are in strict har-
mony with its Interests aud attributes; they
are the natural growth of its existence
| repeat. am willing to acquit it of will
full aggression; l am willing to concede that
it struggles for self preservation: but nov
the momentous question arises. how do the
means which seem to be indispensable Tor
the self preservation of slavery agree with
the existence and interests of free labor So
c,etys
| Sir, il Mr. Hammond of South Carolina,
or Mr.. Brown of Mississippi. had listened
to me. would they not BE- obliged to give
me credit Tor having stated their case fair
lly? Now listen TO me. while | state our
own.
| Cast your eyes over that great bee hive.
called the Free States. See by the railroad
and telegraphic wire every village. almost
evcry back wood cottage, drawn within the
Immediate reach Of progressive civilization.
Look over our grain fields. but l.ieiy .
/ lonesome wilderness. where machinery is
almost sup-rsedlng the labor Of the human
band: over our ~orkshops, whose aspect is
almost daily changed BY the magic touch Of
Inventive genius: over our fleets OF merchant
Il vessels, numerous enough to make the whole
I world tributary to our prosperity; look upon
cur society. where by popular education
; and the continual change of condition the
di. iding line between ranks and classes .rs
almost obliteratec; look upon oar 81 stem Of
| public instruction. which plaees even thu
{ lowliess child Of the people upon the high
road of progressive advancement; upoa our
|. rapid. growth aud expansive prospt risy.
which is indeed subject to reverses and
checks, bat contains such . wonderful fer
tilisy Of resources shas every check i .
Nero incentive for new enterprise, every
hat = mare oonorfunity for The L.