Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1860-09-20

your own institutions, regulate your own affairs,
mind your own business and let your neighbor's
alone. tCheers. | repeat that this Is the ex-
planation have ALWAYS given Of that bill. de-
ny That cheated anybody, aud deny that any
body has sense enough 10 cheat me. Laughter
and applause u, in open legislation, where the
provisions Of a bill are printed, laid before every
Senator, and discussed in open Senate and the de-.
bates published 10 the world, anybody can cheat
Inc as ~ the provisions of that BILL will not act
the baby about it,
The honest truth, Is that the Democracy Of tire
North and the Democracy Of the South came to.
gethcr and shook hands IN a plighted pledge of
honor, and that they would both stand on the prn.
ciplc Of non Intervention BY Congress with slave
ry in the Territories. Some men at the North
said that Congress had the power TO introduce and
protect slavery in the Territories and others said
that Congress had not the power TO do either -
We agreed that whether Congress had the power
to do the one 10 do the other, it should not do
either. hut that the slavery question should be
banished from the halls Of Congress, and the peo.
pie should be left free to decide il as they pleased
subject TO the Constitution. rCheersl Eon.n.
teryention being the pledge, suppose the Supreme
Court had decided that slave code in favor of
slavery was CONSTITUTIONAL can a Southern man
in nor vote for it after his pledge OF non inter.
fercn
Hence, | assert now, as have heretofore said
that no matter how the Court NAV decide on this
point, the Democratic party Is pledged to the doc
trine ofnon-interference by Congress in the Ter
ritorics, Great applause. Suppose Abraham
Lincoln should be elected President Of the Unit
ed States, and then suppose that three or tour of
the Judges of the Supreme Court, now very old
men, should be accommodating enough to die dur
ing his administration. If he should fiji their
places with Abolitionists, thus giving them the
majority on the Supreme Bench, and that Court
;t,,ta Il. A.
Proviso was constitutional, would we Democrats
be at liberty then under our pledge of non.interveh.
ton to vote for the Wfmot Provso1 / tell you
for one, never on earth. [Cheers.l Congress
shall never prohibit slavery anywhere if can pre-
vent it, Lcheers,l nor shall Congress ever estab.
lish slavery anywhere, if can prevent it, ire.
newed cheers but the people shall do Just as they
please everywhere, If can accomplish it. Great
applause The only limitation that will ever
consent u in the power Of the people is the Con-
stitution of the United States. fCheersl Ifafter
the people shall act bv passing a law, any man
feels aggrieyed,by the Territorial legislation, he
may appeal tn the Supreme Court BY presenting
case for their decision, and if the Court decide
the Territorial statute to be unconstitutional then
it is void and no interference by Congress is nee.
esssry. II on the contrary, the Court decide the
statute to be Constitutional it must stand until
the people get tired of it and choose to repeal it
[Cheers.
THE CASE OF NEW MEXICO.
Here are cases now in point to illustrate this
proposition. In the first place, New Mexico,
abouttwo years ago, passed law introducing slave
nv in that Territory. The slave code of New
Mexico il as thorough and efficient code as was
ever passed in any slave State. The Black Re-
publcans say that this slave code was nconstitu-
tional, and they brought in bill to repeal it last
winter. tell them that Congress has no right to
,ba t11a -
not. By the Constitution of the United States,
judicial questions must be referred to the court,
and hence if the Black Republicans believe that
the slave code of New Mexico is unconstitutional
let them make case and bring it before the court,
and let that tribunal decide. as believe it will.
that the slave code is constitutional, il must stand
and Congress shall never repeal il if can pre-
vent it. As a reverse to this case, Kansas about
the same time passed code prohibiting slavery in
the Territory. Gov. Brown, of Miss wanted to
repeal that code, and sa'd d, no, never! If that
code in Kansas is constitutional, it must stand
If it is unconstitutional it is void. Make your
case take it to the court and let that tribunal de-
eide whether it is constitutional not. II it is
unconstitutional it is void, and the court will so
decide, and there is an end of the controversy-
If constitutional, it must stand till the people of
Kansas choose to pass another law Applause.
And here you find the whole sum and substance oil
this doctrine Popular sovereignty, or "squatter
sovereignty" as some people seem pleased to call
it. The Democratic party call it ''non .interven-
ton" [Cheers 1t is simply the doctrine of our
fathers OF the Revolution.
THE QUARREL BETWEEN THE COLONIES AND GREAT
BRITAIN.
Let me ask you what question was it that led to
the original quarrel b tween the American colon.
les and Great Britain? If you will bear in mind,
when the revo utionory struggle began, our faith
ers did not desire independence they did not de-
sire to be separated from the British crown. Their
wish was to remain part of the British empire,
and hence you find that in every petition 10 the
King, in every address to the Parliament and to
the people OF England, they averred that they Low.
ed the British people, that they were loyal to the
King, that they devoted to to the British con.
stitution, and wanted to remain part of the En-.
| pire forever What then was the complaint
They complained that the British government
would not permit them to regulate their own af.
fairs in their own way in respect to their domestic
concerns. This was their complaint, and the first
quarrel that ever took place between the colonies
and the British government was on the slavery
question, and occurred in old Virginia. had oc-
cason to remark the other day, that while Senator
Seward declared in speech recently made at Bos.
ton that he was educated in the Massachusetts
school of politics, that was educated from child
hood in the Virginia school of politics. ICheers !
W
Virginia for every opinion entertained and for
every principle advance. [Cheers.
assert without fear of contradiction, that for
more than seventy years prevou to the revolution.
airy war, Virginia demanded of the British govern
Inents the right to control the slavery question
within the colony through her colonel legislature.
! [Cheers. For many years the Virginia colony Tro.
tected slavery, but after awhile the people became
alarmed lest they had too many slaves. The
white population were few in number; and scat
cred; the Indians surrounding them were numer-
Gus and hostile, and the slaves that were constant
ly being landed were savages direct from Africa
This condition of things alarmed the whites; thev
became afraid lest the savage Africans should
unite with the savage Indians and extermnate te
them. For this reason the colony of Virginia
changed her policy and passed laws unfriendly To
the introduction Of slaves, levying heavy taxes
and penalties upon their introduction. The Bri I.
ish merchants, who were then engaged in the
slave trade, protested against these colonial laws
and said that they violated the rights of British
subject, and declaring thai British subject had
right to 20 into the colonies and carry his proper
ty with him and have it protected therein. They
appealed to the King in council, and got an order
against the colonies, compelling Virginia TO have
more slaves, whether she wanted them or not
I he struggle went on until l772, when tn Hous,
of Burgeses adopted memorial to the King o
England, telling him that unless he abandoned
that policy and allow the colony of Virginia to reg
:, ulNte the slavery question to suit herself, Hi
. Majesty would lose his domnions in America
Virginia, therefore; claimed the right to decid
9 the slavery question for herself That is all
t, claim for colony now, Great applause
y The only question is whether an American eli
u 10, ,la,t tNa st,.t.n IL