New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-01

Va, 80 a. -, moved enduring, and imnoN t. A.
Mr.. DOUGLAS said Y had poO cut "a the canss At
49, ;...hancss NOW IA the country ana people YAK
70 ,Sa rooesing tho CONTROVERSY gnu taey 'SlA
she rsrea Of this ssored come Of csnnry which
sS ovsr have happened had thai party been iaiin-
,hs nroeisious Of the reservation. The necessity
sS rsIeal of that act in the fact that the ma
;, n tbe Northern States refused 20 carry out the
Ts:our Compromise in socd faith. he was wiling
20 extend Il 70 the Pacific Ocean, and 70 abide by II
forever and the entire S'uth with one exception IN
shis body was willing 70 abide by It. But the free
Soil element strong as 10 deteai that measure,
ADD thus the Slavery question was opened anew lnese
men who now complain of the abrogation Of that aet
xvere the very men that denounced 10 and ask VINO
wsre willing TO abide by it. 1t was the de-
feat of the enactment to extend that act
10 the Pacific Ocean, which passed TINS
body, but was deieated IN me uouss ot -oh"t;ny
sentaiives to establish the grea. principle reonkng
the doctrine Of Intervention by Congress 70 Pro9ols
Slavery in the Territories. Both parties pledged
themselves, in 1852 70 abide by that Pr1SpNS ana
SGT He repeated that the resistance to the settlement
f the act OF 1890 and the defeat Of the bill extending
ihe compromise to the Pacific, was the sole cause OF
the agitation of 1885, and gave rise to the necessary OF
establishing the principle Of non-nferventon oyCOn-
srsse with Slavery in the Territories. Hence he was
not willing to stand here and hear the Senator from
New-York Mr.. Seward arragn him and the parry
40 which he belonged and charge them with the re-
onsb ity which rests entirely on the Senator and his
ssocstes-the Democratic party were Wiling TO carry
mt that Compromlee, but tal1nR In tDat, tuey HAVE
been faithful TO the new adjustment and Whatever
agitation has grown up since has been In consequence
eli the resistance Of the party OF whom that Senator
IL The head to that greSt principle which mas oeeh 5
lied by the American people st two PreAdenuai eiee-
tions Ii he willing TO acquiesce In the solemny
ratified Judgment of the American people TO whom ne
appeals there would be no agitation IN tina country tne
Of the Senator goes far beyond the question
Of Slavery even in the territories. rests on the az
sumption that The negro and tie white man were made
eaual BY tho Divine law and hence all laws all con-
Ksitutons all governments, violation OF thai prlncpl
Of negro equality are in violation of the law Of God.
This 10 the basis which bis speech rests,
and he quotes the Declaration OF Independence
The negro was placed on equality with the
white man. We have had TO meet that deetnne Oh the
Senstor for years that the Declaration OF lndePend-
ence recognized the negro and white msA as equal,
and hence the provision Of the Constitution is In viola
tion of divine law. In other words, IL s an argument
against the Constitution the ground thai 1t is con-
:y to the Ss1 DsscS s S S Delivered in Ohio
in lS4S say ing that Slavery is ain not only In the
Southern States but also in States that DO not give ne
grots their rights, and that the provision oT the Ted
ton of fug;tives in violation OF divine law: Yet
said Mr. Douglas notwithstanding the Senator ia com
United to this doctrine, and the leading men Oh hi'
party committed to it, he argues that they
are accused Of fsvoring negro e4uahty, ano
he ssys that the tendency OF The doctrine
is TO promote the equality OF white men
lwant the gentlemen to carry ont Their PRINCIPLES 70
Gon TO confer negroes all rights and ciliZeIshP inc
came as 10 the white man. For one, never neld 70
any such doctrine look on the Declaration as refer
ring 10 the white mento the governing races OF TINS
country WHO in conflict with Great Britain, and
has no reference the negro when declares All men
70 be equal II The sgDers of that Declaration had 30
understood the Declaration were they not bound, on
thst very day and hour emancipae all their slaves
Yet Of those did emancpate their slaves,
and not ore State emancipated their slaves, I'll
after the Revolution Every OF the thir-
teen States sanctioned and legalized Slavery un-
I'll after the Revolution. These facts show
L. al H. nn1 InAa
intended TO bear the construction which is
placed upon it by the Senator from New-York aud by
hat enormous tribe of abolition lecturers, COINS
through the county, speaking in school-houses an'
churches teaching children that the Almighty had pu
The seal of condemnation on all inequality between
the negro and the white man. am free to say, as
made by white men, for white men and their Pos
ferty forever, and should be administered by whit
men. and by other whatsoever.
Mr.. DOOLITTLE-I will ask the Senator why h
does not give the Territories TO white men
Ar. DOUGLASS am in favor of throwing ope
the Territories to all white and all the negros
who choose 60 there, and then allow the white
70 institute government and govern the Territory
would not let one of the negroes free slave, even
vote or hold Office anywhere where had the right
npder the Constitution 10 prevent IT, am In favor OF
ssch State and each Territory taking care OF their own
people, free or slave. If they want Slavery let them
have it. If they desire to prohibit Slavery let them
do II. 1t is their business and not mine. In Illinois
we tined Slavery while were a Territory, but 1t
was not profitable, and we abolished 1t, Just as our
British friends the did after having esab
hshed Slavery IN the colonies. Wnen they found they
could not make any more out of it they abolished
IL hold this question of Slavery to be one Of po-
htcal economy, governed by climate, production
and interest, and not by any mere locality; and
a wise statesman viii always direct legislation
10 the wants, condition, interest ana necessues OF
those 10 be governed hence do not think uniformity
IL either possible OF desirable, and could wish there
were no States precisely alike In their domestic lnstl-
tutons in this Union and hence answered the Sena-
Tor from Wisconsin / was willing TO throw open the
Territories to all white men or negroes and let the
Government be inst what the white men shall deter
mine, and not what the negroes shall prescribe The
Sepator lMr. Seward) coined new definition OF the
States-" Labor States and Capital States" 10 has
taken that Senator great many years TO com that
word and bring il into / have heard him discuss
the fayote theories Of his for ten years. and strikes
me that something has recently occurred In New
England that makes it polite for him 10 get up ques
ton between capital and labor We have seen in
the papers lately accounts Of combinations and strikes
among the shoemakers of labor against capital and
abe Senator has a word coined to hit their case
and make them believe he is on the
eide of the most numerous class Of voters.
What produced that strike Why, the mechanics and
laborers of New England redaced TO the star
walton point, simply because by your creed and your
sectional agitation you have created strife between
the North and the South, and thus given away your
Southern customers, and driven your emf loyees to
starvation. This is the first fruit of the Republican
doctrine. 1t is another step following John Brown IN
bis irrepressible conflict" Hence we get this new
coinage Of Labor States which s on the side OF the
shoemakers. But think these shoemakers will I'M
derstand the business. They will know why they
don't get 10 many orders they did IL reaches every
factory of the North and they feel the pressure pro-
duced by this doctrine of the irrepressbe conflict
This new coinage of words won't save them from the
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