Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-09-06

MeoiuH a. the NhH~WUms
Considering that for severnl days pas, il
was publicly announced that Hon 0. p MoR-
TON, Of Indiana, would address the Republi-
cans Of Dayton, rather small audience were
in attendance a, the Nigwam last night The
hall was not full by any means, and the larger
number of those present were members Of the
wide.Awake Ciab, which is always held in
readiness to furnish small crowd, and might
Justly be denomipsied the portable audience.
Mr. MoRroS was introduced as the ''next
Lieutenant Governor Of Indiana" We rath-
er guess the electors the Hoosier State have
something 70 say in that matter, and we have
no doubt will fail to confirm the announce
ment Of the gentleman who introduced the
speaker
Mr.. MoRroS is rather pleasant speaker
eloqs.hi IN epresentation-auent in epi-
ihe,s and denunciation-an enthusiast on the
slavery question, and withal somewhat Of a
wag The Slavery question vaS the burden
Of his soug-the Alpha and Omega He de-
MED the right Of the people Of Territory to
regulate their own domestic affairs in their
own way, subject TO the Constitution of the
United States, and claimed that Congress had
entire and exclusive control over the affairs Of
Territory, while a Territory. In other words
that the citizens Of State, on moving TO a
Territory left behind them the power of self
government, which they possessed as citizens
Of State, and come under the especial guar
dianship Of Congress- composed Of men whose
ideas of local government are az different as
the manners, habits and customs Of the people
Of their various Districts
Is the gentleman not aware that all prop
erty in the Territories subject to and depend
ent on the:ocal law IS protection. Congress
never yet passed law for the protection Of
property of any kind in any organized Terri
tory 1t has never passed criminal code for
the Territories. Persons and property of ev-
cry description are dependent upon the local
law for protection. The right to control the
domestic relations Of State or Territory has
never been delegated to Congress. The rela-
tons Of husband and wife, parent and child,
servant and master, are all domestic, and
hence are dependent upon the local law, and
not the action Of the Federal Government
Local and federal affairs are separate and dis
tinct The ore belongs to the management Of
the people, the other to their servants, the
members of Congress.
The Speaker dwet pathetcally upon the
subject Of free and slave labor but he care
fully avoided any allusion to the fact that the
free colored man of the Northern States en-
ters into direct competition with the white la
borer. He neglected to tell his hearers tina
the cardinal principle of the Republican part,
was opposition to and in favor of the uncon
ditional repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law
the effect of which would be to locate in ou
midst, not only all the fugitive slaves from
the South, who now pass on to Canada, bu
all the worn-out negroes who would be manu-
mitted by their masters. Yes, free white mel
Of Ohio, the Republicans wish to make you
State the lazar house for the reception of tn,
worn out negroes of the South, and thus brinJ
them into direct competition with the FREE
white laborer.
The speaker furthermore neglected to tel
his hearers, that the Republican party wer
not only in favor OF policy that would brinI
thousands of negroes into competition witt
the white labor of the North but that whe
they got them here were in favor of extending
to them the elective franchise, and plac I'M
them upon an equality with white men, Thi
is the doctrine of the Republican party, an,
they cannot deny it; Mr.. MoRToN did not al
tempt to do so, but passed it by without rel
erence.
The gentleman unblushingly referred to hi
apostacy; said he had ee.ed with the Demo
cratic party up to 1854, and that prior to tha
time the party had done great many goo
things, but since 1854 (the time at which h
left the party) it had accomplished nothing
How modest2