Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-10-24
Reported expressly for the Press and Tribune
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| My friends, all | have to say In re gard TO
this question, which is the great question
before the country, Of slavery in the terrific,
ries; if the people want slavery to go into
the territories they can have il but they
oug ht ever 10 keep in mind what kind OF
scions they are taking aud engraiting upon
the territorial stock. In the first place, sla-
very in the territories will do there Just what
; il is now doing and has ever done in States
where it exists Il Will take away your
right Of reading your newspapers. You 60
into q slave State, send for your New York
or Chicago paper, and inquire for il at the
post-Ofice, and what will be the result p
The upshot of the matter will be, that you
will find that this twenty dollar post-mas ter
has opened your paper, glanced his eye over
its contents, declared it incendiary and
burned it. Slavery says Of the American
j citizen; "YOu may read what papers you
; desire, after the papers have passed under
my censorship and supervision. If / ap-
prove, you shall read II I do not approve,
you shall not read. Do you want a despot-
ism like this 10 90 into the territories which
/ will rob you Of the privilege of reading
the newspaper for which you choose TO
: subscribed mol mol Then you must
! vote against this Democracy that proposes
that very thing tor you. Well do it.
Il takes away your right of free reugion.
\ II you 60 to the territories you want 10 hear
preaching. There is not man or woman
here who goes TO chureh-and most Republi-
cans 90, laughter NOT one Of you, nor
= any number Of you, who may form colony
and 60 to the territory and take your present
. clergyman, your long established church and
divine service, and hear him preach or pray
: unmolested where slavery is. What do you
think Of that2 How could your minister
say in his prayer, as they all ought to, and
hope all do, 40, Lord, we pray that thou
wilt move upon the hearts of the people OF
the United States, to undo the heavy burdens,
and let the oppressed 60 free, that liberty may
. be proclaimed throughout the land to all the
{ inhabitants thereof how could he say this
f If Democrat happened to be present in
3 church-the day not being good one for
hunting or fishing, and so he is at church.
- [laughterl. How se would start up at the
utterance Of such sentiments, run out o. the
q 2 house in CONSERVATION, and grasping the next
Democrat be meets, exclaim, gasping, Ill
l say, that AbOlitiOnist quoted Helpers book
in his prayer" Roars of laughter. ItwaS
in the Bible, but he did not know 1t. IRE
newed laughter. What then, sto be done
Your preacher is 10 be mObbed, or exiled, OF
hung up by the neck for repeating in hi;
prayer the words of the Bible. And slavery
will do it. If you want that sort of despot
ism to go into the territories, you ought tC
: be consistent TO vote with the Democratic
party, for they propose to do it for you. Al
any rate, the most you can say is, 4" Mr. Doug
Las, what do you think of this proceeding 2
10 and tue Judge replies, " 1 don't care fGrea
8 laughter Don't care whether you are al
/, lowed freedom to worship God, and read hi
= word, or somebody stands between your con,
: science and your Maker or not
/ Nor can you have free speech. SuppOs,
you want to go down TO New Orleans-caI
Il you 20 there and come back safely2 Car
5 you go, sir, or can any Of you citizens 0
'r Chicago go there ami return without being
molested, without being tarred and feathered
, Yes, says some Democrat. Upon what con
n dition can you purchase safety2 You can g
there in pursuit of your business and return
Q upon this condition, merely: that you vii
p hold your tongue, and hardly then if you
name is on the register or on your carpet
- sack or trunk. cannot 90 TO New 0rlean
=, with my carpet-sack marked "0wen Love
OF Joy, Princeton, H." Laughter and cheers.
n hOASAas--AAOl MOulu AahC IL dNuJ lOu
T you.
oe Mr.. LOvTOY-No; they would hang me
They told me so in Congress- if went int
Virginia, they would hang me; and they hay
made the same threat to much better an
greater men than Ito old John Quincy Ad
: ans and Others like him. They are to
hung as high as Haman if they dare to treai
W slave soil. And for what? For what? Fo
, entertaining certain sentiments in regard t
slavery. have here a word to say.
n will be replied here as in Congress. "lf yo
ic will only hold your tongue, or say nothin
A against slavery, you have the right to travC
all over the country; all you most do is t
~ hold your peace" Undoubtedly that is trut
If there bad been nobody to find fault wit
ID the treacheTy and dishonesty Of Louis NapC
ny leon in the coup detat, there would have bee
v. nobody riddied with bullets OF consigned I
dungeons. had no one opened his mouth {
uttered word against that act of treacher,
Z, of couse be would have exiled none and mu
as. dered none. Had there been no Huguenots
question the spiritual supremacy of the Papi
hierarchy, there would have been no blood
= Sl.BaTthOlOmeW's day. fno one said anythin
i'd, against the Car Of Russia, no one would with
. under the knout, or suffer Siberian exile. Shol
- hosannah TO the Car and you are safe in Ru
Y sia Hurrah for Napoleon, and you need n
ior fear in France. Bow to the image of Il
ish Holy Virgin, and you are safe in the Pap
ne country. Had there been no upright No
coniormists, Jeffrey's Bloody Circuit won
,uc ] never have been traced in history. Had the
been none Of the stern and righteous old Co
lis enanters TO say, "Stand from between US al
our God, there would have been no Clave
}. house to hunt down and butcher Gods CHI
. dren. What l want is to utter my sentmen
r. whether they please or not. am not goil
to ask the chivalrous sons of the South VIII
+ may say. Laughter and applause.
~ But you say they have the right Of propC
We ty in their slaves. Suppose they have, he
w: W's sacred is this right Of property. | want
u argue the moral question of it. How sacr
is this right of property in the living bod
and souls ofmen2 Just as sacred as it is
a horse, Just as sacred as the tenure Of pro
. erty in mule Suppose it is You oV
- them as you own horse, or mule. Is
emf right of property in a horse more sacred tn
Mt nv life9 Is the right of property in a mt
more sacred than my right Of free speech2
. That is the question. Ifa horse or man mi
RE, be sacrificed, which shall die2 Applause.
ave- meet this thing right in the eye. They 5
their right Of property IS sacred-sacred
'; u any other right. Suppose it is. want
Sh know if theright of property in a horse
,Riie 1sie more sacred than my right to life and Fl
sale travel and free speech? tell them, and
4. tell the people all over the country, whit
~ they have a system or an institution that "
! b. not allow me TO live, or speak, or read I
J. papers, or worship my God as please, tn
~ u say il Gods name that thing must die.
Me- Ny rights 1 will have. Tremendous {
plause. They say, afbut you can't get at i
i. am getting at it now. Laughter Th
- say, nyou can't get at it" can't get at
}. by federal legislation in the States, grs
~ n you i do not see, as a member of Congre
n ~ that have right to abolish slavery in I
States. Why? Because the Constitution !
n, not given me the power. Mark it slave
does not exist in the States BY any Consti
7 l. Al.