Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-02-09

No sir. You did not think tat YOU had The
right to carry slavery into the Trrrit 'ries.
Tha 10 the truth Of the matter. In my
opinion, thai il what eve-y Democrat
believed We say that the belief was right.
WY! Because All tic oicta of all the jur-
lists FROM time iinmenotial, from Gfotids to
M ,nsfcid; all j%nris,s known TO civilization
aud isme, from the earliest days TO this,
declared ,hai slaves we're a peculiar prop
srty. unlike other property known to men,
What does the best English repurts tell Us!
Before 1860 this was declared and by the
highest courts OF the crown, outside Of the
house Of Lords This was declared by Lord
Man sield, with this dicta; VIII CHI | shall
read to you, that | may be understood. in
that case when Currun grew so eloquent,
when he declared that whenever a man
stood upon British soil his chains fell from
him:
that it 10 incapable Of being introduced on
any reason. moral or political, but ouly by
positive law, which preserves its force long
after the reasons, occasion, and time itself
from whence il was created is erased from
the memOr, ii 10 Of d nature that nothing
can be suffered To support ii but positive
law"
That decision las never been questioned
In this country, until This new light Of the
Democratic party tel upIn il in the decis
ion Of the Drtd ScJU case, in 1856. say
oil the %jurists. ali .icr al home and ubro'd,
who profess the chS,stlsn religion, md 0 iey
tis equally imperative III indaie Of p-ogres.
sivs humanity, toncur ia the belief thu,
slavery is ~ contrary to natural law that
nothing but positive law can support it.
Under our Constitution, we adopted the COM
mon Law of England 4 That va The law ol
this State, ant Of others, and IL was dec ided
sgain and agnid Ia TIE Courts Of Louisiana,
and OF Kentucky vi Virginia aud oi Tennes.
see. and in the othor States of the Union, |
bslieve with ut exception, that slivery was
local and could only exis, by virtue Of posi-.
tive law, sud when a citizen Of Louisisns
took his slave to France, a despolic govern.
nsnt. and brought her back, her application
10 be declared free was carried to the Su.
yreue Court Of Louisiana and il was decided
that inasmuch AZ she had been carried into
Tres territory she ~as Tree, according to all
the dicta upon the subject, "once free and
always free" It has always been held that
slavery was an institution OF municipal law
aud the moment 1t wus carried beyond the
pale Of that law, that moment the rights OF
humanity and the grent reason TO which all
law appeals, stepped in and gave freedom .
All have determined in the same way-every
decision has been in the slms direction.
The iubr,li charge !, that We propose "tu
repeal the Fugitive Siave law, and pruc,l.
cally re fuse 10 obey the Constitution ON that
subject" ! do nti tany that ia some oil the
States there has been un effort made OF Ma,
kiud but do utter y deny that there ID any
such clause 10 tho plal form vi 1916 or the
call Of 10 ~ Without dwelling further upon
that, | pass II oy, saying mat | do not care
to svow that | stand on that sibjjct with
Daniel Webster, the man whom Of all
others in tnis co,Hry, wd have sly led the
sxpountcr ut Ihr Duu,t,t uiiun- certainly
npon constitutional law The highest author.
ny this country Jr any other has ever seen.
M. Wubstcr. although he was over-pcrsLa
ooeb huk'ti'o bhi Iutu INV Hc NOuII
get Southern support by yielding his true
born opinion. said what, IN his speech Ut 7,h
harch' tie said shat this was u pc yer that
belonged not 10 Congress. but to the soy.
sral Siata,," That Is my belief, but the Re
Pusilcan party, des'rjus oil harmony, yielded
u, and struck 1t out Of our platform in 1856
sud do not propose 10 incorporate It in the
platform Of 1860.
orhER cHARsEs RErEREEp TO.
Filth. TO refuse 10 prevent or punish by
Stale action, the spoi alton Of slayo prop.
srty, bat on the contrary 10 make IL n crimi.
nal off, nse in their %cllizens 10 oh y The laws
VI the Union, in ~ lar rs they prutec. prop
srty IN African slaves" Gent men, don't
we toll You in our cal that we go for pro-
iscting the rights Of Ill The States, AMI su
iar rom hinJeting you IN tue return OF your
properly, that We edge ourselves. as parry
10 defend you sganvt your State or M,
State, and every STATE. ur against foreign
Invasion in the Territories. OF course il va
ere honest IN ohe purpose, We are honest in
the Other, and we cannot be honest in that
svowul II We are dishonest IN the first impu-
tation.
Sixth..'To abolish Slavery in the District
Of Columbia" ! need not read our platform
sgsin, but defy any man to fad any such
scliuse IN IL,
Seventh. ITO abolish it in,ihe forte, ar.
ssnals, dock yards unt other places in the
South where Congress has exclusive juris.
tiction." There is no such clause 10 that
10 the platform Of 1856. or the call Of 1850
Eighth. no abolish the internal and
sosstwise trade" There 10 no such clause
% that In either.
Ninth. "To limit, haI asa and frown upon
the institution in eve'y mode of political nc.
ton, and by every form Of public opinion."
We make a directly opposite a,owul. So
M from that, we not only are compelled by
the necessity Of the case, but we propose in
carrying out In good faith this associated
brotherhood Of confedera,sd States, not to
take EmancipAt!onists alone upon our plat
form. not simply to appoint them to offices.
but we propose and invite Shareholders to
oct In conjunction with US, and 10 assist US
IN carrying out the Government, which we
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