Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-07-14

Laughter and cheers. The principle is
precisely the same The Supreme Court Of
the United States have decided--what was
known to us all to have been the existing
state of affairs for fifty years--that slaves are
property. Admit that fact, and you admit
everything Then that property in the Terri
tories must be protected precisely in the same
manner with any other property II It be
not so protected in the Territories, the hold
ers of i are degraded before the world
We have been told that noninteryention on
the part of Congress with slavery in the Ter
ritories is the true policy Very we'll most
cheerfully admit that Congress have no right
to pass any law TO establish, impair OF abolish
slavery in the Territories Let this principle
Of non-intervention be extended to the terri
torial legislatures, and let il b. declared that
they in like manner have no power to estab-
lish, impair, or destroy slavery, and then the
controversy isin effect ended. This is all that
is required at present, and verify believe all
that will ever be required. Hands off by Con-
gress and hands off by the territorial legisla-
ture Loud applause With the Supreme
Court OF the United States hold that neither
Congress nor the territorial legislature has any
power TO establish, impair, or abolish slavery
| in the Territories But IT, In the face of this
should exercise the power of intervening, then
this would be mere transfer of the Wilmot
proyiso and the Buffalo platform from Con-
rress to be carried into execution in the Ter
rtories to the destruction of all property in
slaves. Renewed applause.
| An attempt of this kind, if made in Con-
gress, would be resisted by able men on the
lloor Of both houses, and probably defeated
Not so in remote Territory. To every new
Territory there will be rush of free-soilers
| from the Northern States They would elect
the first territorial legislature before the peo-
pie of the South could arrive with their prop
erty, and this Legislature would probably settle
forever the question of slavery according to
their own will r.
And shall we for the sake Of squatter SOW
ereignty, which, from its nature, can only CON
tinue during the brief period Of territorial ex-
istence, incur the risk Of dividing the great
Democratic party of the county into two seq
tional parties, the one North and the other
South3 Shall this great party which has gov
erned the country in peace and war, which has
raised it from humble beginnings TO be one Of
the most prosperous and powerful nations IN
the world-shall this party be broken up for
such a cause That is the question The
numerous, powerful, pious, and respectable
Methodist Church has been thus divided The
division was a severe shock TO the Union. A
similar division of the great democratic party
should it continue, would rend asunder one Of
the most powerful links which binds the Union
together. tsr
! entertain no such fearful apprehensions
The present issue is tFansiiory, and will speed
lily pass away In the nature of things it can
not continue. There is bm one possible con
tingency .ohich can enddnger the Union
and against this all Democrats phethe'
sguatter sopereigns or popular sooereigns
toiH present united resistance Should the
time ever arrive when Northern agitation
aud fanaticism shall proceed so far as to ren
der the domestic fresides of the South inse
cure, then and not till then will the Union b'
in danger A united Northern Demoerdcl
,ciH present VGH Of fire against such {
catastrophe
. There are in our midst numerous person
who predict the dissolution of the great Dem
ocratic party, and others who contend that i
has already been dissolved The wish is faith
er to the thought 1t has been heretofore il
great peril; but when divided for the momen
J it has always closed up its ranks and become
! more powerful, even from defeat 1t vii
never die whilst the Constitution and thu
: Union survive. III Will llNe 10 prOtecJ hu'
defend both 1t has its roots in the very vital
! of the Constitution, and, like one of the an
cient cedars of Lebanon, it will flourish to al
= ford shelter and protection to that sacred in
/ strument, and to shield it against ever
+ storm of faction. Renewed applause,
Now, friends and fellow-citizens it is prot
able that this is the last political speech that
e shall ever make A voice, "We hope not r.
a 1t is now nearly forty years since first cam
e to Washington as a member of Congress, an
! wish to say this night that during that Who'll
period, | have received nothing but kindnes
and attention from your fathers and from youl
selves Washington was then comparativel
}. a small town now it has grown TO be a grea
and beautiful city; and the first wish of m
heart is that its citizens may enjoy uninterruI
ted health and prosperity. | thank you 70
!, the kind attention you have paid to me, an
now bid all good night Prolonged cheer
ing.
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