, 1860-03-08

What right has he to take the fife or liberty Of
white man? Is he opposed to the crinina}
code Of the State Of Illinois, which subjects the
Lorea thief to Imprisonment in the Penitentiary,
and takes away Lis inslienahle right to libertyf
He says this iaal'enahle right is secured to him
being white man, by the great Creator; md
yet he is for taking it away, 1presunle. If the
Declaration Of Independence applies to white
men, ask him, By virtue OF VIVA: authority it
is that he yio'ates the law Of God, aud sends
the horse thief to ,penitensiar{, Of the mur~
deny to the negro equal political and cisilrishts
because the exigencies Of society require It,
And if he can press the argument upon ME that
l hare no right to deny m inalienable right to
negro, than ! say he has no right to deny
an an inalienabls "a ,. .haGt tsght t. r white mar,
and let murderers and robbers, thieves
and perjuEers, So unwhipped of justice through
the land. This shows the dttor fblfRcy Of bis
attempt to make Republicans the advocates OF
negro equality, because they sar all men are
created equal, and endowed with certain in
alieoablc rights.
Ny colleague made another statement which
! must not suffer to pass. He said that he
doubted whether any State would ever AFRO.
gate to itself the right to dIyest property in
s1aves. That is exactly the point to which
expected my colleague would come. ltis con
slavery goes into all tie Territories under The
Constitution, and remains there 50 long az the
territorial condition continues; and now We
hare my colleague saying that he doubts whesh-
er any State will ever arrcgatc to itself the
right to diTest this property. Then how can we |
Union? Slavery goes, to NIL the Territories. |
according to his creed. know he says now, |
that By uufriendlJ legislation the people Of 4 !
Territory may keep it out, but do not under
stand him to deny. now, that it has right to
go into the Territories. | understand him to
rs may 60 into any Territory, and he has shan.
doned his original doctrine, that the people Of
q Territory, like those Of a State, nav exclude
slavery while in the territorial rendition, Nor
he has added another article to his creed, that
no State can arrogate to itself the right to de-
II that he 50, how can Territory. which has
slavery in it, when it comes to form a State
Constitution, get nd Of slavery and make for
itself free Constitutions
But, sir, he speaks Of ny arraignment Of the
Chairman Of the Territorial COMMITTEES against
bis report aud directly the reverse in his speech.
ae speaks Of that rs small matter. No doubt
It Is to hinl- Some men are very large in their |
own estimation; and matters which would ap-
pear to be Of importance to others, appear very
snail to thena: ! should think it was matter
- SAoA1~*No'1 tthEo4 AauCc u me II 1 were 10 |
state to-day one thing rs fact, aud aysr anoth-
y TO morrow directly the reverse; but to man
# bis dimensions il is rery small matter; it
s the work Of snnl3 politicians.
Why, sir, what is tho fact about the repeal Of 7
ne Missouri Compromise: Ny col1eaugc did
aot introduce the proposition originally. He
'ad reported against ii be had said in his re-
'ort that it would be departure from the poll
> Of 1850 to repeal it; but Mr.. Dixon, of Ken
ueSy, offered the proposition to repeal the
llssouri Compromise; and how did my col
eague take il, and how did the party take It; ]