The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-08-31

i ~ .otn oi yuetung F0fth What
His Policy Had Done For Slavery.
! Now, what has been the result9-
My views were Incorporated into
the compromise measures of 1850
and his were rejected. ,,n Ill ,be G
sousl, been sYcalS escalS9'ifrc; from nm Me.i.opue ill., ,ue
ST, l.s bs&ys the bill from the House
Iof Representatives now on your
table, repeating the slave code in
New Mexico, established by the
people themselves2 1t is part OF
the history OF the country that un
der this doctrine Of non .interv eution
this doctrine that yon delight to call
squatter sovereignty, the people OF
New Mexico have introduced and
protected slavery in the whole of
that territory. Under this doctrine,
they have converted a tract Of free
territory into slave territory, more
than five times the size OF the state
OF New York. Under this doctrine,
slavery has been extended from tho
Rio Grande to the Gulf OF California,
and from the line OF the Republic
OF Mexico, not only mp to 36e 80
minutes, but up to 3Ss--giving you
degree aud half more slave ter
ritory than you ever claimed. In
1S4s and 1s49 and 1850, you only
asked TO have the line Of 36e 80
minutes. The Nashville Conven-
ton fixed that ~ it ultimatum. I
offered it in the Senate IN August.
1S4S, and it was adopted hore but
rejected in the House of Re- resent
dtivos. Yon aekod ohlv up 10 3Ge
~ minutes, and non.intervention a.
given you slave territory up to 3se,
a degree aud a half more than YOU
asked; and yet you say that this is O
sacrifice Of Southern rights.
These are the fruits of this prin.
ciple, which the Senator from Mis-.
sissippi regards as hostile to the
South. Where did you ever get any
other fruits tba. were more palatable
to your taste, or more refreshing to
your strength What other inch of
free territory has been converted into
slave territory on the American
continent since the Revolution, ex
cept in New Mexico and Arizona,
under the principle of non-interven-
Ition affirmed at Charleston? /! il
be true that .hls principle of non.
Intervention has conferred upon you
all that immense territory; has pro.
tected slavery in that comparatively
Northern and cold region where you
did not expect il to go, can not YOU
trust the same principle further
Sonth when you come TO acquire
additional territory from Mexico2-
lit be true that thi. principle of non
intervention has given to slavery all
New Mexico which was surrounded
on nearly every side by free terrific.
ry, will not the same principle pro-
tcct vou in the Northern states OF
Mexico when they are acquired.
since they are now surrounded by
slave territory: are several hundred
miles further South; have many
lrgrees OF greater heat; and have a
climate and soil adapted to Southern
products! Are you not satisfied
with these practical results! Do
'yon desire to appeal from the people
%. the territories to the Congress OF
the United States 10 settle this ques-
tion in the territories? When Won
listrnst the people and appeal e.
Congress, with both Houses largely $
against yOu on thia question, what
sort OF protection will you gct?-
| Whenever you ask a slave code from
Congress to opro,ect your institution,
in a territory whore the people d.
not want it, you will get that sor
Of protection which the wolf give,
to tho lamb; yon will get that sort o
, friendly hug that the grizzly bear
, gives to the infant. Appealing t.
an anti-slavery Congress to pas
laws Of protection with a view o
forcing slavery On an unwilling anC
hostile people! Sir, of all the mao
, schemes that ever could be devise,
= by the South or by the enemies o
the South. that which recognizes tn,
right OF Congress to touch the in
stituton Of slavery either in state
or territories. beyond the single cas-,
provided in the Constitution for III,
rendition Of fugitive slaves, is III,
o most fatal.