The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-10-03

the history iteelf. = Now how much pFOeyesS
has slavery u1sde over the cause Of freedom
undeFathis doctrioei otiseif eoVefnmenta5 I
hsve uifsady told you that when the Consti-
tutien was adopted there were twelve slave
holding States and 6nly one free State. and
now we hsveia smsiority OF free Ststes' IN
the whoie5 Udion. When we begun we
were only one Stste out ofstbiFteen and now
at the cad ofdsevenly-ihseei yedss we have
become the majoriiy. Whist cause Of cou'
plant can Northern m an--a man from a
free State make against a. Constitution sOd
a system OF government which has produced
such results! All !smy friendss EfesT that
this Republican party have seized hold ei
this sectional position N erelys because the
North iss msjTity. So longods we Of the
free States iwerein arminoFity and dthaislaVe.
holding Stateswere majority did you hear
any Republicans arguihgin favor Of sec
tiondl, Northern partyf ('No.Oaf SO long
sswe OF the North were the minority sec.
ton we claimed the doctrine Of non inter.
ference by the federal government. We
did not then, want to be oUtvOted,i and is il
right now, so soon as we have become the
majority section under the operation'of thas
very principles, lis it'honest, Is it fair for Us
to turn round and exercise thespower over
the minority which we would not haversu6.
mitted to when we .,were the minority -
(Cries of-"no, no, neyer.,9 la it-manly in
US as Northern men TO exercise an arbitrary
power over our brethren In other States
which stheyi -disdsined To- exercise over us
when they ,out voted Us! asH eace think
have right to appeal TO you as my country
men to stand firmly by this great principle
lions we're founded. So long as we adhered
to it there was. no strife in the country. -
No msp. can close his, eyes to the fact,
that this country now as in 1850 is in immi:
nent peril from sectional parties. You all
remember how in 1850 sectional strife was
carried 10 th+t point that the wisest and best
men Of the ,country became, alOrmed for the
perPetuity Of the Union. Let me inquire
what were the causes which put the country
in peril then II was an attempt on the,
part Of the Federal Government to usurp
power over The slavery question il, the Ter .
ritories. The Free soiers then demanded
that Congress, by the application Of the
Wilmot .Provisl, should prohibit slavery
everywhere in the Territories Of the United
States. They sid they Won d DOT obey the
Mits uri Compromise which prohibited save.
ry in one-haIi, pi tho Territory and tpIers
ted j n the other hall, but hey3demanded
that slavery should bD prohibited by Con.
gresp S9nth as we'll rs North Of The line of
Sc, deg 80 min, On the other hand. body
Of men ip ihe southern States. under the
lead OF Wm, L. Ynpcey and B,rnweit
Rhe't, d5mqndei that Congress should pass
la rs protecting and mantaining slavery in
the Territories Of our cpuntryr K. L. ii
Thus in 1850 We hnd two parties in exist,
ence the same as p,w,. one adyncating North
ern iHtervention, and The other Southern
intervention, one in favor OF Congress pro-,
hibiting slavery where the people wanted il
and the other in favor OF Congress mantain-
ing slave'y where tha people, did not want
it IT WIS these two sectional parties, the
one appealing to N2rlhern passion and N9rlh.
ern pride, and the other to Southern, pas
sion and Southarn prejudice that threatened
the peace aud. perpetuy OF the Union in
1850. And what were the remedies applied
when the coun'ry wss rescued from that
peril /! Henry Clay who had performed his
earthly duties and had returned 70 the
shades of Ashland there to prepare for anoth
er and better world, In his retreat heard
the harsh, disoordant, sounds. OF sectional
strife and meditated disunionc and he came
forward from, bis retreat and resumed his
Sc at in the Senate. that great theatre OF his
great deeds, with the hope that by bis ex-
perience, ,his wisdom and the renown OF his
great name he might do something to restore
peace to distrsctedgs country. ed From the
moment that Clay arrived among Us in the
Senate we recognized him as the leader OF
all Union men. For eight or nine months,
we assembled 10 Congress every morning
With Clay in the chair, Cass upon his right
hand and Webster upon his left and the
Union men, wings and democrats, mingled
together, devising, measures by which we
could put down fNer,hern abulitionism and
Southern disunion. Yon allsknow the re-
suit Of these deliberations. Our joint labor
produced the compromise measures Of 1850,
and they rested on,,he principle Of non in
reference by Congress with slavery in the
territories The support Of that princi-
pie under the guidance OF Clay, Webster,
COss and the Union Wings and Union demo.
cruts restored peace and harmony to the
country.
Then as now the extreme anttslavery
men of the North united with the extreme
pro.slavery men Of the South TO keep up the
agitation and to prevent any just and salts =
factory adjustment. Seward, and Chase,
and SumHer, and Giddings, and all of that
class Of politicians then united with Hunter,
Mason. Duvis, Butler and the Southern fire
eaters to defeht non intervention thenasAhey
unite now to defeat the same principle d,
Enthusiastic individual-They won't do
it though. 5EC1 = 3Ia
Mr.. Doug Ias--I trust they cannot do it
now. [Cries of"Never!pl Then all uniou
men, all con servative men, who loved their
country more than party united mover
throwiDg these Northern and Southern agi.
tators and burying them in the sathe grave.
[Cries OF "good and buliy,"l | trust that
there is partisan Intelligence and virtue
enough Iett among The American people
now to unite and accomplish the same gior-
ious result. .l['There ia" and "sood, A
yoice-fKeep away British gold andawe
cap.%J sGi 70 yabs sS IS
sa presume these, are some men within the
hearing OF my yoipe whoawere lRsthes habit
sf voting the iWhie,tickes in 1850 and 1862.
Are there not 4 [VGces 81 Yes, lots Of
them" If 50 4 would like TO address my
self foE O. mptneDt TO those men wbO were
cid line Wings in 1859 and are now, lRe7
publcsns. "A voice on csn lnot fie dsany
such, z laughter. / rather think can titfd
them, for Eemamper in those days the
w StoSn m r. asor rvf4 nsadSfo uiwa iust nhnut Ms