Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-09-20

ouIy BY force Of the msncipal Law where II
10 established. if f ....
Q. Where inhabited, and governed terri.
tory 10 acquired BY the United States. It
comes in tree OF slave territory. according
TO ito condition before II wss acquired.
3 Where slavery was definitely settled
before the territory wss acquired, whether
by immenorisl usage or BY statute, it con.
tinu.s TO ex 81 ass local establishment until
II 10 abolished by law.
4 Where slavery was not definitely set
tied before the Territory wss acquired either
by usage or BY Law. II remsins free territory
ill slavery is established BY law.
8. Where territory at the time II was ac-
quired, was 10 state Of nature, without any
government, Il 10 free territory, and remains
90 till slavery is established by law.
9. Az long - Q new territory remains in
| hs territorial state, Congress 10 sovereign,
as to Il, and may prohibit or sbolsh slavery
BY law; or. may establish or protect Il for
the time, in like manner. \ 81
=. These powers msy be exercised by
Congress, eithe- directly; or thr,ugh q ter.
ritoral legislature, authorized By Congress
to act, and such acts will be valid, so far as
they ore within the powers granted.
8. Where territory becomes q State,
whether by an enabling act Of Congress; or
On lis own motion by the subsequent sp-
proval of Congress, such State Is sovereign
within its terr itory, and may either by ITS
written Constitution or by statute lsw, sbol.
ish sls<1ry where it 10, or establish 1t where
It 10 not.
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| I prefer Mr.. Lincoln to others on various
accounts Not that he 10 citizen Of free
State. I had rather he lived In South Caro-.
lima than where he does. Not that he 10
called Republican. ] had as lief he was
called o Democrat. Not that he was Domi-
mated by the Chicago Convention. ] had
rather be was indebted for his nomination
to no convention whatever. But because,
on the whole, he 10 the best man before US.
And first OF oil Mr.. Lincoln is not the can.
1idate of the politicians BY trade. but the
candidate Of the people at latge. l am SO
thoroughly convinced Of this that believe
| " every man In the nation who makes po-
litics trade should withdraw from his sup
port, nay, turn their backs on him, he would
be elected notwithstanding.
l
Another reason for which l prefer Mr..
Lincoln to Mr., Douglas 10, that he is q
moderate, conservative man. He eats nc
FIRE, swallows no sword blades, annals nc
articles of the Constitution, evades no rul
ing Of the Federal Court, but walks raigh,
, on in the Hne marked out in the Constitu
ton and the laws Of his country, preferrine
free territory to slave territory, but willing
10 live and let live. in the bonds of Stat.
Fellowship and mutual good will. This lat
ter characteristic ie doubtless whst secured
his nomination, and will cid 10 securing hi.
4 eleetioa-. .-.s. 4
He concludes as follows:
But, in this connection, l have been re-
minded that Mr.. Lincoln is supported BY
such men as Mr.. Chase, for whom | refused
, to vote few years ago, on account Of hi
higher law tendencies. am sorry thi
argument should be made at this time, be
cause | have already said all against thi
+, gentleman shat ever intend to say; an,
now ! may, however, say that it has beeI
Mr.. Chase's good fortune to be made wei
y come in every party to which he ever be
I lorged none receiving him more cordial.
i than this Democratic party, who elevate
him at once TO the rank of a Senator II
Congress, under the advice and with the al
of Senator Pugh, at once the jealous an
e talented supporter os Mr.. Douglas, If
h am pressed further with this argument,
}. will prove by a parity of logic, that Nj
Breckinridge Is also an abotionist. In al
the great contests. for free tssritory, Of late
years, in Ohio, including that between Col
: Fremont and Mr. Buchanan, the Hon. Chal
! Reemelin stood-shoulder TO shoulder wit
= Gov. Chase. His lofty plume, like that c
u his leader. danced above the common thron
II and his Tentonc accent was heard abov
u the din o. battle. Now he seizes the Brecl
inridge standard, and with the coursg
T. wherewith Bruce OF Bannockburn led o
: the vslian, Scnts. bid the Southern legion
. "Welcom 10 their CORY beds or to victory!"
.eI IF am pressed still further with this arr
ument, will prove by the same logic th'
Mr. Bell. Of Tennessee, is an abolitionist.-
- Was not the Hon Lewis d Camtell an abb
and jealous supporter Of Gov Chase and I
all the Freesoil movements of the times!;
Did he no: lead the forlorn hope Of the r.
- - publican party 10 the Third Congression'
~ District. and fall brsvely in the contest viii
~ " Mr. Vallsndighsm' Ye, find this gentle
= man but yesterday, in this very spot, on Il
~. American platform, with the spread Gag
W " over his head, firing the first gun for Be
y, and Everett.
IL Let us not peep too narrowly into esc
others record, or press this argument t.
he far, lest we should prove Mr.. Lincoln to
We a Democrat, by sscertsining that some ge
,at teman who voted for Mr.. Buchanan q
"a. Breckinridgs are now supporting him. !,
we The canvass in Illinois between M
hi, Douglas and Lincoln occurred when. n
he Lincoln had no thought of being Preside
,ry lin free State where snti-slavery sent
Die ments run high. It was contest for u
,e. Ssnstorship in Congress, which both ps
ps ties sought with commendsble smbtio
40 and yet in all these debates do not find
le. doctrine laid down which does not stand {
ich the authority OF Ciay ane Webster, d
,.s great masters of the school In which
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