M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-08-16

Ieople!" We say to the federal gov
enment, what our fathers said to the
British Parliament, "Mind your own
business. (tThat's rightly
Passing through Vergennes the
cher day, a gentleman in the cars
called my attention TO an old piece Of
Continental money. "Did you ever
mind these words Mind your own
business. y Another gentleman in
the cars called my attention to an old
Massachusetts coin, on the reverse
side Of which was, "Mind your own
business" CThat's a very good
creed.'0 That was the. creed Of our
fathers in the Revolution. That was
Whist they said to the British Parlia.
ment. when they attempted to force
slavery or the colony of Virginia
against its will. That is what our
fathers said to the British government,
when it attempted to control our pep.
pie in their local and domestic affairs,
aud to dictate what kind ofpaper they
shon.d write on. Our fathers said to
the British government, "llands of!
Mind your own businesa!" And in
order that they might perpetuate that
motto, and render it familiar to their
children, they placed 1t upon their pa.
per money aud on their coin, in order
that every child might Learn to read
it. Let us now act on that principle,
Lei US say to Congress, "Alind your
own business, aud let the Territori es
alonel"
| have q word more to say TO you,
and then ! have done. | presume
that many of you have business before
Congress Of some kind or other =
Perhaps one Of you has a claim for a
pension. Ii so, You ask your repre-
sentative. when lie comes home, what
became of your bill. He'll tell yonI
that he did the best he could for you,
but that it was lost for want of time.
"Why lost for want of timel" ooh,
Congress occupied the whole time in
discussing the slavery question, and
there was no time to pass your pen.
slon BILL" Another may have an in
terest in the French spoliation BILL
Ask your representative what became
of that BILL "Lost for want OF time;
slavery question occupies the whole
time-no chance for anything else. .
Ask your representatives why they
did not remodel the tariff in order to
raise money enough to defray the ex-
penses ofthe government without bor-
rowing twenty millions Of dollars q
year. They will tell you, the only
reason that the bill was lost was for
want of time. The negro question oc-
cupies the whole time, no chance for
the tariff. Ask them why they did
not pass a Pacific Railroad bill; and
at the came time remind them that
Fillmore was pledged to Pacific
railroad when candidate, in 1856,
and Fremont was pledged to it, and
buchanan was pledged to it,-all
three parties pledged to it. Yet the
very bill, the very measure to which
all parties were pledged, could notgetI
majority in either house of Congress,
Ask your representatives. Why9-I
Lost for want Of time; the negro
question takes up all the time, and
there is no time left to attend to the
material interests oftbe country"--at
least to the interests ofthe white folks,
as my friend IN the crowd says. IN
my opinion, the government Of this.
country is the white mans govern.
ment. II was made by white lnen for
the benefit of white men, and oughttoI
be administered by white men,
ICheers.l And think the white men
ought to have a small portion of the
time, at least, so that their business
may be attended to.
You never will have appropriate
legislation on any Of these questions
before Congress -and am not dis
cusSing the question as to what the
legislation ought to be-but you never
will have the subjects considered and
acted upon until you Danish the negro
question from the halls Of Congress.
Let US Danish that question from Con
gress forever. Remand it to the peo.
lle of the Territories who are interes-
edin it. Let them do as they please,
subject to the Constitution Of the U.
States, and there will be no cause Of
controversy between the North and
the South. Maintain the doctrine Of
non.intervention and there will be
peace and harmony between all Sec
ti0ns of the country. Why can we
not now live in peace as We did in for
mer timesl You will all remember
that during the Revolution the North.
',ern army was commanded by South,
ern general, and the Southern army
by a Northern general; and on the bat
tie field Southern and Northern men
fought shoulder by shoulder in a COM
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