The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-03-07
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the admission Of Kansas made sreech shic.a
win atirac, untEs.sai attention, tex is jast
rcsslions. its manly dignity. its statesman like
Sie We, and jnst exposiuan Of Kepublicas prin.
eiples and policy. So
Even she PaaiD Dealer cemmends it for its
nasteiy ability. We give the Plain Dealers
comments. with all its side Lits. as follows
SEwARD's GREAF SPEEcH-We have read
IT, and j. is by far tie most sagacious and
sensible hid for the Republican Nominee of
any that hss been made. Mr.. Seward gener
alzes and rhilosophises. He does not rant
and rave like most Abolition leaders His
speeches are always read by the American
psoJle of all political parties, and this last
will go far to allay the fears of the South, if
they ever had any. that II a Blacl Republican,
President should be elected, the Union would
necessarily be dissolred. He has defined Re
publieapism as he understands it, and it is a
very different animal from what it has been
represented to be in the South. He declares
that ke' knows of only one policy which the
Republican Party has adopted or avowed-
namely, the saving of the Territories of the
United States, if possible, by constitutionGt
and tdicful means, from being homes for Sla-
l.
power of Congress Under the Constitution of
regulating the domestic institutions of people |
living in Territory. He agrees with the
fire eaters of the South and the Administra |
lian in this position. It is the rock On which
be splits and every other Presidential eandi |
date who holds to like sentiments The charge
of radicaiism which conservative Republieansl
bave successfully raised against him as g can |
didate, he has ,effectually put to silence. and
he will now most inevitably be the Republican
nominee
We give below an account of the debate
from the Washington correspondent of the
New. York Times. Let it be borne in mind
that the Times is neither friendly to Mr. Sew
ard nor the Republican party. but of late has
been supposed TO indicate decidedly Douglas
proclivities. Writing under date of Feb.
29th, its correspondent says: ;iA
The report that Senator Seward would speak
to day crowded the immense galleries, and by
noon it was impossible to procure standing
room within bearing of the chamber, although
the proceedings did not commence till one
O'Clock The great leader of the Republican
party was in 6ne condition, and exhibited IN
mistak able consciousness of his own power to
meet the expectation of his party and his
country With the caImnees of May morn.
ling he approached the subject, and for moro
than an hour rivited the attention of all. The
Democratic side of the chamber bore the ex
coriation administered to recession and disun
lion, though it was restless under the erpose of
Southern fanaticism.
Mr.. Douglas followed in reply, and ably es
poused the cause of the South, and defended
the. Democratic party against the charge pre-
fsrred by the great Irrepressible leader
Every one was commenting on the fact, that
whenever the tug of war came. Mr.. Douglas
was put forward to fight the battle for Slavery,
while his rival aspirants for the Presidency
draw back and retire from the field. The speech
of Mr.. Douglas to day drew upon him hatter
i ing compliments from Gen. JEFF Davis and
win go so far to ards securing him the Charles
ton nomination by acclammation.
/ Gen. Davis. the Cicero of the Sepate fol
lowed Judge Douglas, and explained the great
doctrine of State Rights. l
Mr.. Douglas, it will be perceived. is going
deep into the affections of Southern poiiti-
clans.
las In the sketch of the debate in another col
umn, the reader will not fail to remark Mr..
Douglas comment on the Declaration of In
dependence, where he asserts, that the fathers
only meant that ,chite men were created free
and equal.
This is no new doctrine of Judge Douglas.
He declared the same in his Harper's Maga-
Zine article last summer. The best comment
upon this dogma of Mr.. Douglas that we have
seen, is in speech delivered by Carl Schurz.
Iof Wisconsin, in Springfield, Massachusetts,,
last January. Mr.. Schurz quotes as follows
from speech of Mr. Douglas. delivered at
Springfield, Illinois. in 1851. Douglas says ::
i mo maf,can vindieate the character, the
motives, and the conduct of the signsrs ofIthe
Declaration of Independence, except npon the
hypothesis that they referred to the white race
I Ialone and not to the African, when they de
clared all men9to have been created free and
,teaHal-thGt |, they irere speaking Of British
!, subiscts on this continent being equal to Brit
! isk subjects born aad residing in Great Brit
: Edin-that they were entitled to the same inal
!. lisnable rights, and among them were enume-
! rated life, liberty, and the pursuit of hsppi.
ness. The Declaration of Independence was
adopted merely for the purpose of justiiying
the colonists in the eyes of the civilized world
in withdrawing their allegiance from the Brit
ish Crown. and dissolvipg their connection
with the mother country. 6s Ffa s Ta0
), Upon the foregoing remarks and positions
/. Eof the Little Giant Mr.. Schurz comments
; thus: 1851 dt
WHAT Is that allf Is that little heap of
lquicksand the whole superstructure on which q
new Organization of tociety was to be built !?
The whole foundation upon which the proud
= and ponflarous editice of the United States
ii restsf They did, then, not mean all men, when
they said all men,. They intended. perhaps,
even to disfranchise those free blacks who III
e Eve of the original thirteen colonies enjoyed
e the right of voting They meant but the
3white race. Oh, no, by no means, the ,ohole
!. white race; not the Germans, not the French.
net the Scandinavians; they meant hut British
eubjects British subjects on this continent
u being equal to British subjects born and resi-.
s ding on the other side Of the great water r
+ TLaughter and applause eoy nati s4
:. There is your Declaration of Independence
q diplomatic dodge. adopted merely for the
let purpose of excusDg the rebellious colonies il
of the eyes of civilized mankind. There is your
,a1 Declaration of Independence, no longer the
= sacred code of the rights of man, but an hyp
y ocritical piece of special pleading, drawn up BY
D. batch of artful peitifeggers who, when speak
in ing of the rights of man, meant but the privi
n. leges of set of aristocratic shareholders. bu
tstyled it the rights of man, in order to throw
dust into the eyes of the world and to invegl
noble-hearted fools into lending them aid ant
ve assistance. [Applause. These are your boast
ed Revolutionary sires, no longer heroes an,
al sages, but accomplished humbuggers and hyI
vi VI ocrites, who said one thing and meant ano;t
D, er: who passed counterfeit sentiments as ger