The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-08-31

receive the votes OF the lovers OF the Cohsti
tuition and the Union. fr,
But this IIerschell v. johnson. on tn
18th Of May last, said In printed letter:
81 believe that 1t is the right Of the Soui'
10 demand and the duty Of Congress 10 er
tend protection TO persons and property Of go
rery description (ineiudiny slavery in III
Territories during their territorial state. Thi
Is no new opinion. Iadrooated this doetrin
as rbaek as l848 in tie Senate Of the Unit
ed States. II you have any curiosity to se'
the argument. refer you TO my speech OF
the Oregon bill, delivered 7th OF July OF tha
year, and reported in the COngressiond
Globe. How unjust, therefore, are the in
situations with which you interpersc an.
interlard your editorial comments that al
arc In favor Of 'squatter sovereignty, VIII
happen not TO agree with the sccedes iron
the Charleston Convention |! l rrpei che IN
sinuat,on so far as IL may be intended 10 or
ply TO me, come from phdt quarter itmdy an'
plead NV o,cn record in pindicdfion."
On the I'd of June he reported the follow
ing resolution from the minority Of the Com
mittee on Resolutions in the Democratic
State Convention Of Georgia:
That the citizens Of the United Statc'
have an equal right to settle rith their prop
erty Of any kind in the organized Terrific
rics Of the United States, and that under The
decision of the Supreme Court OF th'
United States in the case OF Dred Scott
which VIC recognize as the correct exposition
Of tho Constitution in this particular, slar'
property stands upon the same footing as al
other descriptions Of property, and that ne'fh'
er The General Government NOR ANY TERRIFIC
RIAL GOVERNMENT can destroy or impair the
right to slare property in the common Terri
tories, any moro than the right to any oiheI
description Of property: that property OF oil
kinds, slaves M we'll as any other species ol
property, IN the Territories, stand upon the
same equal and broad constitutional basis and
subject to like principles Of recognition ana
protection in the LEGISLATIVE, judicial and er'
eeuiire departments Of The government.
Howell Cobb declared that there was nc
difference in principle between the resolutions
of the majority and Of the minority. But
johnson bolted the Convcntion-got up
bogus delegation, went to Baltimore, the
clans of Douglas would not admit him into
the Convention, and then In consultation
with their chief they nominated him with
his slave protection record, Us their candidate
for the Vice Presidency, and his name is up
on the banners floating the breezes upon oul
northern hills to-day.
In 1856 this champion Of disunion appear
ed in Pennsylvania to advocate the cause o
James Buchanan. On the l7th oi Stptenl
Der, standing in independence square, neal
the sacred spot where was made the 'procla
nation in the words of John Quincy Adams
. Of the emancipation OF men from the thral
dom of man, this licrschell v. johnson
whose name Is now blazonedupon the banner'
of the Douglas Democracy, proclaimed t.
the men of Pennsylvania that CAPITAL suorLr
own LABOR /! Capital should own labor !!
There must bc laboring class-a class OF
men who get their living by the sweat O.
their brows So So .wo believe that capita
should own labar - This phrase flung out
in the face of the toiling men OF Pennsylva,
MIA, in Independence square, by lierschel
V. johnson on tho 18th day of Sept, 1855
was borne over the Republic, commented up
on by tho press OF the country and by thu
people of the country, yet Stephen A. Doug
las, through his committee, selects the author
of this degrading and Insulting declaration
-. Capital should own labor, ,-as his asso
ciate the man above all other men for the
toiling men Of America to vote FOR. In
glancing my eye over this mighty throng OF
the freemcn Of Maine, | see the representa-.
tiycs Of the toiling thousnds of the sturdy
people of this free Commonwealth, where, in
the language Of Whittier,
Freedom hand In hand with labor,
Walketh strong and brave,
On the forehead Of his neighbor,
No man writeth-slave.
Farmers, you who stand upon your own
fee simple acres, who want no slave to till
your ground, remember vote for Douglas !,
a vote for johnson, who believes that capital
should own labor Mechanics, you whose
is around us and about MS in q
thousand forms of utility and beauty, re-
member n vote for Douglas is a vote for John.
son, who believes capital should own labor!
Lumbermen, you whose sturdy blows echo
through the dense forests, and whose camp
fires CLEAN amid the SHOWS Of northern win,
tiers. remember that q vote for Douglas is
vote for johnson, who believes tha: capital
should own labor. Shipbuilders, you who
launch upon the deep those kccls that
..IIelp TO bear the slken chains
or commerce round the world"
that vote for Douglas is q vote
for johnson who believes that capital should
own labor!' Fishermen, you who cast your
nets into the deep to draw from the waters
vcxcd by winds and storms, q scanty subsl''
tence, remember vote for Douglas is o vote
for johnson, who believes capital should
own labor!' LAborers, you who call no man
master, you who are sustained in the midst
of YOU tolls, when the suns Of summer burn
YOUR cheeks. and the chilling blasts Of win
ter benumb your fingers, by the proud con-
sciousness that you nre frccmen, that your
dwellings are your castles. that your wives
are yours, that the cradles OF your children
arc sacred, that tho rewards of your labor
are for your loved ones, rcmcnber-l charge
YOU TO rcmember-that q vote for Douglas Is
a vote for johnson, who believes that cap
ital should own labor!' Douglas and John.
son are inseparably connected-a vote for one
Is vote for both.
Lincoln and Hamlin arc also insepanbly
vote for one is vote for both.
Mr.. Olmstcad in his travels through Texas
treating of society IN the slave States speak,
Of devilish, undisguised, and recognized
contempt for all humber classes. II SPRING
from their relations with slaves and Is sim
ply incurable.' Animated by this deyilish
undisguised and recognized contempt for oil
humber classes johnson proclaims that
. capital should own labor Born aud nurs'
cd and reared in the society Of the free Ia
boring men Of Maine, Hannibal iiamlin wa'
the frs, Senator to reply to the charge oil Sen
ator Hammond Of South Carolina, that the
hircling manual laborers Of the North were
essentially stavee-, the mud-sills OF society.
Standing proudly before the Senate he .ald
that he represented free laboring mcn and be
would defend their rights. Turning to th'
Carolina Senator he declared in manly tones
"Sir, I can tell that Senator that they ar'
not mud-sills OF our community. They ar'
AN