The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-08-18
Douglas OH Non-Interventior.

z ltiht INC iioiii lHc
! great speech Of Stephen A Douglas, deli
vcIed in the Senate May l5 and l6 1850
Democrats, preserve this for reference, and
when an abolitionist tells you that Doug
! las is pro-slavery man, or when Breck
enridge bolter talks about hin, being az.
abslitlonst, tell either or both that the
charge is false, aud prove it by the follow
/ ing language:
! The lancev platform at Charleston,
known as the majority report from the
committee on resolutions, III substance
and spirit and legal eject, was the same
a the resolutions now under discussion.
and upon which the Senate !s called 10
vote.
do not suppose that any gentleman
advocating this platform in the Senate
means or desires dsuuion. acquit each
and every man of such purpose: but
believe, in my conscience, that such plat
, form of principles, insisted upon, viii. lead
directly and inevitably u a dissolution Of
the Union This platform demands CON
gress'onal Intervention for slavery III the
/ Territories in certain events. W hat are
these events? In the event that the
/ people of territory do not want slavery,
and will not provide by law for It's intro
duction and protection, and that fact shall
be ascertained judicially, then Congress is
to pledge itself to pass laws TO force the
I Territories 10 have il l. this the non-in-
,eryen,ion TO which the Democratic party
pledged itself at Baltimore aud Cincinnati
50 long a the people Of a territory want
slavery. and say 80 in their legislation, the
+ advocates Of the caucus platform are Wi
ling 10 LEI them have IL. and TO act upon
the principle ,Aat Congress shall not IN
terfere.
/ They are for nol-ntcTvention 50 long as
the people want slavery. 50 long a. they
will provide 10y law for its introduction
3 and protection; but the moment the peo-
pie say they do not want 1t, and Wi! not
: have it. then Congress must intervene and
: force the institution on an unwilling peo-
pie On the other hand, the Republican
party is also for uon-intervention in Ger
. tain contingencies. The Republicans are
I for non-interveu'ion Just as long as the
. peple of the territories do not want slave
/ ~, and say so by their laws. 50 long as the
: people of a territory don want slavery, the
;.bo!itiouists aIe for Lon-intcrvention, and
Will not interfere al all but whenever the
| people of the territories say by their legs
lation that they do want it, and provide
by l.w for it, introduction and protection,
and COR dcpr.yiug them of il. EEch of
Won j. for intervention for your own sec
ton. and against IL when nOuIuterventIon
+ operates for your section. There Is no
/ difference in principle between lnterrsn-
tiou North and Intervention South. Zach
assert the power and duty Of the Federal
. Government to force institutions upon an
unwilling people Each denies the ri ght
I of s.lfgovcrnment to the people OF the
. Territory over their internal and domestic
I concerns. Each appeals 10 the passions,
I preiudces, and ambition Of his own sec
ton, against the peace and harmony OF
B the whole country.
Sir. let this doctrine Of intervention
/ North and intervention South become the
raliyimg point of two great parties, and
/ you viii find that you have two sectional
/ parties, divided by that line that separates
/ the free from the slaveholding States
/ Whenever this shall become the doctrine
Of the two parties, YOU will find a south
ern intervention party for slavery. and q
northern intervention party against slave
. nv: and then will come the irrepresslble
! conflict Of which We have heard 50 much
/ We have had an illustration OF what kind
of intervention YOU viii get whenever you
recognize the right of Congress 10 inter
vene on this subject The House Of Repre-
sentatives sent us a bill the other day repeal
ing the slave code, which was unanimous
" adopted 10y the legislature OF New Mex
leo and fastening the Wilmot proviSo up
on that territory against the will OF that
people. That bill Is now pending on your
table, and awaiting the action of this body.
side by side with resolution of one OF
the Senators from Mississippi (Mr Brown
to repeal the prohibition OF slavery in
Kansas Territory. with view to force
them TO have the institution, whether they
want it or not. tell yoa that tie doctrine q
the Democratic party, as proclaimed an lS4o
and 1852 at Baltimore, ia lS55 at Cfnci"1.at',
and in 1860 al Charleston, is that re must re-
sist, ,c;h all our eneryeS both these Iroposit ms
for interc,ntion. So long as tie peopLc Of han-
sas do not .ca1,t slIcey, yol shall nercr torce Il
on hem by any act of Congress, i car preren'
it. So long as the people of New Mexico
do want slavery, you on the other side OF
the chamber shall never deprive them OF
it, if can prevent 1t You, gentlemen,
in the Northeast or in the Northwest, do
not know what kind of laws the people
of New Mexico desire as they do them
selves Your people in the Gulf States,
: or in those cotton States that are to be
! plunged into revolution, do not know
what kind of laws and institutions are
adm,ted to the wants and interests and
happiness of the people of Nebraska, so
we'll as the settlers in that Territory do
O,u. doctyine-tAe doctrine Of the Democratic
Doyfy as proclaimed at CKarieston-is n0n-inter-
ference Jy tie F,,{eTai Government 'cith tic To-
cal concerns and domestic affairs of the pe2ptc
either IN tie States or in the Territories
The PorATo BLIGHT IN IRELAND.-We find
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