The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-07-05
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war. The war that before vas sUiotnefcu na
broken out IN deeds Of blood that have drencf
ed the soil OF Kansas with the gore Of freene
and which have kiadled the flame OF discord te
tween the North and South. God only know
what yet in reserve for Us as consequences o
the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise.
POSITION DEFINED.
Gentlemen, am in the first place going Il
| tel! you where stand, and where the Repabli
can party s.snds 90 the subject of Slavery.
| The Republican party claims that slavery is {
local or municipal institution. and that only ex
lists by virtue Of local and positive law
| Tina. the Law of Nations nor the common
| Law do not recognize the tight of one man to
hold property in his fellow man. The law o!
Nations approved by all cations, recognizes the
right to bold propery 10 horses. in cattle, in sill.
YER in gold. aud in land. bat nowhere does it
recognize the right of property in man. The
common Law; that which we brought with ~
from Eogiand. and which provides the basis OF
Law for nearly all the States OF the Union, eqa al
ly. did not recognize this right Of property in
man; 1t recognizes the right to hold property in
oil these other things, but it did not and does
rot recognize the right Of one man to buy or
cell or hold his fellow man Now. this was the
doctrine OF the fathers Of the Republic this
the doctrine OF all the States Of the Union; iG
was recognized by Courts of the States both
North and South-as we'll in the South as In the
North-anii, within the last six seven years.
Gentlemen. we further believe that he Terri
tories Of the Republic the property of the
Nation. Being acquired by the ition. the
Nation has righ, TO govern them. We believe
that the right to acquire carries with II the right
to govern. and il not the right to acquire would
be u barren right. OF what value woald il be
to you To have the right to acquire property, If
You had no power to control il after you got il?
But we do not rely upon that. Tue tonstitu
ton by an express provision declares that 1.-The
COnDreqa n
make all ueedful rules and regulations respecting
the Terrisories Here is express power cou-
f-rred With but one limi ation; that is, that the
rule shall be . needful rule. aud Congress is to
be the judges whether II be needfll not.
We furthermore hold that Congress has power
to legislate upon the subject of slavery in the
Territories as we'll as upon all other subjects;
aud Congress to exercise that power to the ex
clusiou OF Slavery from our Territories.
What is the p asop OF that, gentlemen? We
60 upon the ground that Slavery is q moral, So
cai and political evil; that it is q curse whereve-
or it has existed not only this, but in all coun
tries; that ID has been bane to society; that it
has rested AZ al incubus upon the bot interests
Of man; that it has resisted education, aud OPP
posed progress; that in point of TACT, it has re-
sisted the ad 'ancement Of the people; that it
has built up small cass, willis it has degraded
the great majority of people, even those Of the
same race with the master. Such having been
the effect OF Slavery in this aad other countries.
we believe that it should be resisted 10 the Ter
ritories.
Bnt while We hold this to be the doctrine on
the subject we hold an entirely different doctrine
with regard to States. We say that where
slavery exists in States. the General Government
has 10 power to interfere with it-that it is ex-
ciusively a Slate Institution We say to our
friends 10 Kentucky, if Slavery be good thing,
keep it and nourish it. 1t is your right to do 80
L. on the contrary, you regard Slavery to be an
evil, abolish it. because you have power to do It,
We hAya Nc dght @ sints!1ere one way or the
eshsss vitk fle institqtioa in any Of the States
NAare hi 1bee you propose 70 extend
S86vo3Y ~ ~ ISSs6oeies now free, the eject
81 WHOA VIA bs to exclude fee 1lsbos ffom
those Ter6sostss--to exclude you men Who oAsar
ne, snd your ehldsen.-if you should desfs to
60 aud settle these--we say we have voice Ia
that matter; we have an interest 10 those Terri
tories and our determination is. it il can be ei-
fccted constitutiOnay, that those Territories
shall be preserved to freedom aud free labor.
Gentlemen. do you not know that where the
slave goes free labor will not go, exceptto very
limited extent? Is there man within the sound
Of my voice to-day, who is willing to go TO
Kaosas aud work along side the slave. in the
same field or in the shop? You will not.
because you would feel degraded by the contact
with slavery, aud you would feel that the mas
ter looks upon You in the same light as be looks
upon his Save This is the inevitable effect of
slavery. 1t would exert the slme il fuenco uf-
In tue South those men who own their
carpenters. their field hands and their wagon
maker, look upon al men who perform the same
k,ud Of labor in the same light rs they look up.
n taeir slaves. that is the material aud rresis-
tibie inf Ieuce of slavery upon the minds of
those who are brought INTO contact with 1t; and
il slave labor be admitted into Territory.
cous.q q .euce free labor will not go there.
THE TRULY ANCIENT.
This is our view he subject 1t is no new
doctrine; tha, God! 1t is as old as the Con-
stitu,ion end just as bright; aud you will puiut
me to Democrat In tbs house thirty i've years
of age or upward. who has voted The ticket
from the time he had right to vote, will show
you his tracks upon our platform; those tracks
may be dimnei by age bu. they are there
Why, gentlemen, this doctrine was the common
doctrine of all parties 1t was Democratic doc
trine throughout the whole life of that party uu
| til 1854; it was the doctrine of the Wing par
ty throughout its entire existence; it was the
| doctrine of the Federal party and it the
doctrine Of the old Republican party, as long a
/ il lived 1t was q common ground upon which
they could oil meet in peace and ami,y and taks
| each other by the haad. They differed about
banks, tariffs and thousand other things, bu
they did not differ upon the question of the pow
| er OF Congress to exclude slavery from the Ter
ritor'es aad the duty Of Congress to exescis.
that power.
| TESTIMONY OF THE GRAND MoGuLS OF DKMoc
ocaACT.
Let me refer yca to little authority upo,
this subject For toe purpose of mak,nx tn
application more pointed, will refer to Indian'
authority.
TIE Democratic party OF Indiana stood upoI
this doctrine until 1854 Let me read to yo
an extract from al opinion OF Gov Whifcomb
The State of Indiana, perhaps, never products
an abler or more honese man than Gov. Whit
comb. He is dead and gone; bat AL delight .
do honor 10 the memory of that great man
What did he sayi 10 lsss he said.
1T t,isincontsovestibs 10 that slavery. here q
elsewhere. cannot exist without the saacsion Q
positive law. a,
Il an opposed to the passage Of any sac
Law. believe tbs Congress csn, constitution
ally, pass such orgsnc laws for the governmea
of the Territories viii, ia their operatioa pvl
vent the Territorial Legislature from passing N
such law. II follows that Congress can, in n
judgment. consiitutiouaiy prevent the introduc
tion Of slsvery iato these rerritoriesr