The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-03-06
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Mr. Douglas. You may know it down in Maine but
you do not know it in Illinois. have always noted
that those who were SO far off from the slave
States that they did not anything about them,
are most anxious for the fate ofthe poor slave ihose
men who are far off that they do not know what
negro is distressed TO death about the condon OF
the poor negro. (Laughter.) But, sir, go into the
border States, where associate across the line,
where the civities of society are constantly inter-
changed: where we trade with each other, and have
social commercial intercourse and there you Will
find them standing by each other like band OF broth
Take southern Illinois, southern Indiana SOUTH
ern Ohio and that part of Pennsylvania bordering on
MARYLAND and there you will find social intercourse;
commercial intercourse; good feeling; because those
people know the condition of the slave on the other
side of the lne but just in proportion as you recede
from the slave States just in proportion as the people
ignorant Of the facts just in that proportion party
leaders can impose ON their sympathles ana 6oneS1
prejudices.
Sir know it is the habit of the Republican party,
wherever have met them to make the warfare in such
way to try to rally the whole North on sectional
grounds against the South know that is to be the
ISSUE and is proven by the speech ofhe Senator from
New York, which quoted before and that of Mr. Lin
coin, so far as they authority. happen to have
those speeches before The Senator from Maine
said that neither of these speeches justified the
cuson that they asserted that the free States and the
slave States cannot cOeXist permanently in the same
republic. Let whether they do not. MIR Lin
coin says:
"a house divided against itself cannot stand. be-
1ieve this Government cannot endure permanently, half
free"
or all the other or else the Union cannot endure
What the meaning of that language unless it is that
the Union cannot permanently exist, half slave and
half freethat it must all become thing all be-
come the other? That is she declaration. The decara
ton is that the North must combine sectional par
ty, and carry the agitation ercely up TO the very
borders of the slaveholdng States that the dare
sleep night for fear that the robbers, the John
Browns will come and set his houses fire. and muir
der the and children, before morning. 1t is to
surround the slaveholdng States by Gordon of free
SfatP q Ii q
JIM order that may smother them out The Senator
avowed in his speech to-day their otec to be 10 hem
in slave States order that slavery may die out. How
die out? Conne it its present limits let the ratio of
increase by laws of nature; and just proportion
the lands in the slavehOldng States out, the
negroes increase, and you will soon reach that point
where the soil will not produce enough to feed the
slaves then hem them in, and let them starve outlet
them die out by starvation. That is the policy-hem
them in, and them Do the French did in
Algeria, when the Arabs took to the caverns-smoke
them out by making fires at the mouths of the carerns
and keep them burning until they die. The policy is
to keep up this agitation along the line; make slave
perry insecure in the border States; keep the master
constantly in apprehension OF ASSAULT till he will
abandon his native country leaving his slaves
behind him, or to remove them further South If you
force Kentucky thus to abolish slavery, you make
Tennessee the border State and begin the operation
upon her.
But Sir let us see whether the Senator from New York
did proclaim the dc ctinr that free States and slave
States cannot permanently exist i'll the Republic
He said:
ut is irepressble conflict be:w opposing and
enduring foce and it means that the United States must
and will, later, become either entirely slave
holding nation OF entir',iy iree-abor nation
The opposing conflict is b. tween the States; the Union
cannot remain as it is, part free and part slave. The
conflict between free States and slave States go
until there is savr State left until they all
slave States That is the l. claraon of til" ntor from
New York. The Senator from Maine tried to make the
Senate believe that ha mrepresented the Senator from
New York and Mr. Lincoln If Illinois, in stating at tn
referred 70 conflict between States lie said tia all
they meant that it conflict between free labor
and slave labor in the State Now sir let submit
to hat mans candOr whether he will insist on that position
They both say the contest will go until the States
become all free or all slave. Then when is the contest
going end! When they become all slave! Will there
not be the conflict between free labor and slave labor
after every State has become slave State that there is
nOwl Ifthat the aiming, would the conflict between
slave labor and free labor when every State
had become savehoidng! Have all the savrhoding
States large number OF free laborers within their limits
and if there an ireprsibe conflict between free labor
an6 slave labor will You remove that conflict by making
the States all slave! Yet, the Senator from New York
says they must become all slave all free before the
conflict ceases. Sir that shows that the Senator from
New York meant what represented him meaning. 1t
shows that who knows the meaning of words
and has the heart to express them they read fail
to know that that the meaning othnse Senator'S The
bOidness with which charge of Misrepresentation may BE-
made in this body will not give character it when is
contradcted by the facts dislike to have repe these
charges of untarnrss and misrepresentation yet the
Senator began with series of inuendus, with series OF
complaints of Misrepresentation, showing that he
afraid to meet the real issues of his party and would make
up for that by personal assaults and nuendos against the
opposite party.
He goes back speech of mine in opposition to the
Lecompton constitution, in which said you would send
that constitution back and let the people of Kansas
for against it, if they voted for free State slave
State would for without caring whether they voted
slavery up down. He thinks it is a great charge
against that do not whether the people vote it
up or vote it dewn.
Nlr Fessenden. The Senator is mistaken as to the
speech to which referred 1t OF his speeches
made on his southern tour, that referred to.
Mr. Douglas The idea is taken from speech in the
Senate-thr fist speech made against the LrcUmpton
Constitution Ii quoted all Illinois by Mr. Lin
coin in the canvass and repeated the sentiment each
time it quoted aganrt and repeated it in the
South well the Nor b. say this: if the people of
Kansas want slave State it is their business not mine;
if they want free State, they have right have it; and
hence, do not care, far regards my act'n wheth
they make it free State it is of my bust
But the Senator says he does care he has prefer
ence between freedom and slavery. How long would |
this preference last he was sugar planter in Louisiana
residing his estate, instead of living i'll Maine Sir
hold the doctrine that wise will adapt his
laws to the wants. condition. and interests the
be governed by thm avery may be very essential in
climate and totally useless in another. If were
citizen of Louisiana would vote for retaining and MAIN
tanning slavery, because believe the good that people
would requleit' As citizen of Illinois utterly op- |
posed to it, because interest would be promoted
by it. should like the Abolitonist who would GO
aud live in southern country that would not get
his scruples very aud have plantation quickly
be could get the money tn buy it.
have said and repeat that this question of slavery is
one OF climate, of political economy; of senter
question of legislation. Whesevtr the climate the SOIL
the health of the country such that be Guilt
waited by white labor you will have African labor, and
compulsory labor at that Wherever white labor be
employed cheapest and most protably there African la
Dor will retire and white labor will take its Dlaca