The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-02-14

day closed, so FAR as organizing the legis.
lature is concerned; but this conflict fel-
low citizens, is not ono Of sections as has
been repYesented-it is not a conflict be-
tween tho North and tso South, or between
any other sections Of this Union, but it is
q conflict as to IN element Of political O.
economy and the system Of labor existing
in this country. 1t is a conflict whether
tho unoccupied Territories Of the Union
shall be now, and continue to be the homes
Of freemen-whether they shall be dcdica
ted and consecratcd forever in free homes,
or whether they shall re occupied by a
population emigrating thence, not only
from your own States, but brought TO this
county from the shores Of Africa, by
which the Territories shall be filed up by
a black slave population, instead Of being
the homes of white freemcn. That is the
conflict Of to day cheers and not war
of the sections OF this Union. 1t is con.
flcl on a principle Of political economy,
and as TO the system Of labor that can best
develope the material interests Of this coun.
try, and foster its great industrial interests.
(Cheers.) The question Of the day is,
whether the men who own their own labor
whose daily toll is the only means they
have of obtaining livelihood and support
for themselves and families shall be the
recipients Of this great Inheritance, be.
qucathed by your fathers whether those
who own taeir own labor are to occupy
the Territories Of this Union, free from the
degradation that contact with slavery eve.
ry where brings upon free labor, or wheth-
cr they are to be occupied by those who
own the labor Of others, and whose capital
consists in the bones and muscles Of their
hborcrs. This conflict between the lab?r
that owns itself and the capital that owns
i, has caused this long struggle in Congress,
and to day shakes the political elements Of
the republic. (Cheors.) A voice "freo
labor forever; down with Democracy" 1t
is not a conflict between the States Of this
Union, or the people Of one section against
the people Of another section; but is con.
fict between these two elements; and VIC
ask that tho government Of the country, 50
far rs it has constitutional power, shall
WELD that power in behalf ofthe free labor
Of the North and the South, cnl in behalf
of tn, fr,e labor Of the world, and that it
snaI oG4Ica'e tn' S"oSo"l',eH ie''''ori'9
for free men. ! am obliged to you, fell
low citizens, for the mark cf your kindness
and respect, aad receiving It Gs tcntorod to
the principlcs Of which | am n humble Gl-
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