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while It lasted. It is related that fool once
sold his nose for noseguy. How much wiser
would It be to purchase peace at INC eos1 o1
libcrty?:
O-Ail our public domain WAS purchased oy
the common blood and treasure 70 mol W
our ueoplc possess an equal right to 80 lAeIe
with thcir property! Has Congress au1holll5
to take away that right!
A.-If this right he absolute and nnconol.
tional, how can it be annulled by the CONVEX
sion Of I. Territory into State: Docs not the
z;xht to enter upon the public lnnds remain Inc
same wherever they may bc-in Texas or Iowa,
in Minnesota OF IN Kansas? This doctrine,
true, would plant slavery in every State In the
Republic. No such thing rs prohibition could
ever have been possible But II the right be
limited and conditional, it follows inevitably
that the sovereign people have power to rc.
strict its exercise within tho domain which
they govern in common. Nor can this point
be successfully controverted, unless It be |
shown that the people Of the states, through |
their Congress, can exercise no Jurisdiction
whatever over their own Territories. II the |
power to make an organic Law for Territory, |
does not include tic power to prohibit slavery |
therein, during the existence Of that organic |
Law, how, In the name of rcason, can the pow
er to make Constitution for new State, it,-
clude tho power to prohibit slavery therein
during tho existence of that Constitution.
Q.-The slave Is property In Kentucky; the
horse Is property In Illinois. If Congress las
the right to prevent the man OF kentucky
from goin:. into Territory with his slaves,
has 1t not Just the sumo right to prevent tho
man Of Illinois from going there Win us
horses?
A-The horse md the man arc not property
in the same sense. Let the slave lii his mas
ter, ant, If the law be observed, he is tried,
convicted, aud hinged, the same as any other
mn ..r7opla be. Let the horse kill Ills master
!, -,slat punishment does the law fn0fct2 We
| have no law making horses property, and yet
| they are recognized as such throughout
the world. Slaves arc property only where
| they are made so by Inv. 4 statute declaring
horses not property could have no binding
force. During the Revolutionary war, the
second war, and ali The southern Indian wars
slaves were employed ns soldiers, scouts,
Transfers, aud servants. They fell In battle,
they were taken prisoners, they died; but no
! E4Al4H MHh CfE& iA41QH &A " kA1 ~Ae@A~ ~N'~eN>
mcnt for tic value Of q slave thus lost Claims
were always allowed for tho value Of horses.
The man Of Illinois may not be prohibited
from entering Territory With lis horses. be-
CAUSE horses arc property by the universal
voice of mankind, and by the universal sanc-
ton Of Law. The man Of Kentucky may be
prohibited from taking with him his slaves,
because the laws Of Kentucky, by virtue Of
| which alone, he holds them Us fla'es, haTe 10
! existence bcyoud tho geographical limits Of
~ c.-..,
us oIa1e.
Several other Uemocrauc questions anu Ao'
rsa".sna,oa,,oa raen - yrynry
.oAuA' 1850 - -----
| Southern Illinois Conference and Sia.
very.
BUNKER u111, ILL.,, Oct. 2, 1sGo.
Editor Chicago Tribune:
The Southern Illinois Annual Conference
| If +ho ,fotbodist rni.cor,, Church. now in
" N1s -. .,,,,..t ,,.n.,.
session IN Luis pace, uas W Ill ain'ost uuAut'
1nous vote, just adopted the report Of their
! conm,tto m, elayery. q COPY Of which send
you -:
will say further, that the Conference has
! inst heard of the assassination Of Rev. Mr.
.o,, T., .r.,x,r anil ,
ne"iey' " pto-s'A'ess mqp - t s,..aIo.- iu .
!. -eet Of very pointed anu 1ofclnlc 1csoiutlons
in .coora In thc matter. were introduced b1
: .-a.s..,., ...,, ~ A., ,,,,f,,.
1"oo1 lnc moSk lauuenl'a4 usu VI ~ .eo'
and unanimously adopted. These resolutions
: will make their appearance in due time.
fouts respcc''ans'
To the Southern hltneis annual Conte!Gnee. f31s. %
a Your Commlttcc on elasetJ Iespec.luniy one
l lor consioefatsoh' Ae to'1o"'ns 1ss''"''o"0
VIZ: -. That e.o,, ~
limit VIC Ielo!Ge T.; IN ;s. .Ie ta. 'a, n,,r nr1
LAS occupied decidedly. anusassry Gronaa
= and has always had upon fccolo, pointc' p!I
r earnest and solemn appeal against 'ne e'"
= slaycry: ar, e,n. ,,,,,
d out any hcsitancy OF concealment, tcc unhc:
: itatingly and distinctly ayow our detcrnin:
;, ton to refrain from participation In a!l oppt
u eition to slavery that is not Of q peaceful m
Is legal character; consequently w attcctionat'
= " but earnestly solicit our friends eycrywhcr'
!; 10 frown upon ali attempts for the forciblc dl
n solution Of the relation Of master and SLAVE
which. by the sanction of municipal Inv, exist
~ In the slave-holdinS States Of this confedeEac.
&c g. That willie We conccdc to slave mastc1
n their vested right IN this particular, "e mus
!" affirm our right and that Of our brethren cv'
e, II where, freely and peacefully to discuss u
r.. evils Of slavery and We insist, that such di
:: cussion cannot under any circumstances. wha
u cycr, constitute the least Infringement upo
at tic natural Or vested rights Of any portion
- the citizens Of our country. =:
Sc ,atib,iity of IL An anitslayery church, distinct
:. uycrine its determination 10 l3bor for the c
u 1lrnation of slavery, with socal order and ira
~ guilty in slayc holding communities, nc poll
~, ,y1th satisfacfion to The history Of our eccIet
u a.t;cnt orr.nf-atinn from the date OF its car
H. 81 c1,etrnrc md fn fhc stntistics exhibit,
+o shc c-reat n1mhcrs hotb Of rosters and slay
.eHo i,avc hcen gathered fnto fta ualc. and fl
ntshed viii, tbe bread OF Nfo thfpurh TIC
ho hors of its rnfnistrv:
+r- j. That in view Of the facts, exhibited
zee eret e M and % omszement upon the attempt rtcea
c;r r. madc In pcighboring State, to forcibly d
ncrsc ono or the annual conferences, when
nd peaceful session under the supervision Of o
or Of our chief pastors that VIC deeply sym]
-, thizc with our afflicted brethren, both Of
eu clergy and AIty, whose most prccfons Ist
ire hare been assailed by repeated acts OF la~l'
force ; and that We commend the cascs OF Inc
brethren to the ferycnt prayers ofthc mcmo
ear ship Of the entire church.
.,n. 6. That, notwithstanding the opposition
dicatcd by our votes at our last annual scssl'
np- 10 all changes then contemplated in tho r
ILL., Visions Of ihe discipline concerning slave
-. wc nevertheless acquicsce in the action Of
uE- Late Gcncsal Conference touching that matt
4 of and tlat In thr view Of the advisory charac
of}he new charter upon sloyc1y, VIC rcga1t
lne as really more lcnIcnt to our brethren who
lde, unhappily connected With slavery, than "
nan the provisions of tho former chapter;. cor
;z, quently, we have not the least sympathy y :