Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-03-08

OF thousands constituents welcome
me home read that passage and took direct issue with the
doctrine contained in being revolutionary and treason
That is merely the individual opinion of Mr. Lincoln
nor IT the individual opCon merely of the Senator from
doctrine in different language but, far know, is
the general opinion of the members of the Abolition Re-
less they rally man, under banner and
make war upon the South with view to the ultimate
North and fasen itself upon all the free States-
They then tell the South unless you rally bind
establish slavery all the free States the inevitable
sequence VIII be that we shall abolish in the savehoidng
States The doctrine is held by the Senator from New
1Ork IN his Rochester speech. He tells that the States
must all become free or all become slave that the South
10 words must ard subdue the North the
North must umph the South and drive slavery from
Mr. President in order show that have not misiner-
preted The position of the Senator from New ok in mott
flying the South that if they wish maintain slavery with
in their limits they must also fasten it upon the northern
States will read extract from his Rochester speech
1t is az irrepressble conflict between opposing and
during forces and that the United States must and
wills sooner or later become either entirely savehoding
nation or entirely freelabor nation Either the cotton
Of Louisiana, will ultimately be titled by free labor, and
and New Orleans become mars for legitimate
merchandise alone else the rye fields and wheat fields of
and New FORK must again be surrendered by
and Boston and New York become markets for
| trade in the bodies and souls of men,
Thus sir you that the theory of the Republican
party is that there is conflict between two different sys
TENS of institutions in the respective classes of tatesnot
conflict in the States but rrepressble conflict be-
tween the free States and the slave States and they argue
that these two systems of State cannot permanently exist
in the Union that the sectional warfare
to and increase with increasing fury until the
States shall surrender the slave States shall be subdued
on their is to M Seope e' Of e
section and drive them Madness with the hope that they
Will invade our rights as for of people
to carry on aggressons upon their rights appea the
candor of Senator'S whether this not fair exposition
tendency of the doctrines proclaimed by the Republican
party The creed of that party founded upon the theory
avwhe re abnr soad bn
u.s. it must he the best thing everywhere. In other words
must be auoni in the domestic institutions and nterpa
poty OF the several States of this Union There in my
OPINION is the fundamental upon which their whole
system rests In the Illinois asserted, and now
repeat that uniformity in the domestic institutions of the
the very issue upon which conducted the canvass at home
and it is the question which desire present Sen
ate repeat that uniformity domestic institution
different states is neither possible nor desirable.
Was such the doctrine of the trainers OF the Constitution
ton adopted the Union consisted of thirteen States
twelve of which slaveholdng States, free
question had prevailed in the Federal convention do the
gentlemen that side of the House think that freedom
would have triunphed slavery? Do they
the free State would have Outvoted the twelve slave
holding States and thus have abolished slavery throughout
the land by constitutional provision On the contrary,
the test had then been made this doctrine of uniformity
the SLAYER question had then been proclaimed and be
ieved in, with the twelve savehong States against
free State would not have resulted i'll constitutional pro-
vision fastening slavery every inch of Amer
lean soil, North well South? Was quite
days Tor the friends of free institutions to claim hahe Fed
era Government touch the question:
the people of each they pleased
the operation that principle they secured the majority
and then WELD that majority abolish slavery the other
States of the Union?
Sir uniformity respect domestic institutions had
been deemed desirable when the Constitution adopted
there was another mode by which it could have been OBJ
tanned The natural mode Of obtaining uniformity to
have botted out the State governments to have abolished
The State Legislatures to have conferred upon Congress e
gsatye the municipal and domestic concerns
of the people of all the States well upon Federal ques
ions affecting the whole Union and if this doctrine of uni
ormiy had been entertained and favored by the Of
the Constitution such would have been the result But
the trainers of that instrument knew at that day. well
we now know that in country as broad as this with so
great variety of climate Of SOIL and of production there
must necessarily be corresponding diversity Of institutions
and domestic regulations, adapted
sites of each locality The ra of the Constitution knew
that the laws and Institutions which well adapted to
the mountains and valleys of New England suited to
the plantations and the cotton of the Caronas
They knew that liberties depended upon reservng the
light to the people OF ach State to make their laws and
establish their Institutions and them pleasure
without interference from the Federal Government fl
Constitution therefore, based and the Union was found
ed the principle of dssmarity the domestic
founded the theory that each State had peculiar interests
requiring peculiar Legislation and peculiar institutions, differ
ent and distinct from every other State The Union rests
the theory that States would be precisely alike
in their domestic policy and institutions.
nestle institutions OF the different States repugnant the
Constitution, snbversve of the principles upon which
Union based revolutionary in 7 character, aud lead
Jog directly to despotism if is established Uniform
ity in local and domestic aarsn country of great
despOtism always. Show centrasn prescribing
tormity from the capital to all OF its provinces in their local
and domestic concerns and will show you despotsm
odious and nsuer able that OF Austria Naples
Dlssimlary the principle upon which the Union rests
founded upon The idea that each State necessarily
require different regulations; that States pre-
esey the same interests and hence do not need precisely
laws and account for this confederation
d OF States upon any other principle.
Then what becomes of tits doctrine that slavery must
be established III all the States prohibited in all the States?
only conform to the principles upon which the FEEDER
al Union formed, there conflict. 1t only
have just such they please.
consulting Wishes views your preudces and
g there be conflict
T And, sir the Constitution United States
Congress the power coupled with the duty
protecting each State against external aggression, aud
as that includes the power OF suppressng and
property people, or government of every other State, de
sire to carry out that power vigorously Sir, give such
will show the Senator from New York that there is
mode of REFRESHING the irrepressibe conflict
peace of the Republic and the domestic tranquility of
States to select their cells wherein drag miserable
fe as punishment for their crimes against the peace of
J., society.
any say that although this outrage
perperated Harpers Ferry there is danger of its
currence Sir not the Republican party still embodied
organized confident of success and defiant its preten
that did before this invasion? It is true that of
representatives here disavow acts of John Brown at
they have gone thus far but must be permitted to
say them that sufficient that they disavow the
unless they also repudae and denOunce the doctrines
teachings which produced the Those doctrines
main the same those teachings being poured into the
minds of throughout the country of speeches
and pamphlets and books and through partisan
The that produced the Harpers Ferry invasion
70 active operation. 1t is that the people of all
border States required by the Constitution to have
their hands tied, without the of sedetence and
main patient under threatened invasion in the day in
the nghtf Can you expect people to be patient when
they not lie down sleep at night without first station
ing sentnes around their houses band of ma
RAIDERS and murdeers not approaching with torch
psOl Sir, il requires patience than freemcn eVe
should cuVate to submit to constant annoyance irritation
and apprehension ii expect to this Union,
remedy within the Union and in obedience to the
Constitution, every evil for which dsunon would furnish
remedy the Federal Government fails act either frou
choice or from an apprehension of want Of power
be expected that the States will be content to