Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-08-09

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fit TO make"
Answer do not stand pleoged sgains'
the admission Of a new State into the Unof
! with such a constitution as the people o
that State may see fit to make"
Question 4. lwsnt TO know wheiher he
stands to.dsyTTpledged to the abol ton Of
slavery in the District Of Columbia!
! Answer. do not stand to-day pledged
( to the abolition of Slavery in the District o.
/ Colnmbia.
| Question 8. ] desire him TO answ el
whether he stspds pledged TO tie prohibition
of the slave trade between the different
States!
Answer. do not stand pledged to the
prohibition of the slave trade between the
different States.
Question 6. I desire to know whether
he stands pledged to prohibit slavery in al
, the Territories of the Unitsd States. north
as well as south of the Missouri compromise
line!
That is the vital question, fellow citizens,
t) which desiie TO direct your attention,
and now let us see what was the answer
Mr. Lincoln gave to it:
ANSWER. | am impiedly, IL no, express
edly, pledged to a belief in the right and
duty Of Congress 10 prohibit slavery in all
the Terrtoriesoi the United States North
as well as South of the Missouri Com.
promise line" Loud cheers.
: There is the point. There is no mistake
about that language.
Question Z. desire him to an.
swer whether he is opposed to the acquisi-
tion of any new Territory unless slavery ia
first prohibited thereinl
Answer. am not generally opposed tC
honest acquisitions Of territory; and, in aLy
given case, ] would or would not oppose
such acquisition, accordingly as might think
such acquisition would or would not sggra.
vate the slavery question among ourselves
And that answer, fellow citizens, ] take
to be as sensible and sta.esmanlike as any
answer ever given to any question. Ant
now let US hear the comment which Mr.
Benjamin makes upon the subject. He
says:
II is impossible, Mr.. President, however
we may differ in opinion with :he man, MOI
| to admire the perfect candor and frnnkness
with which these answers were given: NJ
equivoca,ion-no evasion"
And let me say fellow. citizens, that these
are the words of Democratic Senator
speaking of the nomination of the Repub
lcan party for the Presidency.
A Voice-And a Senator from the Soutl
too.
Mr.. Ullman--Yes, from the extreme Soutl
from the banks of the lower Mississippi.
have but one short extract more to read lror
this document. He says:
1--WE THAT is, the Democratic Senators
accuse him slr. Donglas] for this, to wit
That having agreed with us upon a poin
upon which we were at issue, that
should be considered judicial point; tha
he would abide the decisions; tha; he woul
rest under the decision, and consider it
doctrine of the party; that having said tia
to US here 10 the Senate. he went home,an
under the stress of local election.hi knee
gave way; his whole person trembled."
So, citizens, it seems that thes
Senators make bargains on vital principles
that when they don't agree they come tc
geiher, lay aside their convictions Of con
science, their oath to preserve the Consti
tuition inviolate, and make a bargain wit
: other Senators that under certain contin
gences they will give up those opinions an
agree that the issue shall be considered
judicial point, and in this instance the que'
tion was whether Congress had power ov'
:, the Territories--to determine whether
:, slave was property there in the sense
:, which an OK and cart were property. The
=, bargain that that question should be left NJ
= TO the Congress Of the United States, n
= TO the people of the United States, but. al
. ticpatnc the Dred Scott decision, that
i would abide by that decision, and would n
- - under it. Then Mr.. Benjamin says:
"His adversary stood upon principle al
was beaten; and lo' he is the candidate
:. a mighty party for the Presidency Of Il
- United States. The Senator from Illinc
faltered. He got the prize for what he fl
tered; but 10! tho proud prize Of his amt
"a ton to-day slips from his grasp because
his faitering in his former contest, and b
4; success IN tne canvass lOr tHe oeHhte Pu
II chased for an ignoble price, has cost hi
- -, the loss of the Presidency of the Unit
" States" prolonged cheers.)
or Judge We, this day, fellow citizens, whe'
~ n er JUDAH P. Benjamin Of Louisano. is or
;, not prophet. Now, have read these L
extracts to you for this purpose. The
=, parties, excellent individuals some of the
: seem so utterly to have mistaken the CHI
- acter of Henry Clay-seem to have so
- - tery misread the life ofthat great statesm
" that they undertake at this day to press
,a weight Of his llustrious name into
mho m scales of human bondage. They under,a
" to say that Mr.. Clay, at this late day, af
the repeal of the Missouri Compromise Ii
,id after all the frauds, the perjures, and
~ violence which has cursed this admnist
10 10 tion Of james Buchanan, to force NJ
Kansas unwillingly Slave code--a &c
s,itution that should contain Slave sect
81 81 that he-Henry Clay-would have 81
y, ported the doctrine of the extreme Sor
ass now advocated by John c. Breckinridge
=. his portion of the Democratic party. I
n, opposed TO the glorious doctrines OF the
u, publican party. say It is slander "a
~ tho mamoyv of that ilustrious leader, Wf