The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-09-15

cause OF liberty, to the services that Won
= rendered IN the formation of the Coust;
Il tuition. and TO the purity Of tlc Dcmpcra.
Q cy that jefferson and II Madison have
9 Transmitted to lis, we conccde Your sup-
e rior claims but when you demand lar.-,
Il power or more rights under The constitu
, ton than yOu accord 10 Us We deny the
+ justice of the claim. Cheers We gcaiii
, equality. and demand equality; we ask
r nothing more; we will accept nothing les.
Hence, whatever rights we have-wiratcv-
or protection Congress gives u---it shall
give YOU; but in all cases where we are
dependent upon the local law for Our pro
lection, you must trust to the local law
tor yourselve, These principles must be
familiar TO you.
Uow .Stct' NIL .S,rts UIS Bcea C.r9sionni
We have Fever had any difficulty in this
country; sectional strife has never placed
onr liberties III peril. except when the fed
eial government has attempted to eXer-
else powers not delegated in the Constitr-
ton. You all remember the peril, that
cnvironed IL in lSjD The nui tI.ern free
-oiIcrs then demanded that Congress
should prohibit slavery everywhere ia the
Territories, the southern d!-unioni-ts de
nanded that Congress should protect
slavery everywhere in the Territories
whether the i,co,!" wanted II or not: but
the mon men, with Cav and Webster
Ca>s-uHOn Whig> and union Democrats
United a. a band of brothers, and de
ciar~d that Congress shouid not Interfere
at all with the local affairs of the terrific
rics Cheers That grea. stru.@!e re
suited in the adoption OF what j. known
IL the compromise measures Of l>Jn
These measures were the joint action OF
the Whig party and the Democratic party,
and their adoption WAS Il triumph over
northern Aboltion!sts and Southern Dis
uni"ui>ts.
We have the same issue presented to Us
now that We had then Nou-intcrveui.ou
hy Congress, wa the principle then agreed
t". and that i the docrIiu, of the Demo
cratic party now If there ave any o.d
line WhIcs present permit me to ask
them whether. in l~J2 they di not in
corporate Tins plank oi noniu;erveutiou
by Congress with slavery in the te!I:ta..,,
IN their platform adopted Ia national con-
y"ntipn? Every Wni- knows that the
Baltimore convention of ~ pledged n,
party. pledged every Whi- in America. u
;h- principle @: non Intervention. APP
peal to You, Democrats. whether IA our
convention the saline wear, ;vr a.; not
pledge our faith - the same principle
Cheers. X j true that mluy Democrats
from the extreme South had opposed THAI
urin,j,l. in rb.. ,rytIgoIe r,yo wear, before.
They ,,t,,etl.-i tn ,h-ir r..,Ij.. ro sustain
them iu their r-.;.-euc. to til. corlpo-
mise measures oi i>jt, and wherever that
appeal was made. 1t was answered hr re
huke from the people The u,t.al.i> AMI
>cce.>iuni-tS uf the South. IN the great
,,n,.., at lS5I wore cn,,,.aI:.I D., the
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forward and a-ked us 30 receiv" them into
democratic i"i'"">n'i. t"vy P'''--h- Ni'i!
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pledge ot honor That they W"4i" support
that prlucipie II the lutuie tl-lce was
made President on that p!iuc'p!e anu Tie
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