The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-09-19

the bill to repeal the Missouri restriction
and organize the Territory Of Kansas and
Nebraska. They cannot and do not pretend
that have changed. But they have started
a story, learn since got down here, that
went home and explained the Nebraska
bill in q different way from what | had
South. and said that it was the best abolition
bill ever got up to prohibit slavery every
where. | have tried to find out where ever
made such a speech, but those who made the
charge do not name the place. | now say
that no honest man will ever make such a
charge. (Cheers.) II isan invention of the
enemy, and has been circulated BY the mean
author who knew it to be false or had no
reason for believing it to be true. Jap
plause) Twill tell you what explanation
have made in every Northern State Of my
motives for passing the Nebraska bill and
repeating the Missouri Compromise. ! have
sustained that act BY the argument that il
slavery was right Suutb, il was right North,
if it was right to leave the people to do as
they pleased South Of the Missouri Compro.
mise line. it was right North Of the line.
My object was to allow the people to do just
as they pleased both sides Of So 30. as.
sert that il the people Of Territory want
slavery they have right to it, il they do
mot want il. no power on earth should force
il on them. | go further and say that
whether the people will want it or not de
ponds solely upon the climate. the soil. The
productions and the self interest Of the
people where it exists. In hot climate
where the white man cannot work in the
open sun, where rice, the cotton plant and
the sugar cane flourish, there you must have
negro slaves to work them, or you mus
abandon the country to the crocodile. In a
cold climate where you have almost perpet-
ual snow, and where the negro could not pro-
duce by his labor half as much as would
iced and cothe him and furnish him wood Il
bake his hoe-cake at night, you cannot force
slavery to exist, because il would not pay
for itself. Slavery, therefore, does not de-
pend upon the law. II is governed by eli.
mate, soil and productions, by political
economy, and you might as well attempt Il
pass laws by Congress compelling cotton tC
grow on the summit Of the Rncky mountains
or rice to flourish on The granite hills Of New
Hampshire. Laughter and applsuse.) a,
slavery TO exist where il cannot possibly
exist. (Applause.) tell you that where
YER climate renders slavery necessary, there
il will go, and furthermore, the people of a
territory will be the first 10 introduce il and
pass all laws for its protection; but whenever
the climate renders it Improbable and ne
money can be made out Of 1t. there YOU
cannot force it to 60, care nut how many
| laws yQu have, or how many armies TO en-,
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port speech that no matter how the Court
might decide the abstract act, taat praeti.
cally slavery will not 20 where the people d
not want it, fnr it would not be practicable
THAT'S what | said, and that is all said
and that has been tortured into declaration
I that | would not obey the decisions Of the
Supreme Court Of the United States. like
| TO be charitable, but | have not sufficient
\ charity to believe that he. let him be Who Ii,
may, who has represented me as saying
would not obey the bred Scott decision, OF
any other decision Of The Supreme Court
did not know that he WAS pcryerting AMI
msrepresenting my whole idea. (fies o
good " and applause.
| have male more speeches than any liy
| ing man in defence Of the Drel Scott de
cision as pronounced BY the Court, anI
I am as ready as any man to enforce the de
erees Of the Court and TO put the halter a
round the neck Of all men Who wish 10 Iesis
I the constituted authorities Of the land
! Great applause. 4 voice, " Hurra for Doug
las" | do not desire To be misunlerstnut
on these qsestions. am being hunted ,lowr
! by body of men who fur years ago en-
Il -. a.
| held the same opinions then that 10 INV
There is not living man with inielligsnc,
enough 70 venture away from hpme alon,
WIN does not know that ! have held thes,
sentiment, fur years. fcries Of "gopd, ,
laughter and applause.) have come dnwr
here nuw 70 meet YOU face 10 face anil ta nt.
ter these opinions jl.t as | expressed then
IN the Northern States anil 10 order to pre-
vent them from lnIsrepreseniing me aus
mure, have invited friend u mine 10 TAX,
down every word and syllable as il fall. fron
nv lips aud without any revision or MS see
ing ii, 10 hand il over 20 your paper. here, 4
they will publish il. in order that the penpl,
North and South may see whether ID no
explain my doctrines 10 the South precisely
as h,ye explained them 10 the North.
a pOics. We have 10 organ here but
one.
Nr. Douglas. Il is stated that my friend,
have no organ here, but one.
do not care how often | may make
speeehesin the Senate correcting the m.rep.
reservations. they are never published here.
Why Il: Certain gentlemen have made charges
10 the contrary, and il would convict then
Il i acquitted me. hold no opinions o.
these public questions that wish to c0ncea
anywhere. for hold that 50 long a. We live
under a constitution which is common to al
the States Of the Union. any political creed
Is radically wrong which cannot be asosed
alike 10 all the States Of this Union.
Why cannot y0u Of the South anil the
North. live 10 peace together under this con.
situation. as our fathers made it The only
reason j. that there is an attempt to Great,
uniformity, through action of the Fedenl
Government in the local aud domestic ins,i
tutions Of the States. Mr.. Abraham Lincoln
I now The Black RennbIican candidate Enr tI,e