Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-10-09

.ss made. Why canaot il thu a1are!
Hecsup yoe say il 10 eonteary Z the
uelao.ioq Of ln@epo depe q the
- = Ca, to dloS eaQh ST e to
h3ve aayesy - Ioag ait c6sosst and
abolish it when it pl.ases. Langhter.)
believe that oil these preachers who
take their text from Greeley's almanac
Instead at the Bible, a,e in the habit 81
informing you that the institution Of
slavery ~ recognized in the Constitution
is 10 violation Of the Law Of God. Nv
cry man Who advances that idea charges
the trainers OF our government with
having been guilty Of the ,mpious cot "
making con titution IN direct violation
Of the laws Of God.
They predict that because our Consti-
tuition 10 uorighteeus and rnhoIy, there
fore just God mu.t punish the nation
that lives under it. Seventy three yeafs
experience furnish 10 the evidences OF
that punishment. Crest laughter We
can only Judge OF the punishment of
the Deity BY The results. Whist nation
on this globe has been so wonderfully
and 80 beautifully bIsst ~ this people
under our Constitution. Tremendous
applause. We have progressed more
rapidly in numbers, in wealth, in the ex-
tension Of territory, and in all tbings
which make q people prosperous and
happy, than any nation on earth. Ii
our history can be taken % an evidence
Of kind Divine Providence, we are the
favored nation Of the world. heers
The supple question nov arises wheth-
er we are willing to live as we have lived
under the Constitution that our fathers
made for rs, or whether Ne will JOIN this
an,i-s'avery abolition party IN changing
the govrr" ment, and take the chances OF
their making better one for Us. Cries
OF ''uo," no." and applause.
Their proportions mean Revolution
und,sguised revolution. (Cr,es Of shafts
&C." and cheers.) They Cannot carry
out their principles and preserve the
union of these States. They are not viii
ling this government shall remain on the
principles upon which it vas made.
Suppose the ideas which Mr.. Seward
aud MIR. Lincoln now toll you are great
central ideas had prevailed when this
government was made, and the immor
tai Washington when he took his seat
AS Prtsideut Of tic convention that
framed the Constitution Lad risen in
his place and said this Union divided
INTO tree and slave States cannot endure !;
these States must all be free or
all be slave. otherwise the Union
cannot last. Suppose, if there be I
sacrilige in the superstition. that Wa.h.
ington had made this statement, hat
would have been the result! DO you
think the one free State OF Massschu
setts would have out-voted the other
twelve slavebolding States, and thus
have abolished slavery everywhere in
America! (Cries Of "no.") On the
other hand, IS it not probable, if not Ger.
tain, that the twelve slav ehold,ng States
would have out-voted the one fee Stnte,
and thus have fastened slavery by con
sti,ut,onal prov sion on every foot o.
American so'le [Applause.
The friends of freedom, when this
government was made. only claimed
that the people Of each State should be
permitted to regulate aud control the
slavery question for themselves. They
were not wiling At that day, when "
| --... ~. -. Icy - 49, -i~..- Co.,. &.
were the majority, to sntrnst the Fe.lcr
ii Government with this power. Nc
Northern man ever desired TO entru.t
the Federal Government with power ov.
er slavery, until the slave States had be.
come q minority. We Of the North
struggled Tor the principle of non inter.
ference by the Federal Government, and
the right Of the people of each State tc
control the question for themselves. IN
til we incorporated it into the govern.
ment. Uuder that principle. six OF the
original sIav-hold ng States have become
free, New York, Connecticut, Rhode IL.
land, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and
Pennsy lvania.
BY what authority did they abolish
slavery? Did they do it 10 obedience
to an act Of Congress! Did they ask
the permission Of Congress when they
id it? On the contrary. Each OF
those States held slavery and protected
it as long as they thought it was fol
their good, and abolished it when they
thought it to be their interest to do 90
Thus, you see, that under the principle
Of non-inteIvcn'ion by Congress, and
the right Of each people to decide 70,
themselves, the free States have increas.
ed from one to eighteen. Beginning
with small minority, we have bec. me
. controlling m ,jority, under tn. ope, q
tin of that just and equal principle
which allows every body 10 do - they
please, and now, We wish to reverse that
principle aud exercise power ov.r the
South which we never would have sub
united to when we we're the minority.
Is it fair! Is 1t honest for Us now mere
", because we have got the numerical
strength, to exercise power winch We
dresed unjust and oppressive when We
were The minority sect,onl Loud CT e
Of M" and applause. Are you, he
descendants Of three ancestors, who r..
sisted this federal power when 10 mi
nor.ty, nov prepared to violate the tom
dsmentsl prino'pIe of self government,
because you have got the power u op-
press other people? Cres Of "No."l