Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1860-08-09
the BLACK PAIL OF SLAVERY

me. and which | may be called upon
to defend with my blood. which pro-
tects me wherever 60. takes with II
and equally protects wherever i, goes.
this institution of slavery. But. sir,
this Constitution is not slave Con-
siitution. 1t does not create slavery;
it does not take slavery into a single
foot of territory"
We need quote no further to show
every person that Mr.. Dunham not
only falsifes history. but that he has
had no small trouble in getting the
wool out OF his teeth since 1850
Bat hear Dir Durham again:-"We
Democrats say that the people of Kan
sas can take care of themselves. -
Pretty talk, indeed. for a Lecomp-
ton sinnerl Why did he not tell us
about the Me,lary Veto-to say moth
ing further of the outrages against
Kansas perpctrated by his party
Why did he not. and why has not
Judge Douglas, spoken against the
veto of Medary. by which the bin
abolishing Slavery in Kansas was
killed?
but hear him fulthcr:-"They, "
(the Republicans, "are determined to
break down this Union as our Fathers
made it,"
Can it be possiblel When did yon
make the discovery, Mr.. Dunham?-
Was it on the 9th of June. 1850.
when. in your speech. you uttered the
following language:
IF we Of the North are not to o
allowed to think for ourselves, EXCISE
our own judgment. construe the Con
stitution according to the dictates oil
our own consciences. subject to the
supervision of the tribunal provided
for that purposc-if. in short, we are
to lcgislate according to Southern
dictation and under awe of Southern
threats, we might as well be their
slaves. Indee we should be but lit
tie else. When the bonds Of oui
Union cease to unite our affections;
when they become the chains OF oul
servitude, | care not how soon 1t shall
be dissolved sooner the better.
for it will have lost its value. 1t viii
have become curse to freedom
Sooner than submit to this let 1t be
rent into a thousand fragments-lel
these hills and valleys become desolatc
let these houses bccoma tenantles'
let these Halls cease to reverberatt
with the voice of the peoples Repre-.
sentatives. We are ready to take
counsel with you: we will listen tC
your reasoning; we may yield to your
arguments or your persuaSlons; we
will conciiate and compromise if me
in like spirit; we will submit to the
Judgment OF that common arbiler pro
vided for us by our fathers. But t.
submit to your dictaticn. to be vet
by your threats. to yield to your de
nunciations, we can not. we ought not
we will not; and it is well you under
stood it once. and forever"
lie next Illuminated his anathema,
against the Declaration Of Under On
lence. end proved conclusively to Jor'
Smith and few other Democrats tina
a "nigger" was not a human being
therefore, not entitled to life, libert,
and the pursuit of happiness.
Senator Sumner next came in TO
his share of abuse He had made
speech in which he had vindicated tn
Declaration Of Independence, agains
the malicious attacks of Slavery Dem
ocrats. But he could not get through
with Mr.. Sumner without departing
far from the truth. He asserted tina
the Republican party was publishing
forty thousand copies of Sumner,
New York speech for distribution
among the Clcrgymcn of the United
States. No,', Mr.. Dunham. why die
you not tell the truth about the mat
ter? 1t would have been Just as easy
as to have told the falsehood you did
Thaideus Hiatt, who was imprisoned
by the United States Senate, bu
finally made it back down. propose,
to publish forty thousand copies o
NJ. Summers speech made in the T. s
Senate for distribution among tn,
Clergymcn. The Republicans hav,
nothing at all to do with it, and Mr.
Durham must have known better. II
this connection he gave vent to tn,
pent mp feelings of his soul for shor
time in the way of KILLING PREACHERS
Why is it that the Democrat,
party have so holy horror agains
preachers? Why is it they demant
of them silence on the subject of Dem
ocratc poliric>? Are you so corrup
and lost to all dccency that you fea
the moderate ventilations that the
ministers sometimes give yon? AnC
why Is it that you can not muster
corporal's guard in the ranks of tn,
ministry to stand upon the walls .
your Democratic Zione Is it no
because you have forbid them t.
"Cry aloud AMI spare ot''-becaus,