Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-09-20
SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES.

Mr.. Corwin devoted paragraph to plat
forms-which he regarded as delusions.-
He held them in contempt. Il The
great point at issue is have we the power
TO exclude slavery from the Territories
Douglas and Breckenridge say no. The
Rell men say we have no right to think
anything about it. A voice-they are
asleep.] Yes, they are taking nap for
keeps. We say we have the power. The
speaker said he had a certain veneration
for the fathers of the constitution. He
could not help thinking but they knew
what they were about. He certainly
would prefer 10 go to Washington, Jeffer-
son, and Adams. &C., for advice, rather
than depend upon the wisdom of those
profound postmasters about the country.
Yet, many of those differ with Washing
ton and Jefferson-say they know nothing
about government DC.
Yet, said Mr.. Corwin, would as soon be
dog, and worry a, hog at the bidding of
my master, as to yield my free thought for
the sake of being even in the White House
to be badgered by every man who wants a
a clerk-ship or an office. 4 But
what did these old men say. Freedom is
better than slavery; that we should have
liberty in the Northwest Territory. They
held that this was the common territory of
the confederacy, and under this principle
the confedercy laid hold of its common
territofy and said ther should be no slavery
in it. Here Mr.. Corwin condensed the
history and operation of the Ordinance of
1887, and showed wherein the principles of
its authors were identical with those of the
Republican party. Heiuvited the audience
TO the books to verify his statesments. X
THE HOMESTEAD MEASURE.
Mr.. Corwin, after alluding somewhat af-
fectiouately to the project of the old Wing
party for the distribution of the public
lands among the States, said that since
that was not favored, the Republicans
propose to give 16O acres to ever poor man
and woman who are engaged in the holy
state of wedlock, so long as they live, if
God whould be pleased TO spare their lives
that long. Laughter Breckenridge and
Bell are opposed to this. They prefer to
impose charge upon the land. They
defeated the Homestead bill of the Repub-
licans in their Senate, but passed another
to sell the land, and the Republicans Of the
House, rather than to take no law at all,
accepted it and Buchanan vetoed it. He
a poor mans friend. He wanted to keep
men poor. The Bell and Breckenridge policy
was right from their point of view. They
didn't want little quarter Of section OF
land; not less than 1000 acres would an
swer for their institutions. But see how
it would Operate upon the working man
of the North. A poor young farmer just
welded TO one of these rosy checked girls
before me, borrows travelling expenses from
bis uncle and sets out for the West. He
locates his farm, and by his industry
makes the Wilderness blossom as rose
Republicans sympathize with that class
They say to the young man, &c, out into
the West, increase and prosper, DC.
THE SOUTHERN METHOD. @
Adopt the Southern policy which allows
Slavery, according to the Democratic idea,
to 90 to the Territories. Look at the
Territory after it is thus settled. A slave
holder locates 1000 acres of that land
and occupies it with his single family and
negroes. This same land would settle
twelue families of freemen. Twenty years
hence you find in the one case farm, and
one family of three or four children
There is also a Yankee school-marm 10