, 1860-03-02

sonic paTt OF the Constitution. 1oEuaoo 'ac Itu'
crut Government to control as TO oa'eE} III LUG
he should, ut the sauna time, brave t!le fespon-
sbi1iiy Of declaring that, in bis opinion, be IN,
derstands their principles bctt:E than they tid
themselves; and especially should he not shirk
that responsibility BY asserting that they "un"
derstood the question just as wen, ana eyen
iii vii Wi,o bell beIiera 1bat -four fathcrs, who framed
the.(tovernuent under which NC l'Se, under
stood this question just as well, and even better
than we do now,' sneak rs they spoke md act
us they acted npsu it. This is all Nepuol'cans
ask-all Republicans dcsire-ln relatsoh to
Slavery. AZ those fathers marked II, 80 tct It
be aglin marked, Us an cyil rot 10 be extended,
but 10 be tolerated and protected only because
Of aud 10 far as its actual presence among ns
makes shut toleration aud profession a neees"
sity, Let all tho guarantees these fathers gave
it be, not geudgipgly, but fully and iaiii main
tanned. For this Republicans contend ind with
this, so far Is know or believe, they Will be
content.
4 FEW WORDS TO THE SOUTH.
And now, if they would fsten-as suppose
they will not-I would address q fe" words to
the Southern people l would say 10 mem
people; and consider TINT in the egeneral quail
itics Of reason aud justice you are not Inferior
TO any other people. Still, when you speak Of
US Republicans, you do so only to denounce us
as reptiles, or, at the best, ~ no better than
outlaws. You will grant hearing to pirates
or murdercrs. BIT. noting like it Black Re-
puhlicans:" In all ynur contensians with one
another, each OF yen deems en- unconditional
condemnation Of " Black Republcanism as
the first thing to be attentedro. Indeed, such
condemnation Of Is seems to be IN lndlspensa-
bic prerequisitc-license, so to speak.a'noag
you to be admitted or permitted to speak at oil.
Nov, can you, or not, be p1cval!ea upon 10
pause aud to consider whether this Is quite just
10 us, or even to yourselves: bring forward
your charges aud specifications, and then oe
patient long enough to hear US deny or justify.
You say NC are sectional. We deny it. That
makes IN issue; and tho burdsa Of proof Is
upon yon. You produce your proof; anu Whaa
is it: Why, that our party ha: no existence IN
vour section-.e.s M votes in your section.
The fact is substantially true; bol dcesit prove
the issue? If it does, then in case we should,
without change Of principle, begin to get votes
| in your section, we should thereby cease to be
sectional You cannot escape this conclusion :;
| and yet are you willing to abide by it: 1t you
are, you will probably soon Ind that we have
ceased to be SECTIONAL for we shall get votes in
your section this very year. You will then be-
lin to discover as The truth plainly is that your
| proof does not toucl, the issue. The fact HAT
| we get no votes in your section Is fact OF your
making, and NIT Of ours. And II there be q
fault il THAT fact, that fault is primarily yours
aud remains so until you show that wc rspel
you by some wrong principle or practice II We
DO repel you by any wrong principle or prac'
| tice, the fnult Is ours; but this brings you tc
where YOU ought to hare starttd-to discus
sion Of the right or wrong Of our principle. II
our principle, put in practice, would wrong
your section for the benefit Of ours. or for an5
other object, then our principle, and We with y
arc sectional, aud are justly opposed anu te
nounced us such. Meet us, then, on the ques
tion Of whether our principle, put in pra:s,ce
would wrong your section; and so meet it as i
it were possible that something may be said OF
our side. Do you accept the challenge? No
Then you really believe that the principle whicl
our fatlers who framed the Government unde
which we live, thought SO clearly right as t.
adopt it, and indor<c it again and again, upo
their official oaths, is, in fact, so clearly wron
| us 10 demand your condemnation without q Inc
1ncut's consideration.
wAsu1SGroS's FAREWELL Address.
Sumo Of you delight to aaunt in our faces til
wurniny usainst sectional parties given b
Washington in lis Farewell address. Less tlla
eight years before Washington gaye that war;
ing, he had, as President Of the United State
! approved and signed an act Of Congress, enfor,
H., the prohibition Of slavery i'll the Nortl
Western Territory, which uct embodied the po
icv of the Government upon that subject, up I
and ut the very moment be penncd that warz
lug; aud about one year after he penned it
wrote La Fayettc that be considered that pr,
hibi:ion wise measure, expressing IN the sun
| connection his hope that We SHOULD some tin
have confederacy Of free States. Bearing til
| in mind. and seeing that sectionulism las SIM
I arisen upon this sasnc subject, is that warnis
u weapon in your hands ugasrst us, or iu 0,
hands against you: Could Washington lii,
self sneak, would he cast the blume Of that sc
| tiouu!isui upon us, who sustain Lis policy,
, | -t,Y -as,tfiatr IL W. Z !,
. wurning Of Washington, and We commend it
you, together with his example pointing to Il
right application osit
VINO ARE TUE CONSERVATIVES?
! But YOU say you are conservative emiue,
ly conseryatiye-while we are reyofuti0nar
| destructive, or something Of the sort. What
conservatism: Is it not adherence to the q
aud tried against the new md nntried: v
!, stick to, coutend for, the identical old policy
i the point iu controversy which WAS adopted
. our fathers who framed the Government uod
;. | which We live; while you with one accord J
n iect. aud scout, and spit upon thar old polio
:. | and in list upon substituting something ne
= True, you disagree arnong younselves as to wf
i / th.t substitute shall be- lou have considerat
+ variety Of new proFosit'a:s and Plans, but y
i / arc unanimous it, rejccttaE auu deao,tncing !,
i old policy Of the fathers. Sune Of you aTc
;. rgyiyiug the foreign slave trade; some for
:. Congressional savc code for the Territorie
. some fer Congress forbid.:iug the Territories
;. prohibit slavery within their limits; some
:, maintaining slavery in the Territories throu
i; the Judiciary; some for the .:'ur'reat pur.r'
- cip!e " that u If Que man won!d enslave anoth
no third man should objcct," Enthusiastically call
"Popular Sovereignty but Fever u m
among you iu favor Of Federal prohibition
l. slavery in Federal Territories, according to I
e / Practice Of our fathers who framed tue Cove
d ment under which we live. Not one Of ail ye
l
y cate in the century within which our Cove
IT ment originated. Consider, then, whether yt
ID CLAIM of conservatism for yourselves, and yt
ID charge OF destruciiveness against us, are ba:
4. On the most clear and stable foundations.
% WHO MAEEs THE SLAVERY QUESTION PnoM1SE>
I Again, you say We hare made the slay,
=, question u,ore prominent than it formerly "
n. We deuy it. Vie admit that it is more pro
ID nent, but We deny that We made it 500. 1sy
n MT We, but you, who discarded the old pol
m Of the fathers. We resisted, md still res
is prominence Of the question: Would you h
~ tdat question reduced to its former proportion
rs Go back to that old policy. What has been !
,tl bc again, under the same conditions. If J
!" would have the peace Of the old times, read
re tue psecepts and policy Of the old times.
er ABOUT 1NsrRnEcr1oSs AND JOHN BROWN.
u You charge that VIC stir up insurrecti
y among your Slaves. We deny it; and villa,
n your proof: Harper's Ferry! John Brow
IS; John 1.rown was no Republican; and you b
u! failed to imp1icatc single Republican IN
Ae uarpcr's Ferry enterprise. If any member
~ our purity is guilty In that matter, you knos
SC or you do not know it, If you do know it, ,
O. are iue1cusablc to not designate the .nan
~ prove the iact. II you do not know i, you
" inexcusable to ASSERT it, and especially to F
es a sist in the assertion after ,on have tried :
" failed to mike the nroof. You need not
re ne told that pcrsissing iu charge WHICH one
re not know to be true, is simply malicious 81
al! der. Some Of you admit :h4t no Isepubii
oI dcsignetlly aided Or encouraged the liarp'
as Ferry afTair; but still insist that our docari
~ aud declarations necessarily lead to such resu
%, We do not believe it. We know we hold to
eu doctrines, and make no declarations, VT
10 were not held to and made ~ our fathers '
Tn. framed the Government under which We i
be You never dealt fairly by us in relation to
= affair. When it occurred, some important 81
no clecs;nns were near ut baud, and you were
'o- evident ytcc with the 5etisf that, by eharE
~ | the blame upon US, yoa could get an adyap1
'Eo OF us ia thuse elections. The clections ca
'ul and your expectations were not quite fulfil
w Every Republican mall knew that, Us 10 him
w ut leust. Jour charge wAS slauter, anu be
'e1 not much inclined by it to cast his vote in ;
eS favor. Republican doctrines and declarati
are accompanied with continuut pro
against any interference whatever with J
y, slaves, or with You about your slaves. Sur
y, ~ this does not encourage them 10 revolt. u
cn we do. in common with our fathers who fra'
cF, the Government und.r which VIC live, det
" our belief that Slavery is wrong; but tic sls
En' do not hear us declare even this. For apy It
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