New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-12
THE POLICY'OF GOV. HUNT AND JUDGE
DOUGLAS.
SPEECH OF HENRY b. STANTON.

SIEECll OF HENRI d. olANlCN'
Tho Republicans of Brooklyn held r)using meet
ipe last evening, at the Wig~am in Fulton avenue to
listen TO speeches by joseph Ioxe and the Hon. Henry
b. Stanton. In his speech, Mr. STANTON, Will, dl4-
cussing the policy of the various political parties 10 re-
gard to Slavery in the Territories spoke Of the opin
ions of Gov. Hdnt and Mr.. Douglas on tina; SUBJECT
| in the following terms:
| FELLOW. CITIzESs: Gov. Hunt has declared that
the Republican doctrine III regard to the power oil Con
gress to nhbt Slavery in the national Territories Is
81 miserable abstrac oD" because II has no practical
application TO the existing condition OF things Ia the
country and that s discussion s worse than Idle, be-
canse Il oments feuds between the different sections Of
the Union. He and his followers, therefore, wholly
ignore this doctrine, end affect 10 deprecae thus de
cussion. Mr.. Dnoglas, naturally more frank ana
audacious than his willy, oily colleague de-
hibition, a point which Gov. Hunt has not
vet reached and like him, eigus TO d.plore the a9-
ta'ion of the subject as peTnlcous WI not stop 10
point to the ludcrous Inconsistency OF these oquaclous
gentlemen in d.Douncng agitation upon this theme,
While they running about the country, aud aglta
ting it before every gathering, big and Little, wh.h
they can induce 20 listen to them Nor will larry 70
prove that Mr.. Douglas, by CELEBRATING the Ms'0nn
Coupromise ne and aiding the Pierce Administration
in liz conspiracy 10 force Slavery upon Kansas, has
done than all other men in the Union to loate
AID infame the agitation winch he now ailecls 10
depec4ie. | waive these obvious answers to this cant
abou, ati0n and leave the public TO nail the ears OF
these twin disclaimers to the piOry Of their incone3t-
ency, While proceed TO inquire whether the attempt
70 inhbt the epTea1 If Slavery on the North American
Continent is IA miserable abstraction, and whether
there is territory to which this Republican doctrine
| c6n be epplied.
Fellow citizens there are nine Teritores within the
Union, sly wholly snd three partially, organized,
whose destiny in regard TO Slavery ia yet TO be deter
| mined. Mr.. Buchanan, III his Lecompton Message
citing the bred Sco decision, declared IN substance that
Slavery has firm gal footing in all ths se Terrific
=. 4. ~ S,,t await
ence of Slavery in the Territory of NewNexico has
been specially recognized ard protected by a;ts of its
| local Legislature. NJ. Douglas Teeeatly proclaimed
on the floor of the Senate that his doctrine OF Don-il
tervelton had planted the institution in that Territory
AZ far up the 3Sth parallel thus ne bOasted, car
ryug d, gree and half further North than it had
rea he'd before And If Slavery have no legal exis
ence ia Kansas - day, though the Supreme Court aud
the President say otherwise then has been excluded
after desIerare contest which taxed every energy Of
Freedom TO the utmost shook the Conederacy'tO its
center, and inscribed with bllsd and tears chapter
upon the history of the Republic which our people de
sire never to see repea Ell. II, then, the doctrine
hsd ed forth in the bred Scott pr0RunciamientO, and
reiterated in the LecompOn message add openly pro-
claimed by the Breckenridge wing Of the Democracy,
and impiecly admitted by large portion of the dlsc
pies of DouGlps wit that Slavery legally exists in
all the Federal Terores-l say, if this dogma is 10 be
recognized 40 erican law, then the question at Issue
ia whether Slavery shall be extend ID into nine
organized aud un1rgaozed Iert0fies but whether il
tha be expelled from them. And is this miserable
abstraction unworthy the consideration Of statesmen,
ard the entire body Of the people,
But gentlemen, even If the country repudlaes these
bred Scott heresies alike new, baseless and dan
gerons, and resumes is stand upon the solid
doctrines CT the fathers that Slavery Il the cr5a-
ture of local law, aud can be excluded from
the national domain by of Congress- is the question
whether Territories which extend west ward fom the
Missouri River to the Pacific Oceau and stretch from
the Bn ish colonies the North to the M Xican States
on the SOUTH shall through coming time, be tde happy
homes of treemen aud the resting pace of free instu
tutions or he cursed with the crime of human bondage
" miserable abstractionP These vast regions many
times larger than the thirteen colonies for whose indie
Dendencs our fathers waged the war Of the Revolution
stretch through eighteen degrees of latitude contaiu
every variety of soil, abound in mineral wealth, are
laced by long rivers, embOsOm great lakes, bear up
lofty moun'a1s ard are capable Of sustaining popu
lation 10 be counted by millions. In the words Of
Judge Douglas DOES il matter nothing to us Whether
over these wide plains and through these valleys and
up the decivities of these mountains, aud
alorg the shores of these rivers aud lakes
Slavery s voted up or voted down. Is IL a
miserable abstraction, beneath the contemplation of
statesman, whether, through future ages, the soil of
these Territories, under the a.siduous hand of free
labor, sba fIuctify with the bloom of Ecen be i'm
pOverehed by "a thrfess because uncom pensated,
agriculture; whether their stre2ms rejoicing in their
strength, shall work their way down from tue mOunt-
aims 10 the plains tuning wheels at every waterfall,
skulk lsDgudly along If as0amed of the ndOeaCe
that d~els upon their banks; whether prosperous
commerce shall Whitel with its canvas aud its va oory
clouds every league Of their lakes and rivers their
bosons be scarcely rppled by the stray keels which
blighed trade launches upon them; whether common
schools and seminars of every grade shall abound |
where the Of toll equally vita the Osprlg of |
afiluence be taught, whether education like
justice and mercy shall be withheld from the many |
AID dispensed only 70 the few whether, in fine,
immense territories shall, Ike Massachusetts, New |
lork and Illinois, be the homes OF industrious, intell
gent, independent freemen great appausel, or, Ike
Virginia, South Carolina and Florida, they shall be |
the abodes OF few thousand loTdly masters ana many
millions of crouchlDg, scOurged slaves p?
BIT, fellow citizens, this subject has far wider |
ore and broader bearing thau the destiny of these |
eight or pine Territories. Judge Douglas whom Gov. |
Hunt is tryrg to elevate to the Presidency, is, in
gard to the acquisition Of new regions and their
a ion 10 this Union, tillibuser having hardly par
ael III ancient or modern times. His views of foreign
conques, are as vast tho-e of Cortez the Castil-
ian, and his purp nhexible as that of William |
the Norman Hear him:
1--WE bound to extend and spread until we absorb the
sne conaent Of Amees including the ada cent islands and
idrhcei"
There is daring grandeur not to cay a remorseess
eupdty, IN this proclamation, that commends it to the
best and the worst traits Of the American character
ts love OF dominion and its Inst for gain. The policy
here indicated may ultimately prevail. You and l. |
fellow citizens may not live TO see acquisition and an.
nexation the ruling element Of American politics. But
Iememb I'll the natural ou-reachings of Anglo Saxon
enterprise and adventure after new territories aud
Iecolsctng that we are annually receiving into our
bosom from the Old world come Of the best |
and brayes blood of the races which, following
the eagles of renowned captains have made their an.
nails luelrous hy conquests In many cllmes, may |
prophecy that the child 10 born who will the Gei,
Republic OF the West expand, aud expand, aud expand
TILL like mighty giant lying down 10 rest from its ab1rs
rpeoses It's arms upon either ocean, while pO wing s
head upon the eternal shows of the arctic and carpet.
ing ls leet upon the perennial verdure Of the tropics
eyatiDg or minds 10 the level Of the gea' theme,
dos phosophic statesmanship teach that il matters
nothing TO US hat hal be the character of the social