The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-03-23
WHOLE NO., 532.


people OF tho United States; and Conercss
is tho trustee for them. Suppose. for In
stance, tho Senator from Illinois Mr..
Donglas) should own o plantation in Mis-.
! sissippi. ond should wish TO take tho slaves
into Territory. lot mo ask which State in
| its Sovereignty is affected ? That where tho
negroes ate or tho State wbere tho slaves
arc owned Ou tho samo ground we might
say. suppose, as will probably be the case,
wo should annex the FCJee Islands TO this
nation. and suppose tho Senator from tho
State of Frjee she'd appear in this body
believe they not only hold n part of thcir
! people in Slavery, but thoy hold to eating
pGrtion Of them. Suppose he should take
cha,tos to our Territory and claim :he pro.
tcetion OF our country, that he might prac.
tico cannibsism there. IL is plain you would
10 bound to protect him, else tho State of
Fpjcc would not have her equal rights with
tho other States. lilo might say it is the
law OF my country. We have right to
roast and cat Ibis property, and if you don't
protect us in it, We will pull down tho pill
lars ~ this Republic and involve all in one
coming ruin suppose tho Senator from
Illinois would say tho Territories have a
perfect right 10 hsvc cannibaiism or not, and
don't caro- ~hother they havo il or not
thoy arc perfectly FREQ. Another Senator
saws thoy have right to bring them thero,
and bo protected bv the laws of Congress.
Another man says Congress has no right to
pass laws. but tho Courts, which are now
Omnipnrepi, can proclaim n law, and We
must oil DOW down To it. There is Just the
difference Of opinion on that side of tho
Chamber, but ali agree that Slavery should
bc spread to the ends OF tho earth. But
suppose anothsr case. Suppose Brigham
Young should come from Utah to Kansas
or any other Territory, with his forty wives.
Brigham says these are my property. and
must have n right to bring them in hero, or
the State Of Utah will not have her equal
rights. Away with such doctrine. There
ia no guarantee in the Constitution for any
such position as that. Our safety consists
in keeping close to tho Constitution. and
tho moment We do stray wo endnnger
tho harmony ~ our action. But, waving
Constitutional law. will suppose that you
have q right 20 tnkc your slaves into the
Territories and hold them there. Still, Sir
is it cxpedient. right. aud proper to do il .
And that brings me TO consider question
that has been incidentally brought up The
J fathers of tho Republic. believe without Q
dissenting voice, agreed, that slnvoholdiDg
was against tho common right of man. and
was. wrong in itself. nn6 should not bo cher
,shed. But VIC find they did not understand
It. And now tho slaveholling States have
found out Slavery is tho normal condition
of tho black race and blessing 10 society,
} and therefore ought to be extended. That
is the only issue I wish to make. because
know your determination 10 extend Slavery
arising from this new philosophy. that Sls.
verv ia tho normal condition Of tho laboring
man. and that il 10 right. just and proper,
If not necessary to the happiness Of oil con-
cerned. If you are right in that will go
J with Won Let us extend Il. and let US en-
ploy missionaries to preach the glory Of
Slavery and induce the whole world TO turn
Shareholders or slaves. am glad at last TO
see this grcht question placed on solid
foundation. for every man knows that no
political principle can he placed on anything
short Of eternal justice and right.
The Senator from Georgia NAV tell Us that
Slavery Is the basis on which society has
been founded for thirty centuries. Sir,
j. il is discovered that it is sandy foundation
= that is fast washing away. with the advance
= Of mankind in cisiization and knowledge
: II Is n rrinciple that is deemed barbarous,
= and which ;s passing awav. On that Issue
n n let us stand. IF Slavery is right. let us OK
y tend il: If it is wrong. lot il die the death.
hardly know how IN meet This issue. for I
have been in tho habit Of believing with the
p; fathers. that liberty was the gift of God TO
n every being. md had supposed that this was
self fcvidcnt. Ifthrrn is any one here who
, will NOT for himself rcsprct the old senti-
;, ment-"Give me Liberty nr give mo Death"
let him sneak; who would not rather fol-
low n friend nr relation to tho grave than in.
. to the shamhes ~ eterna! Slavery. | know
:, ii is said the African is an inferior race and
), cannot defend his own rights But my eth
=, ice tell me that so far from this giving the
: right to enslavo him. II should teach mon to
II be more scrupulous Of his rights. know
he is still human heing they are still
{ men and women; ; and there are thou
II sands now in bondage who are much more
o white than black. But whether white or
s black they have the same joys and sor-
( rows, and are actuaied by the same mo-
: iives as we are. They may be treated
y like bruies. their souls may he ignored,
/ You NAV whip and trample them down.
r but ms thev are human beings they will
t rise from the utmost degradation and
: stand forth in the image Of God, the con-
n scious candidates Of immortal life. This
, gives them a full consciousness OF their
;, manhood. that stands an eternal proof
i, that they are not always 10 he slaves
!. Ru, il it is right, why this perturbation
c and fear at the South lest their institutions
Il should fall? Why is it you withhold
s knowledge from the slaves? What
a is this fear of the Helper book II
!. y. slavery is the normal condition Of the race.
= do you fear that The handiwork Of God
!, will be overturned BY these frivolous
q means? Society in the North needs no
u such means 10 sustain itself. You may
n co there and talk against our institutions.
t We will invite you 10 preach the gIories
D. Of Slavery and its normal condition, and
70 % our institutions will stand hrmer than ever
!, after The conflict. We fear m such things,
ID though The Senator from Virginia Mr..
IL TTuntp,) may say slavery is the normal
Il condition and Freedom but an experiment
n which is likely 10 come out second best
= everything shows the security oi the
y North. and shows which is the normal
r. condition o. man and which not. Look
y y at the great Northwest. with a populatior
ID as great as all your Slaveholding States
IN so secure and conscious OF her strength
Of that she forms an empire OF herself. We
r hear this cry from the South OF "Soulherr
n Rights" but we hear nothing from thu
or secure region Of Freedom and Free Labor