Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1860-08-09


Bu, Territory which Congress may
dispose Of a. they please" according
to John Pitt, is q very different
thing. Not having been granted the
sovereignty of State. it is subject to
Congress. which. according to Petit,
has exclusive power to legis!s,e for
the Territories. /"
but where was the necessity. il he
lid not intend TO misleai the people.
for stating that the people Of Indiana
hail made il Free State. Every body.
except Democrats who are kept in
leading strings. knows that Slavery
was for ever excluded from this coun-
try by an act of Congressional inter
vcntion, known "a the Ordinance OF
17s1. And Mr.. Durham knew very
well that the early settlers of Indiana
petitioned Congress repeatedly to
grant them the privilege Of making
this a Slave State for a limited time
10 years-and that Congress inva-
ruby refused to grant the request Of
the petitioners.
On the 81 day Of March. 1908. John
Randolph. being Chairman of a Com
mittee TO whom was referred the first
one of these petitions, reported as fol-
LEWIS:
The rapid population OF the State
OF Ohio sufficiently evinces. in the
opinion of your committee, that the
labor OF slaves is not necessary TO pro-
mote the growth and settlement OF
colonies in that region. That this la
hor-dcmonstrably the dearest OF any
can only be employed in the cultiva
ton Of products more valuable than
any known to that quarter of the
United States; that the committed
deem it highly dangerous and inexpe
'icnt to impair provision wisely cal
culated to promote the happiness AM
prosperity Of the north western conn
try. and to give strength AMI security
to that extensive frontier I'm the sal
utary operation OF this sagacions am
benevolent restraint. il is believed tina
the inhabitants Of Indiana will. at M
very distant LAY. find ample remunera
t'onforatcmpcrary privation of labor
and OF emigration"
After this report of Mr.. Randolph
three Committees at the three succeed
ing sessions of Congress reported il
; favor Of granting the request Of the pc
titioncrs. favoring the introduction O
Slavery into the Indiana Territory 70
term Of ten years. But these report
and petitions were never iavorabl
considered by Congress.
In 1907 this proposition to max
intiiana CiaNc otate came DclOl
Congress for the last time. The peli
ton was referred to Messrs. j. Frank
lin, Of North Carolina. kitchcll, @
New-Jersey. and Tifiin, Of Ohio
This Committee made report on tn
18th day OF November. aud close,
with the following resolutions:
"Rcsolrsd. That it is not expedien
at this time to suspend the sixth artcl
, OF the compact for the Government o
the territory of the United State
Northwest of the River Ohio"
And here ended the attempt t
make Indiana a Slave State, it bcin,
kept free from that curse by dire;
AMI positive Congressional legislaiiv
Intervention. Mr. Durham knew tines
facts-this plain. undeniable histor
Of the exclusion Of Slavery from In
diana. Why did hc not give tn
facts to his audience, instead of false
hood?
, No man knows better than Mr.. Dun
ham that Popular Sovereignty is
humbug." In fact he is a DEArH-BEl
convert to the doctrine, having Gle
fen,led the Administration thro' gh al
: its Lecompton policy. and Opposes
Douglas until within a few week
past.
But he did not stop there with hi
. Justification. In order to glorify hi
principle Of Popular Sovereignty an
: bring to it the sanction OF Congress, h
asserted that Joshua II. Giddings wa
! Expelled" from Congress lor attempt
. ing to interfere with the local affair
e Of the Slave States.
Now to the facts in that case. TIL
brig Creole left Richmond. Va. il
October, lSIl. for New Orleans, witt
cargo of tobacco AMI slaves. tn
4 slaves numbering 135. On the At
Of November. the slaves rose upon til
crew and killed man by the nam
OF Howell. AMI severely wounded tn
: captain and others oil the crew. Tn
vessel was directed into the ,ort O
Nassau, in the British island of New
Providence. where she arrived on tn
9th of November. The matter wa
, taken under consideration by the Bri,
: ish magistrates and The American con
sui. Nineteen OF the negroes wer