The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-28

90 IN evil mot 70 be extended but 10 be tolerated
And protected only because q and 50 far - It's sctas
projection necessity. cloud applaase) Let all
the guarantees those fathers gave il be- NOT gruig
cars contend, and with this far as know believe,
,b.s viii be content (Applause) And nov, 4 they
would iisten-as suppose they will not-I would address
few words TO tine Southern people. (Ianghter i
would say 70 them: You consdcr yourselves reasonable
just people, and consider that the general qua
les cf reason aud justice you not inferior 70 aoy
other people; st, when you speak Of us repuohcans,
yen DO 30 only TO denouBce reptiles or at the pest
.. no o.er sasa oassws You VIII % blsoF re-
pubicans (IAnghter) In Al your consenuons WIN que
another each Of you deems unoond!'cna
black republicansn the first thing 10 be attend
ed TO- (Iaughter.) Indeed, such condemnation Of us
an indispensable prerequisiteicense, 80 10
= an Now can YOU or not be prevailed upon 70 pause
and 70 consder whether this is quite just TO us,
even 70 yourselys:r Bring forward your charges and
deny or justify You say sectional. We deny it,
cloud appause) That makes issue, and the burden
produce your proof and what ts why that our party
has existence In your secon-gets votes in yoir
section. The fact substantially rue but does prove
the tsue does, then, in case We should, without
change OF principle begin 10 get votes your section,
should thereby cease TO be sectional reas merriment)
You cannot escape ths conclusion and yet you will
ing abide by ~ you are, you will probably
ind that have ceased be sectional for shall get
votes your section this very year cloud
ihst your proof does not touch the ISSUE The fact
that we get no votes in your section V . fact OF
Ssnh in that fact, that fault 10 primarily yours.
and remains so until you show that We repel you
sps py any pDp o. prsec
oss; but this brings you TO where you ought TO have
sAredto discussion Of the right or wrong OF our prn
wrong your section the benefit of ours
my other object then principle, and with IL,
sectional ana are justly povsed and denounced such.
Meet u.s. them on the question Of whether principle,
put in practice, woula wrong your section and 30 meet
were possible nss something may Be- SAID S on
Then You really believe that this principle which
leshers Who framed the government under which live
Sesin ana again. upon their official oaths u.s. in fact 90
teasly wrong 10 demand your condemnation without
s % sns ss. Ss sS%s q
f.rexeli Address 'Ioss than sish. years before
',he United States, approved and signed an act Of
sonRrees, enforcing the prohibition Of slavery 10 the
the Cover nnent upon that subject up TO aud a the
very moment he penned that warning; and about
year after he penned he wrote lafayette that he
sdered that prohibition wise measure expressing in the
sane connection his hope that should time have
cOnederscy Of free States (Applanse.) Bearing this
IN mind, and seing that seconasm has since arisen upon
mis- subject, is that warning q weapon Ia your
bands against w. in hands against your Csuld
Mat asm upon who sustain his policy upon
you who repudate hf (Applause) We respect that
warning OF Washington ana We commend II TO you, TO-
Echer with bis example pointing 10 the right application
off, (Arplanse) But you say you are conservative
empeptly conserva,ive-while We revolutionary de-
suctive, something Of the sort What s
h il adherence TO the old and tried against the new
untried We et!ck TO, contend for, the identical
old policy ON the point In controversy which was adopted
by fathers who framed the government under which
hve while you with accord reject and scout and
sph upon that old policy and insist upon substituting
M 70 what tina. substitute shall be- You have consdera
pie variety Of new propositions and plans but you are
Unanimous in rejecting and dcnouncng the old policy Of
tve ,rade some for Congressional slave co for the
Territories for Congress forbdding the Territories
70 prohibit slavery within their limits some for maintain
g slavery the Territories through the Judiciary
toT the "gur rest pur rinc:pe if
jsniasucally called :,pop1lar soveresntyw
laughter and applause)-but never man among you
10 favor Of federal prohibition Of slavery IN fe
neral Territories, according 10 the practice Of
fs,hers who framed the government under which We
hvc Not one Of all your various plans can show a
government originated. Consider, then, whether your
claim Of conservatism for yourselves and your charge Of
aestrucveness against us are based on the most clear
and stable foundations Again, you say we have made
The slavery question more prominent than it formerly
wac. We deny it. We admit that it rs prominent
bot deny that we made II So was not We but you,
who discarded the old policy of the fathers We resisted
and still resist, your nnovaton-your want Of coneerva
and Ss q
former proportions? Go back to that old policy What
has been viii be again, under the Same conditions. II
preceps and policy of the old times (APplause) You
charge that stir up nsurrecsiOns among your dawes
:css Ssny a john Bo.n laughter
John Brown was no republican, and you have
failed to implicate q single republican in his Har
member Of our party guilty In that matter, you know Il
or you do not know H. II you do know IT, you are mex
Won do not know IT, you inexcuabe to assert It, and
especially persist in the assertion after you have tried
failed make the
does not know 70 be true, simply malicious SANDER
(Appause) Some Of you generously admit that no re
affair but sull insist that doctrines and declara
lions necessarily lead such results We do not believe
laraaons which were not held 10 and made by f.
thers who framed the government under which we live
You never dealt fairly BY MS IN relation to
fions at hand and you were In evident gee
with the belief that. by charging the blame upon
elections. The elections came, and your expec-
tatons were not quite fulfilled. (Laughter) You DID
IN high wind (Iaughter) You are still drumming at
this idea Go on with IL. II you think you can, by
. man make him vote with you, go on and try it,
Bosterous laughter and prolonged applause Every rc-
Sase was SANDER, and he was not much inclined by
bis vote tn your favor. Republican doctrines
and declarations accompanied with continual pro-
slaves, or with you about your slaves. Surely
Ibis does not encourage them TO revolt True, we
10, in common with fathers who framed the govern
under which live, declare belief that slavery
swrong-( applausc the slaves do not hear US de-
lare this for anything say do, the slaves
would scarcely know there republican party. be-
they would not in fact generally know but for your
nisrepresentaons Of NJ, in their bearing In your po
contests among yourselves, each faction charged the
sher with sympathy with black repubcanism and then,
give point the charge, defines black repubcanism 70
imply be nsurrectson, blood and thunder among The
aves (Boisterous laughter and applause) Slave nsur
cctsons common now than they were before
rae republican party organized What induced the
ouehampton nsurrectIon, twenty eight years ago, In
ghsh 1t least three times lives wero lost - At
Ferrys You scarcely stretch very elastic
au 10 the conclusion that Southampton was got up by
Kines in The Unlssd States do not think general or
VI very extensive slave nsurrecton, possible. The
,dpensable concert OF action cannot be attained The
lsyes have means Of rapid communication; nor can
scendiary free men, black white, supply It. The ex
osive materials everywhere IN parcels, but there
either be supplied the Indispensable conn ,ct