Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1861-02-14
NUMBER 6

pssp', and that Is the only one thak now
remains. There was another abou. slaves,
but she time has gone by, and laws have
beer, passed. on the subject. Now, put thi
comparison to the Senator from Kentucky
suppose that he and myself and eleven 9TH
ers had concluded to form business part.
nership under articles of agreement. aad We
had sassea to pay in $1,000 each. for the
purpose OF trying to raise water. rotted hemp
In sntucky; we inserted in our articles of
agreement that anybody who would put in
81, 900 could come in upon the footing of the
original partners, and that the business sho'd
not be altered without vote Of three four.hs
OF the partners That would be fair. Well
we thirteen went on and took in partners and
raised hemp, and divided twelve per cent
That would be fair business. not ss nro..
porous as this country has been, but it void
be remunerative business. Suppose wa
took in new partners until we got.-in thirty
niue besides ourselves. Then there are tbir.
ty-nlne new ones, who can make q constitu.
tioal majority over the old thirteen. They
conclude among themselves, in q meeting in
Wall street (for if it paid II per cent II
would be from there the new partnsrs would
come, and not from farmers, as We are), and
determine, by their vote of 80 againt the old
l3, to drop hemp-raising and 60 into slave
trading. We should remons state. We should
say: THAT is an illegal business; Il ia
/
profitable, to be sure. but it is illegal, and
you have no right to change this concern in
to an illegal one." They would say: "Es
was legal when you made this bargain YOU
old fogies have changed since, but we had
nothing to do with changing this law it was
lawful traffic originally, when tia oontracs
was drawn; and they persist in il. We lock
over the contract, aud although it is very
different from our understanding of what we
have agreed to do, yet he and would be
obliged to submit. We are law.abidiug men:
we believe in contracts. z But supucse, atter
getting us into ths slave. trade, thay should
make another provision, that this. last specu-
lation never should be altered without tins
unanimous consent Of the whole partnership
that we should continue the slave. trade es
long as there was thief or liar in the con-
cern. What would he think Of that' We
would not agree to it, / know. lie would
say, " This is carrying the business too far"
That is just the proposition now here. We
want to alter the Constitution from what the
fathers made it. We want to alter the mode
OF Its amendment, and pu. in seven new
clauses that can never be repealed, no rat-
ter what public sentiment may be, without
unaDimous vote; go that enc single State, if
We have forty, can preYent the rspeal of any
one of them. know, when address my
self, az do, to the honorable Senator from
Kentucky, that ho would not vote for tbat
proposition himself, under any crcumsssn-
ces. He would contrive sone other method
to heal these troubles and would 90 with
him with ell my heart; but do not let us
tearup this old instrument under which we
have prospered, which he gloriss in as much
as DO do not want to make q speech
about it; but know when love nv ooun.
try aud its Constitution. No man can make
me believe that do not yenerate th at in.
strIment that do not venerats the Union
that it formed, am under no apprehen-
sion whatever that there is man who bears
me that doubts my regard for every one Of
these S,a,es in the Uoion, and their instilus
tions.
love Kentucky. love Sosth Carolina.
lived among them more than fifty years
ago. have partakeu of their Inequalities.
have walked to the same churches with
them, and knelt at the same altar; and a
more hospitable people never lived. But as
much as | love than, say their present con.
duct is utterly unworthy of them; and the
Senator from Kentucky must know that as
well as do. Because they want to cut mp
capers, are we going to tear up that instru-
ment to appease themt Not so. Ls. them
have little bit Of a frolic. if they want to.
| do not want to whip them. That is not my
notion. do not want to hurt them. lore
Georgia. ! lived with them fifty years ago.
have been out there On patrol in tho Dight
to watch. They were frightened about il.
surrsction. There is always danger, they
think. never was afraid there in my life.
The only place where ever saw any of this
negro equality, as it is called, was in Geor-
gia. A man kept hotel in what was for.
merly the seat of Government 1t was .av,
ern, very large one, kept by Frenchman.
of the name of Posenor. lie invited me one
Gay to go up and see his wife. was a boy
at the time l went up, and found she wes
great, burly negress. Laughter.] had
nothing to say about her. That was the on.
ly time ever saw that, and was disgussed
with it. never saw it in New. England in
my life, much as the talk is about negro
equality thsse. These Georgia peopls can
stand their own troubles very we'll; but
when their are any troubles down in Massa.
chusetts, they get in violent passion. They
will have amalgamation and negro equality
all around them there at the capital Of the
Government; but ! do net want to say any
thing about it. dislike it, to be sure bus
it is not best to make noise about il. Tbs
Republican party cannot insert portion of
the Declaration Of Independence into ia
Platform, but ID is said that we mssn thssns