The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-05

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Republican partal h- cephaIis Lli'- No
power that at lsf i'l-a4.4. Y, g ior III that
Constitutien so to!hIcas siy !
the Soutl, ants ids:ioa1sf all {
Mr. Nicholson = =
aid policy OF the NepuUs-- -S2g
ried out, would ext.ns@.sh slavery, xfd 10
had expressed the apprehension THAI #
the free States increased, eud they int-Nd-
/ ed 10 carry out their purpose, 1t would
! lead TO the ultimate extinction of slavery.
! NJ. DooltJie said that the Republican
. party, - lie understood it, stood TO pro
/ t.ct and maintain the r.rhts Of States 10
al powers not expressly delegated. II
vas fundamental with them 70 maintain
/ the sovereignty Of the several States, and
+ the .i.-nt - control al domestic iEsIi;u-
tons He would undertake 10 say t.st
10 Republican expressed the do-.re or
wish that lls general government has
power ~ interfere With slavery IL the
States.
lIa read again from Mr. Lincoln. 4.
speeches, To show that lie had no desire 10
infringe ON ths nights Of the States. lie
: SAID Ae desired TO spsak few moments
on what was alleged 70 be the causes OF
the existing agitation One vas iEJroduc-
ed by the Senator from kentucky, which
he very much regretted to see brought up.
q IL was only recently that he had heard u
il in connection with this controversy
IL is thought some oi the nOD-s.2V ehold
ing States refuse to surrender criminals.
. lie said that il lad generally been admit
: ted a rule. tnUt ii crime committed
, was crime within tie law OF the Stste 10
. which The criminal fed, then he should
D be surrendered aul not otherwise. lie
cited a case q Virginia refusing 10 deliyeI
some negroes al an early day IN the histo
e r. oi the country, and the case OF The
. Governor. of Kentucky He said lly a,id>
: tic ,@g.teHcat on the negro question
] and lie did not think ten men on tie
e foo? would advocate the doctrine that 3
. State could by ita own law make what i
4 c9ncejies - be crime, and can by its in
dicImeut establish O.. necessity the cvi
deHce Of guilt, a. we'll as Of escape. The
Hon. Senator from houtUcky said it va:
annoy i.g. He knew it WAS annoying tC
! have negroes kidnapped from Ohio anC
Indiana, and nothing To the Shareholder:
that lAcir slaves may be cutiCod 10 run
away. bat there was u higher principle in
yOlyod. Another cauac Of the trouble
was said TO be the non rendition Of fugi
tive slaves. All admitted the validity Of
: the clause in the Constitution requiring
rendition He admitted that that was
one OF the clauses III the Constitution that
he had sworn 10 support; but he said q
question had arisen IS 10 the construction
of this clause. He believed that the Con
stitution should be strictly construed, and
he thought it the duty OF the States to
make provisions to faithfully carry into
effect This clause Of the Constitution; but
he admitted. with equal frankness, that a
majority OF the people OF the United
States thought that Congress possesses the
power to legislGtc to carry this into effect
He said Sir. Lincoln was in favor of Civ.
ing the South the fugitive slave law. and
read speeches to support the assertion
The South complains that they lose great
deal by fugitives, and few are reclaimed
This arises from the fact that they pos
sess species of property with will OF
, its own and legs OF its own and desires OF
its own to get away. This is no fault OF
ours, and the North is not responsible iol
that The Senator from Virginia (Mason)
held that few years ago Virginia lost an
nuslly $l00,O00, and he believed she lost
the same now He would concede that
FOR sake Of argument, Virginia had abou.
. 500, 900 slaves worth about $500 at least
before the panic, making S400,0O0,000
The loss of 100000 is only one fortieth
of one per cent, or about one quarter of a
mil on the dollar. This is less than the
risk incurred in any other species of pro
, perty in the United States. Suppose the
!. people OF the border Stat ss resolve them
selves into an insurance company. How
i small would be the premium 10 cover the
loss, and special property has special ad
: vantages. 1t has advantages Of represen
: tation. Is it strange that such property
: should be subjected to peculiar risks
!, What will those gentlemen gain by sever
ing the bond of Union? If they run this
: slight risk now what risk will they ruI
then when the Northern States will b,