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

oHuSf Ao ODitSdtlO0s 10 return tnelf pro
perty? Would ten per cent. cover the
loss OF the State? Let the bond of the
Union be broken, and slave property
would of necessity retire from the border.
lie said the Abolitionists of the North
stand looking with anxiety and praying
the Union may DO dissolved, that the
North shall no longer be compelled to re-
turn fugitiyes. They know what the ef-
feet would be, and desire dissolution They
know the time is coming when the slave
population OF some of these States will
preponaerate, SO that the physical power
OF the State will no longer keep them ia
subjection, and they want the Union bro
Ken up SO that they may own the federal
government and not be called upon TO put
! down lnsurrection. They are as anxious
10r dissolution as the extremists in the
| Gulf States.
= Mr.. Doolittle said the citizen must act
at his own peril He went to argue that
1t was not IL the power Of the citizen of q
State to annni an act of Congress. If a
motion can dissolve the connection of the
7 Federal Government, If one State can Sc
cede from all the rest. then all the rest
can secede from the DIG which gives pow
eF to expel q State. 50 the right OF ssces-
sion Involves the right OF expulsion. lie
referred TO the war OF 1872 and the Hart
lord Convention and said if the doctrine
was correct the New England States could
have resolved themselves out Of the Tn
ION and gone over to the enemy, and take
/ the iortresses IN Boston llarbor and other
forts, and turned our own guns against
US or II now in time Of peaca. reunsvl-
wanna should Withdraw, she could cut oil
ali the mail route one could not 20 from
New York 10 Virginia without crossing
foreign country, and 50 with Illinois.
The people oi the North west could not
get Il Ne" York. lie then arJued that
the states Of Florida, Texas. Louisiana.
and Al-ansas, which the government
bought r7al .tr. fortified and admitted IN
h tie t.:on. had 10 right to - oU: and
become loreiyn power. lie claimed tIat
We had gwen tile social institutions Of the
South e .U!l share Ct the Territories which
ws had acguiee5 lie clGia.od further
that tAe Constitution could no. repeal g,.e
the laW OF LeN.co IA ihc Territory &c
quircd of -I-Ni-o and give tae right %
take slaves there lie SAID .t we wanted
rcace We must allow free territory - Te-
main free. We must have uol-.nteF,er-
caca in the states and NCu-.-isG..v.gLce
III the territories.
1iC. Icr.amju said he did Mt 5e-i!e 20
siaa> now, le-ausc SIC si.o...d ID q tie
question before Us in few days The is
sac would be plainly brought. whether We
intend TO recognize the withdrawal o. Or
make war Oh State.
IL. Brown SAID II seemed that Northern
Senators overlooked the main point - -
sue. We claim there : U-g-agtv N s.Jyc--
they deny it, Until we can settle GA some
bass lO- tIls question it i. lilo 10 talk oi
peace. he claimed that the doctrine OF
HOnTecogAition Of property IN Saves wac
new doctrine liesi.a that tae South A&i
SfUe0pJUgJ) IN this kind OF property. II
it 10 Ic supposed that the South would
con4ent to live under L government out
!swiEg thit kind Of property; Can mill
ions o. The SO-tH consent 10 I've undo. a
government a. cutlaWs, ouly Tccogai1al
when the government wants t.Ii.let lie
al no hope Of changing The Judgment OF
Senators bat there were ss;Ue stubborn
facts which might Well come to til. know
eI!itis Of thsir constituents lie referred
OF pgos Fresty of independence ~ speaking
2Hpss n :, gEarsgty -, II zen .sn'ismea were
= AZ AZ there would b. pe~eA rr~svs~..s-s
70 the Treaty Of the War OF 1872 SIS recoc-
nizing the saDla property, signed by John
Adams and ). . Adams Were gentle
men to-day wiser than those statesmen
lie read from book published IN Boston
years ago, and cOutended that ths people
then recognized the :. sht- OF property
AIs men wiser now than our fathers >
Bat j the goyelII.ent continued 10 out
iaU the South :Aesc = cu.y too -
Separate iB VSEce OF by !oToe. lie sad
tie South would lot take le-. than JUS
tee. and ri=1ed I'D mors They recog-
u!z,d the hight Of t.ss government - pro
tact The property u the North, bu. the
North would not Tscog.l1e the iEht OF
protection - the property OF the South
If they persisted III the ltaa that the 20
{ernmout woU!d not recognize property in
Slaves and protect il. then standing IL the
high presence OF. and before Almighty
God lac declared ;ae Union could not last
ninety day. lie jAen s-ked lhst the
statute % New Mexico, which was intend
cd jy his amendment 10 extcnd over this
territory Of Arizona, be printed in the re-
port, - ta.. the people might see what ..e
meant
. Mr.. Green said Lis object was to organize
government for Arizous, and hs hoped
tha-e discussions Of political matters would
lie postponed He did not thigk the
smsi'imeat @: The Senator from Nissi.sip-
III practically amounted tOauNtA.u- under
the present circumstances. NewoE d vote
Tor i. lie quoted The law, allowing slaves
10 je sold !lr q government c-aln. - Ie
cogniziag the right Of property, tut ii this
idea was intended 10 be forced on Is OF
nonrecogu:tiou Of property. We had bett
20 home, adjourn Congress aud dissolve
,hs government. lie compared the S&na
tors ,irom wisconsin, idea Of equality tc
the fable Of the si0,k and fox The foX
invited the >Iogk TO dine bat had soup in
- IL - q
get any. The neXt day the stor< Invited
the !ox 10 dine. and had food in long
necl,ed Jars lie told the fox there was
perfect equality and to help himself in
fact the fox could not get anything. He
denied the right of nullliicatiou, bat claim
ed the right OF secession, and argued
against the coercion Of State. He argued
against the amendment Of the Senator
from Illinois (lTu.nbuM)
AIr DOolittie said the Senator from Ms
souri, assumed that the Constitution To-
poals the laws Of Mexico in this territory
and ;ooll slavery there This was contra
rv TO the decisions OF the Supreme Court
/ He claimed that the doctrine OF SIR. Cal
/ houn, that the constitution recognized
! slave property, found few supporters at the
time OF its announcement
! AIr. Mason said Mr. Calhoun was dead,
/ but he did not understand him to say even
/ that the Constitution established slavery,
but claimed that slaves were property, and
therefore the Constitution L!ust be pro
| tected.
Further discussion ensued between
Messrs. Green and Doolittle when the Sc
nate adjourned till Monday.
| HoUsE-Mr Stevens, of Washington
Territory, rising to personal explanation
in relation to special despatch IN a Bos-
ton paper, said that the despatch states
+ that it appears upon investigation, that the
] Indian trust bonds were stolen for the use
of the Central Brockinridge Committee,
| during the late Presidential election, DC