Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-08


94..s.ss .-..,ss .ne eAteaaioa II slavery in the
TSrritcries.
- And now, whatever may be done, as a pa
=, triot and statesman seeking the welfare of his
country, without surreadering the essential
!. principles upon which the Government is
a founded, am simply to say what am pre-
ra pared to do. l confess have very little ex
a. pectatiOn that any reasonable suggestion Of
this sort viii be received, when consider the
i tune and temper of the speech to which l am
q EeplyiBg.
i Nov, Mr. Chairman, a word or two and l
.Am through. There is nobody who can mis-
saPprehend OF deast what 1t is that has brought
us to7our present condition. The compromise
r. measures u 1850, greatly 10 the beueit of the
,sBoqth, aRd resisted by large portion of the
d, people VI the free States we're nevertheless ac
20 Quiesced in for the sake Of peace We disiik-
n 81 them They did not suit me; was dissat-
] iaasa Sith them; | think 1 should not have
- voted for them; but, for the sake OF pace the
vlyneoph-cf the free States acquiesced in them.
= aud there was nowhere, down 10 1884, u move
- A1ent made in the free States to interfere with
II or disturb the compromise Of 1850. But gen
I tlemea from the South, no. satisfied with that
ss condition of things, not willing to permit the
vbseomproInises which had been made IN past
. ytars 10y our fathers TO remain, went to work
snalod sought to propagate aud extend slavery
s.ina all tbs Territories Of the CoEfedcrtcy. That
l.5sWHs theis deliberate and ayowed purpose. Tho
p principle was asserled that the Constitution
seaFFiss slavery into all the Territories, and
LthAt Congress has no power to interfere for
- itsezclusion or prohibition.
L~ie The doctrine distinctly laid down and main
4ifaiDed by the Democratic party South, in lo
vek4, and adhered to from that time to the pres
aront, was that the South had~s right to take
~ their slaxes INTO all the fettiOrlcs, that II was
ydaTight euaFantied by the Constitution. that
nu Congress had DO power 10 intcieTe with III and
:7Hthaf ithr fsJre all tie Territories of the Uni
~ Aed States were slave Territories. Efforts were
- made by the aid Of Federal patronage, by
si Fcdezal bayollsts, and by Federal power, to
-vgsstablish slaveryin these Territories guaran
-zotIed to freedom in defiance of the will of the
- sseple There is the origin Of our present
-s1aroubses. There is the source from which al
these evils have sprung. That effort has been
resisted from that day to the present 1t has
sbeenbueceesftIliy resisted; aud because the op
4uponents Of slavery c1knsieD have now sue
ceeded in securing the control Of the executive
~ l6spartmeut Of the Government, 80 thai it car
Federal patronage aud power can no longer
besused to-aid ia the propagation Of slavery
-'EgeAtleaen Of the South say they viii no longs
sdaubEait. to 4his government; but will break i
:-vah.taain and establish a republic of their own
saNeS, IL We are really so antagonistc an'
al hostile; if there is no conservative feeling
Izeevtfheat In the South to respond to any pro
position that looks to the removal of the ex
SsgptiaaVf deldsi6ts and mistakes that the peopt
xaotsthsssodth are laboring under, then l gran
dssea shat this, probably, is about the end Q
3GThis RepaBFfe 3-zisa zee
ssodIAdBoFd more. a If gentlemen of the Sout
are really seeking the permanent and ultimat
XdissolatioI Of this Conredsracy, there is bu
one way in which they can accomplish If; anc
tha8 Is not tho way in which they are proceed
s'Ing.sIf they choose to organize their seperati
sconfederaeies, and reeog nize the Jurisdiction G
the United States for the time being unit
b-thro1ell the propsr channels the people NIGH
abe consulted as to comforting upon one sectio
loofr the Coniederacy the right to set up 70
sdthe1seIves It would be altogether dilf.ren
-5'duestion Bit geatleTnen arnst b. perfectly {
ware that no Government that ever existed ca
tsaFfebdst its powers to re5cHoez demands, =
'sThe thing is utterly intdrnissible 1t is tn
INSTRUMENTATION Of society, the aban1oumen
hof All IftSdvernment it is an ablication Of tn
Fadtfessz Of the executive departments and ger
sEtleHief certainly must see that that nude
4Rccompiishing separation can lead to npthiu
y-bdt civil war and b!o6dshcd. II gentieme
sa7r rsS to do II; II they will take not
TEiug less; if they will resist by force ofarnis, az
Tar5fuse ah opportunity to consult the people
bafh fBJEaffy trut source OF power-as to what oug
70 be done; why then the consequences mn
take care Of themselves.