St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-01-03

e0Aen W Hne State from whence ne came,
but in practice he is carried anywhere
Mr.: W. knew where, under lhis bill, fec
men had been kidnapped and earned p
way and sold into eyerlasti ing slatery.
Will theSenators, who are such advocates
Estate ights, deny Stdte tie power Of
defending her ovn citizens from. att ertc-
rsor authority, even Including the FEEDER
al Government? These personal Liberty
laws were not made to cast any dishonor
or degradation on any State or States, and
he, Mr.. W., was glad to, hear the Senator
from Virginia say that their repeal would
not relieve the complaints of the South
Now it will be remembered that his COL
league from Ohio { Mr. Pugh } hadssaid
that the Republican Judges and Republi-.
can Courts in Ohio had fulfilled this re-
pulsive dtuy with perfect faithfulness
The Senator from illinois Mi. Douglas J
had testified the same of his State, and
the Senator from Indiana Mr.. Fitch }
had done so for his. Thus the calumny
is removed from US. Now, on the other
hand, continued Mr.W, where you have
lost one slave sce haze lost ten men n,wr-
7ered by your MODS. Men from the
North who travel in the South for business
or pleasure are met by your vigilance COM
mittees, and insulted, abused, or killed
If a man from Ohio goes South they do
not ask him what party he is of, or what
flag he follows, but treat him in manner
that would disgrace savages. We have
no security. No matter how worthy, how
innocent man may be, if he be from the
North he Is a married man. If he exer-
cised his political rights, and especially if
he voted for Lincoln, it is an indignity not
to be tolerated. Yet you can accuse US of
violating the Constitution Mr.. w. did
lot believe that in the history Of the ecorzd
there eOcr acos u nation or q people ,vhere-
IN q lo,o repugna',t to the general feeling
aoas executed soiM equal fidelity to that
of the fugitive Stare uao. No repugnant
law can be executed With the same fdeli-
ty as law which runs with the inclina-
ton Of the people. Every candid man
will admit this. Now, there is law in
Charleston, South Carolina, to put poor
men who come there from Northern States
INTO Jail, and if they do not pay their Jail
fees they are sold for those fees into eter-
nal slavery. Is not this alike contrary to
humanity and to the Constitution of the
United States?
AS the dominant party has nothing to
complain of in the legislation of this body,
or of the States, he would make the re-
mark that the Republican party of all the
North hold the same opinion of the in
stitution of slavery as is held by all the civ
ilized people in Europe; as in England,
France, Germany and Italy. The Senator
from Texas said "Cotten is King" and
that all of US must bow down to it. If it
is King in Europe, the subjects Of the
King are talking there in a very rebellious
way about it. Europe tells you it sympa-
thizes with what you call the Black Re-
publican party. It is to be hoped we
shall hear no more the boast that s<Cotton
is King" to bring men to its footstool
No Republican orator or newspaper has
ever pretended that we have any interest
or right to interfere with or invade your
institution in your own States. Why,
then, do you complain? Will you break
up this Government and involve US all in
war and bloodshed on a mere suspicion
that we may hereafter do something pref
judicial to your interests We do not
love slavery. Is that anything new?
Did you not know this before? Is it any
thing new that the whole civilized world
dislikes slavery?.. We Republicans did
as you did; we made our platform; We
nominated our candidates the issue was
made up. We went to the people, and
though heretofore generally beaten, our
cause was so good that we beat you. I
tell you that our President must be inau-
gurated, precisely as their predecessors
have been. It would be dishonorable for
him who has the verdict of the people in
his pocket to take any step short of what
his position demands of him. There is no.
Trims to compromise. All sorts of events
may happen, turmoils, disorder, war, but
everything must go on in due order. If
ever the day comes when in this country
majority ceases to rule, the liberties of
the country will be gone. For myself,
said Mr.. Wade, had l the verdict of the
people in my pocket, I would suffer any
thing rather than compromise. This is
no place for comfy or generosity. There
is no better title to the Office of President
than the verdict of the people. IF we
cannot stand there. we cannot stand any
where. Any other principle than that
would be as fatal to you as to US. Sup
pose Lincoln is from one section of this
country, is he not honest? Is not Mr..
Breckenridge from one section too? If
Mr.. Breckenridge had been elected, do
you think we would have raised hostile
hand against the Government or Consti-
tuition? When beaten we have never
complained, but have quietly submitted
to the verdict of the people. He would
yield to no compromise. Mr.. Lincoln, he