The national Republican., 1861-02-16

convincs mo, that whatever Of high hope las
think there is) there may be in this, in the long
run, its sudden execution is impossible. If
they were all landed there Ia day, they would
perish in the next ten days; and there are not
surplus shipping aud surplus money enough in
the world to carry them there in many times
ten days. What thenf Free them all, and
keep them among us as underlingsf Ia it quite
certain that this betters their conditionf /
think I would not hold one in slavery at any
rate; yet the point ia not clear enough TO de.
nounce people upon. What nextP Free them,
and make them politically and socially our
equals Ny own feelings will not admit Of
this; and If mine would, we well know that
those of the great mess Of white people will not.
| Whether this feeling accords with justice and
sound judgment, 10 not the sole question, il,
indeed, il d aay part Of il. A universal feel.
ing, whether well or i'll founded, cannot be
safely disregarded. We cannot, then, make
them equals. II does seem to me that sys.
tens Of gradual emancipation might be adopt
ed; but for that tardiness in this respect i
will not undertake to judge our brethren Of the
! South. .. 0-mna ... y.
"When they remind us Of their constitutional
rights, I acknowledge them, not grudgingly,
| but fully and fairly; and | would give them
tives, which should not, in its stringency, be
more likely to carry free mon into slavery
| that our ordinary criminal laws are TO hang an
innocent one.'-Speech at Ottopa, Ill.,, Aug.
81, 1858. .. .a.iI .,a..,
Has anything ever threatened the existence
of this Union, save and except this very institu.
| ton Of slavery7 What is II that We hold most
dear amongst usf Our own liberty and pros.
perity. What has ever threatened our liberty
and prosperity, save and except this institution
of slavery If this is true, how do you propose
| to improve the condition Of things BY enlarging
slavery-by spreading it out and making it
biggerr ~. .a. grtar. 7...'
| "You may have wen or cancer on your
person, and not be able to cut 1t out lest you
bleed to death but surely it il no way to cure
it to engraft it, and spread it over your whole
body. That Is no proper way Of treating what
you regard as q wrong."-Speech at Alton, Oct
Is, 1858. ... 10. - 1s-
al suppose most of Us Il know It Of myself)
believe that the people Of the Southern States
are entitled 10 Congressional fugitive slave
law. As the right 10 constitutional, l agree
that the legislation shall be granted to it, and
that not that we like the institution Of slavery.
| We profess To have no taste for running and
catching negroes; at least, profess no taste
for that Job at all. Why, then, do yield sup
port to fugitive slave law? Because / do not
understand that the Constitution, which guar.
antics that right, can be supported without
it."-Speech at Alton, Oct. Is, 1858.
"The real issue in this scontroversy-the one
pressing upon every minds the sentiment on
the part OF one class that looks upon the insti.
tuition Of slavery as q wrong, and Of another
class that does not look upon it as wrong.
The sentiment that contemplates the institution
of slavery in this country as q wrong,is the
sentiment Of the Republican party. They look
upon it as being moral, social, and political
wrong; and while they contemplate 1t a. such,
they Nevertheless have due regard for its actual
existence among us, and the difficulties of get.
ting rid of IL in any satisfactory way, and to all
the constitutional obligations thrown about it.
Yet having . due regard for these, they desire
q policy in regard to It that looks TO its not Gre.
ating any more danger. They insist that it
should, as far a. may be, be treated as wrong /;
and one of the methods of treating 1t as q
wrong is to make provision that it shalr grow
no larger. If there be man among us who
does not think that the institution Of slavery is
wrong in any of the aspects Of which I have
spoken, he is misplaced, and ought not to be
with us. And if there be man amongst US
who is 80 impatient of it as wrong as to dis.
regard its actual presence among ms, and the
d1nculty OF Betung rlu Ot IL euuueniy III u SAT
isfactory way, and to disregard the constitu.
tional obligations thrown about it. that man is
misplaced If he is Oh our platform. ."-Speech at
Alon, Oct. 10, 1868.
FEW WORDS TO THE SOUTH.
owe the Republicans, and others, forming
the opposition Of the country, intend to stand
by our guns TO be patient and firm, and in the
long run to beat you. When we do beat you,
you perhaps want to know what we will do
with you. will tell you; 60 far ss ! am su.
thorized to speak for the opposition, what we
mean to do with you. We mean to treat you,
as nearly as we possibly can, as Washington,
jefferson, and Madison, treated you. We mean
to leave you alone, and in no way interfere
with your institution to abide by every com.
promise of the Constitution and, in word,
coming back to the original proposition, to
treat you as far as degenerated men five have
degenerated) may, according to the examples
of those noble fathers-Ws Wsshington, Jefferson,
and Madison. We mean to remember that you
are as good as we are that there is no diff
ference between US, other than the difference
of circumstances. We mean to recognise and
bear in mind, always, that you have as goot
hearts in your bosoms as other people, or al
we claim to have, and to treat Jou accord
ingly.-Speech at Cincinnati, Sept. II, 1859.
DOUGLAS AND JOHNSON PLATFORM
PeeoIp.d That we the Democracv of IN,