The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-02-07

his citizenship in the State which he has
left Nor can the States appear in the
Territories by their laws. The laws Of
the several States have no force outside
of their State limits.
If then, Mr.. President, the States,
canno. appear in the Territories per So,
nor ty their citizens, nor by their laws,
l inquire in what sense this demand for
equality is made. When stripped of
sophistry. it means that Congress shall
enact laws for the Territories authorizing
one class os their residents to hold au-
other class to servitude.
You say, however, when this fallacy is
exposed, that you do not oppose the poll.
cy of the Republican party in oonsc-
qucnce Of any practical disadvantages,
but because it is a badge of dishonor to
prohibit the migration of slaves to the
free territories. Ny only reply to this
and trust it will be regarded as a
sufficient answers: it was not thus
regarded by the fathers of the Republic.
They inaugurated this policy, and never
dreamed that they were humiliating
themselves in the face of the world
Then, if it did not disgrace Washing
ton, nor Jefferson, nor Madison, nor
their descendants down to the year 1854
If this policy did not dishonor the IA.
theirs, it will not disgrace the sons. And
you declare your purpose to encounter
civil war on this account. On this sub.
jcct, Mr.. Clay once said-and | commend
it to the serious consideration of seces
sion Senators on the other side of the
Chamber:
But if, unhappily, we should be in
volved in civil war, in civil war between
the two parts of this Confederacy, in
which the effort upon the one side should
be to restrain the introduction of slavery
into the new Territories, and upon the
other side to farce its introduction there,
what spectacle should we present to the
astonishmnnt of mankind, in an effort,
Mt to propitiate right, bait must say
it, though | trust it will be understood
to be said with no design to excite feel
ing a 'c"T to propagate mro"gs an Me
Territories thus acquired from Mexico.
1t would be war in which we of the
South should have no sympathies, no
good wishes in which all mankind would
be against us; for from the commence
ment of the Revolution down to the pres
ent time, We have constantly reproached
our British ancestors for the introduction
of slavery into this country. Congress
s'on"l G/obe, part !, voll %, page III.
| inquire, in the next place, how will
secession, and possibly a dreadful civil
war, cure any Of the alleged evils to
which | have alluded, and the long cata-
logue added to-dav BY the Senator from
Virginia p? In what way will dissolu-
ton of the Union enable you to r cap,
ture your runaway slav~~s Ii would de-
.,..y 90. .~u'v-s under the Cou,,i,.-
ton aud by the law OF nations you have
no redress. Would it repeal the person
al liberty bill of which complaint is
somt times made ? Would civil war and
secession prevent in the future the cleo
ton Of Il sectional candidate by the peo-
pie Of the free Statcs9 Would it prevent
agit tion of the sub cct Of slavery within
the limits Of the free States? Would it
prevent anybody from hating slavery
Would it give you the control ofthc local
Legislature of the free States, aud secure
the passage Of laws to allow you to hold
slaves for temporary purposes within
their Jurisdiction? Would it give you
the power to establish slavery in the Ter
rtores? Every one, as seems to me,
mu~t answer each and all of these enqui-
rics in the negative.
You have governed this country for
the last sixty years. You have controll-
ed its Legislation, you have controlled
its judiciary you have controlled It's in
ternal policy; you have controlled its
foreign relations you have grown
naughty, proud and insolcnt. Being ac-
Gust toned to command, YOU have forgot
ten how to obey. Although you have
been fairly beaten at the polls, you refuse
to yield the Government into the hands
of your constitutional successors. You
demand that the vctor> shall adopt your
party dogmas aud your party platforms
rs their policy, or you will rob them of
all the fruits of victory. You propose to
adopt the Mexican policy-when van
quished at the polls to appeal to arms to
sbandou the peace policy adopted by your
fathers, of settling questions by majcri-
ties, according to law. You prefer the
hazard, to say the least, Of settling them
upon the battle field.
Southern Senators have spoken Of the
military resources, which their section
can command for the conflict, and their
powers of protrac ed resistance and ar
gression; they have iutimated that such
war would be lons and bloody, and
mutually disastrous. 1t would be fearful
and terrible, | doubt not; but it would
be gerry brief | say it would be very
brief and challenge your attention to
history for the truth of the assertion. -
The time has been, Mr.. President, when
war merely involved conflict between
animal forces. That time has past -
Your struggle for independence involved
you in a war of seven or eight years -
The world has changed since then
Mind controls.
Senators have said here that cotton is
king. No, sir; in this kind of contest
science is king; and warlike elements,
are his vassals Why, sir, your war with
Mexico lasted but year. You subject
ed her ten million people in single year
The contest between the Russians, a
powerful empire, on the one hand, and
the English and French on the other at