Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-18

in the Convention Some men from the North
were opposed - the Institution. aud may, per
haps. have vauped il abolished. Those from tie
South were generally IN favor Of the Institution.
OF il not N favor Of IL. were forced BY necessity
e. eoutinae il, and resisted IL abolition. Three
courses were open:
A. Tire southern States couid magnansseussy
give ap their slaves, in Difference - the consci-
ence aud prejudice of the North, and thus a union
of al free States could be made. This great
pecuniary sacrifice they, Of course, as free and
independent States. would not make
2. The convention could then have adjourned,
formed no united government. bat LETT each State
seperate independent republic. with the right Of
maintaining slavery and the slave trade, or not,
as il saw fit
g. Or the Northern States. where slavery did
not exist, could tx the position the slave should
occupy. and agree TO then let the institution
alone leave IL IN the peaceable uDdisiuroed pos
session Of those who elected 10 have II, and upon
this basis form a united government.
This alternative was adopted. and our present
Onion was the consequence. Upon such faith
the South came into the bond. They came 10
voluntarily, and as equal members of the conied-
Grafton subject 20 its common burdens, and enti
tied TO its common benefits. In the compact OF
Union, however. il should be observed. the North
went one step further than agreeing To let slavery
alone; they agreed, in conformity 70 the inlunc-
ton OF the gospel Of the New Testament, TO send
back TO the South her fugitive slaves, and in re
turn the South agreed to give up the slave trade,
which was done.
We have now arrived at the point where We
have "got Government" The Constitution is
framed and adopted, the Union is complete The
question now has come 70 be, how shall Il be per
petuatedl Having got a Government and a
Union, how shall keep themE The answer
would seem TO be plain, far as the disturbing
topic of slavery in connection with Union, J.
concerned. As the Union was formed by the
North agreeing 10 let slavery alone, il would
seem naturally 70 follow that il would be neces
sary. to its preservation that the North actual
should, in the progress OF the Government, lei
slavery alone
She did so for thirty years, and the country
prospered And here lay down the proposition
than. matter OF right. the South, having thu
come into the Union. was entitled TO enjoy hel
domestic institutions in the Union unmoested by
the citizens of the Northern States She had
right TO demand that those Institutions should b,
let alone, and that she should have peace and fra
ternity from the North. But now to
TUE TROUBLES or THE REPUBLIC AND THE EFFORT
TO SAVE 1T.
In 1919 Missouri applied for admission into th'
Union. She WAS slave State; and as her knocl
at the door for leave 10 come in was heard 10y thu
sanctimOnious puritan of the East, he cried on
TO her, in pOus cant, that she could not come II
while she was guilty of The sin of holding negIoe
as slaves. To this proposition the Southerne
objected. he insisted upon letting her come in
He said this Union was formed upon the platform
of non-interventon by the General Government
in the internal affairs of States that they wer,
all equal in the eve of the confederation, and tina
no Nnrti IN Lot ia al. witt
her own several States. where it might be estab
lished or abolished those States several,
should see III. The controversy then arisin;
spread wide till at length IL cOnvulsed the nation
Ii was carried on in the North by Abolition soci
cites, papers. petitions, &c. IL continued to rag
upon the general question Of slavery with NOR,
or less violence, till 1880, being all the time re
sisted and held in check by that great Democrat
party, now meanly slandered dislOyal. b,
those who have heretofore made its extreme devo
ton to the Union matter OF rdcule Now, wha
was the cause of all this Why, slavery. And TN
trouble was that the Abolitionists would not lie
it alone. What were Abolition societies forme,
in the North for but to make war on slavery il
the SOUTH What were Abolition papers estab
lished in the North for? What were Abolition
petitions sent % Congress forg Why, to maxi
war on slavery in the South Slavery was tia,
of these because it furnished the subjec
for Abolition meddlesomeness and the trouble
produced in the country from the fact tina
the North would not let slavery alone. This
easily comprehended. The apple in the garde
OF Eden was the cause of sin because Eve coul
not let it alone. And / wish here To say that tn
irritating abuse heaped upon the public men an
institutions of the Southern States by Northern
Abolition papers and publications, in denouncn
them as barbarous, wicked, thieying, murderous
&c, in the style of Sumner, and by sendn
among the slaves of those States incendiary doc
uments melting them TO npine and murder. wer
outrages upon the Southern people, which tn
Governments of the Northern States, by the rule
of international law. were bound to punish an
prevent political lbels. or be guilty of tn
charge of bad faith toward those States This
because the States, by neglecting 10 punish, APP
parenty sanction the libel.
On the trial of Peltier, at the Court of King
Bench in England, for a libel on the First Consu
OF France, the Judge, Peterborough, after men
iOning the conviction of Lord George Gordo
for libelling the Queen OF France, and of JOh
Vint Tor "A libel on the Emperor of Russia saws
In respect TO the legal effect of both these pros
ecntiOns, | am not aware that IL ever was judi
clally questioned. Aud. therefore. lay il dow
law. that any publication which tends de
grade, reviie and deiame persons in CONSIDERABLE
situations of power and dignity in foreign countre
particularly where It had tendency to Interrupt
the amity and peace between the two countrie,
Ii any publication contains plain and NANTES
intent and persuasion addressed 10 others 60 as
sassinate and destroy the persons of such magis
ttrates. the tendency of such publication Is q
interrupt the harmony subsistlng between tw,
countries, the libel assumes still more crimna
complexion" Petier's Trial, D. 204
Such were the incendary publications sent b.
the Abolitonists OF the North amongst the slave
OF the South.
But, fellow citizens, | have named the yea
1890, anu do not wish TO 20 back in tracing tn
origin of our troubles beyond that date Tn
year lc3O Is great epoch in the history of th
United States. The free and slave States OF tn
Union were then equal in number It had beel
the previous policy OF the Government to kee
them so, because il enabled each section, b.
means of tie vote in the Senate, TO protec
itself from legislative aggression on the part o
the other. But Ia 1900, California, free State
presented herself Tor admission into the Union
without being accompanied by slave Stat
whereby the numerical equality between the sec
tons would be kept up And the South SAID, be
fore can vote Tor the admission of California
and thus place ourselves at the mercy OF th
North, We must have an understanding. Whel
California Is admitted. our actual power 10 pro
tect ourselves Is gone. and all we shall have L
rely ON will toe faith IN the Northern States tia
they will let our institution OF slavery alOre. lie
u, therefore, settle all these questions, and hav
Il definitely understood how We are 10 live To