Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-02-27

tHt peace ami save the mon. lnpiiei SlIr
render of the sole vit.l elenient or the p rtv
''Sir. the crime the high crime OF ~. te
/ pHhi-uIn patty was ret - much its refusal T.
! cunpromsc rs its ori2hDd Organization upY
"a bt-is and doctrine wholly inconsistent Will
: the stability OF the Constitution and the ccac
. Of the Uuiolf.'
SIR, the repetition now, and lis ne T.
overlh! ow the Govern MEM, BIZ those Who as
pire 10 speak Tor great party, Of this accaSa
/ iiun. that he principle upon which Lncolr
was elected was da,nnahle as 10 make il
holding a ''high crime" ard is affirmation bl
the people jlst cause OF rebellion, makes i
proper that attention should be invited az .jl
stale as il is, TO what thai hidaoGs principle is
Here it Is:
The States have the right. exelusiyC V. tt
order and control their domestic institutions
according 10 their own Judgement: and III,
Territories arc. by the ConsJ tuition and com
mn law, free territory, and when ,sSstiy y t,
secdle to persons III tie Territories the CuiIstf
tutional night to liberty, lesislltioH to thai
end sloid be provided
This. sir, is tie precise subsDanc Of The whole
principle making our high crime" The
States exclusive masters of their own d3nes-
tic uIuirs, the Territories free The qacs ion
high crime, and with him who saws We caused
the war by refusing to part with this principle
IS, was this principle 50 damnalIe in its char
acter that 1re could have abandjnpd il with
out personal dishonor, -yghile he coad no, a m
don his principles at Charleston without slch
personal dishoLor? That IS the qt.a Ii ID, sir.
Gentlemen cannot dodge it, or blink it, or cpv-
er Ii up lroni the We" of an intelligent people
Tmee words cover the Whole vast question:
ARE TERRITORIES FREE?" Is this dtclline.
so monstTUus that we could nct believe it-sn
monstrous that. jnsl when il was solemny sane
tiOned by The people, and Government selpc-
ted TO defend it, il coaid he abandoncI uud,.r
The force Oi he logic of assassins aud buile>
by an honorable compromise p What! Mr.
Chairman, that the Territories ought to be
Iree-a sell-cvident and rlonsjrous wiclednesS
u be Instantly abandoned al The threat of
treason the moment treason demands it. WHY,
sir, in The same OF history, OF truth and Of
Cod let Us look at This. Favor to freedom
aud 10 free labor-non favor 10 cxieusion Of
Slavery and slave idDor in be new state and
empires of this continent! Who, sir WI re
aud are the friends and advocates OF this doc
dash the dogs Of rebellion the moment they
bank at u? Why, sir. where dl we learn
that lesson? Who wrre oar schoo!mas.er.?
" Ill The gentleman from Illinois walk with
me u moment in luucy? take Inn to no po4 cb
Uf IsHo. ask him mol To the groves of Ari,-
tote. Lei hirn go with his head uncovered
with me NOW, for / invite lin into an stuya~t
presence. That is not an unnatural fancy
which lets the dead revisit '',he glimp-cs ofib.
mo0n,' ami which has assembled diem again
IN Independence II al ;ts Witnesses Of the sad
spectacle nov before US, the ,l,.a,h-strussIe Ie of
the great r puo!jc modeieI after their teach
ingS ur termed Jy heir bands It Is into tina,
cuuvocut lon that invite gentlemen of this
House aud my counrrynep let us light up
again That Old hail, where they reaSsenbIe
now, with the same old humps which shone
down upon their benches when they we're there
before: Let the books be opened again from
which these lUundeic nf our Government read
the ptecepts winch guided them in our natal
epoch. Lit That locus Of lights which fell up
Oh ID cradle Of tie Republic be again thrown
10 tul biaze upon Us as We stand around what,
alas may tie It's grave Let us look upon the
shades VI our fathers in the same ilumina3iuns
which surrounded th,4ii when thy made the
Republic. Th re these lights are now hang
ing IN vast galaxy around the Chambrr
where, in fancy, our mighty dead have cunp
back. lie WHO turns with most conflenbe to
The teachings Of our holy religion, wond trst
look toward: the Constellation in which art.
grouped the great teachers of that devine faith
In that group he will see BIxtcr Farley.
Wnitliy.d, Clark, Mcknight, Scott. Beat
tie, Butter, Goodwin, and the Whole body OF
the representatives minds Of Chris crd0m-
U; the Protestant iAisn Il esiey may be the
central figure, and oi the "a hJiic, Leo Y: and
all alike are saying in the language OF Wesley
Human slavery is the yiiesJ thing thai ever
saw the Sunlight" and in the language OF Lee
X, not religion ALONE but nature herself c:jc-
oat against slavery
He who reyeres the teachings Of The grea,
masters III public aid in ernalonal law. would
first look at the ligt. UeI1 by Blackstone auc
Aontesqujea, aud sir Wli.iu'a Joaes aud Gro
titus, where Le Mcuid read their uui,eI le-timo
ny written over !h, IL ali in the imm ria
word. of Giotius, thai greet frtlor .! inter
national !aT-" lhcy WHO buy, sci, or abluc
slaves or free men are mcn sys,Irrs' lie VII,
bows reyerenl}, bc;urt ,he men ,viIn give law
To empires, pUnicils 10 States, and character
10 civilization itself, would first sue the liguj
which cine ltom fhe torch held in The hand oi
Fox, and BuiIl., and Cjarksoo, aud Vi!bcr-
force aud Pit; aud wonid read in HAL light In
ut erance Of them all in tie memorable. word
Of Pitt" it is injustice to permit slavery 10
remain single hour il England IIe wdp il
most moved by the mciUdies Of impeiishabi,
song, or is guided by lhe persuasive force nt
high literary productions, would FIST SEQ in this
a,sembage, Addison. Hannah Moore, and DR..
johnson aud their associates in the world ol
letters, aud would read over ;hcm al he words
OF Dir. j Johnson, written ii the !sst which ages
have DOT djmmed, No man is the property of
another" He who bows with tie MOST rrvcr-
ence 10 The eugdst presence Of the common
law, woaid frsI turn to that grand impyIsona-
tiou of lhal law which is over the very en-
trance Of the Chamber where WE now are. f.ord
Mansfield. What he holds in his hand i tle
Judgment OF Kings Bench in the else OF SON
mers-i; that thing which, upon the 22d day ed
June, 1872, belled with zone oi light the
earth as lar as goe, that dominion "whuSe
morning drum-hcist following tIe sun aHl keep
ing pace with the hours, circles the earth with
one cUninuous AMI nnHrol5iu struin ot martial
airs of England" aud which spread all over
the British Goriinion-nay, SIR, all over the
great globe wherever the common law pushes
its sublime swGy-d vast and dazzling cildl
gence The words Of that Judgment, which
are the most important. by far, ever recorded
in judicial records are still there, where they
were when the Republic was made Rcal
them
"THR CLAIM or SLAVERY CAN NEvER BE sur
PORTED"