Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1864-10-18

institution of slavery, the issue is,
whether it shall be settled or not
These men at Chicago talk about the
peace and restoration of the Union;
why don't they tell you whether they
are for re-establishing slavery under
the Constitution or not, for that is
the question Let them show their
hands. Do you want slavery in
again Look us in the face, gentle
men, and look your followers in the
face, andnot like the Auguries of old,
cheat each other with your platform
and your nomination. You think
you have a great connndrum which
nobody can understand. Look us in.
the face, and tell us whether you are
for Incorporating this disturbing ele-
ment iii our system.
SLAVERY NOT WORTH SAVING.
/ am free to say for myself that,
though ! vas born and have resided
all my life in slave State, yet have
been disposed to tolerate rather than
advocate and sustain it. But ssthe
time has come" and the question has
to be Settled, whether the Govern
ment can stand having an institution
in it which can raise itself above the
Government and defy it? This is q
great proposition, lying alongside the
doct,ine Of free government, that no
nation. can exist long while an insti-
tuition exists within its that rises
above the power Of the nation itself
Slavery, under it's arrogant support
ers, has for years substantially CON
trolled the legislation Of this country.
The institution has undertaken to
control the Government, and now
what is the Government to do2 Will
II yield to slavery, and acknowledge
this institution paramount? Are the
thirty millions Of free white people
to he controlled by four millions Of
blacks, and their three hundred and
forty thousand owners? Many
voices, mo, NOT Then the ques-
ton comes up, which shall So down,
the nlstitution Of slavery or this Gov
erGsnent? Voices, slavery"
When this issue came--my friend
here will bear me witr ess-that |
declared if you make the issue be-
| tween the existence Of the Govern
ment, ! say let slavery go aud let
tile Union live. [Great applause. -
And now Is the time, while The Gov
eminent has been broken up in fact
and the pieces are lying about dor
mant, those of them blighted with
slavery, now IS the time to settle this
great question; and every man who
HAS considered the difficuisies we had
TO encounter in 1920 and in 1880 and
Tin 1861, who loves his country will
say, leave slavery out, lGreat
Cheers Let the Government be
paramount, and If the institution Of
! slavery gets in the way of the great
car of State, let slavery go and let
the nation live. [Cheers.]
EMANCIPATION OF WHITE MEN.
While on this subject of emancipa-
ton, word that is often on the lips
Of our opposers, let me say to you
that in the emancipation of the slaves
at the South, You emancipate more
while men than you do black ones.
/ IGheers.1 And while | advocate the
| policy as a principle, / am now for
making & fair and full experiment;
that is, let them all be free, and have
fair start and equal chance IN the
race Of life. While / am for this, and
while / believe the time will come
when they will enjoy tho free gov
ernment, still am for "a white mans
government But if we are white
men, and men of principle and hui
manity, ought we MOTTO be disposed
/ to give the black men a chance p
/ Voices, Eyes; yes" have said to
them in my State, when hundreds of
! them were standing around hearing
my speeches, for them not to be de-
ceived, and run away on a mistaken
idea Of liberty Aid though | be-
lieve that this war and the rebellion
would result in their entire enamel
patton, yet | want to say to them in
1 candor that freedom simply meant
liberty to work and enjoy the prod
uctS or their LABOR, anu InaJ WAS all
there was of it; that freedomI didn't
mean that they were to be turned
loose, as most of them are now in my
State, whore practical abolition has
taken place, and all that is wanted is
to legalize it. [Cheels.1 It is upon
the country, and the blacks as well
as the whites are in a worse condi-
ton than if they were AL free. Take
! the narrowest view of tAematter you
can, without reference to colonization
beyond the United States, if they are
to remain there, their labor can be
made more productive to the State
and nation by their freedom than I'M
der slavery. The negro has been
hitched on to the White man, who
1 has kept him in kind Of negative
position; his labor has been compar-
latively unproductivc he has been
without incentive. and he has work
cd only as he has been driven to it.
WHITE LABOR WANTED IN THE SOUTH.
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