The Shasta courier., 1865-04-29

into the Union with such Constitution as
the people Of tha. State may see fit to make.
do not stand to day pledged to the aboli.
ton of slavery in the District of Columbia
| do not stand pledged to the prohibition
IF the slave trade between the different
States. l am impliedly, if not expressly,
pledged to belief in the right and duty
IF Congress to prohibit slavery in all the
United States Territories" He said further
in explanation of these answers "In re-
gard to the Fugitive Slave Law, have never
hesitated to say. that | think under the Con.
stituton of the United States. the people Of
the Southern States are entitled to Con.
gressional Fugitive Slave Law. Having
said that, | have had nothing further to say
in regard to the existing Fugitive Slave Law
further than that think it should have been
so as to be free from some of the objections
that pertain to it, without lessening its eff
cheney. And. inaSmuch as we are not now
in an agitation in regard to an alteration or
modification of that law, l would not be the
man to introduce it as a new subject OF agi.
tation upon the general question of slavery.
In regard to tie other question, or whether
am pledged to the admission of any more
slave States into tie Union. state to you very
f.ankly that | would be exceedingly sorry
ever to be put in position of having to pass
upon that question. | should be exceedingly
glad to know that there would never he an.
other slave State admitted into the Union
but l must add that. if slavery shall be
kept out of the Territories during the terri
torial existence of any one given Territory,
and then the peonle shall, having a fair
chance and clear field, when they come to
adopt their Constitution, do such an extra.
ordinary thing as TO adopt slave constitu.
ton among them, see no alternative if we
own the country, Tut to admit them into tn e
Union In regard to the abolition of slavery
in the District of Columbia, / have my mind
very distinctly made up. | should be exceed
ingly glad 20 see slavery abolished in the
District of Columbia. l believe that Con
gress possesses the Constitutional power to
abolish it. Yet, as n member of Congress,
| should not with my present views be in
favor of endeavoring to abolish slavery in
the District Of Columbia unless it would be
upon these conditions l. That the abolition
should be gradual. 2. That it should be on
II vote of the majority of qualified voters in
the District. 8. That compensation should
be made to unwilling owners. With these
three conditions. confess would be exceed
inglv glad to see Congress abolish slavery in
the District of Columbia, and. in the Ian.
gauge of Henry Clay. sweep from our Cap.
ital that foul blot upon our nation.'" The
result of the election was vote Of l25 ,215 for
the Republican candidates. who were pledged
TO the 'ectun of Lincoln: l2l. 100 for the
Douglas candidates and SOL for the Lecom-
ton candidates. Lincoln had thus major.
ity of mre than 1000 on the popular vote
over Douglas but the latter was elected Sen
at,r by the Legislature, in which his sup
porters had a majority Il eight on joint bal
lot. On My l6, 1860. the Republican Ma
tional Convention met at Chicago. and on
May 18th began to ball t for candidate for
President The whole number af votes was
4G5-nocessary to choice. 223. On the first
ballot Seward received l733 Lincoln, 102
Cameron, 503 and Bates 4S; while the rest
were scattered among several candidates. On
the second ballot Seward had lS4a and Lin
coin ISL. On the third ballot Lincoln had
354; Seward ll04 Dayton, l; and Judge
MCLEAN J vote. The nomination of Lin.
coin was subsequently made unanimous on
motion of the Chairman of the New York
delegation.