The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-08-29

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sionsl Globe, the other day, l read on /
page 19l, the second session Of tho /
rwepty-nin,h Congress, these sen
tences ''e
Why, then does tho North insist
on opposing the extension Of slavery9 |
| answer: rr..r., .ff....-,
Because, FIRST, as the municipal [
Legislature of the Territories, il is
tho duty Of Congress to promote their
interest. The people Of the free
States thipk, whether enormously or
not, that IL is for tho interest Of any
country that slavery bo prohibited;
aud thinking SO, as the Legislative
power over the Territories, deem il
our duty, whore it can bo done with.
out too great sacrifice, TO exclude
slavery from them, .tt h,,r,.,
Another reason: That Congress is
tho National Legislature, and thero-
fore, must look TO thc national inter.
est; and as the strength aud prospor--
ity Of its parts, il is q duty Of Con.
gress---no insuperable obstacle stand
ing in the way--to pursue such
course OF policy as shall strengthen,
in the greatest degree, tho United
States; aud believing that free terri.
tory would be moro populous, veal
thy abundant in resources aud eve-
rything that makes great a nation, it
is for the national interest to have as
much free territory as possible. CONF
lpaNplew with the existence Of the Up,
ion. %, fee,-.e I'D .,.. .r.t 5ts d.
The third reason, Is that, in tho
opinion Of the North, il is ,ipoonsist-
ent with tho genius of our institu.
tions and injurious TO the character
ofthe United States to extend slavp.
ry, Where it exists let il cxirt says
the North; but do net extend il BY
tho action of the Gonoral Govern.
mcnt, and convert what is now free
States into slave territory, aud eslec-
tally when the only probable means
Of our acquiring foreign territory is
by arms. tN7N Nr'''t',
There is another reason yot, viz
Because orthe States erected out Of
territory acquired subsequently 20
I the Formations of tho Constitution
six are slave statos, to.wit; Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Ar
, kansas and Missouri; aud but one
IOwa) is freo. Aud yet gentlemen
talk about the South having lost by
the Missouri Compromise, and the
North being the gainerl We do moi
think so at the North. roI uIHs1
, The last reason that l shall men,
I tion why this opposition to tho OK.
tension Of slavery oxists in the North
: is, that no limit can bo seen to
! the extension of slave territory IL
such an intordiotI is not interposed.
We cannot acquire free territory"
This extract contains q very fair
statement of the grounds on which
, Mr.. Lincoln waa elected President
] | suspect, however, that agreot man J
of j udge Thurmnn's political friond'
! were in the habit Of calling it aboli
, tionism. Whctheriit is sound doc
} trine or not, 1t is part Of speech
, made by Judge Thurman in Con- res,
on the 18th Of January, 1847. Tho
] Judge had been voting for the Vii.
I mot proviso, / know not how many
times, when Southern Democrat
/ Mr.. Leake, of Virginia, taunted him
, and othor Democrats of his sohool
with hbelonging to n sot of sourveJ
J politicians, who were jcourtiDg tho
, votes Of the Abolitionists," mud
I Judge Thurman, lin reply, made tn
! good Free soil, oor, ii you prefer it
J the good Abolition speechfrom whiel
e lhave quoted. 0i n9l..oiqo alg
y Perhaps somen frioud of Judg
! Thurman will suggest that this Ere
e soil doctrine is not the very poison
0 ofabolitionism, to which such dir,
I consequences are attributable in hi
, Wavefly speech. ioWellg what Other
: doctrine or sentiment did Mr.. Lincoln
entertain on this subjeetH5I l know he
/, said, al was always anti-slavery;
I "slavery wrong or nothing is
wrong" l.'no man has right to loaI
Z his bread in the sweat of another
mans brow" But is there anything
! very dangerous ia these ideas? L
you will look upon an old Gle of SOM
I Democratic newspaper you will find
a in the proceedings of the Ohio Dem
: ocratic State Convention, of January
5 9Th, 184S, this resolutions oi y,.l I
Resolved, That the people of 0hio
= now, as they always have done, look
, upon the Institution of slavery 10 an )
part of the Union, as an OWL, and un.
favorable TO the full development oI
the spirit and practical benefits offree
: Institutions aud that entertaining
these sentiments they will feel il "a
be their duty to use all power consist
: ent with the national compact to pro,
vent its increase, TO mitigate, aud A.
nally to eradicate the evil.
Certainly, this Is indeed I" the poi
: son Of abolitionism. !" At the Soutl
twas known as the abolition plank oI
: the free-soil Democracy, Of Ohio
According to the Cincinnati Eaqnirer
/. of January 10, f849, it was first intro.
|, duced into a Democratic Convention
!. by" Mr.. Thurman, ofRoss.n .eeGs H
: Now,whena gentlemanin whose rec
ord are foundsuch tracks as these, talks
J violently Of " the poison Of abolition
, ism, and speaks Of abolitionists as
persons who are necessarily, ene-
mics OF our GOVERNMENT one natur.
ally seeks for some explanation OF
such singular conduit, / know Of
nothing which explains it better than
a saying of Gen. Benjamin +. Butler,
at the Charleston Convention. Ae-
cording to Mr.. Halstead, of the Gin
cinnati Commercial, General Butler
said " that free-soilism among North
ern Democrats was sort Of political
measels, from which many never en-.