The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-03-19
Ross-H HuntressCompany
Cor.West and Grove SITS.
Rutland Vermont.

stands pledged to prohibit slavery In
oil the territories OF the United States,
north as well as south of the Missouri
compromise line
al am implledly, IL not express
ly pledged to belief In the right and
duty OF congress TO prohibit slavery In
nll the United States territories. lGreat
applause.l
20. tt desire him TO answer
whether he Is opposed TO the acquisi-
tion of any new territory unless slav.
cry is first prohibited therein
al am not generally opposed to
honest acquisition OF territory. and In
any given case would or would not
oppose such acquisition, accordingly
as | might think such acquisition
would or would not agltate the slavery
question among ourselves.
"Now. my friends. II will be per
ceived upon an examination OF these
questions and answers that so far !
\ have only answered that d was not
pledged to this, that or the other. The
Judge has not framed his interroga-
tories TO ask me anything more than
this, and have answered In strict ac-
cordance with the interrogatories and
have answered truly that ! am not
pledged at all upon any Of the points
TO which | have answered. But | am
not disposed to hang upon the exact
form of his interrogatory. am rath-
er disposed to take up at least some
OF these questions and state what
really think upon them.
"As to the first one, IN regard to the
fugitive slave law, have never hesi-
tated TO say and ! do not now hesl-
tate to say that think under the con-
stitution Of the United States the pao-
Pile of the southern states are entitled
to congressional slave law. Having
said that, have had nothing to say
In regard to the existing fugitive slave
law further than that think II should
have been framed so as to be free
from some Of the objections that per-
tain to 1t without lessening Its eff
cheney. And inasmuch as we are not
now In an agitation in regard to an al
teration or modification Of that law l
would not be the man TO introduce II
as new subject Of agitation upon the
general question Of slavery
"In regard to the other question, OF
whether am pledged to the admis-
sion Of any more slave states into the
Union, ! state TO you very frankly
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 be another slave state
admitted into the Union. but must
add that II slavery shall be kept Jut
of the territories during the territorial
existence OF any one given Territory
and then the people shall, having fair
chance and clear field when they
come TO adopt the constitution. do such
an extraordinary thing as TO adopt
slave constitution uninhuenced by the
actual presence OF the Institution
among them, ! see no alternative. II
we own the country. but TO admit
them into the Union. lAppIause.l
THE third fnterrogatory is answered
by the answer to the second. 1t being.
as ! conceive. the same as the second.
1.-THE fourth one is In regard TO the
abolition Of slavery In the District OF
Columbia In relation TO that have
my mind very distinctly made up.
should be exceedingly glad 10 see sav-
cry abolished In the District OF Colum.