Year: 1860

people want slavery; no matter about
prohibiting it where the people don't want
it-they prohibit it themselves. Hence,
the republicans want Congress TO prohib-
il slavery whenever and wherever the pco.
pie want TO have it. The secessionists of
the South, on the other hand, demand
that Congress shall maintain and protect
slavery wherever the people don't want
it. They say that they are going to have
it protected by Congress wherever neces-
sary, and that it is not necessary so long
as the people want it, for if they want it
they will protect it themselves. Itis on
ly necessary when the people don't want
it, and that is the only time they are 60
ing 10 interfere to protect it. Thus, both
of those parties rest their respective claims
on the doctrine Of Intervention by Con-
gress with slavery in the Territories in
opposition to the right of the people in
all cases. The democratic party, on the
other hand, proclaim the doctrine of non
interference by Congress with the domes-
tic institutions of the people everywhere.
Applause. We say to the Federal gov
ernment, Hands of Touch not the
local affairs of the people!" We say to
the Federal government, what our fathers
said to the British Parliament, "Mind
your own business" :" That's right
Passing through Vergennes the other day,
a gentleman in the cars called my atten-
tion TO an old piece OF Continental mon
ey. "Did you ever mind those words
Mind your own business 2" Another
gentleman in the cars called my attention
10 an old Massachusetts, coin, on the re-
verse side of which was "Mnd your own
business" ["That is very good crecd.'l
That was the creed of our fathers in the
Revolution. That was what they said 10
the British Parliament when they at
tempted to force slavery on the colony Of
Virginia against its will. That is what
our fathers said to the British government
when it attempted TO control our people
in their local and domestic affairs, and Ia
dictate what kind of paper they should
write on. Our fathers said TO the British
government "IIands off! Mind your
own business" And in order that they
might perpetuate that motto, and render
it familiar to their children, they placed il
upon their paper money and on their coin,
in order that every child should learn 10
read it. Let us now act on that princi-
pie. Let us say to Congress, "Mind your
own business, and let the Territories
alone"


l have word moro TO say TO you, and
then l have dono. i presume that many
Of you have business before Congress Of
some kind or other. Perhaps one Of
you has claim for pension. If so, ask
your Representative, when he comes
home, what became of your bill. Hell
tell you that be did the best he could fol
you, but that it was lost for want of time
"Why lost for the want of time" "Oh,
Congress occupied the whole time in dis
cussing the slavery question, and there
was no time TO pass your pension bill.'
Another may have an interest in The
French spoilation bill. Ask your Repre-
sentative what became of that bill. Lost
for want of time; slavery question occu-
pies the whole time; no chance for any
thing else" Ask your Representative
why they did not remodel the tariff, ii
order to raise money enough to defray tho
expenses of the government without Dor.
rowing twenty millions of dollars year
They will tell you the only reason that
the bill was lost was for want of time
Tho negro question occupies the whole
time; no chance for the tariff. Ask then
why they did not pass a Pacific Railroad
bill, and at the same time remind then
that Fillmore was pledged to Pacific
Railroad when candidate in 1856, anC
Fremont was pledged to it-all three par
ties pledged to it. Yet the very bill, tn,
very measure to which all parties wer,
pledged, could not get majority in ei
ther house of Congress. Ask your Rep
resentativo why? "Lost for the want O
time; tho negro question takes up all tn
time, and there is no time left to attenC
TO the material interests of the country
at least to the interests of the whit
folks, as my friend in the crowd says. II
my opinion, the government of this coun
try is the white mans government. l
was made by white men for the benefit
white men, and ought to be administered
by white men. [Cheers. And l thnl
the white men have a right to n smal
portion of the time at least, so that thei
business may be attended to. You neve
will have appropriate legislation on an.
of these questions before Congress-anC
/ am not discussing the question as I,
what the legislation ought to be-bu
you never will have the subjects consider
ed and acted upon until You Danish th
negro question from the halls Of Congress
Let us Danish that question from Con
gress forever. Remand it TO the pcopl
of the Territories who are interested in il
Let them do as they please, subject t
the constitution of the United States, an
there will be no cause of controversy be
tween the North and the South. Main
tain the doctrine Of non-intervention an