Year: 1860

to be more scrupulous of his rights. l
know he is still human being; they
are still men and women; and there are
thousands now in bondage who are much
more white than black


But whether white or black, they
have the same joys and sorrows, and are
actuated by the same motives that We
are. They may be treated like brutes,
their souls may be ignored, you may
whip and trample them down, but as
they are human beings they will rise
from the utmost degradation and stand
forth in the image of God, the conscious
candidates of immortal life. This gives
them the full consciousness Of their
manhood, that stands as an eternal
proof that they are not always to be
slaves. But if it is right, why this per-
turbation and fear at the South lest their
institutions should fall? Why is it you
withhold knowledge from the slaves?-
What means this persecution of North
ern men who go there? 7 rg


What is this fear of the Helper book?
If slavery is the normal condition of the
race, do you fear that the handiwork of
God will be overturned by these frivo-
lous means? Society in the North needs
no such means to sustain itself. You
may go there and talk against our in
stitutions. We will invite you to preach
the glories of slavery and its normal
condition, and our institutions will stand
frmer than ever after the conflict We
fear no such things, though the Senator
from Virginia (Mr. Hunter) may say
slavery is the normal condition and free
dom but an experiment which is likely
. to come out second best, everything
shows the security of the North, and
shows which is the normal condition OF
man and which is not


Look at the great North Invest, with a
population as great as all your slave
holding States, so secure and conscious
of her strength that she forms an en-
pire of herself. We hear this cry from
the South of "Sourthern Rights" but
we hear nothing from the secure region
of freedom and Free Labor. All this
goes to show that slavery is not the
normal condition Of man, but it is an
institution that has out grown the times
in which it formerly lived, and now
only lives on the suffrage of mankind
I will say nothing about it in the States.
1t is bad enough where there are four
millions of unpaid laborers in competi-
ton with the laborers of the North
Keep it within your own boundaries,
and conduct it in your own way. IF it
is wrong-and it is wrong-your new
philosophy cannot stand the scrutiny of
the present age Yes, more; it is foun-
ded on the selfishness and eupidity of
man, and not on the justice of Cod
There is the difficulty with your insti-
tutions, and the foundation ofyour fear.
But as to the vast Territories of this
country, if I am right, and slavery is
branded and condemned by the God OF
nature, then, in Heavens name, go with
me to limit it, and not to propagate this
curse. Now I ask Senators what they
find in this Republican party so repul-
sive to them.


Our principles are only these: we
hold that slavery is wrong, and incon-
sistent with the best interests of the
people, and we demand that it shall be
limited This limitation will not be
hard upon you, because you have land
enough to support a population as large
as that of Europe, and centuries will
roll away before you will occupy what
you now have. The next thing we hold
is the principle of the Homestead bill;
and we demand, also, that there shall be
protection to Northern labor against the
pauper labor of Europe. These are the
only measures of the Republican party


Mr. Wade closed by referring to the
free negroes of the country, who, he said
were the victims of deep rooted prejudice
so deep as to make it apparent the two
traces could not inhabit the same place
Many States were now trying to drive
them out. He thought this Government
owed it to justice and to themselves to
provide some means whereby this un-
fortunate class might emigrate to some
congenial cline, where all their faculties
would be developed There were such
countries in Central America, where CHI
mate and soil are alike suited to them,
and where place could be obtained for
them.


He would not do them an injustice,
or in any way compel them to do any
thing against their interests, but he
hoped this principle would be engrafted
on the Republican platform, and then
we shall hear no more about negro
equality or anything of that sort. He
would have the two races separate, and
have them both prosperous and happy
in the climate best suited to their nature
each enjoying that liberty and freedom
from all opposition which is the God.
given right of every human being.