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Show A POLITICAL TEXT-BOOK FOU 1860. , ~LIs Mt n little presumptuous In any one at this day to I Ucans." In all our ooutenU a.lmu t llat the two thllll):i which that Congre:lll ddilwr- of you deem~ ati uucouclition ~ with one another, encb atcly fraul ed, anti carried to maturity at the :mme time llepubllcaui~m" u~ Lho tlr!!t Ll~ cotnd~mnatloa of" llltlcll are a bllolutcl.Y incousi:~tent with each other? And doc~/ deed such condemnation of uu~, o c uttcntl~d to. ln. '.tOt ~~ch .a.tlinnallon become .impurleutly ab~un.l when blc prcrcqui:;Ue-liccll:je BO ~~ :cc.~l~ ~o be an tndlspcn~a. co.up cd With the .other affirrno.tJOn, from the ·::une mouth, u:ittcd or permittee! to ~peak. t p~a , among you to tc ad- L!.ut tho e who clld the two things allcgctl to be Jncon:;l~- Now cnu ou or 11 ~. ~· ·, ~eul uudcn;toocl whether they really were incon islent con~id~r wh!tl.e~· this~~· ~~i£,t e.v,~~l~d upon to pausll and to cttcr than we-betwr than he who affirms that they nrc solv e~? c JUS o W!, or even to your. lucuu, l :~ tellt ? jj 1 f d r It. i:; surely SfLfe to nssume that the " thirty·ninc " be I;·.L~i~n~~~~~~ c~~~~~~l~a~gcs and ~pcclficatlons, and tben r:uw~~ of Ule original Colls~itution, and the sevcnty-~ix Y~u say we arc scctior~:~.llear u,s < ~ny.or J,~stlfy. t~lclllbt;;l ~ of tha Congress which framed the arneudlncnll! L~:mc. ·uHI tho burclou of. W~ ~cny tt. J ha\ makes aQ L lcrc~u, ~akcn togcUlcr, do ccrt:Linly lnciutle th t> c who tlucc y~ ur rroof· 'lOti wharr~oit? ~f~u y~u. You pro. tu.ay e alrly callc~ "our fathers who fn.tmod tho Oov- has uo cxL'!teoc~ ~l y ou. ' ·tl y, t lilt ou~ party !lt nmcnt uutlcr whtch we llve." .And so .,~suuriu I sccti ' ' ' ' . I sec on- gets no votes lll your uefy any. man to show that any one of them ~~cr iugil is the l~ll~~c ?I b¥ /lt~t c;s ,llubt~t~nt!ally true ; but docs It prove whole ltfc, declared that, in his unuen!tiUJtlii;' . ·I . ocs, . leU lll case we l!houid, without :::~rcr/l~~i;i0n of 11oc~l from fetleral authorlt.y, ~;. ~~~ ~~:~~~~~c t~~~~~~c~~~~cbteog~~ ~~c1~~nva~tcs ~~~ yo~r section, we o c oust tutlon, forbade the Jo'cderul Oovau- this conclusl n . 1 . ou cannot escape atOn t to coutrol a.s to Slavery In the federal territories lf you , . o ' at~;l yet, arc you wllllng to abidll by IH I go a step further. I defy any one to show tltnt an. CCtU~, at e ,,y~~ wt probably soon find thu.t we have l:vlng mnn in the whole worltl ever did, prior to the bJ. tlou ~~·to vl~u ::~ec.~ional,, for ~c shall get vote:; in your sco.. gmnt ng of the present century (ll.nd I Ill I • 1 • 'I L:i cry y e,Lr. ): ou wtll then begin to di:lcovcr ns 11 J'ior t tl b . . 1 g I• a mos. say • 1c truth phi.nly is tint yo . ( tl • .. . o le egtnmng of the IILSL half of thu pre cnt ceo- ki:mc Th. f· ·ttl . 't ' ut proo . ocs not touch the L~tY). declare that, in hid understandin an • . • · c . ,\c ~·l wu get no votctJ tn y our section Jg a drvHuon of locn.l from federal ILUthorit ~; un Y pr~pur ?ct ~f y out mah.mg, and not of ours. And If there be Utu ConsLitutlon forbade thu l<'cdcnJ'a o y p:u of au.lt Ill thu.t fa ct, that fa ult i::~ primarily y ours and re euutrol s t Sl , vcruruent to mamg so until you s how that 1 , . I a o n very in the fed eral tcrrit0rics. 'r u th ose pdnciplc or .. ·t' I we rope you by some wrong w .u> now so declare, I gi vc, uot only ,, our father::~ who }J'ln I . 1>.' ~c. ~~~~· f we ~.lo repel y ou hy any wrong framed. the Govt:rnmcnt under which we II ve II but . 1 t c plu ~~ pr.wlluc, the fault lli ours; \)lit thill brings you them :l.ll other living Ill CD within thc century in II ·\~II· ~ ? rilC ~C .} .ou o u~ht to ha.ve .s tarted- to a. discussion of the walj framed, among whom to search, and Liley sha.~ ~ c : bl r ? 1 /' wt Oil!{ ol our prtnctple. lf our principle, put in !ll>le to l.lnu the evidence of u. single wan agre ',i r o ·t? pt t}c l~e, would wr?ng y our section for· the bcnellt of ours U1em. e ng WI 1 ~~e or a~y other ob;cct, then our principle, nnd we with i~ ~~~~· o.nd here, let me guard u. Ilttle ~galnst being mis- suchse~i'?~~al, anti, arc jul:!tly opp?scd and denounced M ~o er ~to o~. I do not wean to say we arc bound to folio I 1 • cc u~, th e.n, on the qucllLton of whether our prln· nup~icJtly tn whatever our fathers did. To do so ld bvr c Jl~,lput .In p.-acltcc, would wrong your section. and so to urscu.nl all the lights of current expcricncc~~ou . ·~ rueo t as tf it were P08~ibl c lhu.t somcthin,; may be suld all p rogres:;-nll improvement. What I do sa is o t~~e~ on our side. Do y ou accept the chnllcngc? No? 'fheu ~V() WOUld SUpplant the Opinions and pOliCy Of~ur' {• t~t, tf r~U really believe that the principle which OUI' fathers WhO ~u ~uy case, we shouhl do so upon evidence so conel~~:~r:i ~a.m~d tl.:e Government un~ler which we live thought so an argument so clear, that even their reat h .· e, c cary r ght as to adopt lt, and indor~e It again and fl.\ll'~y considered nr;d weigh ed, cannot llfund. ~~tu o:r;~~t ~~aln, upon their oOidal oath~, Is, in fact, so clearly BurJly not In a case whereof we ourselves declu.ru lh :; VI o~~ as to tlemaud your condemnation without. o. mo- ) uu ~;:r!;toot! the question better than we. cy men s con:~itlcration. _If .anY. ~.an, at this d;ly, sincerely believes th ~ome of Y?U delight .to flaunt in our faces the warolng Jl' opcr diVISIOn or local from ftJdcl·al llutl ·· t at a ngaiost scctwnal Jlnrltcs given by Washington in 1111 pa.rL of the Constitution, forbids the l•'t.:der~~'Q.I;e~~ nan; ~··arcwcll Address. Le!;S than eight years befo re Wash· ~.y, control us to Slavery in the fedend territories heet~ll wgto:t gave that warning h? had, as l'ros irl 'nt or the ~h: to :>~y so_, !lt;ld to enfor ce his position by all tr'uthful Unl~cd, Sl~tcs, UJlJ.H:ovod and Slgnod an act ofUongrcss enovr~ cnce ,tud Jatr argument which he can 13ut 1 1 forclllg Lhe prohil!tlwn of ~lavery in the northwcMtcrn 'J'crrl ng t to m.islcad others, who have less a'cccsa t~e ~~~a~ ~o tory, which act embodied the policy of the Government f.'~~ l~ss leisure to study it, into tile false belief that~~ ~~y u~on ~bat sui>jec.t, up to aud at the very moment he 1·~ , ;,18• who framed Lhe Uo vernmcot under which r ftcnnet that wamtng ; and about one y ear after ho UP•~"')d l r ve~ w~e of th~ same opiuiou- thus substituting rate t b~ wrote Lafaycttl!, that he considered that ~ ... 'rnoltion ,too tan deception for truthful evitlunce anti f·dr ar ~c- ~ w ;~e measure, exprcs:;ing in the same connection his fnte,u • If any man at this day Hinccrely belle,Vt i " gu- Sl~ptc that we shoul<.l 1:1ometimc have a confederacy of tree J. •ICrs, who framed th 0 · our .a es live 11 e ovcrnment uudcr which w H · 1 . ougitt ~SCl: .and ~p!Jiic<.l priuciplc~, iu other cases, wltic!~ sin .e,a~· ~!~ .thts In min.tl, and seeing that sectionalism has <I 1 . 0 1·1 ve let! them to uuuorstand that a . . ce ,u ~t>c n upon tl1t::1 IHune subject is that warning a u~~1:~~Ln t~f local fr?m federal authority or some par~~~~~~~ wcu!>ou ,111 your harul!; llg:t!nst us, or, ih our hnruls ngains\ a t Stu tou, .forbtdil the fetleral government to cont I bfu l Could Wu ~ltington hiuuJelf speak would he' cast the s~ on a~crylw the Federal 'l'urritories he Is ri~.rht to fj:o ame of that ~cctionalbm upon u:., who' sustain his pollcy bliity o~t Je .~.IO.uld, at thtl same time, b~ave tho respono~~ o~ ~~onl{ou, who rcpuuiatc it? We respect that warnloi Ll•ulr prin e~~>t~m~ that, In his opinion, he und erstand~:~ ~is e~l~tt '\gtont ar;d we commend it to y ou, togct!Jcr wllli es leclall h t: .:ttcr Lh<\u they ditl t.hemscl ves . and • l np c poUt Ling to the right applicaLiou of it. l!e~ Ling tf.·l~ t~ultl}e ~ot shirk that responsibility by ns tiv~ut ylol~ say you nrc conservative- eminently conscrvaaud even butte~Y tl un erstoou the question just as well. thin-g~~ l'le wo arc revolutionary, destructive, or some· , , tan we Llo now." ' • IC !!Ort. What. 6 con~crvatL~m ? Is it not ad-out who frntr:nuto:du gtllt • Let all 1 1 1 he rcnce to the oil · 1 t · · 0 w 10 Jc icvc that '' our htherR 'V t' k t .lnt nod, a gamst the new and untried r st0ou ;he que:~ oy-ernuHmt under which we live ~ndc~~ po? ~ ~~ to, contend for, the identical old policy on tho do no~ , , l! on JU~t as well, and evcn hotter th·u1 w~: 1 10 Ill controvcr11y which was a1lopted by our fathers it. 'l'hl~ is ~~~:~~t as L~1~Y spoke, null a ct as they a~lecl upon ; 0 10 f~~\mcd the Government unrlcr which we live; whlle iu relati on t~ . 1 up·u· tcan~ ask-all .ltcpublicans ucsrn,.._ olc.t' wtr 1 one ac~ord , n•ject, and ~;cout, aud spit upon that tt be again mark~ vel(·. A~ ~hose f..t.thcr:; marked it. 80 let 'l'ru ,P0 , tcy, ~~1 <.1. ~~~~1st upon sulJ:>tituting something new. tulcratcd and pr~~··~t!:! ~u e~Jl not Lo be extended, but to be stit~te.} 0 ~ ~::s~gt cc among yourselves as to wiHlt that sub· ~ctual prcscucc .. c c 011 Y becau!;e of anti so far as lt::1 ro 1 ~ ta ~e. You ltave cotl.~idcrahlc variety of new tuction a. necessi~mo nf.us makes that toleration anti pro- ~u~~'i. tons :;nd plan~, hut Y?U arc unanimous In rej cct.lng t;:we It be not y. ~t all the guaranties thos~;; fathP-r::~ cnounc ng the old pohcy of the fathe rs. Some of tuiu ed.' l•'or thi. g~u,dg 1~1 ~ly, but fully and fairly, nau.ln- gyo~ n:rc ~0{ 't'ivinl{ the foreign sla ve-tmdu; some for a con- I'M M I know s ~pu ltcans contend, and with this so rcsslon,L s ;~ve-code for the 'l'crrltories; sorue tor Con- Au(} now If 0t~l bclrt:ve, t.ll~y w•ll he content. ' ~~~;m ~or?ldtlmg tho 'l'enitories to proltlblt lavery within not, 1 wouiu audeY, wo.ult futon, as I suppose they will ric ~h mt~; son~c f_or mu.i.nta.inln~ Sli~very In the Terrlto-plt!. ress a e1v words to tlle soutllcrn poo- cl ~ , r~~g ~,the JUdtciary; sqme fot· the" gur-rcat pur-rln· 1 would s·t t P 0 t 1at if one man would enslave another, no third able anu a ]~t 0 !~e~ ; You consider yourselves a. reason- ~:~sfn sh~~lu object," fantastically called "l'opular Soqualities of reai plcct' ~ntll consider that in the gener·Ll r 1 e g~t~! 1 but never a mrt.n among you In fnvor of fcde other p coplc ~:\t"n 1 Justice you a.ro not inferior to a~y t~ trro 1 lttf0 or Slavery in F'elleral1'crritorles, according you clo so oniy to Ld~t w l ei~ you speak of us l!cpubllcans und ~~ P~~~l co of .our fathers who frame<.l the Go\·crnmenl tt::l no bctt.:r th·Ln 0 Jounce us as reptiles, or, at tho boot' cane 1 w c 1 we live. Not one or all y our various plfull pirato.<t or murrl~rur. u,~:tlvs. 'f ou ~ill gr::\nt n hllaring t~ in \ 1 1°.\1" a precedent or an Bdvocate in the century wit!. "• v~t uotlung llkc it to "l.!Jack ll 0 w c 1 our Government origirntcd Consider then. cvu · whether your claim or cowerv~u_;m f~r yoursclv~, an• SLAVE JNSlJRRECTIONS-DRED SCOTT. your oha.rge o! dostructlven <'SS a gainst. us, arc hased on I a go, "It Is still In our power to clln•ct the pror.ess or emnntbe most cl e1~r o.nclstnblo foundations. clpat.ion, a.ncl dC'por tntion, peaceably, and In such 11low Again y ou say 've h:we ma de the Slavcr·y question degrees, ns tha t the evil wi ll we:\1' off in~em1lhl.v; :Lntl their more pr~minent than It fo rmerly wns. We deny it. We I places he, pari prtllllll, fi llc1l up hy frrP whit e lnhorcra. admit that It Is more prominent, but we lleny th at we 1 lf, on the contmry, It i!! left to forc-e it ~l'l f on, humnn Ill\· made it so. It was not we, but y ou, who discarded the tnr~> mu"t shudtll't' a t tire prospect hl·ltl up." ~ld policy of the f:~the rs. We r esis t ed, and s till r esist, Mr .. Jcll'et·Hon 1li1l not mean to s~1 y, nor doT, that thr your innovation ; nnd th ence comes the greater prnr11i- ' power of cmnndpation is in tht' ~\· d c ral C:m·<•rnnwnt. lie nence or the quest ion. Would y ou ha ve th at quest ion r c- spoke of \'iq.:inia; and, as to the power of emancipation duccd to Its former proport.lons? Go back to that ut1l I speak of the Rlavehol<Iing ~lalcs only. ' policy. Wh1tt has been will be again, under the same The Federal 00\'e rnment, however·, ns we i n ~ lst, Ita~:~ the conditions. If you would have the peace of tl1e old p ower of restraining the c x te n~lon of the lnstltutlon-tbe times rc-aclopt the precepts and p olicy of the old limes. power to inRure that 1t !!lave lnsul'l'ectlo»a shall never occur Yo1~ clmrgc t.111Lt we stir up insu rr ect io ns among y our on any American 11oil which is now frcl· from 'la1·cry. slaves. W0 deny it; :\nll what is your proof ? Jla r per 's J ohn Brown'B ctrort wn~ ptculhr. It w:u; not asla1·c lu}' erry 1 .J ohn 1l1·own I .J ohn Brown wa:l no lt epuh llc11n; surrt'Ction. It was an att.c1npt. hy wlille men to get. ur :L and you ha ve fail eu to Implicate a ~> I ngl e ltep ubl icun In revolt among siavl'H, in whiel1 the ~l aY\'~ rcfu~cd to pu.rticihis Harpe r's l•'err.v enterprl!!C. lf a ny membe1· of out· pate. Jn fact., iL was ~>O Hb:·mr·tl tlaaL tlae RlaYl·s, with a.JI party is guilty in thM llllLtt.e r, you know it, or you do 110t th ·ir ll!'norance, s:tw phduly ·nou).;'h it could nQt !.Ut'Cl. •11. know it. lf you do know it, you arc in cx cusahle t.o not Th:Lt a lfair, In Hs pl 1ll O~nplty , cone~;pond:; with many a tdoslgnatc the man, antl prove the fact. If y ou do not tempts, related in history, aL the aHsas~in:Ltlon of Killl;S anti know It, you a rc incxcusiLblo to asser t it, fill(! esp eci~tlly ~: mpcrors. All cnt h u~i :u;t broods OVl'l' the oppresslota of a to pcrsi~t in the assertion after you ha ve t ried and f,Lil cd people till he fan cie!:l hin1!1clf cntllmil:lsloned by lft>avt•n to to wake the proof. You n eccl not be to ttl that pcrsl!lting lihl· rate them. Jle vc11t ures the ntll-mp ~, which t:llliR lu to a charge which one doe~ n ot know to be t rue, is situ- lit tle else titan in his own 'Xt'<·utiou. OrHini's att•·mpt 011 ply IL mali cious slander. Louis Na poleon, and J ohn Browu'::; attempt at llarprr's Some of y ou admit that no Repu blican clesign edly J!'crr,v, we re, in their phllosophy1 precbcly the same. '!'lac aided or encour aged the ll~\rp er's .Ferry ILffttir; but still eag-cme~s to ca8t IJ lante on ultl En ~l and lu tl ae one CHSI', !odist th:lt our doct r ines and d eclarations n ecessarily :wei on r cw l':n!-'ilwd In the otlter, tlocs not dhiprove the lend to such rcsultR. We do n ot belie ve it. We know sameneHs of the two thi n ~::~. we bold to no docLrine, ami rn~\ke no cleclltmtions, which Ancl how much \Yould iL avail you, if you could, by t h<' were not hchl to :tml made by our fat hers who framed nsc of J ohn Brown, ll clper's book, a nd the likt·, break up the Governmen t un1ler which we live. You never d ealt the Hcpuulican organlimt lon? Human action can \.)c modra. irly hy us In relation to this affa ir. When it occuned, !lied lo some extcut, buLhuutan na ture cannot lie ch;tn~ctl. some important ~tate elections were near at hand, ancl 'L'h erc J~ a jutlgm •ut a nd a fceli n~,; against Slavery iu thl..o; you were in evident. glco with the b elief that, by ch:trg- nat ion, which cast at ll·ast a million and a hal( of votes. ing the blttme npon us, you could get an ~\dv:wtage of ns You ca nnot df'stroy that j ndgrnent nnll feeling-that !ll'll In those elect.ions. 'l'lac elections ca ntc, and y our ex- timcnt.-by hreakin~ up the politir;~l orgauization wlti ·h pectations wer·e not quite fulfill ed. l'~very ltcpuhlica.n rallies around it. You can sca rctly ~;caller and cli~perHl' man knew that., as to himself 1tt least, y our charge wtLS a nn a rmy which has been fon ncd Into onlur in the face of elandcr, and he wtU~ not much incline<.l IJy it to cast hi::~ your henYicst !irt>, hut if you could, how much would ynn vote in yonr fav or. Itt•publlcan doctr ines aml dcch\ra- gain hy forc:ng the st>ntiment \1 hich created it ouL t1f lhc lions nre accompanied with n. contimutl protest a gainst peaceful chJLn nd of the hallot box, Into some other c.lran· any interference whatever with your ~laves, or with y ou ncl? Wh:tt wouJ,I tlt:Lt otltcr channel prohahly he? \\ outcl abouL your slave!\. Surely, this doc::~ not encourage U1cm the number of J ohn Jlrowns be lessened or cnlargl•d by the to revolt .. 'l'ruc, we 1lo, In common with our fat.hers, who opcr:\tion? . framed the Government under which we live, dcclttrc Hut. you will b reak np the e n ion rtLthcr t.l.an sulm11L to a our belief thaL, 'lavery is wrong; b u~ the sltLVCS clo not denial of your constitutional l'lgl1l H. . hear us declare even this. .For anyth ing we sn.y o r do, 'J'hat. haH :L f:Omc wlmt reckle~s sound ; hut 1~ would be the slaves would scarcely know t here is a. Jlcpul> iican pnlliat ell, if not fully j nsllllctl, were we pro posrn~, I.!J: the party. 1 believe they woui tl n ot, in facL, f.{C ncra.lly know llll'rC force of lllllllben;, Lo depr!l' tl . you or some rtght, JL but for y our misrepresentations of us, i11 their lte:tri ng. plainly written down !11 the Co n~tttutton. liut we n.rc pro- 1 ~1 your political contest. n.mong yourselves, each fac- poHinl( no such thing. . . liOn . cha.rges the oth er wiUt Ry tllpatlly with mack Jte- When you 1111\ke thcs t' (~tcl:lrnl tonR, you hare :1; speclflc pubhc;w r~m; and th en, to give p oint to the charge, nne! well-u n(\(>r:;toocl alluswn to an a !Jumccl con ttL~tlonal defines Black ltepublic·lllism to t:-ir nply be iusurrection right. of yonrs to take ~Shtres into the federal t ·rrttorlcs, biC1od :111cl thu nder ~llll~ng the sltwcs. ' and to hold t h~m t h •rc a:; property. Hut no such right is Slave iu~urrcct ions a re no more common n ow than !lpPcl!ica lly writttn In the Cou,;titu!ion . 'J'I_tat instrument they were before tltc l~epuhlican Jmrty wn~ orga nize<!. is lit.emlly ~ilent ahont a ny such rtl(ltt. 1\ ,., on the conWitat irHlucPti the Hout harnpton in8urrect ion, twenty- tra ry , ckny th:tt such a ri ~!tt. has Ill I) existence in the Con- ~ight ye:trs ago, i11 which, :tt. J ea~t. th ree ti 11ael! as many stitutin11, even hy h nplicallo.n. . . hves were lost as at lla.rp er'~ .Ferry? You can scarcely Your p urpose, thl'n, pl:uuly sttLied, ts, that you ,,,11 stretch your very clas tic fancy t.o the co n clu~i o n that clt~st roy the (1 oremrncnt, nn!ess. you be ullowcd to conSouthalnpton was got up by Jllack Hcpublicanism. ]n st.ruc and enforce tlac Conslltll liOJI as you pl e~lilc, on :dl tit~ prcseuL ~>tate of t.ltings in the Uni ted ~t atcs, 1 do not p oint!l in cliHpute bcLwceu you a nll u~. You wtll rule or llunk a gc ncml, or e ven a v ery ex ll·n~ive ~ l ;we insu r rec- r uin in all event ~. tlou, is po~si l.> l c. 'l'he indis pensable conrcrt of action 'J'h is, plainly st;Lt ctl, iR J'Olll' langu ng~ to 11'~· l~erhar ~ cannoL he att ain cu. 'l'he sl:tvcs ha ve 110 men us of mpld y ou will to;ay the Supre111c Cour t l1as tlcctllecl the tl r:putetl cor~ununicat ion; u or can inec ndiary frcL' utc rl, l1lack or ('onsti t utio tHLl que~tion i r~ ~·ot r t: fa vor. 'ot. qullc so. wlute, supply it. The cxplosh'C tu;Ltcrbtl arc every- But waivin g- the lawyer':~ d 1~llll~l ron b etw ccn.l~u·tu."~ ~od where lu parcels ; but th c r·e neither ttre, uor can be s up· dcci::.-ion, the Cour ts ha ve tlendt!tl t he I)Ucs.twn lol. ) <>.u pil ed, tlte in~lispen$able connecting tmins. . in a sort of wn.r. :rhe Co~n·ts ha\'e .su t;:;t:wt r:dt.~· :;a:d.' IL Much is s;ttd by ~out.lwrn people about the nffectton of is your onstttuttomll n ~;ht. tu t.th.c ~o.lavc~ rnto .be slaves fo ~ their lll!IKte r~:~ antl mistrc;;se.,;; a11tl a p:LrL of it, fl•tl eral t cr rito ri t•. , nrHI.t ~ hol<l t lac111 I h~re as J~ropcl~ tY; T at least, lS true. A 11 tot fur· au uprbiu~ could Hca rct•ly he \\'hen I sa.y the.clt•l·tsl.ot.t 11 a, .made 1n t\ s~ ' .t, of.11.aJ.' " tlcvi~c•l :ttHI cornmunic;ttctl to t,wcutv indiviclu als hufore mean it was made 111 a d rvtdcd t o.urt by a !><lt c 11 • 1 • 1 Jon ty som~: CHIC of tht~m, to save t11c life of ·a favorite nwRLcr or of the J udges, aucl they nut. 1!'11 '~ agre1 ' 11 • 1 !{. wrth on~ mlstrcs~, would clivul)!C it. This 1:! the rule ; nut! the anoth er in the re:.l:lOIIS fo "'11 '-. 111 1\ rt i tl~:llll 1 ~ ~0 Jlla<i.~. Sitl.l'e-rcvolution in I btl li was not an cxl·t•ption to it, hut ~~ lli' that its avowecl ~:~upport~:n• clt-;agrec.wl lh one .tnotlacl Case occuning uwkr.' JH 'l'llliar cin;Utl lol<\llCl'S. 'J'hc gun- a hout, its mcuning, llll tl t h:LI it was main ly ~ll>~et~ llJ~0 ~' a ~owdcr plot or ll ril i~h ltb;tory t.hou·rh not c0nnected with mist •• k en t<t:ttement of f;Lct-l hc l! ln telllC~JL 11 . 1 t~te 0 1>· 111011 slaves, was 111orc In p oiut. l'n'tltat c~u1e, ou iy 1~1Jout twenty that "the r i!(ltt. of yroper~.Y in a ~lav~, 1 ~ tlrstrnctiy ILUtl were atla nit ted to the llC'Tct · oncl y et one of them In !till e xr)l'cssly tdlirane1i1n tl a' Con:;tilu t iOll. i " I •• ' ' • u l't li w' ll IJ!tOW th·lt u.e anx ely to save a fl'l entl he tt"~yed the J)lot to th ·~t fri t·tHI An inspcct.ion of t.h<' tll lb 1 u on 1 ' I • · • • · 1 · t 1J'~t l n ctly·l nde x )' res~ly um, by l'OilSPqnt nce ·wcrtetl the c;~hlllll y Occ·u;ional right of p ropertv 111 as ;tve 1 ~ 110 1 • • • )) )·, . · f ' ' ' · ' · · 1 · ·1· · · · 'lltho Jud••esdonotJ1l<dgt• t so n1n v;:~ ron1 thu kitchen ;\ntl open or ·tt-:Litl•y a ss:tsHI· alltrmcd 11 n. , e,u "1 111 111 • n • • • nations in t!te llcld nntll oc;d re volts extcnditw to'\ score their j tHiicia.l opinio11 thnt s uch is n ght 18 unpltetll.l :~r-or ~·o , w1' Jl t·out·l uue' to occur as the llltt·u r·tl re:"-< ults 'o f ~.I :\· thmed ·1 11 t 11 e ' on~ l 1t u t'H HI ·• l.>nt they lJk• tl..,r c thl:!rr vea,a c1i.t y vc ry · I t, • ' ' · • l' i J , 1 I C Xj ll' l'~sly a ihr nwd lhe"e- ' t 11+- 1 ) ll Ill) genc rU.llll!!Ul'l'CCtlOn Of !:'iftVC:J ,IIR l think, '1\ll th:tt It lt< ( 1' 1 IIC( ) I ll~ · '; ' . r , ,, happcu in tlrb country fot· 11. long time. Whoever much ti11 cliy ," that is, not mtngletl w~th :uty th tng e!"c- «' 1 · fcar8! or much hopes, for such au event w\11 be alil\O tli::~· pre~~l.v," that Is, in words lllell tltllg JUr>t that, ~~·.tth~nt.the IIJ•}IOllllcd. ' a id of any infe rence, aud HII:'~Cept !hie. of !II~ ot hct. n~cnn1 111!i b Ule language of Mr. Jcll'er~ton, u•,tercd many years lf tllOY bnd only p ledged their JUdtCJal optmo• tlaa |
