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Show 128 A rOLITICAL TEXT-DOOK FOR l 60. tit t"o I wolves nothing of the original Nebraska doc-~ this mer ely Territorial lnw? 'Why aro Ute p r.optc or a ~ . u. 1 ;i1 .\ stru •gle was ma1Je 011 a point- the ri gh t of 'l'en·ltory :\11<1 til~ pcopl<; of n. ~tate lhcr~ln lumped 1~. nne. I tl ,L . kegtil"ir own COitl:!titut'on- upon which he g •th •r, ami then· r ·la tton to tilt• Q,m~tltution therein a p eop e o m.L ... ' I t • ·and the Hcpublicaus h:L\' e ne ver dill't·red r ·a.cu' as I>c •' 1 ng• 11 ~ • ",'' l"~..". lj' tit· "'l ilt" 'I \\'1 '1 tl 1 1 c -~. "· . tl c lC op nlon 'l'lte st:vl·ral points or the Drc<l ~c olt rlcclsl0n, in con- of the court, ll,\ Utld Jusl:r ~ l atlly, 111 the Dred Scott n cct·w n w1' tl1 .'- ! en a t or I>ottn"l ·•t v~ '~" "'"' I· I'.".. 1111t '' J)Olit• '' • cons• ti-~ ca~t·, and the ~1, ·pa1r: tt1c Opl1lt lol ns 1 of ca ll t•ht • concurring t ~. tl . · •c. or m·tchlucry In 1t8 pn·8cnt state ot advance- .Judges, l'X JII'I'HS ,1' 1 l'C arc .t ta t tc onstltutl<ln or th~ ~~.~tt 1 ~ 1;.1l~i:1 wall ; he thi;·tl point gai uell. The workiug l'ni~cd Stale~ Ill' It her Jl.e nntts Con~r•'>~ !ll!r a Territorial '. · f tl t ttt'tC il'tll" t''' 'Ll'·'. Lq.(t~lature to t· '\ l'lude ~lav ery frout a n r ltlll• 11 ~talcs'l't•· JH)llll:l o ta ' ' " ' ~ · · 1 II ., t I 1 I I • . fr' . ·t '1'1. L •~rro shv . imported as ~udt from Af- ntur.\ , t tt•y 11 outt. o t tc arc I\ ll'l IL' I' or 11ot the ~~~m~ . 11 ·' •1 1 ' 1, , 111 ~ 111 ~t"1111t 'or s u'··h ~hvc can e r er l•e a c hi- Cun~titntinn IH'rlllilM a :"tat(•, or t h.• pt•npl• (If a 'tat1• to rl('ll, an• no uc ~o;c h , v • • • . • 1 • I' ·11 tl' · . . . . . · · ' · f' · '-!t • • 't tt !It • S"IIS" o f th·Lt t l' l'lll ' l S ll~ l'U Ill (IJc• • '\dlH l' 11. 0 -'·' 1 ' !/t ItS It< ll li lt l o il l.tl·~h>ll ; hut 111to l.v ll o . 1111 • u.~, e" .... • ' . · 'f \I 1 (' · 1 l 'ou,tituth.m of the L:nit.ed :-talc·s. 'l'lti.-; J•Oillt 6 mad<! 111 ~all ln• qtut~· ~un· , I . I' A'a.n Ill' tntt7 .tad~· uglttto ~t t ·) . , I· .·1 . . tit" 11 .,.r1, in t·v ·r1· \IO~~it •k c\.t tl ot the 1111 o the OJllltl<lll a <k rlan•twn of t'lilllltlll'd pnwn iu tltc 111 1 1.:1 .o 1 1 p1 '~ ... o • ~ • • • 1 r 't 1 1 1 1 -.: 1 . 1 · 1 · · bcndit or that !li'O\' bi<>ll of the lnit..:d !'!ak~ L'OII ~tit n tJOII , Jll'OP l' () II ;-i ;t l' () l' '\l' \II, .. ;1\ l l',\ L lllll I II' 1111 11~, jll~t 'Vltklt de ·l:Lre~ ll>at" The dtil-t'll ~ u t ca t:h ~ tate ~lt:t\1 he u" ( ' l l: ~ .'il' "'ltd 1\lal'c ~otq.; lt t. to ).,V~ ~ ~~· ·1.: .lt···Ltratlnn, ll tl •t~ entillt.!d to ;dl pririkg<:s aud itttlltUllllh:" uf t.:iti.t. t: ll~ jr, the halt ot the people ~~r a tt· ITtt (lr.~ , H>to IJtL' , , ht a,ka l•lil- 1 ~t;r enLII'la t cs. " . a~k , 11 !to ratt l1e qll lk Mtn·. tit a t tl 11 nuld.l.nt lt.t,, ht·•·n ,.,,lui '',; ,·ondly '!'hal" ~Ul )jt•t:t to the Cou~titutinn or l!te l'nl- down Ill !I ll' Ol:t' r a~l' as It .had "l'\' ,1 tu. till· oi J.lr? 'l'ltc ted States " 1 ncitlt cr Cou grt'~i:! nur ll '1\:nitori al Legbla turc II ·arl·~t approadt to t.lw JIOil tt of dcd 11'111!.(. tJ .. )111\1('1 or a can exdtt 1 <le Hlavcry frolu any L' nitl'd !'taks Territor) . :-.t:Li l' 0''''}' :-la \•,·ry, It~ lll:tde I:" .)ud).;'' l\l'l;·•u llc :t )l· This p oint Is mad • in onl·r that lndh id nalH •~·n lll:t)' fill up pruaches 11 nto rv tltau <•lll'l·, li~ llt~ t l>l' Jll'l'' l" ' lJl'a, :uul the 'l'crr it orics with slaves, 11 ithout <Ia n~a of l o~i11g them 1tlmo~t t h ~:. Ia II J:UH f.(t', too, of tl! l' .~ ·· hra:-l .t. ad. On 011~ 1\S property and tln.ll:l to euhauce the chances of p enna- or·ra~w u , h.H:! cxa('t. lau~o:uu g-e ~~ . ·· ~t·q~t 111 r·:t ~ l'R ~l'htr~ oeucy to th~ institution throu"h nil the future. the power~~ rl·;,trame•~ by ~!te l'ousttltttiOtt to l the~ nitul Thii'Clt l! That whether th~ holding a negro In a ctual !:'tate~, tit~ l:~w .or t.he. :'it:•t ~ 1~ supr~·nH' o r,•r !ht.: MlhJ~dof &lavery in' ~ Jo'ree State make him fre •, :Lii against the !:'laver,\ \1 ttltllt 1t:1 J Url"<i~t·tton." In \"l~,1t cas•·.; the JIOW<·r hol<ll!r the nited Stat~s courts will not clccitlc, but will or !he ~lute~ 1.-:! so r e::;trau tccl b:y the l n.tlcd :-:a tt'~ (.;on~tileave Lobe decided by the coun s of any :::\lave ::=tate the tutwr~, II:! left an opeu ~f lll'~tlon, pn·u~•-I.r l~~ the 'llllle negro may bt: forced into by the master. This pt~int is <t.u cstwn, as to the .rcstrn tnt on the pown ol t ~1c Territo· m:~de, n ot to be pre~scd immcliiat •ly; but, If nc qme ~ced ne~, was left OJil' ll 111 the Nchra ~k.a a t'.t. l't ~t ll11~ and that ln for awhile, and apparently indnrsctl hy the people a t an together, anti we ha.\'e llll~lll c r Jllt:t· ht~ l e llt•·lu.', which wt• election, tltcn to sustain the logical conclusion th;tt wh:Lt n~n_Y, c rl' i on~, st· · hllctl w~tlt a~Joti.H·r ::->llpl'l'llt.''. Court d ~· Dred Scott 's rna tcr might lawfully do with Drcli Scott, 111 c t~ wn , dcclaru; tt lh:,tL the CtHtStltllWl.ll of the lmt.cd St!ltl·S the free ' tate of Illinoi~> every ot her mnst cr mny l:twfu lly docs uot pemnt 1• ~ta t t' I o e xc ludc :--Ia very from 1ts limits. do with any other one ~r one thousand t> laves, in Jllinoi:;, And l ltb may ·~p cdally he c:o..pl•rtcd II' tht.: tloctriue or or in any other Fr ·c ~tate. . " care r~ot whether f.;J :t\ t:ry h~ ' ot cd t1~11vn or voted up,'' Auxili a ry to all this, anrl working hnn<lln hand w1th It, sha ll gatn upon the publu.: rnlll tl ~u lltncntly to giYe prothe Nehraska tlnetrin<:' or what Is left of it, Is to educate miRe that such a deci'ion cuu he maiutailll:d "hen made. and mold public opiuio;1 at least Northern public opinion, Such a <led ion is a ll that ~l:w 'IT ttow 1:\o·k~ of being not to care whdhcr !:'I:~Vl'ry il3 r otcd down or voted up. alike lawful in all the ~tales. \\' t·konH', or unwclcomt•, This shows exactly where we now arc; and partially, also, su cll <lccbion ill probnlily com in){, :nul will :;oou he upon whither we are tending. us, nnll'SS the p ower of the p~·('~cnt pol. it it::tl dynasty ~hnll lt will t.hrow a<lrlitionnl lif.(h t on the la tter, to go back, be m e~ and ovcrthrow11. \\ e . llhall Jt,. down lllcliHantly and run the mind over the string of histurical I nets a lready drcamm ~; that the people of .Ml~~n n rl art ou tlte vcr·gc <•f stated. Several thinJ.!;s will now appear lc~s dark au <I mys- making their State free, and we :->hall a wakt" lt> the rcullty t.erious titan they dill when tlwy were transpiring. 'l'he Ins tead, Lhallhc Supreme Court has 1na•h- l lliuoi~ a f:;lln•e JlCOple were to be left "perfectly fn•c," !mhjl'ct only to the ~tate. To meet and overthrow the JHnn·r of I hnt tlyna~ty, Constitution. What the Uonstit ntiou hatl to do with it, Is the work now bl'fr rc all those who would prevent thut ou\..l!lders could not then sec. l'lainly cn ou!.(h u ow, it was consummation. This is what we liavc to tlt>. How can an exactly fitted uiehe, for tlte Dre1l Heott decision to afkr- we bcHt do it ? ward come in, and declttre the perfect freedom of the peo- 'l'lterc arc thosr who denounce us openly lo their own pie tt• be just no freedom tLt all. \\ hy was the amend- frlend11, a td yet whisper us soflly, that i::lenator Douglas is rucnt, exprl'Slliy th:clariug the rl ~))t of the people, voted the apt cRt in ~tr um ent there is with which to etl'ect tlmt obdowu ? l'laiuly enough now: the adoption of it would j cct . 'l'ltey wish ns to in.ft r a ll, from the fact that he now have spoil~ tl the ni che for the Dn•tl ~.:o ~t decision. \\'hy has a lit tle quarrel with the present head of the dyntlsty; was the court ded::~io n held up? \\'hy CVl'll a i::leu ator'~ iu- and that he ha~ regularly voted with us on (I ~Ingle point, dividual opinion withheld, till a fter the Prc~idcn tial clec- upon whieh he and we have never dill'clc:d. 'J'hey remind Uon? l'lainly enough now: the speaking out then would u.~ that he Is 1t great man, and that the lar~cst of us are have d:.unagcd the perfectly free ar).(umcm upon which the very small o ne::~. l .ct thi~ be g ra nted. l lut " a living dog election W <\ S to be carried. "hy t.ltc out;{oing Prc~ident'l:l is better than a dead lion." Jud!;e Doug Ia~, if not 1\ dead !elicittttion on the indonuncnt Y \\'hy the de lay of a r e- lion, for this work, i::~ at least a cag('(l anti toothless one. argume nt. ? Why the incoming Pn•t>itle nt 's advance exhor- I low ean he opp o~c the advances of Slavery? lie don'l ta.tion in favor of the decision '? 'l'hc~ things look like the care anything altont it. His a1'0wed mL~sinn is imprcs~lng cautious patting an•l pettinl!; of a !iplrit ed horse prcpam- the "puhlic h ·art " tn cr£1'8 noth111(/ avuut it. A leading tory to mountin;; lti111, whc11 it is ()rcatl t tl that he may give Douglas Democ ratic llt'WSpaper tltill kl! Douglas's superior the rider a f<dl. Anti wlty Ute ha!:lly aftl'r-iudors~mcnt of talent will be ltC'c<.h:d to rcl:list lhe rc , h•a \ nf the African ~he dt:cision by the Prc~itlcut and oth ers ? slavc-tmdc. Uol>t; ·no ugla~ h elle vc au etl'ort to rcviyc thai We cannot absolut ·ly know tlta~ allthc~c exact ada pta- t.ruclc I~ :tpproaehing? lie has not said 80. Does he rcnlly 'ions are the result of prcconcert. Hut wl en we see a lot think so? But if it is, ltow can he rc~i~t it? For years he of framed timbe rs, llitl'crent J•or·t ions of "' ltich we kuow has l:Lborc <l to p rO \'C it a sa c red right of white men to tuke have been gotten out at dilrer ent time'S IUHI places, and hy negro sla ve!! into the lll'W 'J'errit 0ri,·s. Can he possibly illtl'ercnt workmen-stephen, Frank lin, llo~..,r and James, show that it is lt>~H a Hanctl right. to hny thrm where they for instance-and wh<:'n we SCI! tht:sc tlm1Jcr11 joined to- can be houp;ht cheapest? And uncl'tc::.tionaiJiy they can gcther, and see they exa ctly make tlte frame of <l house or be bough~ r heapcr in Africa thnn in \'lrgiuia. He ha! ,_mill, all the tc nolls and mortices exa ctly fit iu):{, und all done all in his p ower to reduce the whole question of Slu· 'he lengths and proportlor!s of the diirc rl'nt 1 , :ccs .cxact.ly very to one or a mere right of property ; and as ~uch, how adapted lo their rc:;pecttve places, und no• a p\ece too can he oppose the foreign sln.ve-tradc-how cun he refuse many or too few- uot omitting even scam, ding-or, if a that trade in that "property" shall be " p er{eclly free"tringle piece be lacking, we see the place in the ft·ame ex- unless he docs it as a protection to the horue production? acUy fitted and pre~ared y~:t to bring such piece in- in And as the home producers will probably not ask the prosuch a cas~, we ~nd1t impossible not. to believe that Ste- tcction, he will be wholly without a grouncl of oppooltion. phen and Frankhu and Roger and James all understood Stnator Doug lnR lt o\<1~, we know, that a man muyright· one anot.her from the beginning, and all \fOrked upon a fully be wiser to-dny than he wall yeslcnlay-that he may common plan or draft drawn up before the first blow wns rightfully change wit en he finds him~elf wroug. Dut can ttruck. we, !or that r eason, run nhcad, and infl!r that he will It should not he overlookell that, by the Nebraska bUI, m1Lke any particular cltangc, of which he, ltl1~~elr, has the people or a State as well as a 'l'errit<>ry, were to be given uo intimation ? Cl\n we Pafely ba~e our nc11on upon lert "perf~ctly free," "subject only to the Constitution." any such vague inference! Now, a !! e ver, I wL~h nf\1 !., Why mentton a State ? They were legls~atlng for Territ<>- misrepr~:sent Jutlge Do uglas':~ po~ition, qutlstio~ hirice, and not !or or about States. Cer~umly the people of motivcH, or do :Lught that can be per:lonaii.Y otr~:n~tve to 'State. are and ought to be subjee~ t<> the Cont!titution of him. Whenever, if ever, he 1md we c;m come togeth,·r on ·\he Uruted States; but why is mention of Ulis lugged into principl~ so ~hat our cause may ha vc a~i~t:~nct !rOOI bil .MR. LI~COLN'S SPEECII. . • ntlv c nti!i on ~ · f;trnnJ,:e, <liAcorrlnnt , and even hostile clt-nwnt", we l nl)ill t\' I hopt: to lt llv e mtcrpo e.dl no I <1 <1"" IH>t ""ltht:rl'd fr onJ th,... four windil,lltHI fornwcl nnd fougl t the •e:t 1 ·" ' ut clearly, 1t tl 1'"o" notnowwlllU~-te ,,, ,h..· ttl•· t hrolwh ur11kr the constant 11 11 t"111· t· o f·.rll '~1·.1i. t>l•·•· (·d , ostac c. ...., 1 · 1 11~ • ev ·r to he. ·' ,., ' J) ' 1 1 .. . 11 1! · 1 to . . .. 1111 to he-lle <l<>c no P' 0 1 • e .11n 11uct1·(( protll l nntl pan1pcrcd cnellly. II we H.\Vt 11 lt, t~ Jll()\~r cnu~e, t ht:'n, utu~! h~ inu·.u~t~d .t.o, t n•l. ~IIIIHIH art.' falter now ?-ttow, when that. same cnet~lY ~~ wnvt•rt;•g, by it~ own undoul' led. frtl'rtd:-:-~~"~ ~v (f::s~·are for tlt • •tl~~e,·,·red and IJclllf!CI'Crtt f Tht• resul.t ~~ ,n·~~ tl " ~h~ ~~.~ fr ·~ WhO"'C lica r tR IU'C Ill the " Ot ~\.I S of the nation " ' t! :,ha\luot fatl-if we ~(artd f\tltt,, \\C Ill(! ?IV J <t'l.. e ·~~ 'l'wo years ugo the llcpnh\tc,m I ·t " 'e " 'i"e CoUll·(')~ !lillY ncccler:1tt, or rut~ta keo; delay II , lall, ~~~;~~tc.rcri 0. vcr tldr tct·n 1 hun.1l,',e 1 0 1 , ~~~~;~~~:~~~c ~~~r::~~~;umnn I ~IJ<;ncr or la tt't', 1\:e Yinorv i!'! ~urc to cou1c. I •. tit• sltt i(le lit)' II "c .... · ' )f did this Ullt ct t ... ·tern a! ci r cum-taJ.ce ag:d ll~t Ull. ( 111, g~r, wtth evet v c lo: SijAVER.Y llJSCUSSED BY LINCOLN A~D DOUGLAS. QUESTIONS A TD A. TS\VER ~ _.._ LINCOLN' ~ AT the Rccond ,Joi nt Dcba.tc, L ctwcCJ~ ~~~·. Dourrlas and ~lr. Littt oln, at Freeport, l lh nots, Aug7tst 27th, 185 ) Mr. Lim:oln spoke n.s follows: I 'DIFi:! AND G n.TL~M EN: On Sntnrday la!'t, J ulllgle Dou'g·' las' and my~l' lt' fir~t ut('t t· il pu bl'tC <l t~c.u.s.s •l oIn' ·. I f<c r 'P'•kc ouc hour 1 an hc,ur :w<l a half, and he r e 1 J1 1Cl tJ .h air ami )tour.' 'flte onI er .I S now I' e• vers· ed · !L." 'n o ~peH k an h our, he an hour ami :t ltalr, au:l tlt~l:/ ltrrin1 o re 1 ror ha.lf fl ll hour . 1 propo~e to devote myst' < Y ~ tl!~ ~rst hour to the ~cope o r what was brought, wltlu:: the r;111 e or hi~ !talf-ltut;r speech at Ottawa. or co~rsc .'c~e Wllgl>ruught within the S('Ope in th1tt. lt :tlf-ltour .tl "l.>.c.et~ ~o1n~1 hing of I1 .11 > own OJlCII·I I 1 ~, ,", J·"~• ech , l n the COll i :;e 0 1 . tlt11t O Jlenin~ aq~utneut, ,J utl~,; c D ou~las propofs ct 10 1 rn•. . . . .1 . l tt 111y u 11ecch o ILII tOU t SCV~II dl,(ltlCL tt!IC I'l' O!{:tlOt es. "' . " , ·It and :t half, l !lttendetl to some other parts of .huo~ · p t:c~n~ unu lncitlentnlly, as I tltougltt, 1\llHWer~d ~lll e of t ltel. terrOI('Ltll rit•H Lht:n. I t I1 e11 d I. S• t 'I ll Ctly ltl('I II/''I ICd t.O IIIII that 1 'wuul•l :1nswer tlte r l'st of his IIIICI'I'Ilf.(:ttOrJC:l 011 condition only tha t he sltonltl llf.(re~ to an~w c r as ntany fo r tt1e li t• rnadr: no intilll:ttion at tlte liute of the propu> itiun ·nor did he i11 hi n: pl.v :dlude at,<tll to that su_l:!'g~s: tion ~~r miur. 1 do him IHI injulltice 111 l!aylltf.(. th.lt IC occupr. ed 1U lca<.t half o fl11' !1 rep1 Y ·'. u 1.l c··. tlin. gwlth.· u~t cusI tltotwh l Jmd re'}·n,qe<l to answer Ins tntcn o~a t o t te ••. o . r tl e intcno•<~~toncs , IIOW JII'O)HJS\' that, l Wt\1 nnRwcr <LilY 0 I o t upon co ntl itlort tlmt he will a nswer questions from me 1~ 0 t xt:ccdiug the R•tmc !l tllllbt!r. I gt· ve. 1l l· lll "" n OJlJ)Ortum• tyI to I'CSJlOittl. 'l'ltc .ltlll).(e remain::~ ~ilent. I uow sny Ut .~t wt. ll un,wer lt.t s n. tterro,ratot.t· e>S. , w 1t C· tl te r Itt: answers llll lldl! or not ; anti that at tt:r 1 Ita vt.: done so, I shall propoun 1uiuc to htnt. . · of the l h·tvc ~~~l'\lO!Wd myself Rince t lte o rgn.n tz:ttton llcpu'b l.t ca' n par·t y nt llloo n't .t ngton, I· ll l\1·, ,y, 18"' iG • boun. d ,n s ~ pany man by tltc p lat forms of lite party, tllcunnd Hlncci If inr1tty interro~r·ttorics which I Rhall unswe' ~o bcyon< th~ ~cove or wha"t' i~ within these phtt f orm:;·, 1't Wlll be J1e l'· ccivcd that no one is r c~ po tt iblc but tt.yself. , ll aviut{ ~>aid titus much, I will take up tit~ .Ju<l~. s 1n tcrrng< LIIII'iC:> a~ I find them p r inted in t.lte Clttchgo L1ntR! lllHI J>ttswcr 11tem sel'iatin•. In ord er tlmt there m.ay ?0 no utbhke 'lhout it I hu.vc copied tlte int errogaton es Ill wrhln!· (,' and' also ru'y nnswc r s to t hem. 'I'l te fi n;· t of these h•tcrr.,gu.tories is lu these words: Qlfotion 1 "I d <'~lre to know wh<'lhrr Lincoln to ia~ st:uatK, as h1; J!ld In IM 1, in ftL\'Ot' of tl1o un~.;ondhlonalrepcal u tht• Fugitive Slavt: luw t" r C tbc AIII!IJ'u. 1 uo uot now, nor C'Ycr did, stand In favo o wtc<mdhlonal r 'Pl'ttl of the Fugitive Sllwe htw. 1 1 • l Q. 2. " Idcsirl: him to answer whetlwr he s tands P r.qfu to·<ln.y, as be dhl In 1&>4, agalust the rLdmi!!SifJn of 1\lt~ m:~ro £!avo Htlllt•Rinto the U nlon even If the peoplf: wtLilt lit< m Y A . I do not now, or <IVC'I: did, stand plcdgll<l aga inst tho nd-mlsalon of ttny more !'lltve Stales Into Ut<l lJ nlon. 1 1 t A. J rio not Rtnn•l to clny pi('(tgc•d to thr abolition or Slaver) in IJ1c J>IKtri<'l of( 'olnmllla. 1 1 dgrd (/. 5. · .. I dfo~tlr~ him to nmnvr r wh ~thr; ~~~. st<~ir.s ~tfcrcnl to tht: prohiliitlon of tho sltlVO·trllllc hetw en H Stall('!! r <lo not shlnr! piC'tigt•<l to the prohibition of tht• sln.n•· tn:tl•• hetwrPn tlw dlll'l"l't•nL St1a1.'t'1 11 ·, liP Rtands 11trrl~ed to pro· Q (j " 1 rle!<lrr• to know ,., H H r · · · N ·th I lhi.t ~ia vrry In all the '1'1'1'1'11 or!t·ll of LIHl nltt·tl :--t!\ll'S, 01 ~~"~ wt.·llnA south or the M I:->Kourl t'omllron;~~~~~~(t;; a brJI..r in th:,t.d,~l.~~~~~~::,~;~~~~f ~~::~r::~t;~~,;:~~~~blt Sla''''~'Y in all thl§ u l~[(•il st.~\l'R!'~~i~~~\~~~·fllO 1\!IRWI'l' \\ hrthrr hr ~~ OPI~ORt•cl tfl tht· 'acqltl~tlll~~ 'or ~ny n •w territory unlcbs ~ln\'cry is trr~t pro hJbllPd lhen·ln ?" , l1 lOSNIIO hon<'flt ncqlll<~itlon or lrr· A . I R.tn noL ~:cnr r ~ y opt,,. I wouhl or would not OpJ!OMll ritury; :llld1 In rwy gt~···n "118 ' mi ht think Rtlf'h nt~quh;ltlon Kllf'llacquiHHion, I•Ct'Otdlngly l\tR Jtl , ~--lavery qul'stion t~rnons wn~tld (lr woulll not aggmvu. u 1 • Olii'HdVes. . Now my ft.t·c n< I s, 1't wt'I I h e Jl'rcclvccl upon a nf cx· aIm ltanvn.e-t ion or 'these ql ttllcl:t.io[n\~''l~n~~l;J\~~:;/(J'r~:t ~;~~';,i~~ u:~t or' the only ·wswerc< "" " Q •• s to I ' 'l 'lte Judge has not frlllllcd hi~ i nterrogtLt.orte l l 01 1er. 1 · . . 1 r have answere( n •tQk me anytlting more thnn I~~~, •lnt t ·'tea 'Inti have ', 'th the uttt'r rogn 0 1 ·'• ' ' st n t't aceortlunce wt led nl at all upon any •tn!nvcr ed truly th:tt l ;un n ot J), (/ I ' n t I arn not '0 ' · I ' ·I 1 I '\ vc IWt.Wer •< • u 1~}1tc. !1~~~~t~ ~~~~"11~~~~ th~·exact ronn of his lnterrogtLtory. t 1. posct I' I to tul·c up •tt lca~t some of the~e ~ :A~~s\rt0o·~:t~,~~~\~se{t~~~: ,~·~1111~·~;fl~·~latl~t ~~~i ';.,:tg~ ~~~~ 1 \1:~,~~ ~a wtc' .. 1 I 1t0 110t now tC,hu I lt;we ne ver he:l~tc(~<tl~rs;\~~ c'~~Htitution of th.e United to say, that I th;n 'rut he Soutltct·n tatt:s MC entttlcll to a tatcH, tlte }>Cope ? . , 1 'LW l hving said that, I Congre !donal .l<'ugttt ~c Sl.av~" ';u·ri to tl;c ex isting Fugit ive h a ve lt :Ltl n otlt~ng ~otls~y :;:::t r think it shoul<l ha ve been lave J,;nv, fu t thet 1,\nf a tl1e of the ohiections tho.t . 1 . 118 to be ft·ee rom "" • · frame< tiO . 1 . cuing its cfliclcnt'y. Anti lllas-pt.: rln.in to it, wtth~~ltno\!s in 1111 ll!{it:ttion iu regard to an much :L3 we ;tre n 1 • 1 oultl uot be the alteration or modi~catiou of 1 ~1~1~;~~~' of wagitattou upon m:Ln to intr oduce 1t 1\!1 a new • the general q uestion of Slttvery. . f whether I am Ill reg;ml to th~ ~titer qncst:~~;e o 'iiLve States into pledged to the admtSSIO II of ~~~y fraukl that I would ~ the Union, I !!tate to you Velyt.' a yo Ilion of having exceedingly sony eve~l't o he rl~h~~l<l b~ ex ctlcdingly glad to pas~ upon th llt q ucs tnn. e another lnve State to know t ~lat there w.oul~ tetv~~n~st a<ld, that if i::lllwc.ry ~~lmittcd llltO the Un~on 'J'·~~itorics during the tcl'l'ltonal shall be kept out or t 10 1 c 'l'erritory and then the cx hllence of any one g.ver: ortunlty ~nd a clear field, people shall, ha.vlng o. ;altt ~~~~ Constitution, do such an when they come to 1\ op t a ~hve Constitution, unlnex t,mor<linary thing as ndop e'~r the Institution among fluc nced by t.he a ctun1 P.rcse[~c we own the country, but Q. 3. " 1 w&nt to know whethe r he ,stands pledget 1\g>L, ns them 1 see no a.l te rnattve , the n.dmiRIIIon uf "' new State Into the t.: nlon wllh llltf'h ~. <Jonatltullon a.s the people of that. 'talc may Ree fit to rnnkc? .A. 1 do r.ot 11ta.nd pledged a.galn11~ Lhe R.dmiRf'!ion of a new State Into tb(• Union. with !lUd l a. <Jonstltuuon as the p~·oplo oC l.hat SuLtc mn.y 11re fit to mR.k~. , r1 Q. 4. " I waut to k.unw whrth<~r he st.a"!d" to·dny Rledgo lo lhtl a.b"lit.io•t oC ~la.\'l!J'Y in ~he UisU·!cL llf (.;olutubla 1 to Rd,mlt them into the Un11 0~;1~wcre<l hy the answer to tho The third interrogftoryc:ive the ~anHt as the second. second, it being, 11~ 1 coneg·lnl' 10 tl;e abolition of Slavery The fourt~ onef Cs In rb.t~ In relation to that' I havl' I tl Di tnct o o um ••· d b u mn y mte lnu·' vcr1 dlslinctly mudc up. I shoul e ex cee - |