Political Record of Stephen A. Douglas On the Slavery Question. a Tract Issued By the Illinois Republican State Central Committee
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He said : " In that article, without assailing any one, or Impug- ning any man's motive, I demonstrated, beyond the possibility of cavil or dispute, if slavery exists in the Territories by virtue of the Constitution, the conclusion is inevitable and irresistible, THAT IT IS THE IM- PERATIVE DUTY OF CONGRESS TO PASS ALL LAWS NECESSARY FOR ITS PROTECTION; THAT THERE IS AND CAN BE NO EXCEPTION TO THE RULE, THAT A RIGIU' GUARANTEED BY THE CONSTITUTION MUST BE PROTECTED BY LAAV IN ALL CASES, WHERE L...EGISLATION IS ESSEN- TIAL TO ITS ENJOYMENT. That all who believe that slavery exis's in. the Territories by virtiie of the Constitution are bound by their consdence, and oaths of fidelity to the Constitution to support a Con- gressional slave code in the Territories ." This direct and unequivocal statement of the duty of those who believe that slavery exists in the Territories by virtue of the Constitution, narrows the whole controversy between Doug- las and Breckinridge down to a quibble, ■ to wit: Is the right to carry slave property into the Territories, which Mr.
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