Speech of Hon. D. C. Broderick, of California, Against the Admission of Kansas, Under the Lecompton Constitution

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Excerpt from Speech of Hon. D. C. Broderick, of California, Against the Admission of Kansas, Under the Lecompton Constitution: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 22, 1858 Has it never occurred to southern gentlemen that millions of laboring free men are born yearly, who demand subsistence and will have it, that as the marts of labor become crowded they will spread into the territories and take possession of them. The Senator from South Carolina undervalues the strength and intelligence of these men when he denounces them as slaves. Would a dissolution of the Union give thesesouthern territories to slavery? No, -'sir, It 1s a mistake to suppose that it would. A dissolution of \the Union would not lessen the amount of immigration, or the number. Of free white men seeking for homes and a market for their labor. Where ver there is land for settlement, they will rush m and? Oc cupy it, and the compulsory labor of slaves will have to give way before the intelligent labor of freemen. Had the Mia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.