The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1854-04-27

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Congress are agi,aiors. But call ihem 10 If
you please. I am willing ID agi.a.e on this
or any other question whichelicits truth
There has never been grsal principle sei
tied in the world but what has been The re-
suit OF agitation. There was great agitation
at Runnymede where the Commons of Eng
land summoned King John 10 meet yhem,
and when they rung from him Magnef fCAar.
ia, the bill of rights, the builNask ofEa glish
liberty. There was grea. agitation there at
that lime--aud whyi, Beesnse ibs same
principle was involved thai d now involv-
ed in the Konsas and Ne6fsdkx bin. There
was agitation al the time they lth rew the tea
overheard at Boston, and tbae was agi,a.
ton at Faneuil Hall. And lh@e was asila-
tion in Virginia when Patrick Henry made
that great appeal 'as for mesive me lib
ery, or give me death !" .Tere was agi.
iallon when Jackson put his Hck upon the
Constitution, and his face aainsi the en-.
croachment of the Federal Government,
and when, like an old RomaI as he was,
veloed the United States BsAk bill, aud
Maysville road bill there waskgiia,ion then,
but it settled great principk And what
was the principle II wa. bat Congress
had no right 10 encroach up d the power
of the States and popular lovereignty.-
There was land mark established by Jack
son in those two vetoes, which have done
more toward The establishment of Stale
rights in this Uuion than all oliser lh,nss
which have occurred siHce Tie foundation
OF the Governme enr
But Congress, in its wisdom. may assume
ihe power 10 pass laws with regard 10 the
Territories OF Kansas and Nebraska; but be
cause they do does that detsrnine their
power 10 do so ! Let Congress pause and in.
quaire into the consl,ulionally of The act
before they assert that they have the right 10
leg'slate for the sovereign people of free
Territory. ran never give my assen, to
such doctrine; can never yield TO uues.
tion OF that kind, because, il there il any
people on the face of Gods eanh who have
Just cause 10 be proud of their high and ex.
allied position, it is the people of ,his aIanls
and because the power is in their hands, and
not IN superior body. And lhs momen,
you say, by Legislative enactment, thai cues.
nons OF local law caa. be ssslieal ia. .Kaasas
and Nebraska by Congress, and not by the
people, you destroy the very funda mental
principle of the Government that has been
adopted from the Revolution down 10 the
present time. This is bill of popular sov.
ereisnty. 1t lis bill under which the pion-
eer who may go from my dis,fia to seek a
western home. has light 10 go there, not
under the diclation of this government, bui
as Tree man, surrounded BY tine consltu-
tional rights of his own Stale, and clothed
with the panopoly of her power and he
who would curtail or abridgs any of those
rights OF the FIRE emen of the country, does
not in my humble oplnion--and / say il
without any design 10 give offense-enter-
tain jus, conception with regard 10 those
principles npon which this government is
founded.
Speaking of agitation, fsapd upon my
desk, the other morning, the proceedings of
meeting held in the district represented
by my colleague upon the left, tMr. TRouT)
and among The resolutions adopted at that
meeting, there was one TO which desire 10
call The attention o.! committee, 10 show
them in what chasie and modest language
men in this Hall, acting under the sanctily
OF constitutional oath, are denounced as
"trailors" and "scoundrels." l want TO
show you how We are regarded in some por.
lions of our own State for Standing up for
This great principle of poubar rights and
sovereignty. hold in my band the pro.
ceeding oI a meeting held l!1lfe county of
Beaver and will read two of the resolu-
,ions as an earnes, of what they all are:
"Resolved, Tha: Stephan A. Douglas and
the other demagogues in Congress, who are
favoring the proposed outrage, deserve the
execraiou of all honorable.sasn, fot -disgra.
cling their official positions by urging one
portion of the Union into the guilt of Breach
of faith toward another portion, that would
disgrace community Of fresboe,ers.
So much, for thai, the resolution is in still
choice language;
Resoiued, That we will hold every Sem
a,er and member of Congress from free
State, who shall give colntenancs 10 This
threatened outrage upon our nights, as a rsi-
tor guilty of botraying the cause OF liberty
for gold, or seli-promolon, or BOTH"
These resolutions wAre possed at a meet
ing held in the only Free Soil district in the
State OF Pennsylvania, fori believe that The enc
represented by my colleague fMr. TRour)
is the only ons in the State where there Is
Free.Soil majority. In these resolutions
they say thai Mr.. Douglass is "traaor,, and
that every member oil Congress from free
Slate, who shall give counienaacs 10 The
Outrage" is "irailor guilty Of bstrsyiDg the
cause Of liberty for gold, or ssf-promolion.
or bolh.r Is that agitation? do no. know
what more insulting Terms could be culled
from the vocabulary OF the English language,
than those contained in these resolutions
That men IN this House, acting under the
sanction Of an oath, under what they regard
as constitutional duty in reference to great
and important question are nut only 10 be
denounced US demagogues, but as "Hailors,"
and "lreebooters,'' is not 10 be quietly sndu-