Demoine courier., 1854-07-27


and maintained throughout a period Of
lhirty.,hree years. This will TO, do, Mr..
Hall. you must take some other tack
Don't talk about these men and appeal TO
National Wings TO support you because
Of their memorable virtues. for the zeal
with which they defended the Conpro-
misses Of the Union, and in times of peril
guarded It's honor; for yop avow you
would with ruthless hands bio, from ex.
istence The creates. Compromise Of the
nation, notwithstanding all OF these
grea, men advocated and defended il
throughout. They possessed no dema-
gogueism about them; you deal in moth.
ing else, and endeavor to make intelligent
men believe what they know to be false.
Among the many f~alsi,ies which Mr..
Hall attempted TO cram down the ihroa!s
OF the people was ,he absurd one that if
slaves ever got into Nebraska or Kansas
they would be free, that nothing in the
law could hold them, and Ina, a, this time
there was no settlers in Kansas. Now
this he knew TO be false. Kansas has
already a large number Of inhabitants,
among whom are a large majority of
shareholders. uiM their Slaves! We
have undoubted evidence Of this fact
from various sources, and only on Saiur-
day las, Mr.. J. j. T'insley, who has just
returned from Kansas, stated in a meet.
ing in this place tina, Kansas was thickly
settled for a distance of 80 miles out. and
that shareholders were in power there,
and that a man who was opposed 10
slavery could not obtain a claim there,
because the stockholders had taken up
all the best country. This fac, is cor
robora,ed from many other sources,
among which are a letter from Mr.. Alex.
Street, formerly Of this county, staling
The same thing, and whose veracily no
mar can doubt. Certainly Mr.. Hall
must be hard run for votes and argu-
men,s when he makes such assertions as
these. But if Mr.. Hall thinks slaves
are free whenever they 60 to Kansas or
Nebraska, what will he do with the 10Th
section Of the Nebraska bill, (n also ap.
plies to Kansas,) which bill he SO rever.
ences and adml-es? Here i, is. Does
it not nail this part Of his speech to the
counter? Read it fellow.ci,izens, you
are as capable Of judging these matters
as Mr.. Hall:
Sec. 10. find be ifurfher Enacted,
That the provisions OF an act entitled
IAN act respecting fugisives from justice
and persons escaping from the service OF
their masters" approved February twelve
seventeen hundred and ninety-,hree. and
The provisions of the act entitled .An
act to amend and supple nentaIy to The
aforesaid act" approved September
eighteen, eighteen hundred and nifty, be
and the same are hereby declared to ex
tend to and be in full force within the
limits of said Territory Of Nebraska.
If slaves are free in Nebraska why
do shareholders take them there? Why
has Douglas been SO particular TO extend
over that county the provisions OF the
act called the Fugitive slave law? Lee
Mr.. Hall answer these questions, and
tell these facts when he addresses the
people. According to the Bill organizing
these territories shareholders have rs
much right TO 60 there and hold slaves
as the freemen of the north have to e
there, and MI. Hall knows This, although
he tells the people a different story.
Another new. tangled story of Mr.
He was that fugitive slaves are entitled
to right of trial by jury when returned
10 the place that they were claimed &c
have fled from. Who ever heard of this
before? We think Mr.. Hall ought ,o
have a patent for this discovery, for no
body ever heard OF such a thing before,
much less a law upon the subject
This has been n Of the rights claimed
by the north for fugi,iyes. in all he dis
cussions lhalhave ever been in Congress,
but the south would never yield il, and
such a law is in force only in the
Imagination of MI. Hall, and he has
thrown i, out al this peculiar time tc
make people think he understands law
and to gull people with such a bait
Such a humbug canno, be choked dowr
The ,hroa.s Of the intelligent voters il
this community.
The Courier, too, tina, "puny little
Sheet" as Mr.. Hall styled il, came il
for a share of his harangue. He though
i, a serious crime for u 10 show tn,
people that foreigners, even afler the!
have been na,uralized, must sm'ear 4
support the provisions of the act organ
izing Kansas and Nebraska, before they