Kansas weekly herald., 1854-10-13
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/ LEAVENWo ORTIZ 1]
Why deprive me Of power .tolcaTry out MY
views, bind me wholly to yours, and now,
abuse me for. ii? Great Applause.
Thus It was that all parties repudiated
the Missouri Cofnpr ronise line, and render
ed necessary the new aeompfenise meas
ures of 1854, which Were nshered into exc
istence and supported by these great Lead
ers Of parties, Clay, Webster and Cas-
This latter, Compromise became a laW,and
I returned from Washing ton, an invalid, on
crttches, and found rebellion in Chicago
against the National GoYernlnent.I Open
anarchy reigned there.4 made; a. speech
and showed that the Compromise of 1850
stood upon the broad doctrine 0 popular
sovereignty. s> i'iil.'s.' i9i'ss'ss 20 8 -
Resolutions were unanimously passed at
that meeting, and the next day the City
Council of Chicago rescihded their Nulli.
fcation Resolutions by, a vote of twelve to
one. ! defended that principle then the
same as / do now. Applause. Our
Legislature met soon after and passed strong
resolutions supporting me in this position.
.IMr. DOUGLAS here read dFsthe reselu
tons, but we have not them at hand. II
This then follows-that the Missouri
Compromise was then. considered irestric==
ton upon this great principle, and That It
should be wiped out. .sftsf'E2,3i'9r
q Theni in IS51Abut three years ago
you instructed me toacarryr out the prinei-
pie, and now, can you blame, me &. [Ap-
plause. Did the people abandon, hang in
effigy and burn those members of the Leg!
islafare' who thus instructed me az hev-
er heard of suchia thing How was it thena
Why euery Democratic. member voted for
that resolution. Who blames them new2
Voices cried, "nobody-' .,szss.sss.,.
I will read the names of members who
voted for that instruction. All the Demo
Gratis, and every Whig but four, voted for
it. -
How was it in the Presidential cam
paign of, 1851 +? Scott and Pierce both
stood on the Baltimore Platforms. What
did this mean? Was it not that this prin-
ciple should stand, and be applied forever
to all new territories Z. Were not Scott
and Pierce both Compromise men, and was
not the struggle between them which was
the more sound on that question Thus
but two years ago all the people were for
this principle. fright two years ago, why
this charge, thatit is wrong now .s.uae,.
The Kansas and Nebraska bill needs no
proof that it conforms to the Compromise of
1850. The very same provisions Of the
bill organizing New Mexico, are IN the
Nebraska bill. .zz.Iso. .rsx51 .2uossiIkz
Isl Mr.. DoueIAs here read the fourteenth
clause of the Nebraska bill, which states
that the object Of the bill is neither to legis- IS
late slavery in nor out of that Territory, but
leave it to the people themselves to settle. ]
The wings voted for this principle three
years sinee-now every wing says the OBJ
jeet was to legislate slavery in. But the
Nebraska bill says emphatieally that it does.
not, and therefore when they assert it., they.
either have not read the bill or they Wilt
fully assert "a falsehood. F fApplause, and
cries ofshame, shame on them. Land yet.
they burnin efigy. and getup nobs, and.
incite to insurrection, not daring to. publish
the bill, yet they dare not meet it. This
is simple matter, and easily settled. Shall
the people of the Territories determine
their local affairs fer themselves Ri We;sayI
that they shall--our opponents, that they
shall net., f.,oz, >, a,.,.g....f. ,:,-..,..-....i
- Now, why are not: the Nebraska Emf
grants capable of self-government7 Where.
did they come froms From all the old
States. Were they not capable when they
went, or=did they lose their knowledge by
crossing the Missouri river. applause.
Do you hold the idea of some Eastern peo-I
pie, that the pioneers are but frontier bar
barians? Of course our Eastern relations
think we are ain exception, and sympathize
I with us for living in sucha hard country.
EApplause. Now, ] maintain that we
are as smart as people EastEindeed more
so, for this reason: If man has two sons
one smart and energetic, the other dull and
stupid, it is not the active one that consents
to be the drone at home with his parents.
Yes the smart. sons come out here, make
their farmsand homes, and then 60 back,
pick out the prettiesf girls in the country
| for their wives, and here they are Great
applause. = 2tiseIsf.9 haG ,zs.fii.EEtfsaaoa
t. Why cannot we of the West govern our
selves, hen,gwiths the sulartest men and
best Of womena raely We will control
sl oursevessin s this matter and as We sow, 50
we must reap, and if we do won give hope
ito see our error and do better .sEa5t sFt@Eo
The Utah and New Mexico fganie acts
declare that thepeople may doasfhey choose
yet now this principle voted for by the, wing
party of 1856, is denied. Fillmore acted
up to this principle, and it made him, his
popularity. The contest now is q great
| fight between 9ABolitienists and National
Repablioans. Those wh0if follow me about
in this State-G Giddings, Chase, and Ichl:
abod Codding Islander and abuse nae, and
make exciteable speeches to the people, IN.