The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-13

berries and the determination Of whatever tactlo
shall lay lis impious hands upon them.
ION
From the Chicago Democratic Pres.
SPEECH OF s. A. DOUGLAS.
i About FIVE thousand persons assembled i
front of the North Market Hall Frida
evening, to listen TO Senator Douglas expiai
his views the Kansas Nebraska Bill. TIL
evening was favorable, and the large crow
seemed disposed to listen to him patiently
Ills honor Mayor Milhken called the meeting
to order, when Judge Douglas commenced b
SAYING, in substance:
/ / come before you this evening to explain
the provisions OF the Kansas, Nebraska bill
| IGroans and cheers am persuaded that yo,
do not undersand it. All the papers in thi
city have been studiousy abusing me since i
was passed Not one Of them has published
the bill ill this morning. IA voice." nobod,
reads that paper, it is new organ grinder. "
| will place the measure its true Light befo,.
you. should any Of you ask me any question il
relation to it, l will most cheerfully answer
them.
| You Rave been told that the bill legislatee
slavery into territory free. 1t does nj
such thing (Groans hisses-with abortivt
efforts to cheer) As most of you have never
read tina, bill, (Groans) will read to you the
fourteenth section (He-e he cad the section
referred to, long since published and commen-
ted on this paper) 1t will be seen that the bill
leaves the people perfectly free (Groans, and
some cheers) 1t is, perfectly nu'Ial for those
| who have misrepresented and slandered me, to
be unwilling to hear me. am here in my own
home. tremendous groans-.a voice that is in
North Carona-in Alabama, &c.,-go there
and talk, &c.,
| am in my own home, and have lived in IL
lnos long before you thought of the State.
know my rights, and though personal violence
has been threatened me, | am determined to
MAINTAIN them. ("Much noise and confusion y
The principles OF the Nebraska bill grants to
the people of the territories the right to govern
themselves. who dares deny that right? "a voice
1t grants the right to take slavery there, that's
all.) What is the Missouri Compromise line?
II was simply line, recognizing slavery on one
side of it and forbidding it on the other Now
would any Of you permit the establishment OF
slavery on either side of any liner No! No! y
Then you are in favor of repeating the Missouri
Comprom.e. (No! No! ,
Mr.. Douglas said he would show that all of
his audience were in lS4S in favor of the repeal
Of the Missouri Compromise, and he alone was
opposed TO it. Three cheers were given for
the Compromise
The Free Soilers and Abolitionist of 1S4S were
in favor of repeating the Missouri line, for they
declared distinctly that they were opposed to
having any more slave territory. There was
a large territory south of that line, and hence
they were in favor OF Its repeal. (Cries of No!
NoD
Having disposed off the free soilers, and shown
them to be in favor of repeal he said the wings
of 1913 were pledged to the same thing They
run Gen Scot, for the Presidency, and both he
and his party were thoroughly committed 10 the
Wilmot Provisp and the exclusion of slavery in
all the territories. Hence all the wings Of l545
were in favor of repeating the Missouri Com
promise. TGroans cheers Kisses with cries OF
No! No
And how was it with the Cass men of lS4S
They supported General Cass with the Bal
timore platform an the Nicholson letter-a
document which embodied the exact principles
Of the Nebraska bill. Il therefore appears that
The Free Soilers of lS45, the wings and Demo
Gratis were all in favor of repeating the Missouri
Compromise. This astounding discovery that
the people Of all parties had always believed
what they know they did not now believe and
never had, was received with groans OF laugh
teri Who then was in favor Of the Missouri
Compromise in lS4S
The only nan that he knew of was Stephen
A. Douglas. We had acquired large amnun,
of new territory from New Mexico. and in 1S4c
he proposed in the Senate Of the United States
to apply the Missouri Compromise to this ter
| ritory, and to extend the line to the Pacific
ocean. 1t was voted down in the House o
Representatives by Northern votes, and there
fore the North had abandoned that line. In
| consequence Of this, settlement of the
slavery question became necessary. All par
ties had abandoned the Compromise and adopted
the principles Of non Intervention with slavery
| in the territories and in accordance with these
principles the repeal of this provision followed
from necessity.
The compromise measures of 1851 were en-
dorsed by our own City Council They were
also endorsed by our legislature almost unan
mously The resolution passed by our Legis
lature in 1851, approved Of the princi. lies o
non ninterveLtion,-It was published in the
Press with comments a few days since,) in The
most direct and the strongest terms. All the
representatives except four wings voted for the
resolution. Every representative from Coos
county voted for them.
These were the Instructions under which h.
acted. Till then he was the fast friend of th,
Compromise "a voice-1ken why did yo,
rcpea?l Simply, because another principle
had been adopted and | acted upon that primer
pie. TSome asked that if he lived in Kan
SIS WAtlueT lie WOuiu Vole ItS Utitn iit'
State. But the Senator could not find j
convenient to answer it, though repeated dis
iinctly several times.
Tn. questions now became more frequen
and the people more noisy. Judge Dousla
became very much excited and said man.
things not very creditable TO his position an'
mis- character. The people a consequence
refus.d 10 hear him further, and though h
kept the stand for a considerable time he wa
obliged at last to give way and retire to hi
lod yi1gs at the fremont House The peopi
then separated quietly and all except the oiiic
holders in the greatest good humor larg
number, and we certainly were among then
felt deeply mortified that Mr.. Douglas had nc
been permitted to say whatever he piease'
We must say, however, that the matter te
minated much more peacefully than most Of OF
citizens feared and all have reason, consderin
the excited state OF the public mind, to
thank fU that matters were no worse.
n HOUSE, BURNr-MELANcHoLy DEATH OF
YOU'VE LADY.-On Wednesday last, about
o'clock, p NJ, the boarding house of Mrs. JeI
ney, situated near the river, OF the Ohio an
< Mississippi Railroad, caught fire, and resul!t
!, in the most lamentable occurrence our usual
quiet town has ever been called upon TO witnes