Demoine courier., 1856-12-25
of Nh CLOUD of MUS
CATHNE, on the KANSAS RES
OLUTECN.

i Hdu AOou' CcHcluutu W say UotH'ng,
had not the gentlemen from Marion Mr..
Clark) placed himseit on so novel a dem
oc.a,n platform. He says freedom i.lo-
cal and sia very is local. And il | snder.
stand him, il is a race for Freedom and
Tor siavery-lhe Missourians are South
ern men, and Massachusetts meE may
try. who can ge, there FIRST. He Gays
that members Of Congress take The oath
Of Fidelity to ibe Constitution and tina.
this RESOLUTION iencs 10 make them VIC
late the oath. Ba. the Constitution does
not establish slavery in Kansas. We
take the same oath, nor do we violate this
oath. in gong for this resolution. Yet |
ha re no expectation tina, The friend Of the
gentleman, SEN. Jones. will obey these
instructions. ss 4" res
YET our poli,ics do not make slavery
constitutions! or unconstitutional. Our
1oliiics TO-DAY cannot make IL cons,Itu-
iional aud te-norrow Unconstitutional -
In the Florida case. The courts recogniZ-
ed the right Of Congress to legisiatn for
The territories. Congress has always
recognized this p"wrr. In the territory
of Indiana. before i, became a state
when the people peli,ioned congress TO
suspend the SIXTH article OF siie ordin-
snce Tor ,iie northwestern territory, con
gress decided tina, ii was inexpedlen, 10
suspend il, aud ADM. slavery. The
Missouri compromise, Texas aud Ore
gon, all confirmed this recog milton of the
same principle by congress-. La the case
of Oregon. | read IRON the message Of
James X Polk, who, the gentleman will
adfnt'. Is good democratic authority, To
show that he sustained The compromise
line. u.ts #-
Here Mr. Cloud read from Benton's
rhTly ysars ID the u. s. Senate.
"a These words of James X. Polk are
Very similar To the words vi james Blu
chanan, on The amt xa ion OF Texas
The woris 6! the fathers Of The demo-
cratic pai,y-,he words of Franklin
Pierce ant OF the democratic party, az
u was when IL sind out of II" as the gen
.leman from Dubuau. Mr.. Barker) said
on Saturday. lndeed Congress has ev-
Ell exercised this righ, as TO laws tina, are
enacted under the organic act of the ter
r~i.ories. Bui ~ a new Iigh, has aris-
en-. Stephen A Dpuglas. never sub
scribrd TO this new doctrine.
In the abstract, l could subscribe To
The doctrine OF Squa,t-r Sovereignty, as
| ssid on Saturday. Blu, when it is &C
c%smpsEied with fraud ard vioisnce, then
| dissent. My friend iron. Wapello.
Mr.. Frapkiin) had a grsa, deal to say
about negroes, Sambo, aud all that. If
ne used such arguments in the late can.
vars, and was elected as q consequence,
then his constituents mus. bs satisfied
with very simple doctrine.
But il 10 urged, that we would onlv
consul, for The elevation Of the black
man. so as 10 oppress the white man.
Freedom OF the black race implies more
than ,his-the equal liberty OF ali-no,
The slavery or the srls.ocracy Of n
man. Ii We exclude freemen from the
North. the South will come in with
slaves, and build up al ~aris,ocrscy in
Kansas.
DO not like TO use many Of the par.
~ epishe,s banded here. But thar Of
'.freedom sbriekers'' used bv the gentle
mar from Wapello (Mr. Frankbn) does
no. seem 10 be understood. i, OF Eu-
ropean origin. Freedom shrieked when
Poland Tell. Freedom shriekec when
kosciusko Tell. Freedom shrieked again
when Hungary fell. Freedom shrieksd
again when Fremon. waa defeated in the
Presidential canvass.
4 ligh, has arisen in the eas, viii Oh
shines brightly in the north. l, partially
lilumes the west. Some fam. rays have
pierced the South. Aud il will continue
10 shine, until. in 1850. its meridian
OF splendor will overshadow the whole
county. And tbs Republican party,
with John G. Fremont. as ito leader. (for
| desire no better standard bearerl will,
u 1860. give one long and loud shrek
Tor freedom, which will compel the slave
power Of the South 10 retire 10 the filthy.
slimy pools Of despotism from which i,
emanaied.. And then the star spaneled
banner shall again wave over the
Land Of the Free and Home Of the Brave.'
And ~ many personal illusions have
bsen made TO me in the course Of this