The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-09-26
Grand Fremont Demonstration ut Pough-
keepsfe.
SPEECH OF DAVID DUDLEY FIELD-oLD DUCHESS
SURE FOR FREMONT.


SURE FOR FREMONT.
PouGnKxxpsrE, Sept rs, 1866.
large republican meeting held In this city to-day,
Mayor silkinson, PRECEDING More than five thousand
persons In attendance After able address from
Senator Foote, Of Vermont David Dudley Field Of New
York delivered the following eloquent and convincing
speech -
posed the farmers and mechanics OF Duchess Pough-
keepsie dd with the ss ms Of manufacturing industry
the county ia divided into rich and well cuitvatoC
farms. more pleasing example OF mechanical ano nj
agricultural society cannot be iound Nature has been
the bounty From the place where stand, the
is OF npequaled beauty The noble river the great
gates of the Highlands through which u e5os and nows,
the long ridge Of bs either side, the cultivated
slopes the rich green meadows the orchards the lawns
the dwellings nierposeo, al help to form one OF the
beautiful pictures which the eye any where can
est Follow the river up down, and the picture is
repeated with Infinite variations You may begin at the
treat city by the sea, and sail nortnward 70 inc
apital OF the State you will see on every
ide the marvellous results Of free labor-iarge
owns thriving vii ages, heavily laden vessels, busy
factories, fertile farms and most finished landscapes.
60 now to another staie-one Of the old thirteen which
food side by side with New York the days OF the Re-
yoluton 60 to Virgnia Stand upon the banks Of her
treat river You see different pcture-one which ma
lure has painted fair which man has neglected. You
there plantations OF thousands of acres instead OF
farms Of hundreds p nters instead of farmers and slaves
instead of free abo'ers Which do you PREFER Which
constitutes the happlest the intelligent the most
prosperous community after contemplating these two
tory Of this republic Man is there contendiug with man,
and brother with brother m one of the most ferocious
wars of which history supishes example to establish
one or the other OF hese systematic system Of New
York the system Of Virginia. This war Is waget by
n,ruders from Missouri and The federal oceholders and
federal army against settlers. All people speca
might rather Say for since the election must
decide the question: must take part with one side or the
ether Consider then what's TO be the result Of this contest
Consider the different OF Kansas whether she have
the other of these systems. She cannot have
both Nothing Is certain than that. There cannot
be plantations with slaves aud also farms vito free labor
The law Of mans nature forbds it. No nation ever
yet II; will as long as man continues
10 be what he is In setting the fate Of Kansas one OF
kese two conditions must be chosen We urge th1t
free aborers should be adopted better also the
try and better for you the free farmers and mechanics
First II is better for Territory. Makca comparison
of the free and the States Take the most prospe-
prosperous slave State Georgia Take the oldest free
Stae Massachusetts, and compare with the Oldest slave
State, Virginia Compare the schools OF each the pro-
portion oil persons who read and write, the relative
density OF popuatop the relative wealth. the relative In
dustry the number of books written in EACH the number
OF newspapers the number Of patents, and the immense
superiority Of freedom slavery is manifest have
been informed BY person who has examined the sub
ect that patents granted TO the citizens OF
New York alone curing the last year. than have been
granted TO the citizens OF all the slave States during the
whole period the org 4nizaon Of tie government
and that none has ever yet granted TO citizen OF
second II Is better also for the country tina. Kansas
should have institutions Whatever promotes the
happiness or increases the prosperity any OF tue states
prom oes happiness ard the prosperity Of
the Union; Tor the happiness and prosperity OF the
whole but the sum Of the happiness and prosperity
,ne % prbe, .na bs,isr cu,usies more nroS
per pow erfu woua she now have been How much
more would she have contributed to the weash and
Third. 1t Is better also for you the free farmers and
mechanics OF the North. Your children do not all remain
the old homestcadfsher will emgrate, seeking homes
in The West You and they have ever looked upon our
free territories the future homes, not CT some Oh
yourselves yet OF children or their descendants
But If you do not keep Territory OF Kansas free,
you canno, keep for yourselves or Them Inc point
th-tha, while is SO desirable every reason that
Kansas should remain see as II Was soemniy declared
chanan is surviving to force slavery upon il against the
wishes Of the people Of the Ter tory. This point
think be made cIear-9roven ndeed-by evidence
which would prove an, fact in court Of justice The
10 aton thai the people d Kansas are against slavery
l. The several nvs ions Of the Missouri bcrderers TO
the ballot boxes with spurious votes in favor Of slave
institutions. II the inhaoitin's were against slavery,
here could be no motive 70 bring IN other voters
- great majority Of the people cast their votes Tor
Mr. Reeder delegate 10 Congress-, on the ground that
be was for making Kansas Tree state
g. The people have actually formed constitution Qhat
of Toreka) wh,h pronai,s slavery.
The position that the party OF Mr. Buchanan s seeking
slavery upon the Territory established By seve
raj FAC do DO, enter into the merits OF The Kan
tas act though think Il be shown, bob by the in
rnsic character of the act and by ths circumstances
nder which introduced and passed. that the pur
ote authors the establishment Of slavery.
~, that pass by and assume for the present that
though the Introduction OF the bill nc; OF nsanity,
,a .Se rrSt 70 admit or exclude slavery they
pleased; and assuming that, assert that the
subsequent conduct Of Mr.. Bucbanan's party, or,
plainly words can express that they mean 10 keep
slavery there. These are my reasons Inc nrs'
not by the settlers OF Kansas but by the people OF Mis-
souri, This proved clearly since the Investigation OF
no, know that anybody nov ventures TO deny II. The
body thus chosen ased certain acs 70 establish and con
liz slavery and these so harsh Ia their character
be revolving and Infamous The executive officers,
wlo manybody we're to pat these laws IN force, and the
administered at all were all appointed by the President
aud removable Al his will. And yet the President and
bis Governors and Judges all declare that This legislature
legal and that toese laws must DO ooeyed and on.
forced Even the newly appointed Governor Just he
aed a. ne y ea ha bn w
these laws with all the power Of the government The
ssue is therefore, tbs neither more nor less These
laws and that were rghtfu and valid or they
were wrongful and void. II the former, slavery
in the Territory, and viii not be put out Of Il;
yor 10 uphold ana enforce them That they arc in
The xprcssion Of the will Of the people Of Kansas
and have been sanctioned BY them IS TOO clear to
We have then. an administration seeking by every
isnis odous laws es alb ssns aad perpeiuang slavery
the offspring Of usurping body, aliens from Its SOIL
warrant for ia authority than II you had sen, on your
from New York aud thereby elected H. IL Is idle
70 talk o. or a rs The w - ,n sp w..
should be so treated by every ccer and every person Ia
the land.
pacn ,aion which the ne vernon Geary, produce
We have his proclamation dictated no doubt from wash
ipgton and what he 10 do, and that s
these laws and any others the same Lsgisla-
inre may enact AL that he has attempted 10
do for the relief Of the settlers 10 get
I'D Of bis Missouri allies, who we're brought
In 10 assist in subjugatirg the settlers. Bu, even
this he has not yet accomplished; and when he
shall have plshed il, he win simply have restricted
himself 10 better ins,rument-ihe federal afmyfor the
enforcement Of the pretended laws. The instru
ment mcrcifu doubt for like all bsrbsrians,
those Missoursns INSCRIPTIONS and unrecnting
They Of for tyranny to do its revolving
deeds with. The instrument " now, would seem,
more mercfui but the work is the ingiorious,
unraheous and tyrannous work. The new Governor
aavey tells the settlers that they must obey these laws
til hey are repealed How they to be repealed
The Legislature OF Kansas consists OF Council and As
sembiy The members Of the former were elected for