The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-09-20


State 1t made the necessary provisions
promptly TO carry out and accomplish that
purpose That ILL was not acceptable TO
the House Of Representatives,, and has not
been acted on there, OK even considered. II
the provisions which it contained for the
:oIii: ION ct State constitution were nm
satisfactory. il was in the power OF that
House 10 have made any change or aiteia
ton or amendment in him. Ii ti!e quailh-
cation Of voters, ii the residence required,
If the time prescribed for the election, or ii
anv Of the various proceedings required as
preparatory to the formation Of Il vonst!tU-
ton. and her admission into our Union, were
unsatisfactory, they could have been amend
Cd bY the party which seems to have the
practica. majority III that House, assuming
10 he the pccuiiar friends Of Kansas, ami ~
d, sire hur admission as a State, as the best
remedy for ali her troubles. They have TO-
tally neglected u take any notice Of that bill.
. That session closed, and the extra session
called 10y the President seems to be approach
ing it, close, and nothing has yet been done
nothing TO settle the affairs Of Kansas. or to
stay zhc bloody and wide spreading course
of anarchy which there prevails.
This same NJ. CEITrENDES, to which the
Democrat 50 boas,ingly refers as having IN
troducsd q bill for the repeal of the Kansas
laws. aud which the democratic Senate re-
fused to pass, makes the further remarks IN
the same speech
at Is not known TO every one who hears
ue-iS there one SO uucand.d aS 70 deny it
that these troubles in Kansas are to form the
great dement's in that excitement Uhich IS
Srye-ted TO carry Wr. Fremont iHtO tie Pre-
sidury? WE ALL KNOW IT. AND poor
KansGs 'rhat Is hcr d.Sti"y, and l-hat IS
her prrt here: She must remain scene of
blood and more, in their bloody winding
sheets. in the virgin soil Of Kansas must be
victims, IN order to proPitiate Jo5tanes IL
trror 81 II particuLar Prrty e2cctioh IL tie
. LNi.ied. .States. YOU MUST HAVE VIC
TINS fKUM NAN>Ao- Oh mtst haze
er.isSar!cs - announce those victims; you
must have witnesses or You must at least
have telegraphs, to establish their truth
throughout the land and stump speeches,
or, If | NAV say so, long senatorial speeches,
cut up into half dozen little ones, would
serve the purpose OF many !! tie cross-road
gathering, AID many a stump-tO rouse the
PEOPLE 10 madness and 10 muiiny. Sir. this
is tie temper existing in the country at this
time and il tends greatly to increase app c
hen>ion, that while this policy is pursued
merely for the purpose Of carrying an cleo
ton. 1t may colIaterally have the fatal effect
of stirring up CIVIL WAR in the land"
I This is the language of him who was went
to be called :" the noble CgITrEyDEY, sue
cessor to the gallant HExmY CLAY. This is
not only the language OF the Senator from
Kentucky, but CLAYTON, BEyJAMiS, PRAr1
and PEAEcE, ali Of whom have during their
whole lives acted against the democratic
party.
Hear the language of Senator DoUGLAs il
; this same connection, which was made in
the L. $. Senate on the 21th of August
three DAYS before the adjournment OF Con
grcss. giving ample line 10 the black re-
publicans TO acccp. of Senator - S challenge
and pass the measure if they wished:
Sir, have said that every man e that
party. with one exception, voted to rccog-
Mise tie validity Of those laws; that one has
published letter in which he assigns his
reason for his vote. find the letter in the
newspapers
Mr. WADE-l do not wish TO interrupt the
Senator; but he says we are opposed to the
repeal of those laws. | want to know how
/ it happened this morning, on our endcavor.
I ing to repeal them Crittcndcr's bill alluded
to by the Democrat that every member on
the other side Of the House voted to lay the
bill on the table.
Mr.. DpUGLAs-Wc passed a hill TO annul
them once, and sent II to the House of Re-
prcscntaiives, and your minority would not
tax. il up and pass it, We then sent tho
! bill a second time, and your majority in the
! House of Representatives woEld not take il
w. Ii was well known that the reason why
you would not take it up was the fear that
7 few Of your men would join in and pass
/ the bill. 1t was unnecessary for US TO send
| a third biil-twIce, assurcdlv, was enough.
II is no excuse To say that our bill contained
other matter which you did not like in con.
nexon with that repeating section If YOU
had insuperablc objections to the other II al t.
ter, if it involved YOUR consccnces or your
Judgment, you could have stricken out all
that you objected to, and sent us the resi- ne
You have had assurances sufficient TO-DAY
that your action would have been concurred
in by the Senate in a moment if you had
done it; and if your folks are sincere in de-
string these obnoxious laws to be repealed
YOU will take up our bill and certainly pass
the repeating section, whether you pass the
remainder or not, before II o'clock to-mor-
row. We shall now wait to see whether
you are sincere in trying TO get rid of these
obnoxious laws believe, and it is painful
TO me to be under the necessity Of saying
that have been forced to ,he conviction,
that you will not permit these obnoxious
/ laws to be swept from the statute book until
after the Presidential election. believe
you have distinct understanding that the
repeating bill shall not pass. 1t is the main
/ plank in your political platform for the pend
! ing election.
( But said would read an extract from a
| letter of one member of the black republi-
can party OF the House, who could not vote
for your bill. He says:
| We passed Dumas bill for Kansas yester-
day in very Objectionable manner. 1t has
many good provisions, but extends the fugi-
tive slave law over Kansas and Nebraska,
Z and peipetuateg slavery there until 1858,
and makes all children born therein up to
that time o; slave mothers slaves. This was
too much for me. have always said, and
now repeat my pledges, that will never vote
TO recognize slavery; will never vote to
make any human being slave: will never
vote to extend slavery one single foot; 1 will
never vote for the fugitive slave law or ITS
extension over any free territory. | there.
fore voted against Dunn's bill, SOLITARY and
alone or all our party.
4 SEyAToR-Who is that?
Mr.. DorGLAs-Mr. Letter, of Ohio.