Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-24

TAe Kaasas Resalnlirnss
& An interesting debate sprung up in the Hons
N % the sth, on the resolutions to instruct ou
T. Representatives IN congress, 10 vote for the I'd
o zission Of Kansas into the Union ~ fire.
4 state. Also declaring that slavery is sectiona
I. and freedom national s
Whereupon Mr. Cloud of Muscatine made th,
/ following remarks:
|. had about concluded to say nothing, had moi
the gentleman from Marion Mr.. Clarkl placed
himself on 30 novel democratic platform. He
: says freedom is local and slavery is local. And
II understand him. It Is race for freedom ard
TOR slavery-that Missourians are southern men,
and Massachusetts, men may try who can get
there first. He says that members of congress
take the oath Of fidelity to the Constitution
and that this resolution tends to make them vio-
late their oath. But the constitution does not
establish slavery in Kansas. We take the same
oath, nor do Ne violate this oath, in going for
this resolution. Yet / have no expectation that
the friend Of the gentleman, Senator Jones, will
obey these Instructions
Yet our politics do not make slavery constitu-
tionat or unconstitutional Our politics to day
cannot make it constitutional and tomorrow un-
constitutional In the Florida case, the courts
recognized the right Of Congress to iegislate
for the territories. Congress has always recog
| nized this power. In the territory of Indiana,
before it became state, when the people PEI
titioned congress to suspend the sixth article Of
the ordinance for the northwestern territory,
congress decided that it was inexpedient to sus-
| pend it, and admit slavery. The Missouri com
promise, Texas and Oregon, all confirm this re-
| cognition of the same principle by Congress
In the case of Oregon, Il read from the message |
of James 4. Polk, vino, the gentleman will ad. |
NIT, is goood democratic authority, to show that
he sustained the compromise line.
Here Mr.. Cloud read from Benton's Thirty |
Years in the q. s. Senate.
These words Of James K. Polk are very SINH
lar to the words Of James Buchanan, on the am
nexation of Texas-the words of the fathers Of |
the democratic party-the words Of franklin
Pierce and Of the democratic party, as it was
when 81 slid out of it" as the gentleman from
Dubuque (Mr. Barker) said on Saturday In
deed congress has ever exercised this rightas to
laws that are enacted under the organic act of
the territories. But now a new light has arisen,
Stephen A. Douglas. never subscribed to this
new doctrine.
In the abstract, could subscribe to the doc
trine of Squatter Sovereignty, as said on Sat
urday. But when it is accompanied with fraud J
and violence, then dissent. Ny friend from
Wappelo, (Mr. Franklin) had a great deal to say ,
about negroes, Sambo, and all that. If he used
such arguments in the late canvass, and was
elected as q consequence, then his constituents
must be satisfied with very simple doctrine.
But it is urged, that we would only consult
for the elevation of the black man, so as to op-
press the white man. Freedom Of the black :!
race implies more than this-the equal liberty
Of all-not the slavery or the aristocracy Of t
any man. If we exclude freemen from the north
the south will come in with slaves, and build .
up an arstocracy in Kansas. r. ,.E
do not like to use many Of the party epi- Y
shets banded here. But that. OF freedom a
,hriekers" used by the gentleman from Wappe a
o Mr.. Franklin) does not seem to be under !,
stood, it's of European origin. Freedom shriek :
ID when Poland fell. Freedom shrieked when .
Kosciusko fell. Freedom shrieked again when | u
Hungary fell. Freedom shrieked again when "
fremont was defeated in the Presidential can ;,
'ass. 5 @'''' 4
A light has arisen in the east which shines
brightly in the north. It partially illumes the =
vest. Some faint rays have pierced the South. :
And it will continue to shine, until. in $780, its
meridian of splendor will overshadow the whole 8,
country. And the Republican party, with John q
J. Fremont as its leader, (for desire no better
will, in 1850, give one long
he slave power of the South to retire to the a
ilthy, Shiny pools of despotism from which it :,
And then the star spangled banner
hall again wave over the
s'Land of the Free and the home of the Brave" lr
AS many personal illusions have been made Il
o me in the course of this debate, would say, I,
or the information of the gentlemen, that l .,
ave been resident of Iowa since was twen- s.
y-one years old-always labored to gain an hon W
st livelihood and voted the democratic ticketi
ill 1855. / recognize the constitution and the u
avs of the United States and of this state, as
he rule of my civil and political action. rec 7.
gnize higher rule, with the bible as my guide 49,
n moral action. In that book we are COM a.
handed to come out from among the wicked @
o be entirely separated-to "touch not, taste P
ot, and handle not, the unclean thing" The l.,
party went after strange gods, and / -
eft them. / am under many obligations to my o.
Id political friends for their support; and par G
iculary to the gentlemen from Wappelo Mr.. W
'ranklin) who says he wrote tickets all day for
ne. hope some day to be able to return the
avor, for expect to see many of my old dem o.
cratic friends in hesranks Of the Republican b
'arty. a!''s
Monday evening, the resolutions came up :.
gain, and in reply to an allusion OF Mr.. Bar y
er, VI
Mr. Cloud said-his (Mr Barkers line of poe m
ry-''freedom shrieked when Koscusco fell"
was not my quotation; and as the gentleman
Mr.. b. has been studying on it oil day, as he
ays, 1t shows that he is no poet; as well as his
quotations of scripture show, that he is not very n
amliar with that book. He cited-"Saves be :,
bedient to your masters By the same license ;.
q quotation-the Savior's words-"Well done u
,ood and faithful servant, would read, well done
rood aud faithful slave. >s.osl al Il