The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-10-08

liioe {, the iornstcn the constructor, how naay Of
them were left undeerirsd2 IL tacs they determlned
no ether questions than those that vital the
time fer which they were called upon 20 act. rhsy
sge Wick succeecea tneu in The GLORIOUS history
(wbch they thought then about 0penipg of
states OF the American Union, should take the respon
bes attaching to lat and cec 10 Tor themselves the
questions tna should srse n trat age Why pow the
matter Of The acquisition oferory, which Eincs
70 be the great question, in the elucta
ZION OF which have stretched states fr0m toe Az
laniic 10 The pncihcthat has given ali the territory
west o The hssietpp even IN regard TO this question,
TO which the acquisition posses oi
by Tar toe largest and perhaps the best part Of The North
chon Of the United states They left for the
were to come after them. So Ia regard 10 the auesa
q the errrsncy You remember TIE contest, whittier
NE currency OF tns country should be Of money
or of hard money The fremers Of the constitution lei
hat question to be determined by the people who cams
tier them 80 III regard 10 the matters Of commerce,
nd thousand other questions that have ag,tated
u.s. sEd will hereafter convulse ustbey were lett 20 US
by the framers Of the government for to determne
and only by holding tie government Of the United
States anc The constitution the questions Vi
tai at that tme they made the Unionthe Uaion q
II isthe siofiops Union been-the Union as we
trust Will be- through God and his grace forever and
ever (Cneers) Nos, what are We told By the qus,ks
OF shis day. enprs OF politics In 1862 We told
that we must make rule OF acdoD shall control all
lIne hereateTan iron rule, that shai govern not ony
san oWich Islands, ald the Islands that denounaved
:" cur Islands" ia tho Southern seaswe arc TO make
rule that III coIScithe Aercao people hereafter In
earc 10 the government OF all The territories which we
now have or nsy acquire II our fathers had pursued
policy Of that ih d he contribution which Is now model
OF goveInmentthe most perfect form Of government the
world has ever sseI-wcuid never, and couid never
have Lao IN extence Had lhey followed the rule Of the
political quscks ard emprcs Of the year 1856 1885,
they would have effected union the present
10 and the aud which Is the
American r,a,esmen and OF the american people Zap
plause We then say not only that the rule wrong but
that assertion Of that rule are
wrong Ard hat Tho consequences Why they have
been Obliged 10 repeal the prohibition Of the Institution Of
slavery IN tbs territory nerh and wcst Of the State Of
irpm The line NJ 0vyVn Martin
ward TO the norihernmost limits OF the American terri
tories They have repealed the prohibition which the
forever, and for which they received equivalent
for which they Rave to day Senator'S Arkansas
MnsoLfi and hcm Forida-for which they have TO day
the represe psves and the electoral votes Of those
States; for had rot been for the compromise Of 1870
never save state would have been admitted into tue
uLion nom that day to this. They have repealed
this prohibition The South has received all the
advantages il expected TO derive from it; the North
has received toihirs. Thirty five years have passed
cur heads since that compromise made, and
advs ntage has been received BY the North. Nov Ia
pear Did any body ask for III Did the South ask for IT. No
asked for K Was there population the Territories
OF Kansas sId Nebraska that demanded goveramentP
pie tlere save the RED men, and we had made solemn
treaties with them that they should not be disturbed.
peal Of the prohibition Of 1920 What then, the
son for k repea Why, they sald that they proposed
States all Territorial questions as TO remove the
subject IRON the hall OF Congress- and from the
TO TIC ~ tia! tina. thu ia an nYossoility No mAn-no
slatcerDan-- Who lived who Will live
can te scw ibe Territorial question, Of this government
ysars hence. No man can do Is IL s . moral-a
pciiL impossibiy. The bin is an absurdsy In terms.
the exarppes of the sacred VITO have
made inn ane slirt which founded aud gave 20
the best government that the world has Zap
pkuse) Mere than thet, 1t n Eot only moral impos
si5i.y 10 cay bu. II eonIayenes the doctrine OF
democratic party from the dsy OF Its organization undc
exposition of every Of It's great Leaders up
d0mOfazed
strength and weighed 10 with their false doctrine
to pef5ltcn to destruction and to death. What is ia
great Doctrine or democrats given 10 rs BY Jecrson
and Madison, and Monroe and AL the great leaders
the rasi-the men who acted for them selves. no
ike The Of the prescrt day who act for other
Their iha; the world governed too o,rcn
that The less the uerersd the better for tn
has eooa deal Of trr in IL VIVA. il the maxim OF all
the de enocvatc escers OF the present deys That I'll
worlds rot governed enouRh-'hat Lot oLy Is there
matters OF inert enough ior the present day bu
that we n ust fos IL questoos which have nothing -
" Ts ar ~ eS sayn win
and weigh down the generations for twenty 1--we or dty
70 sso os Tnsresrs f. &C. say this ra,s9 sSn,s sns
OF the democratic leaders or tho past that the
world Is covered too much. But lie, mo look
at another sipgle dIerepoe In their policy, and
then pass from this subec Is said that ia The rigt
the people Of the Territories govern themselves and
was The rsh Of The people Of Nsslsss and kansas e
aon did not confer thas right upon them stand tere
odsy to say-snd kEow that In this canvass Of i've or
the truth cf what say and to expose iis fasy, be
talse- stand hero to-day to cay that on the question
% or f' 70 The Is psps Of seSrssss And
~rh the keen reeollcccn and indeed with the very re-
petition Of the words "a the biz, which they sought to
as oeenco for their acton tha, not their IN
erton either 10 establish or 10 prohibit slavery In tho
Tsrriioris, bus to leave The people iree perfectly o
their own Iudt meDt That ~ what they say. That y
Whist Colonel Pob,on called 'tna stump speech
injected inio the body OF the bill;' but IL has
no legislative force and virtue. Tho question
OF slavery in The Territory Of Kansas must be trcacd
say Now thsy deny thai either Congress TO people
of Territory the Legislature Of Territory have the
y Gr ason These - n' snS
rett Corspsss has never affirmed 10. Mr.. douglas, Mr.
Cas-. none = ,hcse men who 90 before tho soany sees
Congress- ,be people the Legislature bad the power to
restrict Or aberh the Institution Of slavery IN tho Terrific
quesog In answer TO the inquiry Of Mr Trumbu in the
seraie Of the United siaes Mr. Douglas said he would pro
the legislature had ne authority abolish slavery 10
Territory noa. And under the Kansas Nebraska bill
u judicial question Heretofore tho question oi ala
very has been popular question. You so treated IN
$780, when Pennyvana the Cost state on tbc North
American continent who, BY legislative action, abolished
fachuscts Pernsyv vana was the poineer OF freedom.
(Applhuse) IL was Ecsfd - popular qucs-
an exyanse q lard easurisg more Than half million or
square niles. Il determined by the representatives
Of the pccpo in the Congress Of the United states hw1
"
cd IN Oregon. So Il when II prohibtcd In Call
forrs. Thus, from tho day when wS Abolished In
PcrDsylvana In Ire, to the hour when California be-
came a free state, the institution OF slavery q
question always 10 DO determined by tho psopc
ard By the rorrhr vote. Now they tel US that
II "a q icdiciai euestlor-that Is no longer 10 be
treated g. popular questor-tbat Ia 10 be referred
10 tho judicial rover. And what In that powcr
ID s Jrc so Iecounte who has given decisions that would
even dsrke tic faric Of Jccys. Judge Tccompte,
who has declared that refusal 70 obey laws moro Ia
human and blcoay than The code ot Draco-uorc nhu.
ma ard IL any gOse
the world has tcers code or laws, the consutu.
tcrary ~ whCh no OF thirty millions Of people DO
clarep OF vs. wiling 10 DECLARE who rays that refusal
70 obey these laws s reoscn against the Uned S,ats q
America s1d the American people. Tbs man a TO DO
ermire the question oi slavery slavery the Ter
rory OF ksnsaa II has ceased 10 be popular question
fr tho frat time 10 history, ard has become IL
aicial quescr--such q question &C the people Of toe
United States intcrded 10 make IL. Well nov, II
ycu allow the question Of slavery Kansas 10 be ia
otia question, you viii pave the way for tho ntrodlc
OF oiher judicial qrestous Let look at the facts
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