The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-06-04

otSohur a " was tuo At.NF hnl "QotY
Of the lpon slayeholding States to use the
same i6esns % scnl med into, Kansas fer
Die perp5se Of becOmihg ydlers and control
ling lhe slecIibhs and prohibning sla-
sery ~
Titd, tiat eAeh ofthese movements on
The pari ef he two sections OF the Union
was equally lawful and laudible"-was
"higaly praiseworihy and eonmendabie"
and THAI neither was unlawful nor cen
surable," although "ihe natural, and per-
haps unavoidable, consequence Of the ma
ture Of The experiment'wa to produce VIC
leRce" by "bringing into dangerous con-
tactand collision inaammab.e elemenlsl"
Thus it appears that this line Of policy IS
adopted aud defended as a "praisewor.hg
a ID communicable" rule Of action, on the
supposition that its natural, Il not unayoi-
dah.e. consequence is to produce violence
Is this the policy Of the anti Nebraska
men? Is this the ground upon which my
colleague Mr.. Trumbuli1 prUnounces the
minority report a mastery" productioB9
Was il in view Of this positicn il that the
senator from Massachusetts Mr.. Sumnerl
returned thanks to its author for such an
admirable document, aud that the sena
Tor from New York Mr., Sewardl took
npon himselfH He obiig lrion 10 make good
all its positions? Is lt tue that ;he author
Of the minority report is prepared TO defend
a line Of policy which, according to his wn
acknowledgment, leads naturally, and per.
hops nnaSoidably. TO violence?
Mr. COLLAMER. l did not say
SO. ~
Mr. DOUGLAS. I baye shown that
the language used IS susceptible Of no 9th
er G Instruction. The report defends the
right and asserts the duty Of the Slave
holding States 20 attempt to control the Q
lections and establish slavery in Kansas. -
It also defends the fright" and asserts the
"duly" Of the free States to attempt to con.
troll The elections and prohibit slavery in
the same Territory, and then says:
eif violence has takon place as the natural, and
perhaps unavoidable, consequence Of tic NAT ure Of
the experiment, bringing into dangerous contact
and collision inilammble elements, il was the voice
OF a mistaken law, aud immediate measures should
be tahen BY Congresr 10 correct such law "
Here is a distinct Acknowledgements that
violence was she natural. if not unayoida
BILE, consequences of that line of policy mar,
ked out and puraued, by the New Eagland
emigrAnt aid soeieties.e and the sc1aa' 'er
movements in the southern States, which
those societies brought into existence by
way Of antagonism! fhe fact is admitted,
couuled with ALI excuse which explains the
political designs OF the whole movement -
Ii violence results from The action of the
emigrant aid societies, the fault is to be
charged ON the n braska act, as 'Ihe vice
Of mistaken law" Wnat vice WIS there
in the Nebraska ac,2 The minority rep4rt
answers the question.
1t turned over the decision of the slavery
question to the inhabitants of Kansas. /,
contained the principle Of self government
IN obedience to the constitution. 1t left
the people free TO for.a and regulate their
domestic Institutions in their own way,---
This was all the vice Of mistaken law!--
Ii banished the question of slavery agita-
ton from the halls Of Congress, and turned
it over to the people who were immediate
y interested in responsible FOR, and had a
right to coatrol. the decision Of the Ques
ton. If that gteat principle Of self govern
ment which lhs minority report calls .'the
vice Of a mistaken law" had been permitted
to have fair play in Kansas, as it did in Ne
braska, there would have been no more
trouble or violence in the one than in tie
olherg In Nebraska, to which The emigrant
aid societies did not extend their operations
and whore emigration and settlement were
left to flow in their natural channels, moth
ing has occurred 10 disturb the peace and
quiet Of the Territory. There this vice Of
mistaken law" produced peace and har
mony, instead of violence and confict, as
its natural and perhaps unayoitla! le con
S, quence In Nebraska, whore the pfinci-
pie Of self government was permitted to
have fair play andet tile provisions Of the
same ''rnistaken irw'' but where "the Tx,
pertinent oftringmg INTO dangerous con
tact and collision iiiH mrnable eltments," /"
The natural, and perhaps unavoidable, con
sequence OF which was violence, was not
deemed ''bishIy praiseworthy and commtn
dabIe" where II was not considered n
"right' and ''luty" Of the States in the
two extreme sections of tie Union Is aty
tempt to cnntrol the political ttestinies ofa
distant Territory yand Win that view to AZ.
ray all lie Inhabitants mo two great hos
tile par les. and force peacetble men ihta
the ranks of tlfeaotle or the other for proiec
Iion--where foreign interference has yield
ed 10 The principle Of non iilterveiticnL-t
Kansas Nebraska Act Has wo ked out lis
own yindicalion. IL Fas Shown, that White
violence is the natural, and perhaps una
vodabIe, result Of The experiment. 1T
tempted By the einigeant aid societies to
control the poEit cal desdnes OF the Terfi
tory by foreign interference and spurious
system of emigration no sach consequences
do Row from the operation Of the principle
Of self government when in tie lsnguige
Of tie Nebraska act, the "peope are left
perfectly free 70 form and regulate their
domestic institu lions IN their own ,wav5sub
iect only to The constitution Of the United
Statesp' Since, then, the experiment of
foreign interference. by the confession Of
the minority report, has produced violence
and bloodshed a. its natural, and perhaps
unavoidable result, should not the remedy
be sought in The abandonment Of the expe
riment which caused the mischief ia rebu
king and restraining foreign Interference.
and false and fraudulent schemes for con
trolling the elections by non!residents, and
maintaining firmly and inpaftfalIy tlie true
principles5of non intervention, by giving
fair play to the great principle ofiseIf gov
eminent, In Obedience to the constitution
as as prv7 uv7ided in the organic law ofthe Terri
tory. II. ses ss.1s ,..~te I, &, M,