Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-12-05
From, the Chicago Times.
Senator Douglas on tho Party Politics
of the Country,

cratic Hall in Chicago Senator Douglas, in
answer to repeated calls, appeared upon the
stand amid loud and prolonged cheers from
the assembled multitude He commenced
by saying that he did not suppose when in
vted to be present and say few words up
on the occasion of dedicating the new hall
that he would meet the large assenblage of
Democrats then before him. He proceeded
to allude to the occasion which had bro't
them togethcr-to give expression to their
feelings and sentiments in view of the tri-
umphs of the Democracy in the late cleo
tons Every Democrat in the Union felt
an interest in these results. They showed
the verdict of the people upon the manner
in which Democratic President had dis
charged the duties of his high office, and he
felt gratified in knowing that his course had
been such as to convince the Democracy of
the country that they had President true
to the Constitution and to the party which
elected him.
He referred to the results in the differ
emit States. In every State where elections
had been held, the result was triumph for
the Democracy, save only Maryland, which
still stood upon the narrow and prohibitory
platform of Know othingism. Pennsyl-
vania, New Jersey, New York, Connect
cut, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota
and California were ranking themselves I'M
der the broad folds of the Democratic ban
ner.
1t had been Lis lot, since occupying a
seat in Congress, to frame the bills under
which Wisconsin and Texas and California
had been admitted into the Union, and also
that which provided the way for each of the
seven Territories now existing to enter
\ voice. Including the Nebraska Bill ~
Yes, wrote the Nebraska bill, too APP
plause. Aud he incorporated into it that
great Fundamental principle which declared
the right of the people to establish their own
government and fashion their own institu-
tons and the people in the recent elections
had passed upon that act. 1t was an in
dorsement of that principle and of the men
who wrote and passed the bill, and he felt
as proud of this Endorsement now as he did
in standing up for this bill four years ago,
amid the SCOTS aud jeers of an excited aud
misguided populaee in this city. He re-
joieed to know that he had stood firm for
the right, aud that the people had at last
read and examined and pronounced their
sober verdict upon the greatest of all princi-
Piles upon which our Government rests-the
right of the people to rule. New York had
ratified it: Connecticut had ratified it; Wis
consin had ratified it Kansas had ratified
it; and Illinois had never done otherwise
Applause.
lie proceeded to pay glowing tribute of
praise to Minnesota--the land of the sky
tinted water-the first of the Territories for
which he had the honor of framing the law
which was about to bring her into the Union
A glorious State she would be, and worthy
of all praise.
Kentucky, the land of Clay and the home
of the gallant Breckenridge, had thrown off
the shackles that bound the consciences of
her people. Her Old Line Wings, who
would not be Know Nothineizcd and Abo-
litionized, now rallied around the standard
Of Democracy, in pursuance of the advice
of the llustrious Clay, who said IF the
time ever comes, and l fear it may, when
the Wing party shall be dwindled to mere
Abolitionized faction, then 60 with the
Democratic party"
In fact, with here and there an cxcep-
ton, the whole Union was in line with the
banner of Democracy before them. Why
should such not be the case? Four years
of the past had been devoted to the ne
groes it was now meet that some time
should be devoted to the white men. Our
people were getting tired of sectional diff
culties, and desired to have no more of
them. What benefit, be would ask had
the political warfare waged in their behalf
conferred upon the negro race ? What had
this Republican party done for them p
W hat did they propose to do? When the
Supreme Court gave its decision in the
Died Scott case, every Republican paper
and orator raised a shout against it, and
proclaimed that they were going to revolu-
tionize the Supreme Court, because the de-
cision was unjust and monstrous. What
was there in that decision? Why, that un-
der the constitution a negro is not and can
not be citizen of the United States. Our
opponents said it was unjust and monstrous
to deprive Negroes of citizenship, and
hence they were going to reverse the decis
ion and decide that they aTe citizens. -
Were they honest in this ? If they were,
and Negroes were citizens, then it followed
they were entitled to all the privileges
which citizenship conferred upon white
men. But, ask IL Republican, will you
give them right to vote, to hold office, to
serve upon juries, to unite with your daugh-
tiers in marriage? "Oh, no, was his an
swer; II am not for that!' Then what
did he mean by denouncing Judge fancy
and the Supreme Court, for if Negroes
were citizens they were entitled to all these
rights He did not blame the Republican
Party for holding that Negroes were citi-
zens and equals, but he did for abusing the
Court for deciding that they were not so,
when they themselves would not admit
them to the rights which citizenship would
secure
Il Long Time to Width the middle
of the fifteenth century the Count of Logro-
no was made prisoner by the Duke of Bur-
gundy He ransomed his life by the sur
render of immense estates, conditioned,
however, that they should not be sold, and
that after four hundred years they should
revert to the heirs of the Count. For this
long time the estates have been enjoyed by
the heirs Of the Duke. and the ultimate
rights of the heirs of the Count have been
kept in view and recognized The four
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