The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-07-02
EXTRACT FROM THE SPEECH OF
HON. A. LINCOLN,
De,,,.r,5 in Tic HR cf The Honse Of Repre-
seatntires. M Springfield on the 26fh inst.
IN REPLY TO JUDGE DOUGLAS.

D~r,rsy~,} in fls HsH NJ the H0nsc ~ Repre-
s,afofir,s. NJ Springfield, on the 26fh ina.
IN REPLY TO JUDGE DOUGLAS.
Fellow CITIZENS IL am here tonight,
partly by the invitation Of some of yon, and
partly by my own inclination. Two weeks
ago. Judge Douglas spoke here on III. several
subjects Of Kansas, the bred Scott decision,
and Utah. listened to the speech at the
time and have read the report of IL since y
was intended to controyert opinions which
think just, and 10 assail (poli,ically, n"i per
sonally those men who, IN common with me
wished then, and still wish To make soiae an
swcr to II. which nov take the opportunity
! Of doing.
| begin with Utah. Ii il prove 10 be true
| a. Is probable that the people 81 ltah arr "
opea rebellion Ia the United states, then Jnase
| Douglas j. in favor Of repeating Their teffi,o
| rial orqauiyaiion aud attaching them TO the
adjoining States for indicial purposes say
to IN ,hev are In rebellion. they ought Ia lie
I somehow eoercei 10 obedience: ami am not
now prepared to admit or deny that the Judges
,,aIe IN coercina them j. not ~ good az any,
The Republicans can fall in with II without
taking back ANYTHING they have ever said. To
/ he sure il would he n considerable backing
down hy Judge Dougla, from his much vaunt-
\
ries bu, this is onl, additional proof Of what
was very plain from the beginning, that that
doctrine was mere dccci,fnl prctense for the
benefit Of slavery. Those who could not csc
that much la the Nebraska act itself, which
forced Governors and Secretaries and Judges
on I'll. people of the territories, without their
chooicor consent. could not be made to see
the eh one should rise from the dead Ia ties.
tify.
DOUGLAS DoD.Es.
But in all this, il is very plain the Judge
eva,ies the only question the Republicans have
ever pressed upon the Democracy In REGARD
TO Utah Tha, question the Judge well knows
10 be- this II the people of Utah shall
peacefully form State Constitution tolerating
| polypamy. viii the Democracy admit them in
\ ~ the Inion 7" There Is nothing In the
I United States Constitution or law against pol
/ ygamy and why is il not a part of the Judges
sacred light Of sell. government for that peo-
ple to hay. IL. or rather to keep IT, If they
chouse These questions, ~ far as know
the Judge never answers. II might involve
! the Democracy To answer them either way
and they 20 unanswered
KANSAS AFFAIRS.
! Asto Kansas The substance Of the Judges
speech on Kansas j. an effort 10 put the free
state n,.n ia the wrong for not voting at ia.
efetiirh %. usttlauFs 10 Inv NoH>titutfonstt'oit-
Seniioii. lie SAYS. There Is eresg reason "a
bel.ere that the lar riH be fairly iaterpy,fed
and isipdrfiaiiy erecsfed, as 10 insure 10 e.
cry Loaa h,ie inhaLitanf the free and qv,a sr
crease Of The eieefire franchise.
WHAT DOUGLAS KNEW AND DIDN'T TELL.
II appears extraoriinar, that Judge Doug
las should make such a statement. He know
that, hy the law no one can vote who has f,o
been registered aud he knows that the IRE,
. State men place their refusal ln vote the
ground thai hut few "f them have been regis
tered II il yDossibie this j. not true, hut Judge
Douglas knows IL j. asserted Ia u. trn. In let
tiers new spapcrs AMI public speeches, and
borne by every mni1 and blown by ever,
breeze To- the eyes aud ears Of the world. lie
knows il IL boldl, declared that the people
Of many whole counties, and many whole
; neighborhoods in others are leit unregistered
vet ne does not venture 10 contradict the dec
iaration, nor 10 point out how they can vote
without being registered but he Just slips
along hot seeming To know there Is any suci
question of fact, and complaccntiy declares
There Is every reason Ia hope and believe
that the Law will be fairly and impartially cx
ecu,ed, 80 as 10 insure Ia every bona fde In
; habitant the free and quiet exercise of th,
! elective franchise.
l readily agree that If all had a chance Il
contrary, as they alcgc, AMI Judge Dcngla
ventures not 10 particularly contradict. few
|. only Of the free State men had chance /,
vote, they were lerfecly right in staying
away from the polls in body.
"fREr STATE DEMooHArs.r
BY the way since the Judge spoke, the
Kansas election has come Off The Judge ex
pressed his confidence that all the Democrats
| In Kansas would do their duiy--iucnding
| free State Democrats" of course The re-
turns received here yet are very incom-
plete but so far rs known, they indicate that
only about onc-ihird OF the registered voters
have really voted; and too whom not more
perhaps, than half 81 the rightful voter.
have been registered. thus showing the thing
To have been altogether the most exquisite
farce ever enacted. am watching with con
siderable interest, Ia ascertain what hgur.
the free State Democrats" cut In the concern
of course they yoted-all Democrats do ia.il
dnty--and Of course they did not vote foi
slase-state candidates We soon shall know
how many delegates they elected how many
candidates they had pledged FOR free state
and how nlany VOTES were east for them.
Allow me 10 barely whisper my suspicion
that there mere no such things In Kansas as
free state Democrats that they were alto
gethcr mythical good only TO figure in news
papers and speeches in the free States. II
there should prove To be one real living free
State Democrat Ia Kansas, | suggest ,haN |,
| inight be well 10 catch him, and stuff and pre-
serve his skin, as an interesting specimen Of
1 that soon 10 he extinct variety II the genus
| Democrat.
DOUGLAS ON TRIAL.
Three years aud a half ago Douglas brought
forward his Nebraska bill. The country was n,
once In blaze, he seorned all opposition and
4 rs.l IL 4.
has seen himself Superseded in Presidential
nomination, by enc endorsing the general doc
trinc OF his measure, hut nj the same time
standing clear of the olium Of it, nnfimely
agitation, and IL. gross brcac of national faith
and he has seen that successful rival coilstita
tionaily elected ne. by the strength of his
| friends bai BY the division Of adversaries, De-
| ing in popular minority II nearly four hun
drcd thousand votes. lie has seen his chief
aids In his own State--Shields and Richardson
| politically speaking successfully tried con-
| victed and executed for an offence not their
own. but his. Aud now he sees his own case.
standing next on the docket for trial.
| Thai ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
There j. a natural disgust in the minds Of
bearl, all white people, TO the idea Of an iudis-
criminate amalsama;ien II the white and black
races; and Judge Douglas is evidently hasing
his chief hope on the chance Of being able To-
aIpropriai. the benefit ~ this disgust 10 him
self II he can by much drumming and re-
peatiis. fasten the odium Of that idea upon his
adscrsaries, he thinks he can struggle through
the storm. lie therefore .lings TO this hope,
a. a drowning man 10 the last plank. lie
makes an occasion Of Juggling IL ia from the
opposition 10 the bred Scot, decision. lie finds
| the Republicans insisting thar the Declaration
| Of Independence includes ALI men, black as
well as well as white and forthwith he boldly
denies that 1t includes negroes At MI, proceeds
| to argue gra,ely that all who contend IL does.
| do ~ only because the, want to vote and eat
and sleep and marry with negroes lie will
have II that they eanno, else be- consistent.
| Now protest against that counterfeit logic
which concludes that because do not want a
black woman for slave | must necessarily
| want her for wife. | need no, have her for
either. l can just leave her alone. In some re-
spects she is certainly not my equal, but in her
natural right 10 eat the bread she earns with
her own hands, without asking leave Of any
one else, she is my equal and the equal Of all
others.
WHAT THAT CLAUSE MEaSs--irs ontrCrs.
Chief Justice fancy, In his opinion In the
bred Scott ease, admits that the language VI
the Destination is broad enough to include the