Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-12-18

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Governor require twenty years citizenship In the United
States II men think that person should vote on hold
office until he has been here twenty years 'h,y haNe
Kansas think that no man Of foreign birth should vote
or hold office unless he haslvcd there twenty years. 10 is
their right say and have no right 20 interfere
with them; tits their business, mine but Il lived
there should not be willing TO have that provision in the
constitution without being heard upon the subject and
allowed to record my protest against IT, have nothing
say about their system NJ taxation, in which they have
gone back and rcsortcd the old exploded system that
w tried IN Illinois, but abandoned because we aug not
like it, II they wish TO Try 1t and get tired Of il and a.
bandun IL, he u sos but " were citizen OF Kansas
would profit by Che experience Of Illinois ON that subject
and defeat IL II could Yet have objection 10 their
having It II they want IT, IL is their business not mine
So Il is in regard 10 the free negroes Tycy provide that
no free negro shall be permitted TO live in Kansas
suppose they have right 10 say II they choose but
lived there should want TO vote that question
We, in Illinois provide that moro shall come there
We say 20 the other States take Of your own rec
negroes and will take Of ours But we do not
say that the negroes there shall not be permitted 70
live in Illinois, and think the people of Kansas ought
have tho right say whether they will allow them TO
live there and they are not going 10 do 80, ho" arc
they TO dispose ~ them.
So you may 20 on with all the different clauses Of tho
Constitution They may hc all right they may be all
wrong. That Is question ON which my opinion Is worth
nothing. The opinion II the wise aud patriotic Chief
Magistrate Of the United States not worth anything as
against that u the people Of Kansas, for they have
right 10 Judge inr thcms Ives, aud neither Presidents,
nor Senators, House Of Representatives nor any
other power oalde n Kansas has right go Judge for
violation NJ great principle " solfgovCrumcnt 20 say
that the Constitution you forcing them is not par
tculary obnoxious, Is excellent in It's provisions.
Perhaps, sir the same thing might be said Of the cee-
brated Topeka Constitution. do not recollco It's pc
culiar provisions. know thing We Democrats,
We Nebraska men, would not even look into 10 10 sec
what its provisions were. Why Because we said IL
was made by political party and not hy the people
that it MAIDEN defiance Of the authority Congress
that If it was a. pure as the Bible as holy the ten
commandments, vet would not touch it until IL was
submitted 70 and ratified by the people Of kansas' in
pursuance Of The forms Of law. Perhaps that Topeka
Constitution, but for the mode Of making IL, would have
been uncxcoptonahe. / do not know; I do not care.
You havss-o ss ~ force mcxccphonablc Consutu-
ton people Il docs not mitigate the evil, Il docs
diminish the insult it docs not acnratc the wrong that
YOU forcing good thing ON thcm ! not willing
20 be forced TO do that which would do ii were len
free TO judge and act for myself
Hence / assert that there is no Justification 90 De
made for this fragrant violation OF popular rights in
Kansas, ON Che plea Tint the Constitution which they
have made is not particularly obnoxious. But sir, the
President Of the United States is really aud sincerely OF
the opinion that the slavery clause has been fairly and
mpartay submitted to the free acceptance or rejection
the exciting and paramount question: II they get the
right to they please that subject they ought
accept H. and put an end TO the question Let me ask,
sir is the slavery clause fairly submitted SO that the
people vote for against il suppose | cit
of Kansas and should go mp the poll and say, 81
desire make Kansas slave State, here is my
ballot They reply to me t'Mr Douglas lust vote f1I
that Constitution FIRST II YOU please" "Oh. no." an.
swcr, al cunnn vote for that Constitution conscientious
~. opposed 20 the clause by which Won locate GER
tain railroads In such way as 90 sacrifice my county
and my part of the State am opposed 10 that banking
system. ana opposed to this Know Nothing American
clause ia the Constitution about the Quahaato for Of
hcc, cannot vote FOR it, They then answer, "Yot
sh 1 not vote on making it slave state t9en say
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WIN h W NM irrtd3n N dcif3ns that IN rreai
fundamental principle Of scl-govcumcnt for which W,
combined aud struggled, in this body and throughout
the country establish the rule Of action I'm an time
20 come The president Of the United States has mad,
rcm1rks in his Message which. IL strikes me- Il
would be very appropriate read in this connection liz
says;
''The friends aud supporters Of the Kansas and Ne
braska Act when struggling on recent OCCASION 10 ss
tain its wise provisions before the great tribunal Of me
American people, differed about It's true nelnin.
this subject Everywhere throughout the Union the,
publicly pledged their faith and honor that they woult
chccrluy submit the question Of slavery 10 the decision
OF the b0l fdc people Of Kansas without any restriction
quah cation whatever. All cordially united upor
the great doctrine Of popular sovereignty which Is the 81
tai principle Of our froe Institutions
Mark this
clad IL then been nsnuatcd, from any quarter tha
itwould have beeH sufficient compliance with the requi
sitous Of the organic Jaw for the members Of Conyen
ticn, thereafter to be elected withhold the question
slavery from the people and substitute shcir vii
for that Of legally ascertainod majority Of their
sttcnis, this would have been instantly rejected"
Yes, sir and will add further. had Il been then init
mated from any quarter and believed BY the AmsricaI
people, that would have submitted the slavery caus
In such a 10 compel a man to vote Tor tina
which his conscience did approve in order vote OF
the slavery clause only would the idea have been re
jcoted but the Democratic candidate Tor the Prcsidenc,
him would have been rejected too.
The President tells Ia his Mc~s,fa that ,ebp