Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-08-04
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II AKs. DegaEAs said
s Mr.. Ohairman aasa faslow- -eisiasna
i 4 ean ana ns language which san zEal
4 ana6eIy express my Rs0Eoana graalsne
j for the mm@niAsamt welcome wAieh yc
= haye eaaanasd TO ms en- this eeeasion.@
3 This yaas sea OF humAn faces indiomas
how dsep oar interest Is feas By our pei
!. pie IN Rhs great ausstG ans which agisai
The Sable rnina and Which uRaeFlis q
! founaAsioua Of our free institutions. !.
. reception like this, 80 great In nambaa
: that no human voice can be heard % Il
/. countless thousands 30 enthasiastis tha
! no one individaAl ean be the objses .
: such enthugiasm- clearly shewR tha
. there IL soa4e greAs pTiaciPie whaeh sink
deep In che hNassa af ths amssss. asAd sn
yoIgea the fighta end the liberties of
! whole people, that has bFcaghs you 70
Rether With ananimity and Q saEdialit,
never before exoelled, Il, indeed, equal
ed on any occasion. fGhsers1 Ihave no
the vsaiEy 10 hslieys that it 10 any per
] sonAl compliment &e ne, Hs
/ Voices, ksHis 20 8 Fou have asssTE,
cd Il ~ and great applause.
/ His an expression Of your devotion Il
that great principle Of aelg-goveFnmant
feriea Of Shear" fsheaF,''1 20 which my
| fife for many years pass has been, and ii
the whole future win be devoted. (Im-
menss chesTiBg.) Il there is any ons
principle dsaFeY and more sacred thaH
all others in free governments, IL is thai
which asserts the exclusive righE Of a
free people 70 form and ad0ps their owr
internal aEfairs and domestic inssitu4
tions. (Applause. .a-
! When found an EFFORT being made dur
/ ing the recent session Of Congress 20
force Constitution upon the people Of
Kansas against their will, and TO foEes
that Stats into the Union with q geasti-
tuition which her people had rejected by
more than II, 600, felt bound, as 3 nau
Of honor aud representative OF ulis
nois, bound by every consideration OF
duty, Of fidelity, and Of patrioElszn, 70
resist 10 the utmost Of my power she
eonsummAtian Of that fraud. Cheers
With others did resist, and resisted iE
successfully until the astemps was a0an-
dOned. (dreat applause. We forced
them 10 refer that Constitution back to
the people Of Kansas, 10 be accepted or
rejected As they shall dsoids at an else-
tiOn, which is iKed for the 6FSt Aoaday
Of August next, Il ia tgus that the
mode Of references, and she form Of the
Submission was not such rs could sane
tion With nv vote, for the reason that it
Disseminated between free States and
slave States providing thst if Kansas
consented to come in under the keesmp-
ton Constitution tt shaala be Fessigsa
with q population Of $1,000; bat that
II she demanded another Constitution,
more eorsGsEsnt With tho sentiments Of
her people and their feelings, that it
should not be received into the Union
until she had q, ,A20 inhabitants, (CTies
Of shear, hear" and ghasys.( ! did not
consider that mode OF submission F&iT,
for the reason that any election Is q
mocksFy which is uoG fsss--that any
election is fraud upon the rights Of the
paopIe which holds ous inducements for
Affirmative votes, and threatens pcnalzz
Bat whilst / was not satlssfed with the
mode Of submission, whilst resisted it
to the lasl, demanding , fair, last,
free mode of Submission, ssiIiS when tha
lRw passed placing it within the poweR
Of the people of Kansas st that election
20 reject the Lacompton Constitution,
and then mAks another In harmony wIEh
their prinei pies and their opinions
bravo, and applause.) did not be-
lieye that either the penalties on she one
hand, or the inducements on the other
would forca thRt people 30 accept Con
stitusion 10 which they aEs iTFesonsila.
bIv opposed. tGries Of sagl0Eioas' aad
renewed Appiauss.l Ali l can sag is,
that if their votes can be controlled by
such considerations, alt the sympathy
which has been expended upon them has
been misplaced, and all the efforts thas
have beea zaaas IN aeEsase ef thstF Eaght
to selF-govsrnment, have been made 10
an unworthy cause. (Chesr.)
Hence, nv friends, regard the Le-
compton battle as haViRg been fought
and the victory wen, because the arTo-
eaut demand for the admission of Kan
sas under the LeoomptOn Constitution
aneonaltionallgy whether her people
| wanted is or not, has been abandoned,
/ and the prrncipls which Feoognixes the
right of the people to decide for thea
/ selves has been substituted ia its place.
/ (fmmsBss spplause.)
! Fellow-citixsns While devoted my
! best energies--all my energies, mental
/ and ubyyioal--tc the vindicaticn OF that
/ great principle, and whilst the result has
| Been such as viii enable the people Of
| Kansas 70 come into the Union With such
a Constitution as they desire, yet she
credit Of this great moral victory is 70
be divided among large number ol
men Of various aud different political
creeds. (Prolonged applauss.J I wal
rejoiced when found IN this great con.
test the Republican party coming uE
rnAnfullg aud Sustaining the pFineipll
that the people Of each territory, wheE
coming into the Union, have the rikht
10 decide for themselves (eheers) wheth.
sr slavery shall or shall net exist with,
In their iimits. ca voies, s' Hope thsl
will stick to II, I" and great cheering. r
have seen the time when that pRincfpl'
was eonsgovsgtsd. have ssen the simt
when all parties did not recognizs tht
right Of q people TO have slavery or free
dom, 10 tolerate or prohibit slavery, .
Ehsy deemsd best; bat claimed that pow
ar for the Congress of the United States
regardless OF the wishes of the people {.
: be affected by Is, ana when found upo
J khs Crittenden- M0ntgoaeFy bill the Re
pablieans and AnsFacatls Of the NORTH
and I may say, too, soms glorious Amen
leans aud old line Wings from the Scat
: tchsgrs,l iiks Cgittsnden and bic palEi
4 nsie associates, ioiaed vita & partfon {
q he Demaegaoy 30 caTgY eat nna Wind
cate ths sighs OF ehe people 20 aeeid
: whether slavery should Or should nos %
3 iws wtthim ehe Traits ef Kansas, | W
9 reiOiooa wikhin my sseYss seal, for 50
an indication that che Anaeriean peopil
whsn they sons 10 understand the psis
sipls, would giyeit their sordial supper
tChssns-
s The Cristsnden- aoai gomery bin vi
4 as fair and es perfect a. exposition
j doctrine of popular sovereignty as eoul
. be carried cut By any bill that msn eY
a devised. Is proposed Ea refer she 4
q compton COnptsgution lihsk I'd ahA psop
= of Kansas and giYe Them the right
= acspt 81 reIscs Il as ths9 pleased 81
a fair election, held ID puraaaneA of Iai
q mnd in the event Of skeig reiesting Il Ai
a fogmsng Anothsr Id its steads 10 pAgzE
y them ID e0me insO kha Union hn IN eau
{ footing vita the ogi sinal Ssaksa. lie
81 fair and Just in all uf - ptosisionsI I
/. / gave Il zs1v cordial snnnaPg. and waa