Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-01-13

allow them 70 live thsre, ana il sGisy an
not going 10 do 40, how thsy mge No die
poss Of them. So you may So oa viii
al the dinsEans alaaaaa og kha EonssitH
| tioa, They raaY bs al right. they ma]
ha al wTong. Thai ia q questioa OF
i whish nny opiAicn isworth nothing. Thl
ppiuion Of khs wiss ard patriotic Chic
.Magaskg ste oa tEs United States is NJ
1 .worsA anytking as AgRinsk that of ths
I people of ksnaas, for they hsYs right
/ to Judge for khemseIves and neither Pres.
1 iaenGa, nor Senators, nor House Of Rep
FssaRsatives, nos any ether p0weT oukzidc
koa Kansas has right 10 Judge for them
Hences II is 10 Qualification 10 nay mind
for the violation Of great principle Of
sslt-goTsrnmsnt 80 say that tbs Gonsti-
tnsion yoa ere forcing on them is moi
particularly obnexiosa, or ia sxeellspl
| ia IDS ur8yisiona, ....-. .
I Perhaps, air, khe sa1as thing mighl be
said Of the celebrated Topeka Constitu-
tiou. do not reeoiloet Its peculiar pro-
visions. know one thing we Demo
crats, We Nebraska men, wugld not even
look into it 10 $50 what its provisions
EEsrs, Whyp Because we said it was
made BY political party, and not by
the people that il vida made is defiance
of she authority Of Congress ; that it is
was az pure as the Bible, as holy as tho
ten commandments, jet We would not
touah 1t until il was submitted to and
yati6ed by the people Of Kansas, ia pur-
suapss u the forms Of law. Perhaps
that Topeka Constitution, but fer tie
mode Of making st, would h4ye been an
sxcsptionable, | do nol knowg DO pQs
care. You have no right to force az ua-
exosptionable Constitution upon peo-
pie. Ii does not mitigate the eYiEl, it
I does not diminish the insult, ii does not
ameliorate the wrong that you are fore
Ing gopd thing on them. am not will
ling 10 be forced 70 do that which VOID
do II / wers left free to Judge and act
for myself. Hence / assert that theTe
is no justification to be made for this
fragrant violation Of popular nights in
Kansas, on the plea that the COnstitu-
tiQB which they have made is not paFsIc-
uiatly ohnQxiQps, But, SIR, the PEesI-
dent Of the United States is really and
sincerely Of tho opinion thai tae slavery
clause has been fairly and impartially
submitted to the frea acceptance Or re-
iecElon of the people Of Kansas, and
that, laasmuch 90 that Was the exciting
and paramount question, II they get tbs
right TO vote as they please on that sub
ieot they ought to be satisfied ; and pos
sibly it might ba better If We would &C
eeEE it,, and put an end to the question.
Let nae ask, sir, is the slavery clause
fairly submitted, SO that ghe psopte Ca4s
vote FOR or against it? Suppose were
citizen of Kansas, and should 20 Up to
the polls and say; 81 desire to vote to
make Kansas a slave State here is my
ballot" They reply to ms, ''Ar. Doug
las, just vote fer that Constitution frsE,
IL y0u plaase.'' "t, h, n ''' | answer,
II cannot vote for thai Constitution con-
scicntIously. I arg opposed to the clause
by Which you locate certain raiIF4ads 10
such way a. to sacrifice my county aud
my part ol tAs State. | an opposed to
that banking system. am opposed to
this Know Nothing or American clause
In the Constitution about gbs 9aallaaa~
ton for 5face. cannot vot1 for it,
Then they answer, "yoa shall NO. vote
on making it & slave State" then say,
81 want 70 make il free States Thy
rVuiY, s'vots for that Constitution FIRST,
and then you can vote te make is free
State otherwise yea canpJt." Thus
Lhey disqualify every free State man g be
will not frat vote FOR the Constitution
they disquaiify every slaVs-stats man
who will not 6rst vote for the COastitu-
tion. No matter whether or not the vO-
ters state that they cannot conscientious
ly vote for those provisions, they reply,
fsygu cannot vote foE,o against slavery
here. Take the Constitution as we have
made it take tie elective franchise as
We have established it; take the banking
system as We have dictated it take the
railroad lines as we have located then
take the Judiciary system as we have
formed it; take il all as we have dxed 1t
to suit ourselves, and ask no questions;
but vote for it, or you shall not vote
either for q slave or free State" Ia
other words, the legal effect Of the schod
ula is this: All those who are in favor
of this Constitution May vote fer or
aaaInsE slavery, as they they please; bat
al those who are against this COasttSu~
ton are disfEanehised, and shall not
vote at all. That is the mode in which
the slavery proposition is submitted
Every man opposed to tho Constitution
ig disfranohised on the slavery clause
How many are they They tell you
there is q majority ; for they saYs the
Constitution will be voted down instant
", By an Overwhelming majority, il you
allow q negative vote. This shows that
Q majority are against it, They dis
qualify and disfrRnchise every man who
il against il, thus referring the slavery
clause 30 o minority Of the people Of
Eansas, and leaving that minority free
to vate for or against the slavery clause,
a. they chose.
Let me ask yoU IL that is q fair mode
of submitting She slavery olause2 Does
that mode Of submitting that particular
clause leave the people perfectly free to
vote for or against Blave cry as they chose2
An / free 10 vote as / choose On the sla-
very question, if you tell me shall not
vote on it until vote fer the Maine lIq-
uor IawP Ana free 10 vote On the SID.
very question, IL you tell me tha5 shall
not vote either way until vote for q
bank Is il freedom Of election 20 maze
yDur righ9 to vote upon ono question
depend upon the mode in which you are
going to vote on some other question
which has no connection with ~ is
thas freedom ct elsction2 is that the
great fundamental principle Of snlf-gov-
srnment, for which we combined and
struggled, in this body, and throughout
the country, to establish as the rule Of
action in all time 10 Gomez The presi-
dent Of tile United States has made some
remarks in his message which, It strikes
me, il Eouid be very appropriate to read
in this connection. He says:
= The friends and Supporters Of the
Nebraska md Kansas AGE, whan serug-
Cling on 3 recent occasion 10 sustain Its
wise provisions before the great tribun-
81 Of The Americas people, never differ
sd about It's true meaning on this sub
jsct. Everywhere throughout the Union
shey publicly pledged their faith and
honor that they would eheersully snbiait
sha question IL slavery TO the decision
81 bona Eds people Of Kansas, without
any restriction OK qualification whatever.
All we're cordially united apon ths great
doetrins of popular sovereignty, whichh
10 ths vital spark Of oar free institu-
| hons.0
Mark this:
s Had ii then been insjanasod, from
any aaaxkeg, that Ii would hAya bscn a
suhciens eomplianes With the reqaisi-
tions Of tbs organic Law foE the membsFa
| Of 3 Convention, shasAfteF 10 be slast-
ad, to withheld tka question Of slavery
| Ernm thb people, and b substitute their
own will foE shmseog Legally ascartain.
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