Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-08-27

taking care of themselves" and you satisfy
nm that this Is so, and that the best lntc-
rests oi the child all require that he should be
under the control OF his parents until he ar
rived at the age when he is capable OF taking
care OF himself. After you have satisfied the
man OF that, who has been crying out Tor
the rights OF the child, he turns around and
hurrahs Tor the rights OF the child when he
Is twenty-one Laughter lie cries. 81 am
ior the rights OF the child-that is, am Tor
the rights OF the child when he gets to be
man. renewed iaughter'J wen, what 40
you who hurrah Tor popular sovereignty OF
the people OF territory mean 10 you
mean that the people OF territory shall eject
their own Governor No. That they shall
elect their own judges No; DO you mean
That they can provide Tor legislature NO.
DO you mean that they may keep slavery
IT. from oelhs ih.rouuceu among thcm no
lhen what 40 you mean 81 mean when
yhey cta'e u DC a territory ana come 10
pe statc, anu are tWenty-one years Oh age,
Laugntcf ana, ana chcersJ they may 20 as .hey
please: iierc Is tho chanGe the repeaiers OF
the Missouri compromise have made In their
PROFESSIONS lhey all proieSsed at tne tlme
,te , Missouri compromiSe was repeated 10 De-
iic'e ,' tlat slavery "oula not 60 INTO hahsaS.
we "Hp W''c oPp1Seu 10 tfat repeai oI that
III" "hich 'Acluucu slavery from halsis
Whllo Il territory, tolu them the eHect OF IL
Woulu DC 70 open hansaS TO slavery, ana
slavery W9uio 81 there. lhey saio IL was
no such 'hihS-n was slahuer upon them,
ior tiley were us lnuch opPos'u 10 slavery US
any ohe-i' was an apoli'ioh he-siaNely
would never 60 thcre, ana inc Missouri
COMPROMISE was hot rePeaieu Ior any sucll
purpose LUIS was tne P,oieSSion' Eiioo
OF Of = 'rue' true' What dio we say lur'her
we said slavery would De lntroduced' ana
when slavery got INTO the territory 1t would
DC dllhcult to get 1t out Inns they denied
" hat has Decn the practical ehect Inc
moment the Missouri compromise was re-
pealed, slavery dld 80 INTO hansas
1t is there to-day. mat Is the truth'
Whlch cannot De Denied Aiter slavery eot
thcrc, dld thc people nave the rlSht 10 eX-
cludc II ana tne people nave tne rlgnt 10 40
anything fou are 700 lamillar win the
history OF Kansas to require that should 80
over it tonight; but you all know, that SO
lar from the people OF Kansas having the
right to regulate their own affairs on the
subject Of slavery, at the very first election
which was held the settlers were driven IRON
the polls, and the legislature was elected 1or
them, and what did 1t do? The legislature
and the pcnitentlary who should say slavery
did not exist in Kansas. If man merely
avowed such to be his opinion, he subjected
himself to the penltentlIry That legislature
when 1T met, imposed unconstltutlonal laws
upon the people OF hansas-proylded ior the
pcrpetuatlon OF Its power-appolnted It's Oh
iiccrs tor years-took the control OF all the
affairs OF the territory, and, backed by the
United States army, perfect despotlsm
was forced upon the people, VINO, 1t was
sad, had conferred upon them the great
principles "i seii-goVeinnent and popular
sovereignty Loud ana continued applause J
These are the iacts. Let US foIlow this ms
tory along little 1urther. In process ol
time it was supposed that Kansas would
wish to be admitted INTO the Union as
state. Her people, you remember, had
formed one constitution, known as the TO
pcka Constitution, establishing free state.
IL was necessary 10 meet TINS with some
thing, ana Dill was prepared IN the SENATE
OF the United states, by MI Douglas, au-
thorizing the people OF hansas 10 hoid
convention ana form constitution. Several
amendments were offered 10 that Dill' A
monS others an amendment was onered py
MI loOmbs, ol uGorSia' ana that Dill SUD
| sequcntly passed the senate No~, JeHo'o-
cnh-enS, MAKE the d'sf'nd charge hat ther'
'raS precoHc5'fed arrangement ana Plo
cntcrcd Wio 6y me rTy man 'cho nou
clam credt t0r oPpoS'n9 coh@Hu'on moi Sao
mfHCd to the peoP(e,to hGre a consf'tn"'on form
ed dhd PW IN J0rce c'thoW Dr7hY ne Ps0P'
any opPo1mHy 10 pass upon a. ms, M
HNHdS, IS a StFf"HS tt"yt' u" 'Hy' " ~
night hdt the reIy men lcho rdrerSe me connF!
ulder 6dnnors proclmnin9 popular sorere'gnty
! bU 1TSIyu rDUCpCfIH n MT pRTDOSp TO fDTCg
constitution on the Peopfe. hare 6rough
dlon9 irHh me me eridence TO prore fhe chdrg
l ndke-because a charge OF IL serious charac
ter like thlS might be controvcrted ny IN
men who claim credit Tor popular soverelSnt
unless l brought the evidence with me
hold IN my hands the OIL brought INTO IN
Senate OF the United States ny Mr. loomO
ON the -oth June, !ooo, containing a ciaus
requiring the constitution which the CONVEX
ton should form to be submitted TO the pee
pie for their ratification or rejection. IHa
bill was referred to the Committee on Terri
tories in the Senate OF the Cnlted States,
which Judge Douglas Is chairman. Juds
Douglas five days afterwards, reported bac
the bill hold in my hand, making variou
alterations in it among others, Srlkaag o'
The clause requiring Hs SUBMISSION to the people
lie stated mat on consultation W"h M
Ioon6S, ne hda maze Mese oHe'H'on' liz
mendous applause
\ yoice-Io whom did he make the stat
men?
) Mr.. Trdmbuli-He made I" IN ne senate
the LWfed NdteS ana HS reported IN me CoI
gresTondl Globe; and ,s'r, # you dred DoHgh
, man
| Same voice. am, slr'
Mr.. Trumbull-And you want to satlsl
Q yourself that he was in the plot to force
: constitution upon the people will salts
t you. will cram the truth down any man
throat, until he cannot deny it. And to d
5 man who does deny it, will cram the !
= down his throat, rill he shall cry enouSI
G Tremendous cheering 1t is preposterous