The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-07-24
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The LecoAsIa 6Oass;As6sos sosase.s
itself with thu q16stioo. ibr 8 = = -
matter Ut TIL LcDompse4 Oeseitusoe
shat our friend Jul y Dsy NA'ms 60
vas. credit. - 5 thst ppsisesAs
Iccompton Constitution 90 far = ! can
perceive, he was right. ["Geod, good.
/ do not deny that 1t oil; and gent'eseo,
rop win readily Gee Why 1 could ncs &c.
M II, even II l wanted to. Bat DO NOS
|tt 70; ly, 's ss..s 1 T. sss
Judge Doulg,s's aid. . With Y, They
had aif taken grounds sgainst i long BE-
fore he did. why, the reason that ne
urges Against that constitution, urged
against him year before. l have the
printed speech in my hand The argn-
inents that he makes, Why that coass''
tuition should not be adopted, that the
people were no. fairly represented nor
allowed to vote, / pointed ous IN speech
year ago, which hold in my hand nov,
that no fair chance was to be given the
people. ["Read it, " .'read it."J ! shall
not waste your tune by trying to rcsd It.
i"Read il, 8 dread it."1 Gentlemen, read
ing from speeches is very tedious bust
ness, particularly for M old man that has
to put ON spectseles, and more 20 If the
man be so tall that he has to bend over
to the light Laughter.] j.
A little more, now, as to this matter OF
popular sovereignty aud the Lecompton
Constitution The Lccompton Consti!u-
ton, n the Judge tells u, was defeated.
The defeat Of it Vas good thing or it was
not. He thinks the defeat Of it was
good thing, and 90 do I, and We agree in
that Who defeated lit
A voice--Judge Douglas.
Mr.. Lincoln--Yes, be furnished him.
self, and if you suppose he controlled she
| other democrats that went with him, he
furnished three votes, while the Repnb-
licans furnished twenty. Applause J
That is what be did TO defeat it. In
the Hosse q Representative he and his
friends furnished. some twenty votes and
the Republicans furnished ninety odd.
Loud applausc,l Nov who was it that
did the work -t aas.s.sa
a voice-DOuglas.
Mr.. Lincola-Why, yes, Douglas did
it,. To be sure he did.
Let US, however, put that proposition
another way. The Republicans could
l no, have done it without Judge Douglas
Could he have done it without them.--
/ Applause Which could have come the
! nearest to doing it without the other !.
(Rcnewed applause. "That's it, ''that's
it, good" .sgood") .s..
A yoicc-Who killed the bill!
Another voice-Douglas.
Mr.. Lincoln-Ground was taken against
it by the Republicans long before Doug
las did it, The proportion Of tho oppo-
4 sition to that measure is about i've to one
| A yoice-"Why didn't they come out
on it?" $500.
! Mr.. Lincoln-You don't know what
! you are talking about, my friend. am
| quite wiling to answer any gentleman in
the crowd who asks an intelligent ques-
ton. (Grcat applause.
Now, who IN all, this country has ever
found any Of our friends Of Judge Doug
lass way VI thinking, and who have act
4 cd upon this main question, that has
eyer thought Of uttc.ing word in behalf
Of Judge Trumbull? A voice--"we
have" | defy you to show printed
resolution passed in Democratic meet
iDg-l take it upon myself to defy any
man to show printed resolution Of q
Democratic meeting, large or small, 10
favor Of Judge Trumbuli; or any Of the
five to one Republicans who beat tia,
bin. !, Every thing must DO for the Dem.
ocrsts! They did every thing, and the
Eve to one that really did the thing, they
snub over, and they do rot seem to re.
member that they have had an existence
upon the face of the earth. 1(Applausc. J