Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1858-05-13
TESTIMONY AGAINST TIE En-
GLIsH SWINDLE.
SPEECH OF
NOl. HINPNRY MARSHALL,
or KENTUCKY,
In the House of .epres sentativ es /,
Thursday. april Goth.
or KENTUCKY,

bill, frankly to state the objections ]
have to it. The bill does substantially
submit the Lecompton Constitution to
a vote of the people of kanzas. not
withstanding the declaration OF my
friend from Georgia. (Mr. Stephens. J
and Notwithstanding the declarations
which has been made in another place.
that in the drafting of this Bill
there was an attempt to preserve the
principle of non-submission. Ii you
were to put to the people Of Kanzas
the proposition that the moon was
made of green cheese, and saw to them
that they might take he question Of ud-
Mission uiM that proposition, and il
they voted in the Affirmative on that
proposition, they should be admitted
under the Lecompton Constitution;
but if they voted in the negative on
that proposition, the Lecompton Con
stitution should be considered dead,
it does not require any very severe log
ic to deduce the conclusion that, in
fact, they had an opportunity, MrougA
an immoteriai proposition, to vote on the
question of admission.
But | object 10 tie manner Of sab
mission. 1t seems to save the pulses
of gentlemen here at the expense OF
the history of the country, and at the
expense Of the sense of the people Of
Kanzas. You require them to vote
for the rejection of this proposition,
which is immaterial in itself, and to
conceal tlse fact that they are vofing
against tie Lecompton Consultation
Why take this course? What motive
have you to-day. except that, by the
manner of this proposition. you seek
to conceal from the country that you,
who vault SO high, haze, IN .tae., cone
doun?
To another branch Of that report
am determinedly opposed, because ii
presents condition Mot IS degroding
10 tie people Of lie Worth. | ask the
people OF the South to hear me. We
of the Slaveholding States are in this
Chamber in a minority OF fifty. Sup
pose that this Lecompton Constitution,
instead Of introducing Slave State,
introduced Free State, and that the
majority of the Representatives OF this
country had sent that Constitution
back with this immaterial proposition
attached to it, saying TO the people oi
kanzas, Take these lands, and you
can come in as Free State; but if you
attempt to come here with Slave
State Constitution, You must como
under a legal census showing ninety
three thousand inhabitants: come here
with a Slave Constitution, and you
must show regular papers," would not
my citizens of the Slaveholding
States have rejected such proposition
with Indignation and scorn? By what
sort Of ethics, in this council of equals
can we. who are legislating for all sec
tions, attempt to propose one thing &c
the North, which we would consider
ourselves insulted by if proposed tc
the South? Sir, the men who senC
me here do not send me here to play
the sectionalist; they do not send NJ,
here as q steward TO sec koac much 1 ca7
get for tie Stare States, and kow mucl
can arrest from, tie Free States
Whenever they want to degrade M
to that position. | shall be here nc
longer. l have learned in the schoo
of morals in which | was raised, that
among equals, it is not fair and propei
to propose what you would not be vii
ling to accept; and, as Southern MAJ
no. not as Southern man, for
never claimed to be IA Southern man
but as a Western man, as citizel
belonging to that section Of the coun
try, which has u minority, by repre-
sentation, upon this floor. | am IN
willing to lay down a rule OF actor
which in its sequences offers nothing
but sackcloth and ashes TO my people
And when you men of the South ap
ply this rule TO the North, how cal
YOU, when the next case arises in thii
country of similar nature, resist tn,
application of the same rule? Witt
what face will you stand up and com
plain of any inequality which may b
attempted to be enforced upon YOU by
majority of the representatives Q
this country? They will refer you t
YOUR own act, your own vote. a. hav
Ing established the precedent. Whs
opportunity would you have to escap'
from the consequence OF this act?
Gentlemen hug a delusion to thei
bosoms when they suppose that unde
this bill, animated by desire to hav'
this grant of land, or to acquire i'm
mediate political position, the people o
Kanzas will be induced to accept thi
proposition, and that we snail ihel
have summers sea before US. Thi
is sheer delusion. kanzas vii
reject this proposition. Ii you al
prudent men, reason with me upon tn
supposition OF its rejection, ana lool
then to the consequences which are L
flow from that fact.
What will those consequences be
Every Free State in this Union will a
once arouse itself 10 repeal tie disa
Hing part Of Mis pery Till. All tn
sluiccs Of that pernicious agitation
which has flowed over this country ik
lava for wears past, will be re-opened
Repeal will be the shibboleth o
party in the next election OF the North
The Free State will gay to you, i
April Kanzas had population enouSI
to be Slave State; in DeceInbe
following she has population enough t
be Free State. SO help me God
were Northern man should feel
nv dutv 10 omen that direct attack.