The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-10-05


wanted - sxtsad slavery in the free west :.
Who agitatsd 10 when Texas was 10 TO anne
Cd, but those who wanted 70 give slavery l
unlimited domain in the South and Southwes,
Who agitated i By the Nebraaka bill but thoi
who wanted 10 break down the last barrier
slaverye Who agitased it by the bred SEQ
decision but those who wanted to make slave,
che rule and liberty the excsptio0s Who aSi
tated Il BY the Lsoompton question, bus thot
who wanted 70 sacrifice the last safeguards
selfgovsrnmens TO slavery. tCheers. An
ell thoss who did 90, were but obsying the logi
Of things. For slavery cannot live unless
rules. and il can never keep peace, unless
dise lConsinued applause Aud still som
smplstons are crying stop agitation! Wher
Will Yen begins Where will you end? $40
equation! The President Of the United State
makes nos the most trifiing appointment, or Oh
slavery question 10 touched upon the eabne,
congress hardly makes the most incousidsrabl
| appropriation without considering matters iron
sols point Of view, and il 10 sgitased. No legil
iAtase assembly 10 any OF the States ever I'D
Joorns without discussing slavery in some way
and It is agitated. Aye, the smallest log hamle
10 the West hardly elects constable withou
considsring what the mans views on the sub
)sct Of slavery are, and it 10 agitated. Ant
nov, stop agitation and cry peace, psace!-
mere y and there will be war in the Cabine
OF the President, war in both Houses of Con
grsee, war in every State Legislature, war in tn,
smallest log hamlet in the West, aye, war il
every heart until that all absorbing conflict il
settled. loud cheeral
Bus We now stand before the awful, perplex
ing question How 10 that conflict of contra
dlctory principles to be appeassdy How is the
slavery question 10 be settled?
wonder whether those philosophers have ever
looked into The history of the world they
would have learned there how time and the ma.
tarai process Of development, and the spirit OF
tas age did away with the feudal system Of So
ciety in western Europe. What was the process
OF development, that spirit of the age thsrs!-
IL - now commonly called "the French Revo!,..
ton" Il was the sublimest frenzy and the
blosdsst madness Of . people. II was the
destruction Of the Bastile. Il was the decapi-
tatlon OF King and thousands of his adherents.
IL was the banishment of the whole nobility and
the refractory priesthood. 1t was relentless
persecution Of all conservatives. 1t was q sea
Of blood; 1t was the conhagration of cOnti-
nsnt; is was twenty years Of universal war
y was more terrible than an earthquake
Cheers
Have our philosophers . particular liking to
that kind of natural process of development
md spirit Of the age! But 10 true % the sun
viii rise to-morrw, they will have the full bens.
At OF it, il their policy, unfortunately for them
'elves. should prevail. [RspsAtsd applause
bus now, methinks, see Mr.. Douglas stand
ms there with broad smile on his lace, and
aear him say with that refinement of style with
vhicb that great man endeavors TO maintain the
hsnity OF United States Senator, "Keep cool,
Joys; these predictions are all CANNON
haven't wo got my great principey" Loud
aaghtsr and cheers Popular Sovereignty -
Vas not Popular Sovereignty, according to.Mr.
douglas, to appease the conflict, to remove the
ght from the Halls OF Congress, to localize
no struggle, TO quell the excitement, to settle
ne slavery question forever! But how did it
appen that the very enscsmert Of that Popu-
ar sovereignty, as embodied in the Nebraska
ILL., was the signal for a new and spontaneous
utburat Of hostilities? How was it possible
hat this very remedy should fan the lingering
lrife into new flame! And, indeed. the
1000 OF American freemen split on the prai-
les OF Kansas, the smoulderisg ruins OF the
loneers cabin-fred not by the savage hand
the Indian, but by the hand of people that
lain to be civilized-the most fragrant viola
on OF the ballotbo the most shameless
'auds, the NEST atrocious usurpations of pewer
yer known in the history of elective govern
tents, and struggle in Congress fercer than
1er,-these are strange fruits OF q measure
hlch was to bring peace, and liberty and pros.
Gritty to mankind Cheers. 1t will no longer
to say that all this disturbance was owing to
le obstinacy Of few Abolitionists. The cause
all lies deeper. 1t is this:
The Kansas Nebraska bill was but new EN-.
odiment OF the old contradiction between DO
icai principles and social institutions, it was |
n n fOrp Of thoto
70 CONFUSED this country for the last forty |
lars. 1t is not the right kind of popular SOW |
eighty" but a worthless, treacherous coun- |
rfeit. 1t is wild deusion-if YOU will not |
} 80 far as to call it an imposition and lie
applause. Popular Sovereignty, in the true
nse OF the term, means the sovereignty Of all
dlvlduals, SO organized as to give a common
preston to the collective will, restrained only
the natural right of individual man. Its /
undation can be no other than the recogni-
IN of the equal rights Of ali men. II can be
lilt upon no other presumption but that all
EN- are free, aud that no institution, which
ntradicts this principle, has an a priori right
exist.
But what means Mr.. Douglas great priuclple
popular sovereignty? He says, that the
ople of a territory shall decide for themselves,
lether they will have slavery or not, that is
say, whether the employer may opn his Ia.
rer, or whether he shall hire him. Did sla-
ry exist in those Territories at the time of the
actment of the Nebraska bill? No it did
t. Well, now the people shall decide for
emselves. But what shall be the rule, what
all be the law, before the people shall have
zen their verdict by positive legislation p
all the presumption be in favor OF freedom,
cording to the fundamental principle of the
cd old Anglo Saxon common law! No sir,
e STAKEHOLDER shall have the priori right to
into the Territory with his slaves and to hold
am there as slaves; the right of man to ora
j lab0rer 10 a priori recognized by the Kan.
and Nebraska bill. And here 1t me add
1t the bred Scott decision is a most logical
Of the Nebraska bill loud cheersl
d acknowledged to be such by Mr.. Douglas
nself, and that his bubbles between his
natter sovereignty and that decision arc the
'st contemplate sub,erfuges by which ever
ttiioger made himself ridiculous. [Continued
,plause. Thus Mr.. Douglas popular sover-
,nty is based upon q presumption in favor
slavery upon the presumption that slavery
lists Of right, where it is not prohibited by
sitiye legislation. Cheers
True popular sovereignty means removal of
barriers which the Ingenuity of despotism
8 set to human liberty. Cheers. But Mr..
uKlAS Tells you, tOdt the true IOunuatiOn OF
nerican popular sovereignty is the right Of
very to exist where it is not expressly pre-
,ited; and that it means the removal of all
rriers which American patriotism has set to
man bondage! [Applause.I If you could
< Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Jay,
ldison, Henry Clay for their opinion, who of
I'm would christen this abominable mixture
tn the great name of popular sovereignty
ey would have stigmatized it as a contempt
g bastard, begotten in the adulterous en-
ace of Democracy and slavery, with the
Itures of liberty on its face but with the
Ick venom of despotism in its heart. loud
d continued applause.
repeat it, sir, this SO called popular sover
,nty is but new embodiment of the old
but . new signboard to the old
ncern; new melody to the old song;
1eers new trap set fer old FOOLS [Thun-
ring applause. 1t is the mistake, the old
Infusion Of ideas; there is nothing new in it
t one feature, and that is its very worst.
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