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railroad a party rreasufe? We will ses il.
The gniiuliHe is to Je applied 70 zach one
WHO does not yield implicit support to it.
The loan bill, the army bill and olhers
ha' c mure right 10 be called patty meas
ures tlian this bill. By what right dnes
tie Administration inter ere with tlis Con
stltutionl Ii was sent direct to Congress.
and the President only got bold Of il
Though Surveyor General Csltoun. 1t
was addressed 10 Congress direct, aud yet
because Senators and Representatives do
not yield obedience 10 the dietalion Of the
Administration 10 matter 10 which tue
Administration is not called on 10 act, they
are subjected n prescription. TIE Pres.
ident has his duties to perform under thr
constitution, and Is responsible to bis cou.
slitUen,s, Synstofs have Their d,ties to
! TIE S6vereigh States ti,ey represent, and
Representatives have their duties TO beF.
form, aud the President has no more right
TO prescribe a test for Senators or Represen-
tatiyes than we have TO apply to him
test Of faith. Were we to do so would he
not reJuke our irnlertinencel When the
time comes that the President can change
allegiance from the sovereign States tn
himself, what becomes Of State sovereignty
Aud because be (Douglass) does not pay
amp allegiance TO tie Executive which bs
does not owe was he to be called trsilo'
to his patty, and read out Of il by all the
newspapers that share in the government
payl Is the question to he asked every
petty and all great Office holders. ARE you
Douglas euemyy If not, off goes his
head. In England, the peoples represen-
.atiyes throw the Administration from
power in an hour. Yet here they who re.
fuse to obey are rebels. Suppose the
President was to say to the Senator from
California. vote against the Pacific rail
road, rebel-or 10 the Senator from Vir.
ginia, vote for it, another rebel--or 10
the Senator from Georgia. support the
Army bill traitor--or to the Senator
from Mississippi, support the neutrality
law,' more traitor. Oh, but dspensation
is TO he granted on all but one--on Lee
compton there is no dispensatiou. If it is
intended to reld Out every maD as a rebel
in America who will not vote Lecompton,
how many will your Democratic party
number in Pennsylvania? How many in
New York? How many in Ohio? How
many in any other Northern State p
Would it net be better to tell every man to
vote as his judgment dictated, respons, Ole
to lis conscience aud his God? Come
what will he himself would adhere to his
principles, ani not withhold lis respect
from those who vote rs duty leads them
irrespective of party. He here referred to
the recent course Of the Senators from Vir.
ginir ana Georgia who voteI with the Re.
publican party. He himself stood immov.
able on those twice honored principles of
the Democratic party illustrated by Jetfer-
son aud Jackson on those principles Of
States right and States sovereignty. He
would also stand by the Constitution of the
UnileI States with all its compromises and
obligations, will stand for the Union, il he
be thereby driven into private life. 1t is a
fact that has no terror for me. lie prefer.
red private life preserving his independ,
enCe and manhood before servle Office. and
suhiection to the executive will and when
he csnuot fulfil his obligation as a Senator
from sovereign State. he will retire.
He closed with an apology for the de.
sutory manner of his remarks as physicaI
strength was weak and with difficulty
could speak. If he had said anything dis.
respectful or unkind he regretted it.
The last few sentences were quite maud
ible. He sat down amid much applause.