Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-09-03
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FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1858

h''Ni.I lilN'H bE1 lND TIE lEtONIIDN ISSUE.
At public meeting in Beardstown, Illinois,
Mr.. Douglass having denied the charge Of
conspiracy made against him by Mr.. Lincoln,
the latter, the day after before a largo as
scmbly at the same place, after recounting
the several instances when Mr. D. had at
tempted to controvert other position. Of Mr.
Lincoln, bat had avoided any alusior to that
ono. continued as follows.
twas not until he went into n small town
(Clinton) in De Witt county. where he
delivered his fourth or fifth regular speech
that he found it convenient to notice this
matter at all. At that place q was standing
in the crowd when he made his specch,) h
bethought himself that he was charged with
something laughter and his reply was
that "his sell-respect alone prevented his
calling it alsehood tGrpat laughter
Douglas had called it ''an infamous lie. u
But now have this reply to make That
while the Nebraska bill was pending, Judge
Douglas helped to roie down a clause giving
the people Of the territories the :ght to -
cIUde slavery il they chose; that neither
while the bin was pending, nor at any other
time, would he give his opinion whether the
| people had the right to exclude slavery
!
report, which hold in my hand. from the
Committee on Territories in which he said the
rights Of the people of the territories in the
regard are "held in allegiance and cannot
be Immediately exercised Mr.. Lincoln
! here read the passage referred to, from an Of
fetal document of the Senate. That the
| Drcd Scott decision expressly denies any such
right, but declares that neither Congress nor
the territorial legislature can keep slavery
out Of Kansas and that Judge Douglas nj
dorssS that dec,sion. All these "charger'
are new that is, did not make tham in
my original speech-they are additional aud
cumulative testimony. | bring them 1gr-
ward now, and dare Judge Douglas to deny
one Of them. Let him do it, and will prove
it by such testimony as will cJnfounI him
for ever. Loud apTlausel say to YOU,
gentlemen, that it would be- more TO the pur-
pose for Judge Douglas to say that he did
nat repeal the Missouri Compromise that
he did nat make slavery possible where il
was lmrussiblc before ; that hr did not leave
an inch in the Nebraska bill for the Dred
Scott decision forest in that he did NET vote
down tn. clause giving the people the right 20
exclude slavery if they wanted to that ho
did not refuse to give his individual l,niYn
whether territorial legislature could exclude
slavery that he did not make report 20
the Senate in which he said that the rights OF
the people in thisregarl were " held in ahey-
ance - and could not be Immediately eXercis-
cd that ne did nat make nasty endorse
mcnt of the Drcd-Scott decision over at
Springfield. that he does not LOW endorse
that decision that that decision does nat
take away from the territorial legislature the
power to exclude Slavery, and that he did 01t
in the i.ual Nebraska bill so couple the
words S'oir and trrr2t"'Y together, that what
the supreme Court has done in forcing opon
all the territories COY slavery, it may yctdD ii
forcing open all the stltes-I say il would he
vastly more t. the point for Judg' Douglas
to say he did mt do some of these things, did
nat forge some Of these links of overwhelming
testimony, than to 90 vociferating about the
country that possibly he may hint that some
body is a liar Doatening applause.
repeat and renew, and shall continue to r.
peat and renew this charge until he de-
mics the evidence, and then shall 50 taaten
it upon him that it will cling to him as ions
he lives.
Observation-Disclosures Boutwell, itold the
foll,wn. at rac.ut Educational Convention
in Ptt,feiJ
\ Nuuke, schuolma,t.r went oyer iru
Massachusetts into \ ork State, last Fall. uud
engaged a school lie was told there was
, one family of unruly boys who had turned
the last teacher out Of doors, and would try
the same game on him. The new master r.-
, solved he would begin with firm hand, and
establish his authority at the outset On tho
first day of school, all went ON smoothly
none of the rcbclli0us amily-the Litchicld,
were there. The next day the same. On
, the third day "A stout young fellow Of eighteen
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