The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1858-02-04

markable at this meeting. The Senator
says, "lt was semi-ofhcial and called
it was called meeting; it was not a mere
accidental gathering Of few gentlemen,
coming in to pay their respects TO the dis
tinguished Senator in his hospitable man-
sion; it was semi-oficial and called, -
Ror what. "Cal!ed to promote the pub
lie good" " Yes, sir, semi official meet
ing called to promoted the pablo good ;
and what did it do. The honorable Sena-
tor from Pennsylvania says:
"My recollection was clear that / left
the conference under the impression that
it had been deemed best to adopt meas
ures to admit Kansas as a State through
the agency Of one popular election, and
that for delegates to the convention
This impression was the stronger, because
| thought the spirit of the bill infringed
upon the doctrine of non-intervention, to
which had great aversion but with the
hope of accomplishing great good
the meeting was called for the public
good
-" and as no movement had been made
in that direction in the territory, | waived
this objection, and concluded TO support
the measure. ! have few items Of testi-
mony as TO the correctness of these i'm
prcssions, and with their submission j
shall be content
Then he goes on to say
81 have before me the bill reported by
the Senator from Illinois, on the 9TH of
March, 1886, providing for the admission
Of Kansas az a State; the third section Of
which reads as 'ollows:
"'That the following propositions be,
and the same are hereby, offered to the
said convention of the people of Kansas,
when formed, for their free cxceptance or
rejection, which, if accepted by the con
vention, and ratified by the people at the
election for the adoption of the constitu-
ton, shall be obligatory upon the United
States and she said State of Kansas
The bill read in place by the Senator
from Georgia on the 18th of June, and
referred to the Committee on Territories,
contained the same sect .on, word for
word Both these bills were under con-
sidcration at the conference referred
to -
Two bills under consideration at this
semi-official meeting,
-" but, sir, when the senator from Hin
ois reported the To1mbs bill 10 the Sen
ate, with amendments, the next morning
it did not contain that portion Of the
third section which indicated to the con-
yention that the constitution should be
approved ~ the people
The result Of this semi-oiicial meeting,
called for the public good, was that the
bills came into the Senate the next morn
ing minus the clause submitting the con
stitution to the people 1t vas stricken
out; but the honorable senator does not
impugn anybody nor his motives, because
he says:
nv"ssd t stfa -i'"r ne HSSts 5aF, or Tor
what purpose they were omitted, it is not
for ne to answer
II it Is not for him, it is not for me
but | thought he had given a clew to the
REASONS why they we're struck out when
he said the meeting was called for the
public good Undoubtedly they were
struck ont Tor ohe public good. Who
struck taem out seems to be a mooted
question as uncertaia of an answer a., that
old question, "Who killed cych-robin p
G.aughter.) 1t has got out somehow or
other. | did not sec the senator when he
delivered the speech. Il had | should
have watched him closely; and it is pos
sible that by some gesture or some shake
Of the head lo would have determined
who that who was; but we are left in
the dark-we 90 not know who it was.
You see, then, tina; this Wa, not acct
dental. \ semi-oiacial set of patriots,
friends Of popular sovereignty, and disci-
pies of perfect freedom, called Ter the pub
lie good in private room, met together,
and Tor peculiar reaSous-that Is what the
senator said-they determined to strike
out OF their bill ia l.. only redecming feature
in it, and that was the submission to the
people OF the question whether they would
have slavery in the constitution or not
Ia that slcrt, conclaye, that semi-oilicial
meeting Tor tic public good, these patriots
put theIr heads together to strange at the
birth the only thing there was in their bin
which ought to commend It to the real
genuine friends OF perfect freedom and
popular sovereignty Well, sir, | am
learning something every day; dut | did
not know, till that speech was made, that
when We met here in official meeting and
maturcd bills and put them to shape they
were to be committed to the tender mef-
YES Of semi-oiHcial meeting to strangle
'.i choke cut OF them everything that
wa worth the keeping the breath Of life
in. They struck down, then, that great
puncple OF popular soycrcignty-a prin-
ciple testimable to freedom, formidable
only to smi-ollicial patriots daughter
20 that tbs was not accidental it was pur.
poSeIy dine; and this, too, was done in the
name Oh Popular sovereignty
DOUGLAS READ OUT OF HIS PARTY.
Tins bring me to another part Of my
subject, In ahs'ey to question which the
honorable senatofSon Illinois mir. Done.