Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-07-22

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sis ed i. TO ,he last, demanding fair. a
lust. free mode Of submission. still. when
the law pissed placing Ii within the power
of the people of Kansas at that election to
reject the LecompDn Cons ion. and then
make another in harmony with their prin-
ciples and their opinions, did not believe
that either the penalties on the one hand.
or the inducements on the other, would
f.rce that people To accept a cons u i'm t"
which they are irrec"ncilably opPosed.-
All can say is, that # their votes can be
controlled 10y such consiiera ions, all the
sympathy which has b Ell expended upon
them has been misplaced, and all the ef-
forts that have been made in defense OF
their right to self-yovernment have been
made in sn unworthy cause.
Hence, my friends. | regard the La'
compton battle as having been fought and
The victory won, because the arrogant de-
mand for the admission of Kansas under
| the Lecompton conslitu ion unconditional
ly, whether her people wanted it OF not.
has been abandoned, and the principle
which recognizes the right Of the people
ted in It's place.
Fellow ci iz4ns: Will, [ devoted all my
energies--my best energies, mental and
phvsical--to the sindicaiipn Of the great
principle, and whilst the rcsu; has been
such rs will enable the people of Kansas
to come into the Union vi such a cons,i
tuition as they may desire, yet the crelit OF
this neral ,ictory is To be divided among a
large number of men of various and diff
f.'lent p,lii al crceds. was rel 'iced when
| found, in this great contest. the R.pub-
licsn party coming up manfu'ly and sus
Isinny the principle that the psople Of each
territory. when coming in!o the Uni,n.
have the right to dtci lie for themselves
whether slavery shall or shall not exist
within their limis. | have seen the tim"
when that principle was c"ntroverted l
have seen The time when all parties did not
recu, liz. The right of n people to have
slavery or fieelom. 10 tolerate or prohibi
slavery. rs they deemed best: but elaine |
hat power for the Congress of the United
S ates. regardless of the wishes of the peo,
pie to be affected by i; anl when founI
upon the Crilenden Montgomery bill the
Republicans and Americans Of the North.
and l may say, too. some glorious Amer
leans and ole line Wings from the South.
like Cri;tenden and his patriotic ass"ci.:es,
j,ined with a portion OF the Democracy to
carry out aud vndicae the right of the
people 20 d~cile whether slavery should
or should not exist within the limits Of
Kansas. was rel iced within my secret
soul, for | saw an Indication that the Amer
lean people. when they come to under
stand the principle. would sive it their cor
dial support.
Tne CriAenlcn Montgomery bill WAS AS
f,ir and AS p-if-c. m rxp"si i'n of the doc
,ri nc of popular soyerei .nty As c"ul be-
carried out by any bill lha. man ever de-
vised. II proposed To refer the L"c"mp on
cons. u,iuu back to the people OF Kansas.
aud give thena the righ, To accept or Ri ect
i; as they pleased at a fair eltc.i i'm, held in
pursuance Of law. and in the event Of heir
rejecting it and forming another in its s'ead
to permit them to come into the Union on
AN equal f,oilg with the original States.
1t was fair and just in all of its provisions!
gave it my cordial support. and was re-
i,iced when found lha, i. had passed The
House of Represents ives. and at one time
entertained hi n hope that II would pass
The Senate.
regard the great principle Of Popular
S,verei,,nty AS having been v'ndicaIed and
made triumphant in this land as perm.-
nenl rule of public policy in The "ryaniza-
lion of territories and the admission Of
new States. Illinois took her position up
on this principle many years ago. You
all recollect that in 1857. after tie passage
of III Compromise measures of that year,
when | returned To my home there was
great dissa isfac,ion expressed at my course
in supporting those measures. appeared
before the people OF Chicago at a mass
mee,ing. and vindicaied each and every
one of those measures; ami by reference to
nv speech on that occasion, which WAS
printed a d circulated brnadc through.
out the State at the time. you will find that
then and there said that those measures
were all founded upon the great principle
that every people ought 10 p'ssess the right
to form aud regulate their own DOMESTIC in
a.; utions in their own way. AMI that that
ri ,h, being possessed by The Ps"Ple Of the
States. | saw no reason why the same prin-
ciuIe should not be- ex ended 10 all of the