The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-08-21

formed-just n the act orgzDising ths
Territory Of Minnesots, - hng as il re
NAMED Territory, provided . governor
and judges and the otkcr officers for thu
Territory, and the ruIes for the govern.
ment of its Legislature But what be.
came Of them the momeut Minnesota ~
admitted q Stascr They we're al ips1
fa~to abolished. just 70 ir regard 70 the
Missouri Compromise.
/ state this on this occasion 10 shov
shst sone other object vas designed thau
that vaich Is nov profcssed in the repeal
Of the Missouri Compromise. The poll
ey Of the country down to 1854 wss to
TO keep the Territories free Then nev
policy was iasugurated Nov what va
the theory on which the Missouri Compro-
mise vas repealed! l viii state il a. fairly
- nov hov for the benefit Of those Who
effected tbat repeal Did they not tel
rs that tlE Missouri Compromise vas re-
pealed for the purpose Of conferring urss
the people Of the Territory the right Of
self government and popular sovereignty.
Wasn't that the avowed object, (Cries Of
yes, yes.] II il was for that reason, hiss
not that reason been totally abandoned |,
Yes, yes, that's SOL It's true that was
the reason, and il was said BY those who
brought about that repeal that the people
ofa Territory should have the ssme sish,
to regulate their domestic affairs a. the
people Of State, and i remember to
have heard the position stated in this
form "Are you not capable Of govern
ing yourselves in the State Of Illinois,
and do you hse your senses, 20 that you
cant govern yourselves, the moment you
pass over the line of State into Ter
ritory2 Are you not a. capable Of gor-
erning yourselves there as here," This
vas tie form 10 which the question was
stated, and the appeal was made to all the
people OF the Free States to endorse the
repeal Of the Missouri Compromise, upon
the ground-and the ground alone-of
leaving the people of Territory free to
regulate their own domestic sfairs in their
own way. This was the doctrine profes-
sed until the Cincipnsti Convention met
in 1861 mean professe1 in the North,
for il was never the doctrine avowed by
the South. When that convention met,
they passed = resolution declaring that
the people Of each Territory should have
the righ. to determine their domestic in
z;itutions, including slavery, when they
came to form State government.
Here the idea vas 6rst started that .hey
should have that right, when they form
ed State government. Was .hs, ever
in controversy ICries Of No. No.l Ne
yer. Did any one ever pretend that any
body could form . constitution for the
people OF State excep. the people Of
the State themselves, The people Of
Territory cannot BIZ themselves put
State constitution ia operation. The
constitution which they form has no effect
lis not pproved-untii they are admit
ted into the Union a. . State. Yea all
know this. Minnesota formed consti-
tuition, bn. j; did not come into force be-
fore che vas admitted as State, Ore
gou formed constitution, and Jet she is
not State. Kansas has had half doz-
en- constitutions and 10 no, yet State.
lCheers and laughter.
So that this spplicstion OF the doctrine
Of popular sovereignty to the people Of .
Territory, in the formation Of State
constitution, which no one ever disputed,
was an af,er-thought-a change OF doc
triuc. To liken i. familiarly: suppose
man to 90 abou. the .treets proclaiming
the absolute right Of = child to do as he
pleased; aud you told him, sir, i. will no,
do to let our little boys and girls DO Is
they please, they must be governed BY
their parents until they have arrived at
~ age when they are capable Of taking
care Of themselves, and you satisfy him
that that is SO, and that the best interests
Of the child all require that he should be
under the eontro! Of his parents until he
arrives at an age when be Is capable Of
taking care Of himself. After you have
satisfied the man Of that, who has been
crying ont for the right of the child, be
turns round and hurrahs for the right Of
the child when he's tventy one. Laugh
ter. He cries, "Tm for the rights Of
the child-that il I'm for the rights of
the child when be gets to be . man.
[ Renewed laughter. Well, these men
who are for popular sovereignty in Ter
ritory, hurrah for the popular sovereignty
Of the people Of Territory Wtat do
you mean by that? Do yon mean that
the people Of Territory shall elect their
own governor No. That they shall
elect their own judgesy No. DO you
mean tha. they can provide for . Legisla-
ture, No. DO you mean that they may
keep slavery from being introduced among
theny No. Then what do you means
/ mean that when they cease to be Ter
ritory and come to be State, and are
tweuty-cne years Of sge, Laughter and
cheers, they may do as they please.
Here Is the change that the repealers
Of the Missouri Compromise made in
their professions. They all professed At
the time the Missouri Compromise was
repealed TO believe that slavery would
not 90 into Kansas. We who were op-
posed to the repeal Of that law, which
excluded slavery from Kansas while
Territory, told them the effect of IL would
be 10 open Kansas to slavery, and slavery
would 90 there. 1t was no such thing,
they said; it was a SANDER upon them,
for they we're just rs much opposed 10
slavery - any one--it was an abolitiou
lie-slavery would never 60 there, and
the Missouri Compromise was not repeal
ed for any such purpose. This Vas the
profession. Cries Of true, true.l
What did We say farther! We said
slavery would be introduced, snd when
slavery once got into the Territory it
would be difficult 10 get it ont. This
they denied. What nnx haa hAAn th..