The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-07-29

slavery In these colonies and that policy
which now prevails y our own new Terrific.
~. Ifis doss not 70 into then, il 10 only be-
cause no individual wishes il 70 20. The
Judge INDUCED himself, doubtless, o-day,
with the question TO what am going to do
with or about the bred Scott decision. Well,
Judge, will you plense tell me what you did
about tho Bank decision? Will you not grs-
ciously allow Us to do with the bred Scott
decision precisely as you did with the Bank
deoision? You succeeded 10 breaking down
the moral effect Of that dseision; did you lnd
1t necessary TO amend the constitution or to
set up q court Of negroes in order to do itp
There 10 one other point. Judge Douglas
has very adecsionato leaning towards the
Americans and old Whigs. Last evening, in
sort OF weeping tone, he tells u - he de-
scribcd to Us . doath-bed scene: He had
been called to the side Of MIR. Clay, in his
last moments, in order that the genius OF
spopular sovereignty" might duly descend
from the dying man and settle upon him, THE
loving and most worthy successor. He could
do no less than promise that no would de.
vote tho remainder Of his life to "popular
sovereignsy;" and then the great statesman
AoPot AZ YGeOos Dy susc Y0isVA toO pio0
of tho campaign" the Judge has evidently
promised himself, that teaYs shall DO drawn
down the cheeks Of all old Wings, a. large
- half-grown apples.
Mr.. Webster, too, was mentioned, but il
did not quite come to death-bo scene, a.
to him. 1t would be amusing, II 1t were not
disgusting, to see how quick these compro.
mise breakers administer on the political Of
fects of their dead Adyersaries, trumping up
claims never before heard Of, and dividing
the assets among themselves. II | should be
found dead to- morrow morning, nothing but
my insigni6csnoe could prevent . speech be-
ing made before the end Of next week. itso
happens that in that popular sovereignty"
with which Mr.. Clay Was identified, the Mis-
souri, Compromise was expressly reserved
and it was . little singular il Mr.. Clay cast
his mantle upon Judge Douglas on puDposs
to have that compromise repealed.
Again, the Judge did not keep faith with
Mr.. Clay whom he FIRST brought in his Nsbras-
ka bill. He left the Missouri Compromise
unrepsaled, and in his report accompanying
the bill, he told the world he did it on pur-
pose.. The name OF Mr.. Clay mnst have been
in great agony, till thirty days later, and
s'popular sovereignty" stood forth in all its
glory.
One more thing. Last night Judge Doug
las tormented himself with horrors about my
disposition to mako negroes perfectly equal
with white men in social and political relA-
tioLs, he did not stop TO show that have
said.nnd such things, or that they legitimate.
Iy follow from everything have said, but he
rushes on with his assertions. adhere to
the Declaration OF Independence.
II Judge ID. and his friends are not willing
to stand by II, let them como up and amend
it. Let them make it road that ell men are
created equal except negroes. Let US have
it decided, whether the Declaration Of lnde-
pendence, in this blessed year Of 1858, shall
be thus amended. In this construction Of
the Declaration last year, he said il only
meant that Americans in America were equal
to Englshmen in England. Then, when l
pointed out to him that BY that rule he ex-
cludes the Germans, the Irish, the Portu-
guese, and ell the other people who have
come amongst us since the Revolution, he
reconstructs his construction. In his last
speech be tells US it meant Europeans.
press him little further, and ask II it
meant to include the Russians in Asia or
does be mean to exclude that vast popula-
ton from the principles Of our Declaration
Of Independence? 1sxpec. ere long, he viii
introduce another amendment TO bis dsfni-
ton. lie 10 not at all particular. He is sat-
isfed with anything which does not endan-
ger the nationalising Of negro slavery. 1t
may draw white men down, but it must not
lift negroes up. Who shall say 81 am the
superior, and you are the inferior ?"
My declarations upon this subject Of ne
gro slavery may be misrepreseuted, but can
not be misunderstood.
have said do not understand the decla-
49, thai IL .k>A
equal 10 AL respects. They are not our equal
in color; but suppose that it does mean to
declare that all men are equal in some re-
spects; they are equal in their right to "life,
liberty and tho pursuit Of happiness Ger
tainly the negro IL not our equal in color
perhaps not 10 many other respects; still, in
the right to put into his mouth the bread that
his own hands had earned, he 10 the equal Of
every other man, white or black. In point
ing out that moro has been given you, you
cannot be justified in taking away the little
which has been given him. All | ask for the
negro 10 that il you do not like him, let him
alone. II God gave him but little, that little
let him enjoy.
When our government WAS established, 10
had tho institution Of slavery among u. We
were in . certain sense compelled 70 tolerate
it's existence. 1t was = sort Of necessity
We had gone through our struggle and se-
cured our own Independence. The trainers
Of the constitution found the instit ution OF
slavery amongst their other institutions 1t
tho time. They found that by an effort to
eradicate it, they might lose much Of what
they had already gained. They were obliged
to bow to the necessity. They gave power to
Congress TO abolish the slave trade at tho
end Of twenty years. They also prohibited
1t 10 the Territories where it did not EXIST
They did what they could and yielded to the
necessity for tho rest. l also yield to ell
which follows from that necessity. What l
would most desire would be the separation Of
the white and black races.
One more point in this Springfield speech
which Judge Douglas says he has read 90
carefully, had expressed my belief in the
existence Of conspiracy to perpetuate and
nationalist slavery. did not profess to
know it, nor do | now. showed the part
Judge Douglas had played in the string OF
facts, constituting to my mind, the proof Of
that conspiracy. | showed the parts played
BY others.
| charged thst the people had been deceived
into carrying the last Presidential election,
by the impression that the people Of terri
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