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American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-01-15
REMARKS of SENATOR DOUGLAS.
In Reply to the Speech Of Senator
Fisch tn Senate, Wednesday,,
Dec. %, 1857.


Dee. %, 1851.
Mr., Douglas Mr.. President. | ask
pardon of the Senator from Michigan.
tor occupying few moments of the
time properly belonging to him. re-
greet that as the Senator from Indiana
spoke by the courtesy Of Tho Senator
from Michigan, he should have deemed
1t necessary To say anything that de.
manded a,eply from me a, the expense
OF tho Senator who is entitled to the
floor. | understand the Senator's argu.
meut tn rest upon the proposition which
he argues at some length, that the "b.
Ject the only object. of that portion of
the Kansas Nebraska bill which repeal.
ed The Missouri restriction was to place
the slavery question on the same foot
ing with each aud every other local and
domestic question, as had been done
from tho beginning of the Government.
| do not misunderstood him on that
point .... ....... .
Mr.. Fitch-No sir. .l. ..
MIR. D"uglas-l am glad to find that
on The very basis Of his rgumeut he and
| agree. II was tho object of repeating
the Missouri Compromise To put the
slavery question on the same footing
with each aud every other domestic
question in the territories aud newS,at,s
that i To leave the people pc, lcctly free
TO form and ieguia'e all their domestic
institutions, slavery included 10 suit them,
selves. On this point however he diff
fers with the President Of the United
States for the President tells us that
the object was 10 make slavery an ex.
cep,i"n and submit that by itself but
not submit the other questions.
| am sorry to see The Senator taking
issue with the President of the United
States upon question Of that kind, and
at the same time arraigning me for hav-
ing done the same thing. The whole
head and front OF my offending consists
| IN the fact, that | di.sented from the
part of the Presidents message which
declared that The slavery question was
an exception, and argued TO prove that
The ohlec, IF the Kansas Nebiaska bill
was To exclude that exception and put
the slavery question on the same foot
ing with every other question which
was local aud not national. State and
not Federal. The Senator from lnIi,
ana now agrees win M, Tim, ,h, prns
'de"t WAS wrong IN that part of his mos.
sage, and that was right. There is no
avoiding this conclusion. He renea,eJ
the proposition dozen times II ,Le
course Of his speech. am oIa1 - Cd
that he and agree thus far bone
tia, he will consider tina, he is on,side
the pale Of a h"ulrhy organizations; thar
he is abandoning The President, aud en-
gaeing in al ambitious scheme to break
down the Misunderstanding. because he
differs from the President on the same
pom, that do.
He says that | have come ont in IA
vor Of general rule. novel in III, bis
tory Of the government. tina, hare,
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-01-15
Correspondence Of The Phiiadslphia Neu,.

Correspondence ofMs Philadelphia Nsw,.
Presidential Speculation for 1860
THE Mistake Of 1866 What sort
Of a llan ought TO be the Candidate
Of the Opposition.
WAsHIYGT0N, Dec. 81, 1857.
The Republicans, who are endeav.
oring to persuade themselves into the
belief that they have the best prospect
for the Presidency in 1860, are already
specuIating about a candidate. Ofthc
names mentioned, none, except that Of
YIN. II. Seward, are Of any real Gig.
nifcance as statesmen. Mr.. Banks
has yet reputation to make, for it can
not be urged that successful admins.
traton of tho duties Of Speaker, is q
sufficient qualification for the Presi.
dcnoy. A worry ordinary man, with
prompt discernment, and q clear, dis
eliminating mind, may make a good
Speaker, while lie may be wanting in
the high attributes Of craftsmanship
Moreover Mr.. Banks is n Free Trade
man, with strong leaning to the
hard money currency theory. Mcssrs.
l,,Ar, Bissel, Chase and Fremont are
og;hc same Loco Foco political ante.
vgHeu!s as Mr.. Banks, and participate
- ia radical, visionary notions Of the
; - policy.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-22
9TH. Magniaesn, DOwrY."

The English Dodge offers to the people
of Kansas something more than three NIL.
lions of acres of land if they will accept
of the Lecompton Constitution. is this
indeed bonus or not /? a portion OF this
land is comprised of two sections IN each
township for school purposes. BY rsfer.
ring to the Organic Act it will be found
that Congress has already set apart said
sections for said purposes--that they al
ready belong to the people of Kansas.
The Second, Third, Fourth and Filth
propositions offer no more to Kansas than
other new States have received and which
she ought to have without any bargain
and sale.
This Dodge has two features, a BFibs
and n Threat. The bEibe, as above stated,
Is nothing more than other new States
have received and which in justice viii
be given to Kansas by some future Con-
eress when the National Legislature shall
have been purged, as it most surely VIII
be. and that right early. The Threat -
that Kansas must remain Territory Tor
an indefinite period unless Lecompton :
accepted. But this is OF 8 piece VITA me
Bribe. Until the Right Of Petition y re-
yoked. the people of Kansas win retain
/ the preroeative TO send up an application
for admissiop into the Union Is 8 Stats,
and the day is not far distant when =
national Congress viii override the die
tum of an imbecile Executive and invest
Free Kansas with aIl the dignity and
every immunity of . sovereign State
Ouindaro ChindSscan.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-22


The n. Y. Times takes a correct view
of the English bill. It says, in the course
of some remarks at length on the sub
ject:--
AS practical measure of legislation it
will amount to nothing. It simply post
pones the final issue on the Kansas ques-
ton. The Land bribe viii have no
effect, for it gives the people nothing that
they will not have in any event. When
ever, and under whatever Constitution,
the State comes in, she viii have public
lands given her for her schools, university
and public buildings. This is never re-
fused to any new State, and viii not be
refused to Kansas. This provision, there
fore, is empty and worthless. It viii Lot
influence hundred votes in Kansas
Nor will the threat of excluding the State
for several years, if they do not vote fol
Lecompton, prove whit more ayailing
1t is a mere byutens fziren, which binds
nobody and will alarm nobody. What
will the next Congress care for such Z
prohibition ? What will the people oi
Kansas care for it? They have neyel
asked, or desired, an enabling act from
Congress-nor viii dis-abling act affec
them one whit more seriously. A new
people are not 10 be so easily discouraged
in making Constitutions. 1t is sort o
amusement which they viii net light,
forego. The people of Kansas have !.
new one already on hand-and they vii
make them a good deal faster than Con
gress can reject them.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-22
The Lecomp,on Bill.

Infamous as are the provisions of the
Kansas bill just passed by Congress, there
is one purpose which it will subserve, if
the people of Kansas do their duty in
rejecting it, when it shall be offered for
their suffrages; it will use up the present
national administration. That the bill
will be rejected by an overwhelming vote,
as predicted by Gov. Walker, should be
the prayer and hope of every friend of
freedom. Indeed, it seems to have been
the consideration on which Messrs. Cox
and Lawrence of Ohio acted, in following
the advice of Governors Walker and
Stanton in going for the so-called "com-
promise" that the people would "spurn
the bribe," and Indignantly reject the
whole thing at the polls. This is rather
singular policy of action, to say the least.
on the part of these men, especially when
we consider that the alternative presented
by the bill, is, for the people of Kansas
either to accept it, or to stay out of the
Union until they shall number twice or
thrice the population required of former
States, applying for admission, and twice
the population now actually possessed by
two States which have long been MEM
bers of the confederacy, and no complaint
uttered thereat, viz: Arkansas and Flor
ida.
We would like to inquire what right
Congress has thus to fetter the future
action of the people of Territory, and
still more on what principle, except a
monarchial one, a person can vote to
offer such proposition to them.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-22
Opinion of Ex-Governor Walker and Stanton.
WASHINGTON CRY, TUEsDAY,t
ApriI 9th. 1853. {


DEAR SIR:-Your letter of this date
has Just been received, aud Ihasten to say
that, in my judgment, the conference bill
should be adopted. I expressed the opin-
ion on the first reading of the bill on
Saturday last, and must adhere to it, al
though if the bill had been, as falsely rep
resented, submission of the ordinance
only, 1 should have sternly opposed it.
This bill, as interpreted By me, is IN precise
conformity with my views, and, in fol-
lowing the path where duty and conscience
baGe me, must supportit must be
permitted, however, to do this in such a
way as viii cast no censure on valued
friends, who honestly oppose this bill be
cause their construction of it differs from
my own. Whilst this bill maintained my
views as to popular sovereignty, it would
if adopted, save the Union from infinite
peril. If the bill passes, the odious Le-
compton Constitution, born in fraud, and
baptised in forgery and perjury, will be
defeated by an overwhelming vote of the
people of Kansas, thus demonstrating by
practical results the truth ofmy interpre-
tration that the bill does in fact sub
NIT the Constitution to the popular suf-
frage, for ratification or rejection which is
all have ever required. With such a
bill, and such decision o. the people,
under it, no formidable effort will ever
be again made to withhold from the peo-
ple of inehoate States vote for or against
the ratification or rejection of these State
Constitutions, and the oligarchive doctrine
of conventional sovereignty will be aban-
doned. l write in great haste, and will,
at future period, embody my views full
ly in letter of publication, as expressed
in our recent conversation. Yours truly,
r. J. WALKER.
Hon. S. S. Cox, and the Hon. WIN. LAW
PENCE
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-22
The Land Rdhe.


The Lecemptonites, both in and out of
Congress. in their replies to this charge OF
bribery brought against English's bill, have
laid great stress upon the admitted fact
that the grant of land provided for in it
is the same as was specified in the Mont
gomery- Crittenden bill. In this, how
ever, they have only sought to evade an
objection which they could not answer
No opponent of that bill, so far as We
remember, has objected to the amount OF
land, but to the condition of the grant,
Therein consisted the odious and abomin-
able feature of English's proposition. 1t
is mean and insulting to the last degree
tothe people of Kansas. 1t presupposes
their utter lack of soul and manhood
With what mingled sentiments OF con-
tempt and indignation must they receive
the announcement of the passage of this
Infamous bill! The Democratic party
say to them in effect, in that enactment:
"Give up everything you have been SO
long contending for-accept pro slavery
Observation-Disclosures ruffianism and usur-
patton, and you shall be at once admitted
into the Union and receive a grant OF
100000 acres of public land. Reject
this proposition, and you can get no land,
and shall remain out of the Union until
you consent to come in under these
terms"
And the insult to the people of Kansas
does not end with this attempted bribery.
The Democratic party felt bound as far as
possible, to manifest its preference for
slavery over freedom by declaring that as
slave State Kansas might come into the
Union with whatever population it might
chance to have-thirty, forty, or any other
lumber of thousands, more or less-but
as free State it must have at least 5000
or 10000 odd, as the apportiOnment OF
Representatives might be. Herein the
people of the whole North share the insult
with the people of Kansas, and will have
something to say for themselves here
after.
Such. without a word of exageration,
is the style in which the Democratic party,
after all its loud mouthed professions OF
regard for popular sovereignty" has
chosen to address the people of Terri
tory who are about to come into the Union
as a sovereign State. 1t exceeds in inso-
lence anything that can be found in its
long career of subserviency to the Slave
Power, and must be taken rather as the
sign of despairing weakness than of con-
| fident strength. 1t is the conyulsive, un'
reasoning madness that precedes dissolu'
ton. If Mr.. Buchanan and his advisers
know anything, they must know that mo-
only the people of Kansas, but of the
whole North will reject this last Lecomp-
ton eontriyance with the scorn which it:
weakness and baseness merits, and tha
instead of calming the agitation which
has grown out of the Kansas question, al
object which they profess to have very
much at heart, it will be certain to con
tinue it, and greatly add to its violence
Chicago Press.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-22

BY G. w. BROWN & co.
Posffy.
For the Herald Of Freedom

Oh,sacred land erdeared By blood
That flowed your rights TO claim,
To gaurd your reputation free
From SlaYery's hateful stain,
Would that my pen in gilded words
Could write that you are free.
To herald forth to all the world
The ssce<ts of Liberty.
But 10 the curse not yet removed
Still wraps with gloom your sky;
And Slayer5's champions still convene
To plot for Tyranny.
Where Justice ought to reign supreme
And virtuous laws maintain,
The guardians Of your country's veal
COnspirs to bind your chain.
Oh that the sun would haste mis- course,
And bring the honored day.
When Kansas as Freedom State
Shall ring with 81 HuEza,"
Shall vocal make the air with songs,
The songs of victory.
Whilst SlaEery's dupes return to pine
Ger vanquished Villainly.
That day. tho long deferred. shall dawn;
Shrink not with courage tame.
You'll yet enroll on history's page
A great and glorious name.
Can widows walls and orphans cries
Forever pierce the skies,
And call no vengeance on their foes?
Is there no God on high
Does not the blood for Slavery split
Cry from the earth beneath
And will not God in sudden wrath
His dreadful anger breath
Yes, wrath will come in awful power
On those who'Ve wrought your woe;
While loud your virgin soil proclaims
Not Jet betrayed; oh no."
Tho Slavery sought to force my soil
To infamy and woe,
With virtues pride answer back,
Not lost to Freedom, no.
SonerUiRe, MEss. s. D. WINTER.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-22

notwithstanding hard times have net
materially scftened. we hear Of large
number Of buildings, mostly dwelling
houses, being put under contract. Many
of these viii be of brick. We think
there viii be considerably more building
here this year than last, and majority oi
the houses viii be built by persons who
have families ready to 60 into them.
There has been considerable accession 70
the population Of our place within :
month past-Wzits Cloud Chg.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-22
VOC II Down!

Vote down the bribe offered By Con-
eress in order to secure the ratification OF
the Lecompton Constitution. .Spurn the
base and Infamous proposition Hurl It
back with contempt 70 its originaiors J
Better remain Territory for ever, than
freely accept an instrument that We have 'Ns
30 bitterly and so Justly opposed. II se
hsd desired that land and those salt
springs, we could have said % in Decem-
Der last. lsd shall We 50 soon stalsify
ourselves by willingly accepting what e. We
then 80 utterly despised Never Then
crush it as you would viper that would
stino Won We elH see the President
and nd bis party go down to the deepest
depths ofetsrnal infamy-h, indeed, they
are not already there-bsfore We viii cast
vote for any such execrsble proposition.
Crash It out. XII it-Kaasas Leader.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-22
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, MAY 70, 1853.

into the hands of the peopleof the States,
especially those who have been insulted
by their Representatives, as we have been
by eleven of our members from Pennsyl-
yania, four of whom represent this proud
metropolis, where there is but one senti-
ment outside of the Office holders and
office-seekers, and that fearlessly against
the action of the Congress of the United
States, in forcing an odious Constitution
upon protesting people.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-22

G The White Cloud Chief as usual,
takes a correct view of the Leayenworth
Constitution. The editor says oft, in the
course of a review of its leading fea-
lures
Whatever the Constitution may al
low, or what it may not, will all amount
to the same thing; for we still believe, as
heretofore, that the work of the conyen-
ton was labor thrown away, and that this
Constitution, good or bad, viii not be the
Constitution with which Kansas win be
admitted as State. From the present
aspect of affairs, this Constitution will
share the same fate as the Topeka Con
stitution-will be pushed about aud de-
ferred so long, that it viii become outoi
date. When Kansas is admitted, it viii
probably be with Constitution framed by
the authority of Congress"
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-22
III. Kansa. CITY ousssss.

On Tuesday eveping. May 4th, large
number of the citizens of Quindaro met TO
give some expression to the feelings with
which they regard the recent unprovoked
attack upon Gen. PoMERoY, made BY Col.
TITUs.
A. j. Rowell, Esq. was appointed
Chairman, and S. n. Simpson, Secre-
tary.
The committee appointed the previous
evening to draft resolutions forthe occss-
ion, was requested to report. The fel-,
lowing was submitted :
Oa Tuesday, April 18th inst, our fell
low citizen, General SAMUEL c. PoHERoY,
whilst in Kansas City. No, attending to
a legitimate business, which required his
presence there, was, without having CIV
en- any provocation, violently assaulted By
one Col. Titus, notorious for the part he
has borne in the past history OF Kansas.
This attack was made upon Gen. Pome-
roy while at the Court House where his
business required him to be--and was
made, not only at midday, but. likewise,
in the immediate presence OF large
number of influential citizens, none OF
whom offered to interfere either TO pre-
vent the attack, or shield the victim.
From the threats now known to have been
previously and frequently made oy Titus
it is certain that the assault was premedi-
tated, and made upon Gen. Pomeroy be-
cause he had been and now is. prorni-
nent Free-State man and agent OF the
Emigrant Aid Company.
In view of the circumstances atten-
dant upon this assault-especislly the de-
liberate and reiterated threats made by the
Ruffians the certainty that it was per-
petrated (if not permitted) because the
victim was a Free State man the as
founding apathy manifested by the many
citizens of Kansas City who witnessed lt
i'm view of these circumstances as well
as the fact that strenuous efforts are being
made to disguise the real character OF that
town, in order to induce Free State men
of Kansas to trade, and Free State emil
grants to debark there-we, the citizens
of Quindaro, DO hereby Resolre,
l. That we regard this attack upon q
peaceable man, with feelings of un-
qualified condemnation, and pTonounee
| if an act characteristic of barbaric age,
disgraceful to any community who would
tolerate or excuse it.
II. That we regard the favor with
which Titus is received in Kansas City,
as being discreditable to that place, and
an evidence that such an outrage was to
be expected.
III. That the bearing Of the citizens
during this assault, is clear proof thas
all the professions and asseverations by
resolutions and bulletins, now and here
tofore. are not sufficient guaranty for
Free State men against gross indlgnities
and brutal assaults.
/ ". That Free State men viii consult
their personal safety as well as their best
interests by avoiding town where men
| are subject to assault from notorious Rut-
fans, and are prosecuted and injured tor
1 opinions sake.
(Sigped) PIT. COLBY,
WM. SHEPHERD,
JIM. WALDEN,
G. E. BURLINGTON,
ALFRED GRAY,
G. E. UPS0N,
A. j. ROWELL.
Remarks pertinent to the subject under
consideration were made by 8. n. Simp-
son. and Others, after which the report OF
the Committee was adopted by accla-
] nation
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-22
AraeIine Inouiu.

The Leavenworth Journal very feeling
" inquiries
a1f the Free State party throw Gen.
Lane overheard, where viii the poor dew
il go to /? Out Of friends, out of mon
ey, out of credit, and IN debt ? The
Black Law men are down on him and his
faction, for striking the word irhits out of
their constitution and the opposite ex-
treme charge him with endorsing the
Dred Scott decision. No doubt that he
thinks that
@Jersan Is . hard read to travel"
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-22

or Come West, it is not 50 wild as
your imagination has pictured it. The
soil and climate is far superior to anything
East. Who ever heard Of man going
back east to live Men come west TO
q prospect" and are SO delighted and en-
chanted with the West, that they never
return East except it Is to urge their
friends to follow their example.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-22
Well Put.

wen kuL
The st. Louis Republican states the is
sue row pending in Kansas very correctly.
1t says ::
a IL the people of Kansas desire ad-
mission into the Union under the Leconsp-
ton Constitution, all they have to do is to
vote for the proposition submitted to them
by this act of Congress. IF they hate this
Constitution so heartily that they cannot
abide it, and will not live under it, all
they have to do is to tote against this prop
osition, and to agree to I've under terri
torial government until they have pop.
ulstion which will entitle them to demand
admission as aState into the Union.'
The people of Kansas understand thi:
position very well, and viii act according
". They do not want the Lecomptor
Constitution they sOiu not live under it
they will vote against it, and defeat il.
GTAre we to have any roads in Kan
sas This has got to be an importan
question. Our highways appear to be .
the mercy ofevery farmer, and are changeG
and altered to suit every mans whim o
convenience, on his own land. There ap
pears to be no system in this road busi
ness. In our recent peregrinations abou
the Territory, and We consider oursel
as sober as common people generally
are, We have often found it impossible q
tell whether we were in the road or il
some mans corn-field or potato patch
Are there any authorities whose duty
is to attend to such affairs, or are We t,
be deprived of roads entirely Such
state of things as now exists, is nuisance
and ought TO be sbated Immediately
KaRsas Leader.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-22

tHThe bonds Of s Notary Pablo have
to be approved by fhs tribunal sran sacting
county business, snd then fled in tbs
ozasce of the Secretary Of the TssEisosy: y
order to be valid.-KeBsas Lsszu.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-05-22

Remarks pertinent to the subject under
consideration were made by s. n. Simp-
son, and Others, after which the report OF
the Committee was adopted by accla-
nation.