The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-10-16
Speech of Senator Douglas
AT GALESBGn1,

L-1d,c' and Gentlemen Four years ago
appeared before the people OF Knox count,
ior the purpose OF defending my political ac
uou npon the compromise measures of So
and the passage of the Kansas Nebrask;
Dill. Those OF you before me, who wer,
ppcsent then, will remember that vindica
ted myself from supporting those two meas
ures by the fact that they rosted upon the
fundamental principle that the people o.
each State and each Territory of this Unior
nave the right, and ought TO be permitted
to exercise the right Of regulating their own
domestic concerns in their own way, subject
to no other limitation or restriction than
that which the Constitution Of the United
States imposes upon them. then called
upon the people of Illinois to decide whcth-
er that princsple Of self government was
right or wrorg. IL ii was, and is right, then
the compromise measures of 1890 were
right, ard, consequently, the Kansas and
Nebraska bill, based upon the same priuci-
pie, must necessarily been night. ITha:'i
! SO, ard chcers)
The Kansas and Nebraska bill declared
III so many words, that it was the true IN
tent and mepning Of the act not to iegI>late
slavery into any State or Territory, nor t.
exclude it tllcrefroGn, but to leave the people
p
! their domestic institutions in their own way
/ subject only t. the Constitution Of the Uni
ted States. For the last four years | have
/ devoted all my energies, in private and pub
lie, to commend that principle to the A.
merlcan people. Whatever else may be
said in commendation or support of my po-
litical course, ! sppreheud that 10 honest
! man viii doubt the fidelity with which, un-
der all circumstances, | have stood hy it,
7 Daring the last year cue ton arose in
the Congress Of the United States whether
not that principle would he violated by
the admission of Kansas into the Union un-
der the Lccompton constitution. IL uy
opinion, the attempt to force Kansas in an
der that cOu>titutivn was a gross violation
Of the principle enunriatcd III the cornpro-
mise measures Of 1850, and Kansas aud Ne
braska b Il Of loJf, aud therefore | lyd Ot
in the fight against the Lecompton co s'itu-
: ton and conducted it anti! the effort - car
~ that constitution through Congress was
abandoned. And can appeal to all Iaen,
friends uu9 foes, Democrats and RrPub'I-
: cans, Northern men and Southern ueis, that
during the whole Of that u-it | carried the
{ banner OF Popular Severe gnty aloit, aud
never a.lowe,! IL 10 trail ia the dust, or iug-
cred nay flag uutl victory pcrcEcd upon
our arms. Cheers When the Lecomp-
ton cOp7iituugn wa> defeated, the question
arose IN the minds Of those MhO had aGEJ
Gated II what they should next resort 10 IN
order TO carry out their Views. They de-
v'scd a measure nH.wn rs The Eng.isA I'LL,
and granted genera amnesty and P,i.t.ca..
pardon to al men no had fought acaius,
q the Iecomptou cons, tuition. rrJyjl-i they
would support that it'll for one d.i not
! chuose to accept the pardon or TO avail my
self Of the amnesty granted on that couLl-
ton. The fact that the supporters Of I.e
comp'o. were WI la- TO forgive al if;reH
ccs OF opinion al shat time ia th" event those
who opposed 1t favored tie EnE E.l>h bi J,
was an ADMISSION that tnry Ill. not ihl""
that opposition II L.cuuptvn i'.FaH,d Il
rams staGi.a., IN tire Democrat. party
3 Now the question arises, what Was that En-
Clash b'ii which certain men are n7w at
teuf t'hS 20 MAKE teHL OF po.,t'Ca' oI'Ao-
-! - ''.'a ~Or"".. - f'-'i"e"' III Su' u
stance, 'ha' 'ne LecomP'"h coHs, tut'on
SHou'a be sFit oack TO 'he people oi iAh'ehs
! 'or 'ne'F aooFtoh or Tejectlon al an election
""'eh was neii III august t">'. a". '' case
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