The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-07-20

: could be cured by q slight amendments, and
; that amendment was to so change the Law as
j, to allow an appeal from the decisions Of the
0 Supreme Court of Illinois, on all constitu-
I tional questions, to two Justices of the Peace
t Great laughter and applause) My friend
. Mr.. Lincoln, who sits hehiad me, reminds me
that that proposition was made when was a
! Judge of the Supreme Court. Be that us il
t may, do not think that facts adds any
greater weight or authority to the suggestion
Renewed laughter and applause.) It mat
ters not with me who was on the bench,
, whether MIR. Lincoln or myself, whether a
Lockwood or Smith, Taney or q Mat sha II:
The decision OF the highest tribunal known
TO the Consultation CT the country must be
maj until 1t has been reversed BY an equally
high authority. (Cres of "bravon and ap-
plause.) Hence, am opposed to this doctrine
Eof Mr. Lincoln, by which he proposes to take
an appeal from til, decision Of the Supreme
Court Of the United States upon these high
constitutional questions to Republican eau
Gus sitting in the country. "a voice-"call
IL freesoil, and cheers.) Yes, or to any
other caucus or town meeting, whether it be
Republican, American, or Democratic, re-
spect the decisions of that august tribunal;
shall always bow in Difference to them. |
am law abiding man. l will sustain the
constitution OF my country as our fathers
have made it. l will yield obedience to the
laws, whether | like them or not as find
them en- the statute book. | will sustain the
Judicial tribunals and constituted authorities
In all matters within the pale of their juris-
dlction, US defined by the Constitution (Ap-
piause But am equally free to say that
The reason assigned by Mr.. Lincoln for re-
resisting the decision of the Supreme Court
IN the Dred Scott case does not in itself meet
HAITI Ho ohSo =
that decision declared that negro descend
ed from african parents who were brought
here and sold rs slaves is not, and cannot be
a citizen of the United States. He SAYS il is
wrong, because it depriyes the negro Of the
| dement's OF that clause of the Constitution
which says that citizens of one State shall
ENJOY all the privileges and immunties of
citizens of the several States in other words,
he thinks it wrong because it deprives the ne
gro OF the privileges, immunities, and rights
OF citizenship, which pertain, according to
that decision, only to the white man. am
Tree to say to you that in my opinion this
government of ours is founded on the white
basis. iGreat applause.) 1t was made by
the white man, for the benefit of the white
man to be administered by the white men. in
such manner as they should determine. 1t is
also true that negro, an Indian, or any
other man of an inferior race to a white man.
should be permitted to enjoy, and humanity
requires that he should have all tie rights,
privileges and immunities which he is capa-
bic of exercising consistent with the safety |
of society. would give him every right and |
every privilege which his capacity would en-
able him to enjoy, consistent vita the good
of the society in which he lived. But you
may ask me what are these rights and these
privileges My answer is that each State
must decide for itself the nature and extent
Of these rights {" Hear, hear" and ap-
plause) Illinois has decided for herself.
We have decided that the negro shall not be
a slave, and we have at the same time deci-
ded that he shall not vote, or serve on juries,
or enjoy political privileges l am content
with that system of policy which we have
adopted for ourselves. Cheers deny the
right of any other State 10 complain of our
policy in that respect, or to interfere with it,
or to attempt to change it. On the other
hand, the State of Maine has decided that in
that State negro may vote on an equality
with the whiteman. The sovereign power Of
Maine had the right to prescribe that rule for
herself. Illinois has no right to complain of
Maine for conferring the right upon negro
suffrage, nor has Maine any right to interfere
with, or complain of Illinois because she has
denied negro suffrage. ("Thats So" and
|
by her Constitution that negro NAV vote.
provided that lie owns $3.50 worth of proper
ty, but not otherw Sc. The rich negro can
vote, but the poor one cannot. (Laughterl
Although that distinction does not commend
itself to my Judgment, yet | assert that the
power of New York had a right to
prescribe that form of the elective franchise. I
kentucky, Virginia, and other States have !
provided that negroes OF a certain class of
them in those States shall be slaves, having /
neither civil or political rights. Without en- I
iorsing the wisdom Of that decision assert I
that Virginia has the same power by virtue {
of her sovereignty to protect slavery within
her limits as Illinois has to Danish it forever s
from our own borders (sH Hear, hear and
applause.) l assert the right of each State
10 decide for itself on these questions and
10 not subsrobe to the doctrine of my friend,
Mr.. Lincoln, that uniformity is either desira-
lie or possible. do not acknowledge that r
he States must all be free or must all be e
lave. 4
do not acknowledge that the negro must '
iave civil AMI political rights every ywhere or h
iowhere. l DO not acknowledge that the h
chinese must have the same rights in Cali
ornia that we would confer upon him here.
do not acknowledge that the Cooley im-
ported into this country must necessarily be :
III. upon an equality with the white race. !.
do not acknowledge any of these doctrines !.
# uniformity in the local and domestic reg =
lla,ions in the different States. ("Bravo,"
md cheers.)
Thus you see, my fellow citizens, that the
ssues between Mr.. Lincoln and myself, n q
espective candidates for the u s Senate, as s
made up, are direct, unequivocal, and ire
He goes for uniformity in our v
domestic institutions, for war of sections s
Until one or the other shall be subdued. e
% for the great principal of the Kansas-Ne- a
raska bill, the right of the people to decide a
or themselves. Senator Douglas was here ii
Interrupted by the widest applause; cheer o
fter cheer reut the air. the band struck up n
Yankee Doodle rockets and pieces Of fire. n
Forks blazed forth, and the enthusiasm was O
o intense and universal that it was some n
ime before order could be restored and Mr.. :,
Douglas resume. The scene at this moment &
'as glorious beyond description.) =
On the other point, Mr.. Lincoln goes for a !,
7arfare upon the supreme Court of the Uni 4
I'D States because of their judicial decision =
n the Dred scott case. yield obedience to
be decision Of that Court-to the final de- y
of the highest judicial tribunal ~
nown to our constitution. He objects to the u
red Scott decision because 1t does not put u
he negro in the possession of the rights of p
tizenship On an equality with the white Il!
ian. am opposed to negro equality. Im- l
ehse applause.) Irepeat that this nation m
white people-a people composed of Eu- p;
'pean descendants-a people that have es- CT
Iblished this government for themselves and til
,eir posterity, and am in favor of preserv- l.
lg not only the purity of the blood, but the lii
arity of the government, from any mixture al
amalgation with inferior races. RE- di
ewed applause.) have seen the effects of b,
'is mixture of superior and inferior races r
lis amalgation of white men and Indians in
nd negroes; we have seen il in Mexico, in HI
entral America, in South America, and all n
e Spanish American States, and its result 80
rs been degeneration, generalization, and
,gredaiion below the capacity for self-gov- =,
nment. (''True, ue.") - :;
am opposed to taking any step that re- =:
gnizes the negro man or the Indian as the Al n
iual of the white man. l am opposed to ~
wing him voice in the administration Of "
g government. l would extend to the In ~
an, and the negro, and to all dependent III