Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-10-28

can" renewed laughter and cheers land,
on the other hand, 1 say to CarIin, and
Jake Davis, and to this man Wogley up
ere in Hancock, "Give it 10 Douglas [roars
of laughter Just pour it into him.
Cheers and laughter, "Good for you,"
'Hurrah for Lincolnr'] .a.- ---i.a4
Now in regard to this matter of the
Dred Scott decision, l wish to say word
or two. After all, the Judge will not say
whether if a decision is made holding that
the people of the STATES cannot exclude
slavery he will support it or not. He OBJ
stinately refuses to say what he will do in
that case. The Judges of the Supreme
Court as obstinately refused to say what
they would do on this subject. Before
this l reminded him that at Galesbarg he
had said the Judges had expressly declared
the contrary, and you remember that in
my opening speech l told him l had the
book containing that decision here, and l
would thank him to lay his finger on the
place where any such think was said. He
has occupied his hour and half, and he
has not veutuied to try to sustain the as
sertion. Loud cheers. He never acW.-
Renewed cheers. But lie is desirous OF
knowing how we are going to reverse the
bred Scott decision. Judge Douglas
ought to know how. Did not he and his
political friends find way 10 reverse the
decision of that same Court in favor of the
constitutionality of the National Bank q
| Cheers and laughter. Didn't they find
way to do it so effectually that they have
reversed it as completely as any decision
ever was reversed it as completely as any
decision ever was reversed-so far as its
practical operation is concerned? [Cheers
and cries Of "good," "good."] And let me
ask you, didn't Judge Douglas find a way
to reverse the decision of our Supreme
Court, when it decided that Carlin's father
old Governor Carlin-had not the con-
stitutional power to remove Secretary of
State? Great cheering and laughter. Did
he not appeal to the ''MoBs," as he calls
them? Did he not make speeches in the
lobby to show how vilianous that decision
was, and how it ought to be overthrowna
passed by The Legislature to have it over
thrown! And didn't he himself sit down
on that bench as one of the five added
judges, who were to overslaugh the four
old ones-getting his name Of "Judge" in
that way and no other? laundering
cheers and laughter.] Ii there is villiany
in using disrespect or making opposition to
Supreme Court decisions, l commend it to
Judge Douglas earnest consideration
[Cheers and laughter. l know of no man
in the State of Illinois who ought to know
so well about how much villiany it takes
to oppose a decision of the Supreme Court,
as our honorable friend Stephsn A. Doug
las. Long continued applause.
Judge Douglas also makes the declara-
ton that say the Democrats are bound
by the Dred Scott decision while the Re-
publicans are not. In the sense in which
he argues, never used it; but | will tell
you what l have said and what | do not
hesitate to repeat to day. have said that
as Democrats believe that decision to be
correct and that the extension of slavery is
affirmed in the National Constitution, they
are bound to support it as such; and l will
tell YOU here that Genaral Jackson once
said each man was bound to support the
Constitution ''as he understood it," Now,
Judge Douglas understands the Constiiu
ton according to the Dred Scott decision,
and he is bound TO support it as he under
stands it. Cheers. l understand anoth-
er way, and therefore am bound to sup
port it in the way in which understand
it. prolonged applause.] And as Judge
Douglas believes that decision to be cor
rect, will re-make that argument if l
have time to do so. Let me talk to some
gentleman down there among you who
looks me in the face. We will say you are
a member down there among you who
looks me in the face. We will say you are
a member of the Territorial Legislature,
and like Judge Douglas, you believe that
the right to take and hold slaves there is a
constitutional right. The first thing you
do is to spear you aOiN support the Con-
stitution and all rights guaranteed therein;
that you will, whenever your neighbor
needs your legislation to support his con-
s,tutional rights, not withhold that legis-
lation. If you withhold that Necessary
Legislation for the support of the Constltu-
ton and constitutional rights, do you not
commit perjury9 Cries of "Yes"l l ask
every sensible man, if that is not so! [.'Yes,
yes"-"That's fact."] That is undoubted-
ly just so, say what you please. Now that
is precisely what Judge Douglas says, that
this is constitutional right. Does the
Judge mean to say that the Territorial
Legislature in legislating may, by with
holding necessary lows, or by passing un-
friendly laws, nullify that Constitutional
rights Does he mean to say that! Does
he mean to ignore the proposition so long
long known and well known and well estab-
lshed in the law, that wi at you cannot do
directly, you cannot indirectly? Does he
mean that? The truth about the matter is
this: Judge Douglas has sung paans to
his popular Sovereignty" doctrine until
his Supreme Court cooperating with him
has squatted his Squatter Sovereignty out.
[Uproarious laughter and applause. But
he will keep up this species of humbuggery
aboue Squatter Sovereignty. He has at
last invented this sort of do-nothing souer-
eignty-[renewed laughter-that the peo-
pie may exclude slavery by sort of "Sov-
ereignty" that is exercised bv doing moth
ing at all. Continued laughler. Is not
that running his Popular Sovereignty
down as thin as the homeopathic soup that
was made by boiling the shadow Of pi-