Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-05-28

lissi anything to DO gith this subject, it tha
nAtter iaboresi in ynur mind, bow ia the nam
81 tlesven did you siifer Jour l4ecompton bill
90 be debated here day sitter day, week afte
Week, aud do not know, but | might sa,
mouth after month, without suggesting I'm
great difficulty which must interrupt the Who'll,
proceedings, and lead you to surrends. all yor
7 sa d0ne, AID set up a scheme entirely newt
lell did moi apprehend any such thug, as you
went on With your l4econiptou hill. The SEN
aess irom Virginia never suggested then thai
there was any trouble about the land grants
th4t.wefe provided for in that BILL You vo-
ted Il through this body. 1t ran MS smooth as
orr No nan SAID there was any difficulty
ahaat ihat, nor could it be sail: because so far
i.s 4ae ordinance was concerned, aud the land
grant was involved, The bill stool on exactly
las same principles as every other territorial
o.ils aud granted no more, 10 less. Why then,
seek to ccver up this enorntY under SO plair a
PROPOSITION as thata Sir, the people will up-
der tatid II, whether gen,omen here will un.
derstand il or no.. II IS in the nature Of a
ofs3e = IS not expected that the unsophisca-
te people, through the whole Wilderness Of
hafsas, will be able, Ike l,.wyers, to sean
closely, and understand critically, lie import
OF tlis grant. wili not say that the fact
tasl 1t was known they woull not understand
7, constituted the reason why a question so
staple as the adoption or the rejection Of the
Leeompion Constitution IS ulade 10 turn on the
fast whether the people will accept donation
ot lands; but Il looks very much like it. It
MQaii be Out OF order for Iae to say il was so
iRended, but that will be It's effect.
tl.,if 81 IL. I.
ti7n have said it is LumiIiating to the high
minded South, because il is total surrender
q the position upon which tbey planted them
selves, and swore in their councils they wonli
ssske their Institutions. You have given it IN,
j y have surrendered Lecomptvn, in this mis-
ega5le v wty to be sure, into the hands of the
? ople Of Kansas, to reject it if they please,
AMI as | trust in God they will. Therein, sir.
Y4a lie ID lac dust. Southern chivalry is here
If-alese Halls, begging men to vote tar mis-.
tB4 Y54r. ran sorry for Il. | have re-
spected their ltighnindedness. | have always
hoped heretofore that they were above consent
ing 10 arrangements that could not stand out
in open Gay. / DO not say that anything sinis-
ter is intended in this proposition, but | know
il IL we'll calculated in itself TO deceive the
peolle, and therefore / pronounce it humiiIa-
ting to the South. | say, further, it is unjust,
ii MT 40 open insult, 10 the North. Wh!s--
| can tell sou nothing new, after the PROPOSE
ton has been 50 ably handled by the honorable
Seuator from Kentucky aud the honorable SEN
ator from Vermont, who have preceded me-
They have made ii too palpably plain for me
to stand here long in celebrating this poidt.-
Here stands ont before the whole world the
most glariug Injustice, the most palpable wrong,
and no man dare face ME down here, and say
hat you place Slavery and Liberty upon equal
foundations by this measure. You talk of tic
equality Of the States, Why, sir, you are
trampling the fee States into the dust and Of
fering bribes TO Slavery. Il will not do.-=
Whether we understand It or not, God knows
tie people of the United States, the henest
people, viii understand i.
have said, and | still say, tbat this propo-
sition is Aasrau,Iy unjust to the North, aud,
think. au opcn insult Well might the Sepa-
Tor from Kentucky ask, what would the South
think Of !, proposition ike this on the other
sidel | have too good an opinion of you to
believe that you would bear it as meekiy as
we shall. believe that you would conduct
yourselves, ia reference 10 such. nefsrious
proposition, in manner moro fraught viii
ho!or TO your section than fear We shall
wish tc God ve bad men as fearless to stand NJ
far The riehi, as you have to stand up fof ,.ic
wrong. | honor you for the manner in wtici
YOU stand up to what you say you regard a;
your rights Well might the Senator from
Kentucky ask, what would you think of suci
proposition if the case were reversed! There
is not Southern man who will not die in LE
tracks before he would surrender 10 a proposi
ton SO insulting to the South this mauitestll
is to the North. know yor would not, and
give you all honor for it, because in that, il il
nolhiug else. God knows ! sympathize will
you, you are right in it.
The proposition now offered to the people Q
Kansas is this: sYoa Shall have six millions
acres of land, and immediate admission int
the Union, Il you will take Slavery; but
YOU prefer free State you shall be excluded
Won shall be treated AZ outside harbarians, un
worthy TO be members of this Union fer an in
definite length Of time to COME 1t Is un1e
niable; it stands out gross, palpable, upon III
face OF your record, aud cannot be disguised
Ii required good deal of assurance, goo
deal Of effrontery, to bring in proposilio
| like this: but you knew the material to whic
you we're addressing it too we'll to fear the cor
sequences. You say BY this proposition,
Congress adopts it, ''Come in, ye people {
Kansas, here are millions Of acres Of lane
here is immediate admission il you pref
slpvery; but, if, on the other hand, you pref
Liberty, you are unworthy of admission, VI
are not numerous enough to be admitted. -
One STAKEHOLDER, for the purpose of tie aami
sion Of Territory as State is worth mo
than twenty free men. Tnat is the naked rro
ositlon which You have brought here for Il
consideration of Northern men, and | pc
cciyc that you viii have Northern men VI
will 60 with you even for this. You will ha
them, and you knew you would, because 81
knew you could rot make proposition, ho