Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-07
rHn LAST HOURS OF LEcoMProN
Extract. .tJoD, the Spesches Of Douglas, Strard
and Humphrey JrarshaL
REMARKS oy MR.. DOUGLAS.

ana humphrey -h0TShut
REMARKS oy Mr. DOUGLAS
now TIE BILL NIGHT be ATESDED so THAT DOT
GLAs WOULD VOTE FOR IT.
Now, AEr. President, ! can say to you very
frankly, that if there were two amendments
made to this bill, although it would still be
gornewh hat Objectionable in its equivocal features,
could and would take great pleasure In giving
il my support One would be to strike out the
land grant altogether, and the other to strike
out the Limitation as TO population. Then the
simple question presented to the people would
be- xiIl you come in under the Lecompton con-
stitution or not: and If you do not, you may
proceed Immediately with the same population
to make new constitution. In that there
would be perfect fairness; there would be no
congressional intervention with its Inducements
70 control the results. Or, if you wanted tn
leave the land grant in, Ishy NOT maze u aRPn,,
cable to the Het7 constitution as rel as The oIe
one us the Crittenden amendment didE
STATES nGnTs-A GOOD TINE COMING
Tho time NAV come when the case will be re.
yersed. The time may come when there will
be mn anti.slayery majority in both Houses Of
Congress. When that time comes, it may so
happen that bill may be brought forward toIta
L1nd grant nj ten million acres for free STATE,
and fire millions far a Stare Stafe, or allowing
free state 10 come in Nth a population IF forty
MousaHd, and ProDidiHg MGta STARE State shat
not come in UiHout ainety thousand. Would
our southern friends regard that as being fair
Interpretation Of the principle Of popular soTe-
reignty?
BELIEVES THAT TIE PEOPLE OF KANSAS WILL srUGN
the BRtBE.
do not regard this As u matter Of much cor
sequence TO Kansas; 1 do not bsLisTe there IS
en0Ugh in this bounty, or enough IN this peR1lty,
to exercise any mGterinL influence upon the Feo-
pie Of Kansas IN this election; but 1t involves
the great fundamental principle IL involves the
II. 81 q and inEp
the great principle of selfgovern;ncnt, upon
which our institutions rest
Another UGLY LOOK.
There is another objection 10 this proposition,
one that looks badly upon its face take itfor
granted that it was intended to he fair and just;
but it gives cause for apprehension. Making
the majority Of the Board OF Commissioners the
appoimtces Of the Presidenil
Is il not clear that il these gentlemen (the
Governor, District Attorney and Secretary
choose, they can have all the judges of election
and all the clerks of election and all the return
ing officers of one class of political faith, the
same as Mr.. Calhoun did at the elections which
took place on the Dist of December and the first
Monday of january? Does not the c10nye in
This respect girs ground far apprehension Tia.
you may hare tie oxford. the Sha,ones, and the
Dsidi5are Crossing and hickdPOO frauds re.eH-
ated at this clectioHl | should have been bet
ter satisfied if it had been left the House bill
left it, with the four commissioners, two from
each political party in Kansas, two representing
the Federal Government, two representing the
people of the Territory, requiring three to be
quorum, thus rendering 1t impossible for partI-
san politics to control the action of the board.
The very fact that it was deemed necessary or
wise to change this feature, is to me serious
objection to this proposition.
TAKEa LEAVE OF THE SUBJECT
Mr.. President, say now, as arm about to
take leave of this subject, that never can con-
sent To violate that great principle OF State equal
ity, of Stute sovereignty, of popular sovereign
ty, by any discrimination either in the one di-
rccton or in the other. My position is taken.
know not what its consequences will be per-
sonaly to me. will not inquire what those
consequences may be. II cannot remain in
public life, holding firmly, immoyably, to the
great principle of selfgOvernment aud State
equality, shall 20 into private life, where can
preserve the respect of my own conscience IN.
der the conviction that have done my duty and
followed the principle wherever its logical con-
sequences carried me.
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