The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-01-20

ss"sior Douglas speech II, PhiiadsIphis.
judge DgtGLAa was received at PbiIadel
phia, with great enthusiasm by the Denoc-
raey. Ont night after bis arrival, h.
, ado ,ho following speech, to a large audi.
cucc who assembled 10 sercnade him
Fellow citizens Of Philadelphia; The
hearty and enthusiastic reception which
you have EXTENDED 10 ne reminds me more oil
an Illinois audience than an essemblage Ia
the old Keystone state. My experience il
my own State has taught he not to be sur
prised at t6s cordial greeting. did not
ilattcr myself however that the people Of
the Union or the people Of rcnnsy lyania
had taken sufficient intorest ia that contest
10 have sympathzed 80 deeply AS | now
find they did, in the recent struggle and
ia result in Illinois. When ! reflect can
well account Tor this sympathy. 1t Ia as
honorable 10 you IA II IA 10 myself II ia u
sympathy in the cause ol constitutional lib.
erty, and tho great principle Of selfgoyern.
pcpL This ConIedofacy Was formed on the
principle that the people Of every State
have the unjcniablo right To form and
regulate their own domestic institutions 10
suit themselves, without the interference OF
any other State, Of the Federal Government,
or ot any other power on the face of the
globe. lhs ia the great principle upon
which oil our institutions rests. II ia the
principle pat forth IN the Declaration OF
Independence, the principle in defence OF
,.t. al. Ia.
taught, the principle confirmed anl consum-
mated by the adoption Of the Constitution
OF the United States. e. Good, good "
and checrs)
Our system oi Government rests upon
the theory that VIZ are cunicdcrucy OF
sovereign and lniepcndgut states, each
having the to right regulate ia own affairs
20 SOFT itself, the FedcralG Government being
confined within ia limited and restricted
powers. defined in the Constitution Late
ly fatal h0resy has ben prJeliinlcd. at
war with car whole System 81 government.
That hertsy consists In the assertion Of the
principle that there Hut be uniformity IN
the local laws aui domestic Institutions oi
all the States Il assumes that because
one system or policy is wise ia pcunsy
yania, that therefore It must be wise and
polite 10 every state 10 the Cuioa
need uoil remind you that our fathers
understood. when they irAm,d tma govern
ment, tina, the aws aud mititulioul which
were adopted 10 the green mountains ol
Vermont wcru lily suited 10 the rich pnuia
tions oi South CAROLYN, tChceBl Our
fathers know that that as ,t,m oi laws and
domestic Institutions which werr we'd suited
tn The coal fields the igan mountains AMI
the ricA and fertile valleys of Pennsylvania,
were unsmtcd to the cotton plantations ol
Georgia. Our fathers know Inst Ia IA Cpun.
try 80 broad aud extensive os this, with such
variety uf climate. AMI vi unl interest
there must necessarily be corresponding
variety ~ the local laws and domestic insti-
tations OF each State, adapted 10 tho wants
Interests and necessities Of each OF them
diltrcn, a. they were 10 every State # the
Union. (Cbrersl Tho great difference
between Us and our oppoueuta is, that they
assert that there should be ON 'pfmily in the
domestic Institutions OF the various States
and we assert the principles g! State rights
and State Sovereignty, which secures ia.
sach local laws and domestic Institutions, 10
every State. as the people therein may de
sire, without reference IT, this principle Il
uniformity. Upon this grrn. principle,
appealed to the people OF Illinois. "a the late
struggle. | maintained the constitution. MS
our fathers made H. to BE- the uprcm, hS
asserted the sovereign right oi every Suty
to decide its domestic Institutions Ia suit
itself, AMI | declared that toe pr.uciple
ought to apply to icr.toric, a. well As to
States, the same as our fathers, m the lee.
ginning ct the Revelation, demanded that it
oueh, TO apply TO provinces a. vii ~ TO
territori,-. (thecrs) dppalc! TO the
peop'c--to the conservative and patriotic
people OF Illinois to stand by III p-,r,iplc
OF popular sovereignty, 10 follow u whry,-
ever It's logical consequences might carry
them, and 20 fight all meu Who opposed l,,
aud shake hands VITA the man Who sustain
ed il. Cheers
IL il unnecessary lor me to tell yea the RI.
suit. The result is well kuosn TO YOU Nou
have assembled TO night 20 pay homage t.
that great principle, and 10 rilicc over IL
triumph. (Harrah for pougiu' and chocrs
| claim no more e9cdit than you OF fenr-yl
wanna. We have been fighting IN common
cause In Illinois had the Democratic or.