The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-10-07

and lie ass Of Representatives. The
Council eonsissA ,o( .siuCA and the
Hou.e Of tvs y. Avs member.
Wsh cam Jbi Leei6osssre NEE,
npon - on I ournassntt MOI
Gan ttis giS tnrc ~ kbw long
liz viii cit n b terrisSs1f No.
Can this Ltsisl1tore probing its zee
sion3 No! not a, slIs Il is q re
stricted Legislature; it may sit forty
days. Who tolls il how long II may
sit? Congress! Who tells II how
many members II shall consist ofp--
Congressl Where do the members
get their payl Is this Lesislaturs
responsible to the people OF the ter $
'ritoryi Not at all. To whom is It
responsible9 To Congress; II gets
lts pay from Congress-, and here, a
Legislature limited as to its mem
hers by Congress, is called . Leg.
fislature invested with the power OF
popular sovereignty.
Knowing that II the people did
not have the power to exclude 1t
they would have no power over il,
| moved the amendment to give the
people the right to elect their own
governor. Who voted for IL? Eve.
~ Republican,. Who voted aga nat
litl Every Democrat, with one or
two exceptio q; and Mr. Judge
Douglas. the author Of this newly.
patented laughter instrument. voted
against it, and then ho says: Be
hold, see what beautiful illustra.
tion OF Popular Sovereignty | have
given in the territory"
APPOINTED JUDGES.
There IS another thing which
seems to be Of some Importance
II the people are to be free to regu-
late their own affairs they want their
own judiciary; above al things they
want their own judiciary which is to
construe their constitution and all
their laws, and to determine every
question OF private right between
man and man. We have got thai
here in Ohio. hut how is it ir the
territoryi This very bill which
Judge Douglas brought in, and
which he refers 10 as his illustration
of the patent notion of popular SOW
ereignty, gives to the President the
power to appoint the Judges OF tn,
territory. | saw at once that it was
a thing the people needed, and ! pro
posed il we were gIing to leave
this people to regulate their own al.
fairs, to give them an honest system
and | moved to amend the bill b,
giving the people the power to elecI
itheir own judges. Who voted fol
fhat2 The Republicans. Who voted
against itl These same Dem ocr ats;
these men pride themselves upor
their a lvocacy of popular sovereign
,lty. Then the people OF the terrific.
ry. by this Kansas Nebraska bill
which Mr. Douglas always appeal,
to with such peculiar pleasure as hi
bill; as My Kansas Nebraska bill'
(lsughtcr.) hal constituted for then
! governor; it defined the power,
Ipf that & vernon; it refused 10 Civ,
70 that people power to exclude
slavery, and the pDver Of its L'g
iislature WAS controlled by veto; i
refused to them the power to elec
their own governor, but said, behol'
tIiis grand embodiment OF free in
Stitutions mp, tho plains Of Kan
AS: IN re is "A p uple who are con
ltrollal in every important rrspcc
bv the federal authority behold +
people LETT perfectly free 10 regnla't
their own institutions in their owl
way. Laughter al applause. T.
Was their ever more transparen
fhnmbug or the face nt the earth? =
Is it NOT amusing that a man, I'M
Ter the light Of the nineteenth cen.
tury. can be found to 60 among the
proile and be the especial friend anC
alvocate of popular rights, when hi
sends men into territory bound
hand and 10 t, exposed to the great.
est curse OF humanity, and without
power 10 liherate themselves.