The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1859-09-23
SPEECH OF
HON. LYMAN TRUDGBULL,

A SOUND DOCUMENT.

tor Of Illinois, spoke to a large and attentive
audience at the Court House, In Sandusky, Fri-
day evening last. He was introduced to his
beavers BY Hon J. NJ. Root, Chairman Of The
meeting, aud arose and said
FELLow CITzBEs;-In oonsenung 10 speak for
few days, on my return TO the State Of Illinois
from which have been absent ioE several Weoks
and mix little with the people OF Ohio, have
done 90 not 90 much for the purpose Of address
ing you, or supposing should be able to commu'
nioate anything new or particularly interesting
10 the people Of thls State, bot rather that
might mingle with the citizens Of Ohio. e-a sysih
something from them, and eqissi ~ - Pss1,1iI M,
uttle Of that apirit aud Sc uhlon nave naeo yulO
- sssot Fr,itrs state OF the West and the lore
mest state OF the Union, In the advancement Of
Constitutional rights and Human Liberty TAP
know that the people OF this State are in the
habit Of being addressed BY eloquent men, You
nave In tho State Of Ohio some OF tho most popus
lar speakers IN the Union ! cannot therefore
expeot that shall say anything 70 excite partio.
ularly your admiration, nor shall i attempt 70
call forth your applause by anything say. Ny
object will be rather TO converse With you IN an
earnest way, and 70 lay before you what under
stand to be the position Of parties and 70 ASK
vou 10 cooperate with me, II you agree With me
In aontment In establishing those principles
which seem 70 me 70 be right do not olaiin 20
be infallible. l may be In error. care little
about marty names, was Democ at and always
aoted Win the Democratic party while the nance
Democrat and Whig we're applied 70 parles as
th0y existed before the present organization. 10
makes difference to me whether man - a
Democrat ~ a Whig, or an American OF he'
publioan. Ne are ell members OF common
country and all, trust actuated by desire 80
20 conduct the affairs ofthis common country as
will rebound TO the ben, interests Of tho great
masses Of the people all oven the Union
falling TINA In nroitmiuaFv "a.
marks, l will call your attention 10 the present
organisation Of parties and the question which
divides them. l say quesft0n, Tor parties are now
organized and divided upon single question
Both parties as now existing are OF bui compare
lively recent origin. They are both OF the same
age, twins born togetheri both date their exist
enoo from 1854. will take moment 10 illustrate
this not that l care anything Tor party names
but there are those who seem 70 attach import
anoe 10 the word Democratic and the word kepub
lioah. / use these words as they represent princi
plea You all know thatin 1850, there we're passed
BY the Congress Of the United states a series Oi
measures known as the Compromise Measures
There were Eve OF them, which II 10 not neces
aary 70 enumerate. And although some OF these
Eve measures we're acceptable 10 one portion o
the country, and some to another, and although
there we're persons in all parts OF the Union wno
we're very much disinclined 10 acquieace in them
yet when the struggle In 1850 was over and the
measures were prssed, both parties agreed 10
acquiesce In them. The great principle then wa'
said to be established, Of nonintervention on the
subject of slavery by the Congress Of the United
States. Some In one portion OF the Union dis
liked the Fugitive Slave Law, some dsiked the
abolition Of the slave trade In the District OF
Colombia, and others took exceptions TO the
admission Of California as d free State. And
after lhese measures had passed, the people oi
this great country, the masses OF both parties
aotuated by a common desire to be at peace upon
this yexed question OF slavery, resolved they
would resist any and every attempt TO agttate
this question In Congress, or out OF Congress, nc
matter under what protonce II should DO attempt
ed This was in 1852, when resolutions to tha,
eieet we're adopted in the National Conventions
OF both partiea And IL was supposed then that
We should have quiet and peace upon this subject
We we're told that this subject OF slavery should
be banished from the halla Of Congress. Frank
lin Pierce was elected President Of the United
states and on being inaugurated, he announced
in his message that the Qompaomise measures
should receive no shock during nus aemlhisua
Hon, which he had the power to prevent
In the fall Of 1858 q measure was introduced 10
Congresa for the organization Of the nee Vsss,, @
tortss of Kansas and Nebraska anu iePotss Psi W.
prepared by the commit1ee Wnou WHol,h ~, tess
tbSt measure and that report SCI toItn' tna, mas
-,.h as the alayery question had Deeh betteu Dy
hs msasnres of 1850, the committee IN lntroa9
cling this bill for the organizauon 9l 'neso le5ii
toTies' or one Territory, as Originally pioPIsee-
"a not thouQht proper 10 interfere win th'
lI,a.onyi Can promise, because IL would be q De
,.a.sSSo from the policy adopted In 1890. VIVA
20 ,hs Motley Of is5Ol The policy OF noninter
.sntion. When the measure OF that year passed
and tho Territories OF Utah and New Mexico He.,
orSaniSed. there was not Territory belonging y
ths United States In which slavery was not exelu
SaS Sv iaw Washington, Oregon, and Minnesou
Mad 6een organized, with clause PlohioI.inl
staVerv inserted In their organic aosI ahu OtAl
and New Mexico had laws pIonloilng ~ sia.ol, W.
,InnsS In force after its acquisition by us III
1rsat narties had agreed they would not agitau
mi would leave those Territories iree' TO DO BEL
tied by freemen. III ....o,t go,
ditiop af thipRs9 Was there anybody ready
sntarfsre and violate this treaty which had bee
agresd upon by both parties Somebody di
IL The very next month after that report wa
roads. atating that il would be departure iroi
Iha noliov OF 1850 to disturb the Missouri Oon
promise, the author Of the report introSuced
proposition to repeal that compromise, ana ope
The Territory Of Kansas sorasEa 10 the lnlt'
dnctiou of siayery Ard when that propositio
Vas made, both the old parties were disorgar
i.ed al once. The question came before Cor
grsss and iastead Of slavery agitation bein
bsnisbad from It's halls they have not ceased
rosouad the speeches upon that subject fro
that time 10 this. That measure was not SUI
ported by any party as a party II receive
the united support Of both Wings aud DEM
cratu from the South, while from the North
voted against the repeal of the Missouri Con
promise. This compromise was repealed. Tho
Who united in its repeal were then baPuE'
into What was then called the Democratic fan
uV. What was the Democratic iamilyr Pm
10 1854, il was q family advocating partieul
line of policy. Aiter 1854, what was It
was composed Of all men who were in favor
admitting slayery into the TeIlloIles ~
man here who wishes TO get into the DemocrI
10 party, whether he bo Wing, Federalist,
American, he has only to swear allegiance
The Kansas N ebraska bill, and he is admit
10 the communion table al once. (Laughte
Honee you fnd such men as Mr. Toombs,
Georgia, Mr.. Pearce, Of Maryland, former
verV good Whigs, who are now The high prize
Of the Democracy. on the other hand, ths
Who were opposed 10 the repeal OF the N
souri Compromise, took the name Of RePub
eaas, aud ceased 10 be Democrats The \
msnt 3 man refused 10 favor the kansAa-h
braskA bill, be was turned out Of the Den
cratic church. Well, they got up new ehur
and invited all parsons 10 come into IT, VIII
Democrats, Americans, and whoever were
posed 10 the repeal Of the Missouri Comp
miae. This was the origin Of the Democr'
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