Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-26
VOL. XII-:N,,l.,Ol'.; n

uhere are eighty thousand people in Kansas
: and they all vote to Keep slavery out, ther
. what is itivalid? VIII. it abide ? 'Jude,
Douglas, you know, says: 3" Subject to th,
I Constitution. "nEWhat Constitution, Judge
The Constitution that our fathers gave Us
1lNot a bit loftit.1 The 4Constitution which
Judge fancy has given us in the bred Scot,
i decision! [Applause. Now what? The
territorial law is enacted prohibiting slavery
Shareholder comes and takes possession Of
Ia portion of the territory. The Slave sues for
his freedom, saying: 81 claim nv freedom.
by virtue Of being brought into aoterritory a
where there is no law to make me a ave, but
a positive enactment declaring that shall not
be slave.' What follows Judge Taney
drives him away from the halls Of Justice,
kicks him out saying: "You have no right
to appear here. Y ou are not citizen of the
/ United States in any such cause as to entitle
you to be party to a suit in the courts of the
United States."l Is not that correct?A Is not
that the Dred Scott decision? [Cries of
t"Yes, ''''Yes."] How can he appeaa, then
He is met at the very Threshold of that court
of justice in this Christian and civilized land,
and from the shrivelled lips of that superan-
uated old mummy of)aEJadge he istoid that
he can't sue at all. a[Applause. You say
these are hard words. / know they are-I
cannot help it. My soul is moved within me
that in America there is any humsn being
having the image Of his God, who cannot go
to the courts of justice to have justice admin
istered to him. = If speak too strongly,
have to hide behind the example of st. Paul
when he turned around and exclaimed to the
high-priest: "rhou .whited wall!'' Zap
plause. Yes, that old high priest was put
there to administer justice, and instead of
that he transformed the court, which should
have been the seat of impartial justice, into an
instrument OF tyranny, outrage end oppres-
sion. Then it was that st. Paul indignantly
cried cut "God shall smite thee, thou whitcd
wall; for sittest thou to judge me after the
law, and commandest me to be smitten con-
trary to the law" So, too, call Judge Taney
a whited sepulchre. Is that wrongS Cries
Of NO." and applause Suppose the
man brings in the law.-then what? Then
the Judge decides that the law is unconstltu-
tionai = that, under the Constitution, the
STAKEHOLDER has the right to take his slave
into the Territories of the United States; and
the territorial legislation is all swept by
the board. Where now is the right to exclude
or admit slavery as they please? [Applause.
1t is mere dodge-a make eshift; it is
snare, cheat; and Douglas goes before the
people with lie in his right hand in this
election. Hear, hear. 1 do rot mean to
say anything abusive. If | should try to,
could not abuse them half as bad as they
abuse me laughter the only point where I
acknowledge inferiority to them. Loud
laughter. Now, if have tlme-and am
half tempted to stop here loud cries of ''Go
onrl oh, was only stopping to throw in
something that The remainder of the SEN
tenee was lost in the laughter. WANTED to
get around to the Constitution and the Fugitive
Slave Law. will before get through.
My friends, all l have to say in regard to
this question, which is the great question
before the country, of slavery in the Terrific
ries-if the people want slavery to 60 into the
Territories, they can Lave it; but they ought
ever to keep in mind what kind of scions they
are taking and engrafting upon the territorial
stock. In the first place, slavery in the Ter
ritories will do there just what it is low doing
and has ever done in the States where it
exists. twill take away your right of read
ing your newspapers. You 90 into slave
State, send for your New York or Chicago
paper, and inquire for it at the post-office,
and what will be the result? The upshot OF
the matter will be that you will find that this
twenty dollar postmaster has opened your
paper, glanced his eye over its contents,
declared it incendiary and burned it. Slavery
says to the American citizen: "You may
read what papers you desire, after the papers
have passed under my censorship and super
vision. If approve, you shall read if L do
not approve, you shall not read" Do you
want despotism like this to 60 into the
Territories, which will rob you of the privilege
Of reading the newspaper for which you
choose to subscribe? ["No," ""No."] Then
you must vote against this Democracy that
proposes that very thing for you. [''We'il
10 it!'] .-....
1t takes away your right of free religion.
If you go to the Territories, you want to hear
There is not a man or woman
nere who goes to church-and most Republic
ans go laughter mot one of you, nor any
number of you, who may form a COLONY and
% to the Territory and take your present
clergyman, your long established church and
iivine service, and hear him preach or pray
where slavery is. What do you
link of that? How could your minister say
Ii his prayer, as they all ought to, and hope
Ill do: "Oh. Lord, we pray that thou wilt
move upon the hearts of the people of the
United States to undo the heavy burdens and
ct the oppressed go free, that liberty may be
proclaimed throughout all the land to all the
inhabitants thereof f"-how could he say this
f Democrat happened to be present in
church the day not being good one for
hunting or fishing, and so he is at church.
Laughter How he would start up at the
lttefance of such sentiments, run out of the
aouse in consternation, and clutching the next
Democrat he meets, exclaim, gasping: "I-
IL say, that Abolitlonist quoted III lpers
book in his prayerp Roars of laughter
It was in the Bible, but he did not know.
Renewed laughter] What, then, is to be
lone? Your preacher is to he mobbed, or
exiled, or hung up by the neck, for repeating
IN his pray r the words Of the Bible Aud
slavery will do it. If yon want that sort of
iespotism to 60 into the Territories, you
ought, to be consistent, to vote with the
Democratic party, fer they propose to do it
or you. AT any rate, the most you can say
IS: "Mr. Douglas, what do you think of this
And the Judge replies: II
don't care" [Great laughter. Don't care
whether you are allowed freedom to worship
God and read His word, OF somebody stands
between your conscience and your Maker or
not.
Nor can you have free speech Suppose
you want to go down to New Orleans
you go there and come back safely? Can you
90, sir, or can any of you citizens of Chicago
go there and return without being molested
without being tarred and feathered9 Yes,
says some Democrat. Upon what condition
can you purchase safety? You can 90 there
in pursuit Of your business and return, upon
this condition merely that you will hold your
tongue, and hardly then if your name is on
the register or on your csrpet-sack or trunk. 4,
I cannot go to New Orleans with my carpet.
sack marked "Owen Lovejoy, Princeton,
Illinois, daughter and cheers. s5 ELL. =
A VoIcE-They would take it away from
you. ". .ae 1- 7a-s,
: Mn. LovEJoY--No; they would hang me,
They told me so in Congress; if went into