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sssusxls Of 1850. Al ConRress deemed It wise And
prudent 10 rrfran from deciding the matters 10 eonro.
vessy then, shss hy Affirming repeating ths Mexican
laws Of By m act deca1atoJ Of ths true Intent Of e
Constltution and the extent of the protection
tqMnJ3TxE 2!2 T ERkG4RED @ M r. ow 1gn7.2 70
rus.ue % tast memorable occasion, El5UEE fl ~,
4se71S SEc779R oF M iii F1hsS51xf isd1f 1 y ny
Acs decaarator1 Of The nearing Of the Constitution IN
respect TO the legal points VI dispuse"
Senator Dixon, Of Kentucky, Immediately
introduced an amendment to the bill, deciar-
ing the Missouri Compromise null and void.
Senator Atchison, Of Missouri, then the pre-
siding officer Of the Senate, threatened Mr.
Doug los with displacement trom his position
as Chairman Of the Committee on Territories,
unless l.c should accept Ar. Dixon's amend
nlcnt, Mr, Atcl,ison tells the whole story in
d speech delivered at Atciison City, Kansas,
on The 10Th dAv Of September, 1854, reported
as follows in the parkyille Lu,n;nary:
"He (Atchison] thought the Missouri Compromise
ought to be repealed; le had pledged himself in his
public aldresses 10 vote for no territorial organization
fhst would not virtually annul IT. aud with this feeling
n his heart he dtred 10 be The chairman Of the Senate
COMMITTEE % Territories when It'll introduced.
With this object In v!ew he lad private Interview
with Mr Dourl4s and nosmet him OF what he desired
-the Introduction Of bill for Nebraska like what he
had promised to vote for. and that he wnut1 like to be
Chairman Of the Conintee On Territories, tu order to
Introduce Rleh measure; And II lie could Get that
position he would Immediately resign PEradent Of
c 6euate JndGe Douglas requested twenty -four hours
to consider the matter, aud H. al the expiration Of that
time ha could not introduce xaeha bill as hs Ar. Ac
ison1 pruposed which would, ut the time. aceord
with biz own sense Of Justice to the South. he xou1d
resign u Chairman Of the Tssrt:orlas cenmsss*e Ia
Democratic cAucus aud exert hfa Influence to ret him
fAtchson1 appointed. II tho expiration of the glyen
lime Senator Douglas snnel 1ts Intention 10 1utro-
duce such = bill as had been spoken ot."
No. 8.
Whether Atchison told the truth or not, it
il fact that OIL the 23d day Of January, 1884,
nineteen days after he was "not prepared to
recommend departure" from the Missouri
prohibition, Mr.. Douglas brought in new
bill. dividing Nebraska into two Territories
Kansas and Nebraska-a and repeating the
Missouri Compromise in the following terms !:
'sThst the Consttut!on, and all the laws Of the
United States which not locally fnapplIc4te shall
hare the tame frce md eject wu the said Terr1suty
OF Nebraska land Knnsas) as elsewhere within the
United 8tates, except the eighth section nj the act
preparatory to the admission nf Missouri Into the
Union, approved March Kixth eighteen hundred and
tTrnty, which NEISG INCONSISTENT WITH THE
PRINCIPLE or NOS-iNTEIVENTl0N Hi Cox
GKESs WITH SLAVERY IN THE STATES AND
TERRI TORIES. AS RECOGNIZED pY TUE Leg
1sLATI0S uF 1850, commonly called the Compromise
Measures, Il hereby declared snopezatse and void"
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m BE1IEvEs THAT CONGRESS- MAT E'cH1TrLL1
:: :, r1c1rpE sLAyEs. BANKS OR ARDENT sf1R17s
IRON TIE 1ERRlT0RlEa-

IN BK11EvEs THAT coSGnEss MAT E'cH1TrLLY
=. :, xxc1rpE SLAVES, HANKS OR ARDENT sr1H17s
IRON TIE 1ERRl10RlEa
on the 18th Of March. 1850, in the speech
.lre,dy ouoted from, A1. Douglas distinctly
asserted the right Of t1ng'r1s TO prohibit the
Introduction of certain species Of property in
The Territories, rs being + uurise, immoral
and contrary to the principles Of sound public
policy" among which he enumerated property
In slaves. He said:
s'Bu you ssy that ve propose to prohibit 1y law
yoor eanIgraing 10 the Territories with your properly
vs. r*ornsE 70 srca 1u'so. VT reoosni.e -Four nfnt,
in common With oxn. to etpTstx to tie
With your ProeHy, and there to hold and en1'y IN
subsTdnAtlon to the Gxs you may find u force IN tie
country These sws. tn soue sa-pect: d'n.. from our
own, n the hrp II the VARIOUS States Of this Cni ray
"a sone pctHtG firm the laws Of each other. Spmt
epets. e. p,"e'9y arg <z4ndtd Ls 1a.e IN '''oss ef
t.a.so1ui. on CONTRARY 70: TiiE rHISCiPLEs
or BOUND PUBLIC ruLIcy. FIR iu.ta,.ce, the
banker J. tIo'dasti from cslxratns Mnussota, Ore.
ECO NJ California ~hh hs bsnk. The hank may be
property by the lnws of Scw York but ctsss to Le ~
W.a taken into State Territory where banking IL
prohibited by thr i'sca Law. 30. ardent ts, ~htsky,
lFandT. and al the in!nx cAg drinks recognized
and oot1saaezed ~ i~y in rsne Ut The St4tes II not
u Of saa but 70 ci'lz.n. whether frau tte North or
soata can taks I'll: ,psrs II properly ~!t bin, and
hoId ser Or use u is rleasurt IL s til: Territories
heeaass Is prohibited iy tie oca, iaw-u oreson 11
.hs sssues u Ils Terry. and Ia the Indian county
= By The Act4 OF Congress- NOE CAN MAN a.,
!. THERE AND TAKE AND HOLD Ills SLAVE. ron
THE SAME EEAs0S. Thrze laws and mauy oi.,er,
Involving similar principles urt ALrected a01ias4 10
Asettan. AND IMPAIR TIE, nfGuTS or No ETATE
or THE ENl0a.. They ars lars aKaiust the intru-
uttto0, ssle md s'ae Of specific kinds of property,
whether eFouFht ro'n The hth the South, or from
foreign couutt!sa Gtobe, Appendtz, tok =,
raa /, page 371 :.
And again:
sBut str, do not ho,d the doctrine that to exclude
Tiois,ou Of my right property Do you not exclude
sant1 from mott Of the Tesr1toreaf DO you not r.
xas rhlak3 ftom being introduced Into lasge poa!aa
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- THE rHnr7ToRIEs tRF ttt1rrn IN lHEYa NEE >,
49,. ,a.. ~ 11..st -ere ~ n..-1..
me l1.n VI olascn, lo'o. Al. oouEias
= ehl 1or sne aoniss'ot y, hA,!sas luto .ne
onion IS o.a,e. 5s, nsna.or enases a,nsnomes I'm a
70 inc Nep,asSa oni, autnoFa1'"s Tue peopae
70 e1elooe s'asery "nlle u, tcfFl'of1a1 eona'.
aon' haFlns oeen sotea Gown, ana me lignt
OF territorial Legislature to pronlDlt slavery
hav'he thus neen Denied IL became important
to Know whether IN Ar- Uouglas' op'n1on' the
people can IN any other way exclude slavery
pro, to the formation Of q state Constisa!ion.
Vn thfs point Ar. pouSlas IS very explicit IN
dens'ng the rght' Ii tue report hefe referred
to ne says: ....
without deemns i necessary to express any opta-
1on oa us n az .'as lae ioae
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nsrrows the whole controversy between Doug
1u md Breckinridge down to quibble, to
Wit: Il the right to carry slave property into
the Territories, which NJ. Douglas comedies
in the extracts quoted above, equivalent to
the existence Of slavery in tho Territories by
virtue Of the Constitution To use the brief
md concise phrase employed BY Ar. Lincoln
in his Columbus speech, "can thing be law
fully driven away from place where it las
lawful right to be :" Which faction Of the
Democracy has the advantage Of logic and
truthfulness in this CONTROVERSY
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ur y1yp1cArks DAVID R A1cH1soy.

In the SINE speech, aud on the same day,
Mr, Douglas proceeded to vindicate David R.
Atehison. Of Missouri, who was then leading
a company Of Border Rafians against Kansas,
in the following eu1ogistic terms:
"The senator has also made an aszaat On ths lats
presideot Of the gepaie-Genera1 Asehison-A ohx7lx
xaH os As x.HD xLrrkk, o. As oxsrrxk AID SRrz i
axAxs ~ xvzz AxlxATko au4Ax sorL- lie Is tmpnl~
sire and generous, carrying hs auAtrs,Ee soze-
Hu,ea 70 an,exc<H which Induces him say and do
many thsaga shat yeaa uet neet NJ sPqsorA; but ~
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III AWARDS TIE GLORY OF THE NIasouM
COMPROMISE TO uESnr CLAY.

in the sa:1io speech, and In the game co.,
text, he continued us follows:
The Missouri Compromise lad then been in prae~
tca1 operation fr alout Quarter of century. and
had rooeved te sac:un 4nd aipri'~ton of men Of ~
rat7irs in rvrr secti9 Of u.e CnioH. 1t had 1layed
I'll sectional ..1"usics and ra*ons growing out Of
this sexet' 1"r.sIoa aud 1iar'n"n'.ed and 1tan9uxso
the wl.alr c,.,ry 1t had gwen TO Henry Clay, as It's
prominent .l,.1,,os. sllr proud soulwi4uet Of the
.Gt-at .tia.u:nr' a.ni BY thnt title, a,sd fr that
SERVICE hi. j4ha frirs had repeatedly srpeaEed to
the J,.-,,e r7y uner lls Standard. AZ presidential
csnd date III xho had exhibited ~" psit"tis,
and tie IA'~Cr suppress unhn!y and treasnnabe
agitation .nt Preserve the unnn. He (as. Uonglas) waz
not Axare that any man nr any arty, Iron, ns Sec
tim RI the Uni al ever urged as IN ntJ-r ion 70
Nj. Clay. that i.< Grea Champion nf the f3ssonn
ComrFnl,i.c. On the coutfasy. Tie enut vas sds Iy
the s1.r,~ns Il Mr.. Clay to 3xsore tst lie wa2 nnt
entitl fr exclusive mtfit Of th7t Teat patriotic
1neAsart niA ahst 1e aaf whr equally d2s u etcts
~ vel n hiau, fur securing }n adoption.
s'l9~. {As. UauxlaE1 iA connection with the caffe
deae atia lnmix, md ncsasdeg to his recolec-
ttnn In company with nearly all the H'cnbvrs from te
Estlsern States and iort ytdd members from the
6,av~ Etste.. voted for th# Orr=un bit containing
psoih'tsna Of slavery In that Territory. lcavtns the
pean1e EuaIe elr donMrfic inssItu;iens under
the Constfsutio1 ~h<H hey thoHfd Ltto"t u State.
This triumphant s"se, uniting lt Northern ind South.
cru IN :.aaafs VI e 0sseea bs VAS saastss
a t,f~sscs Importance fsr ~ tlse efintrnee o
the u. slavery In that etu:stry Was concerhrd
And sly Frttsc cl tn n0E for tie IIurJrsr u Showing
&hat II tla .1y IT.! C.s1lsu iunal right of cnsrr-s IL
}cxAase u,rx e xastst @! slavery in the Ttrrefies
WAs s,xrC4LtT kksls1Eo, If, lSueEp, IT MAS e.
k3oustI QUESTIONED"
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On this occasion, Ito wit, on the I'd Of July,
ls56,l Ar. Douglas used the following Ian.
g1sGc in discussing the amendment:
3'Ny opinion In rtFassl to the question which my
colleague tFylng to raise here has been well known
10 the Senate for yeas. 1t has been repeated over
and aEaIn- Ie tried, The other day, ~ those as
sociased with him the stump used to do twn years ago
and last year. ascetan what ny n1tnnns on thts
rnInt in the Nebraska bti. TOLD THEM IT WAS 4
JUDICIAL QUESTION, My answer then was, and now
Il. that tP TILE RECONSTRUCTION CARK1ES SLAVERY
THERE, LET II GO; AND NO POWER on EARTH
CAN TAKE 1T AWAY; but II The Constitution docs
not cary Il there, power but the people carry
there. Whatever may BE- the true drcifion Of that
stttuttoual paint would not have affected y vote fot
q aganst the Nebraska b:l. I.touid hae< supported
1t AZ readily u thought tAe d<ci~ton sroaid be
toay ar the otter. II my colleague will examine ny
speeches, he sill ind that declaration. lie viii also
hnd that stated would not discuss the LEGAL
QUESTION for that ty the bill referred It to the
coufts."-ARpsndio to Cong. Globe. page 7s5.
And again on the same day, in reply to Mr.
Tsumbull, he said:
"1say Wiling 10 lea%e It to the Supreme Court
Of the Cnltea States ii. Constitution ntsusted
i tthere."-Append&a to Cbna- GIobs, 1851, pag<
79s.
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Hk AnyocATE8 THE "1ss1srREssInLE CoEFLlcT"
AxD 1ul ULTIMATE IxTlxCr1ox OF SLAVERY!

Hk AnvocATEs THE "1xRErREssInLE coxrLIcTn
AxD 1ul ULTIMATE ExT1xCr1ox OF SLAVERY!
On the sa1ne dar, and in the san,e speech,
IE Douglas continued in the following eur
pris;ng ttrain-aurrrisinG If we reflect III
pktase naoatk the sentiments arc fonnd:
have already had orcason to remark tat 1t the
tne Of the sdotion u the cou1tFsuiinn there we're
twelve lslAse Slalts) and six u them have since Ahu
1sted slavery. Til. fart shows th4t the nf free
dem has steadily aud firmly Adrapcrd, Willie kavesy
has reced+d in The sntnc rstto. We a lot forward
with et4hitnce lie time Wien Delaware, Naryllnd
Virginia. Kentucky. and Missouri, and PRIMARILY North
CarulinA and Truntascc, tciu adapt one gradual &ys
14as ef rsHHn~iEafio under the operation Of which,
those States mus, tn process Of time become ftce."
And again, on the Same page, speaking Of d
proposition tn a1n~nd the Constitution 70 az to
preserve IN "equilibrium in point Of NUM-
bers between free and slnve States. lie says:
AThep, rir, TIC proposition o< the senator from
South Carolina IL entr~1y imraccshe. 1t Is xlso In
Adaasss1s p scttcaL1t. Il weuld revcsuslente the
fundamental principle VI The G"rrrnmcrt~ Il would
destroy lie Er<at 1riar'e ot popular equality which
must h. crfsarly fos tI asia M all free Institutions.
II <coutd tea retfttHt1r Increment in age PRO-
Jrcs tkat uou|l tt4uni* tie qrsxxiotaai
Glo1e, Afpeadky col. =. - l~ars !, page 81.
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On the Cd Of July, 1856. Senator Trumbull
offered the following amendment TO the bill
for the admission Of Kansas, commonly known
as the sToombs Billn:
"And bt It further enacted, That the provision Of tho
Acs e e*Esnias 20 ,erto1aes Of Nea.9a aod Kan"
Ing Of sal act mot 10 eE!ae slavery into any Ter
:torr. Or sate, nor 10 exclude It theFefrom but to
lrnvr the people tfrn perfectly frc= to form and reSu.
late their domestic Institutions Ia their own ~ay sub
tect nn1y to the Consiituti'n Of the United Statea
Intended TO and does confer upon leare the
people of kansss full rower, At any time, through IT,
Territorial l+gt*lature to exclude slavery from sa!ll
Territory, or to recognize and regulate 1t therein"
The vote stood-yeas II, nays 81. DOUG
LAS voting in tue negative. The amendment
may he found on psge 1sG, and the vo.e on
page 100 of the Appendix to the Congressional
Gto5t, l6s5-56.
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4us ~ xs toid mat ms nsesssasy rIut. e, III.
aoetflhs o1 uon'tasef'salon. which gens+,a-y ~ ~.
o. thso.1nR fldlenle upon. call sfuaisrr s".-
to deprive fne soaIh Of all participation in w,,. ~
eA! COMMON territories " Me EA.<s Fiat. ~,
nn the Efouna On "hlch uc senatDr n NJ, H.. ..,ut
{4r- Dass) ps1deatett hts "pp'-lti"h In h- cr.,,. .
seasusss ot 1850 He e~gasded s-!.x,t In r. :,un
Mexican Law ~ equlva!ent ~ the W!mn. ~; ,,
refusal to reGogplxr Y AZ net Of Cnn.rt4s IT.. r !. ;,
carry a~ye there ~ e'fnlvient 10 Ill. VIM. ry;.,
refusal 10 d<nJ to Tefrst.r!a L<9:4atur. ,L: HI:
70 exclude slavery equivalent t, ". r.e..,. H.
believed at ihak time sha. this l"crine dill a,a,
denial OF southern rights. ali hs toll ,r ,.-,l- IL
Mississippi 20 but they doubted It. Now, 1T d, ~.
how far biz predictions aud suppoatlots hay. h,.n
verified. Infer that he told tho people s fr Il. H.
makes eltafxs ip Ls bill Of indcttpeat a:aIna r..
that AN hostile 10 Houtheru sixhts because r,,s
thnAs yus<a.
Nov, what has been tho rssuits NY rtcv. ~,
tneeEpossael into the carnpros4ss measures 81 80
.nd hla xrre rejected IIae ths Aoath hrrn rxrtr.;
frnun all she territory scoutrr fYvu Mrxicoy Ma,
=. "a he bll to tho House of cyeutalyr. now m
vo,r tahle rrnealiur the slave Gods In Srw Mrrtru ~
3.h,thra Nv tr nr,,n1t tbrmxx1yrx1 /, L. mi ~
hir ~ n. rmnfrr thas unfrr fh- .i,r. rir ~ n ",
i.s.:..tar ~ ~ sM. fo.t~ne th.t w, I,,.h, =, wi.
~ tn@t.en4unt ~ ~ ,.a"t ' - u. s,s - :, ~ ~
.H'.r.S ~ r.;,., s,sI..x !, ~. .h,I..,
tnug .t ~ MTnEru Tt1fa nnGTrsSr riIL... n r.
retty: rn..wryyrvN 10 - ~ Vurr rTrMutTs,wv ,Sr
11:vH repp1rnTY Hnur TutW rtvr r1wt !.
Ti1r Fit 1,,n nH rs1r r. ~ ~ Nr;v yt,nv -
nv 4ttfu 2tn EnfrnfTr a. .vrrv uta usrv ~
TENnxn Prntf r1JT nm ~ cR.SnR Tn TiiE t.iir
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CHANGES .Gi: 4 nEMt00GUE.
Political Neemd "f: Il: Douglas
on tic slayuJ Question.
HIS C0NTRdnI ,TuRY upINI0Ns.
The nay, l'sllc. and Place in
which I.'y were Esrrts't d.
THE WHOLE STORY.
Read: <:e0d:! f*caH:!,
A Tract Is>trcd by tho zIIi-
n0is Republican stale
Committee.
Tho nay, l'sllc, and Place in
which ,Ia',y were Esrreskd.
THE WHOLE STORY.


NE DOUGLAS KSaxA1ons tn rnon,n1T SLAVERY
III "'srArEs."
On the o:,!, day Of January, ls45, tic
Hon. Stephen 4. D:uslas, 1ncl1'her Of tho
House Of Represent 4,ires from Illinois, in
tsoduccd the following amendment to the
icint resolution for The annexation Of Texas,
Which had been presented by Nr. Brown, Of
Tennessee:
"AnA In suci. Ssn'* as r:ay ho fcrned nut d said
f<rvik,,y norfh If The Mi.t"u:l c"lrromlse liue,
slavery involuntary ssrslsadv->:xcr1't for came-
shall be prohibited"
The record "f this actioI is found in the
Co.g,r<<;o,."i d;i'~, Vol. Nlv, I'D session,
es.h Conrrs7.) page 1"3. The amendment
b.xamc par. If ,.,s law for anncxins TEXAS,
and will be fund uh page :8s Of the o. S.
.S.aruax ut Luy-. ius lHS6-l645. Let it be
observed, that while Thanas Jefferson and
the fathers of the l:-pulli: proposed to pro.
hibis slavery i'll 7'.rur;,x oily, and while the
Republican parry nf to-day rzoposc no more
and no less. :ttt.hc, 4. Douglas sought, in
1915. to prohibit it ip !s'4ttt', even though the
people wautcd i'll
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HE RIpEAra THAT SLAVES NAT BE TAKEN TO TIL
1ERRI1oRIEs LEE o7lER PROPERTY.

TERRITORIES LEE OTTER PROPERTY.
Some Of the Douglas organs in the North
hare undertaken to say that their champion
never uttered the words quoted above from
his New Orleans ppcech. They will hardly
deny, however, that he repeated it even more
extensively in the Senate, On the 23d Of Feb
ruary, 1859, in Il debate With JEFF. Davis,
when be said:
~ do not rut slarery on different footing from
oshtf property. recognize It n property Under what
Is understood to be the decision Of the suprtue Court
RIGHT 70 REMOVE TO THE TERRITORIES AND
CARRY HIS SLAVE PROPERTY WITH HIN AS
rHE OWNER or ANT OTHER SPECIES or PROP
ERTY anil hold The kane snhtct to euch local lawz
the Terrisoral Legislature may Cnnetitutioually rAss
and II any person sia,l feel arEEered BY such local
leesatto be may appeal 10 the eunreae Court TO test
the validity Of such laws. resegns1e SLAVE property
ply The same rules 10 IT, will act apply one rule to
zve property and another to all other kind Of rnpcr
ty"-tonsrsssfonal G1oos, 1859, part = pa9e 1856.
And again:
"sasrs accord f to that decision, being property,
THERE Is JUST AfMCCH OBLIGATION ON TIE
PART or THE TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE 70
PROTECT SLAVES AS EVERY OTHER SPECIES
or PROPERTY. AS THERE IS TO PROTECT N0R3-
Es, CATTLE. DIRT G0uDs, LIQUORS, 4e."-(ono,
tloat, adn7A COL, rd9a 12ss.
And again:
"Hence, under the Constitution, there b no power
to prevent Southern going into the Territories
with hts Slaves, more than Northern n4p.n--Nr
Dougtds' Aemphi& Speee4, Hor. eeka, 1858, al pub
Asasd In tAs Apdlaneat.t
, 1860-10-05
MS LAST FLING At tn. rEortz OF KANSAS.

HIS LASE FL1SG AT THIS FE0FfE OF KANSAS.
The Hon. John Hickman, in his late speec|,
in Concert Hall. Philadelphia, affer scathng
review Of Nr. Douglas many crimes against
freedom in Kansas, says: at i gratifying,
however, to make II single remark in his ia
vor; it is this: that he seems Us willing ~
the most aplcnt Of his ftivnds to divert atttn-
ton from this period of his career. / am not
aware that, in either essay or address he has
venturcd to recur to it; but on the contrary,
be seems disposed to treat as i blink in his
life" Mr. Hickman has overlooked Ut.
Douglas speech in the Senate on the 29th Of
February last, when he repeated the most Of
fensive anil disrvputable thing hc ever said
concerning tho civil War in TINT Territory.
It was this:
- Popular :cyerefxnty In Kans1s stricken down
hy ushuay cnsuhtnason Ia New England to ship 10
hansAs-RowDIA* A1u vAn4 4S6xps-Wtsh The Bible In
one hSud aE'l Sharpe's rifle In the othcr 70 S1IUT
DOWN THE RKlKSDS Uv FREE INSTITUTIONS
AND SELF GOVERNMENT. Popular sovereignty II,
Kansas was stricken l,wa hy the combinations III the
Northern States 10 carry e:.cttnns undsr prrtcnec Of
snigrant aid societies. In retaliation Missouri formed
at1 societies. too; aaA she fv.tn~ny 3n,,r example,
seFA men uto KANSAS, and tl,.n occurred the cuntcs.
condemn bnth, but l condemn 4 11torsA1D yuLD
MORE those that set the example and struck the r.k
oIT than tsose who thought they would oct on th4
principle Of Fighting tic d<rI 'ciM AZ cespvS.
anf resotfest to the that you hAy4
ptoJei. Cong Gtods, ls53.6o, page 9l6.
, 1860-10-05

In the Sedition Law speech, above referred
to. Nr. Douglas went 50 far as to justify the
crime Of disunion unless Congress should en-
act the sort Of lsw which he there proposed
As he il now charging disunion quite furious
II against the Breckinridsc faction, it is pro
per to show that less than one year ago be
was encouraging the sa1ne thing himself. Ii
said:
-1she people Of this country shah settle dow, tnts
the conviction that there il no power In the Feera
Government t. protect AMI e1ery Stale from yto
lenre, from aggression, from invasion. TuEY WILL
DEMAND THAT THE CORD BE SEVERED and ths
weapons be restored to their hands With whlch they
may defeni themselves. THIS INQUIRY INVOLVES
THE QUESTION or THE pRRpErUrTY or THE
UNt0N."-Co#gresston0 Gie1e, 1s39-60; puQa ~
, 1860-10-05
ne SAYS THAT SLAVES ARK RECOGNIZED As "PRoP-
ERrY" nY THE CONSTITUTION

On the 9Th Of December, 1858, Nr. Douglas
spoke at New Orleans. The following quot
alton from his speech is taken from the report
in the New Orleans Dsna:
II, In With the Democracy Of Illinois, accept
the bred Scott decision Of the Supreme Court Of the
United States IA she Dred Scott authorta
tire exposition Of the Constitution Whatever nits
tons the Constitution as expounded by the Courts
impose On the authority Of Territorial Legislature. We
cheerfully recognize and respect IN conformity with
th4t decision. Sldres ars recognized ~ property,
and p1nrxd on equal footing seih al otter prop
erty. Htacr, Tie o.cntr Of Sares-tae aq'ns ~ IT,
otcner q any otter .pecies ~ property hd& rigAt
to renort to Territory and curry hA property
teiA hisn.*
, 1860-10-05

He sAFs IT M WERE CITIZEN OF LOUISIANA
He wotLD VOTE Toa The PEaFxTrA1Iox OF
bLAvKRf.
IN his aedition law speech. in the Senate,
Oh the 23d Of January, 1si0, Ar. Douglas
went 4 step farther by asserting, roundly and
without qualification, that If be we're resi-
dent Of a Southern State, he would yoto to
retain and maintain slavery. Ills language
Was as follows:
- ar, hold tie doctrine thst wise statesman vim
adapt his laws to the wan4, conditions and interests
Of the reopl. TO be governed by them. SLAVERY
AND TOTALLY USELESS N ANOTHER If /
WERE i CITIZEN or LOUISIANA I WOULD
VOTE FOR RETAINING AND 3IAISTAIyISF
SLAVERY, BECAUSE BELIEVE THE GOOD or
THAT PEOPLE WOULD REQUIRE IT."-fCopg
Globe, 1859 90, page 80.