The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-09-14
iPEECH or SENATOR DOUGLAS AT
NORFOLK
AURFULk.

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AURIULA'
t)a Saturday evening, Aug. 23lh. Judge
0hzia$ deilFsrd an aaifrss al Norfolk % an
atf'ence Of oeariy SIX thousand people. !ne
'4fess OCCUPIED Two haoTs III deI'vef J. ne
iolo"!n2 Is toA'H from FePor! II Ihe ~. I.
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In the middle o' ms address sHp OF paper
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ha'i"E ascrria'ned 'nr question thus pro-
Fi'hJ7~' n 't'A '1efeoA, an h9t II 'he Aa'il
oia'S",''oz Questions pFoP'undea 70 me I'i I llI
curse o. an d-dF7sS, o"t on lHis occasion VIZ
S'nP!y WIN '.e request ana respond very
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'#e oDu'"rln o'a'eS Dc J"s''N5G u Ssceu''s
i''.a '"e oh'on
To this empnatlcaiIy answer ''ao." Great
Applause. The election OF man 10 the
Presidency by the American people, IN con-
itrmItJ 9Th the Constitution ct The United
HaleS, would not justify any atrmot at as
Shlv,og thIs glorious Cont-deracy. lAPPiaus~.i
SOW J viii read to you The next question, and
ta-n answe. Il.
Question. i they, ths Southern States,
s7cedr ir2Tn ihe tn'@o upon the Inauguration
% Abraham hlac3.a, before he commits an
ogsrt act against thrl- coUslnu'ional rgGIS,
wiII you advise or v!udlcate resistance 6y force
10 t1elr secession
Voices. aNa. no -; "Beu men sgv ID.
Douglas"
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pr1std-oi NJ th,, l1nifad Stafss ,,ho-v-r ha
nav s, should treat all sltemri to break M
,1 r-nar Ike resistance to its laws. a. old tIjrE-
glv treated tt- rnIl,fjsrs in 1892 rApolauSs. 7
-Tl..t. laws must be enforced. bgf. ~ the same
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NINTtfrH'E
,h. rrrG; Of every citizen, and la4 rizs,.s Of
-y.ry sat. in ,r. T-ai,7 hold that the
Constitution has remedy for every grievance
that r,ay arise Within The, hints Of The Union.
am v.rv frao. IN answering these -r-stjoo<.
am not IN favor Of any pollcv which wou,a
tend to give rls. TO complaints or murmuripss,
much less to such as would call for resistance
from aay quarter. I acknowledge the Inherent
and inalienable riglt 70 revolution whenever a
grievance become, too bnrdrpsome to be borne.
| acknowledge the rigbt of every man 10 raoel
and Change The TORN OF government under
which ne lives whenever it proves destructive
10 III ends for which It was established. That
a IS riOhi. however. never 10 be yesorted touplIi
the O 7erations Of the government become more
griev ous than the consequences of revolution
And theref,re saw that the mere lnauyoratioD
Of 4 President Of the United States whose poitj-
cal oainions were IN nv iudcmept hostile TO
rht. Constitution and safety Of the Union.
without an overt act on his part. without ?
bIov At ogr Constitution or our rj-hts. IS no.
Such - grisv,nc.a, would iust,rv rpvoIpt,oo or
ragas.i,n 1rhae-sl H4cc. say whoarar
mas, hs -l.c,.4 pr-s,dan, of rb. Tynj,sd S,a,as
n. ,ng,i ~ sustained n th.. exercise Of all his
igs. c.n.,isur;oo,; ur.roratives and n,wrrs.--
Il h.. ,-acx,ao4s t1..-r W. w,ll nnnisb him viii,
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oIannls,ssI + l,- one. will sustain WIN all
,,y ,o.rry tb,. President Whenever he mas,
H.. IN tn .v..r,is. Of oil the towers conferred
nocn b,-,. hy tb. C,nstitptit, nm, ,yon,,f