East Saginaw courier., 1860-09-27

"tf1N HuosN"h " tho puppy ~ N' 'isttHE'Ss e-NSt-
ed, ssd keeping 1t out Of Congress
The aecuser goes on;
I arraign him for having upheld the most afro
0ions violations of tho ballot boxi for having tram
pied upon the post sacred rights Of the people Of
Kansas so lopg AZ the struggle between Freedom
and Slavery wat doubtful
This is worse than Glly and grosser than falehood
When Mr. Douglas assailed the Looompton Consttu-
ton, and broke with the Administration and his col
leagues in Congress in regard to it, lac hailed by
the Republican press, champion Of the rights of
the people Of Kansas and defender Of the purity
Of the ballot box. 1t in this capacity that the
New York Tribune advocated his recollection TO the
United States Senate against Lincoln.
The noxt count in this impudent indictment is
/ arraigu him for having committed fraud upon
Dhe people by forging and adulterating the principle
Of Popular Sovereignty, and making il the machine
Of Slavery propagandism.
This is unintelligble; but If Mr. shurtz means
that Popular Sovereignty in the Territories is a ma
chine Of slavery propagandsm, we call to witness
against him Mr.. Seward who admits that slavery
cannot be extended except by the re-opening OF the
African slave trade; and for a still impressive
tuclnsclNosi ~ VI hHiNh
slavery is practically excluded.
This self-eonsttuted prosecutor gees on to say;
arraign him for having deserted tho canse Of
Free Kansas when the people, having complied with
all reasonable conditions, applied for ADMISSION to
the Union.
Mr.. Douglas was unable TO be present whom the
question of the admission Of Kansas up for de-
cision in the Senate but he paired OF with oppo
sition Senator and this effective his vote
No ono but a fool or rogue would call Mr. Douglas
conduct in this matter "desertion."
This false Tribune of the People, who has sold
himself to the Of the enemies of popular soy
ereignty, says next
| arraign him for having repeatedly made the at
tempt to disturb the system of constitutional checks
and balances, by placing the war-making power in
the hands Of the President.
If Mr-Douglas has sought to place too much
power in the hands of President Buchanan he has
been moved to it by patriotic motives. So long as
Congress controls the right to place this power in the
hands of the President during recess) or to withhold
the power and retain its prerogativc to vote supplies
and control the army and navy, the checks and bal
ances of the constitution are safe.
We have next this count in the indictment:
arraign him for having attempted by his con-
spracies, thing outrageous than the Sedition
Law of 1898, to put the liberties of speech and the
Press at the mercy Of political inqusition, and to
make tho judicial prosecutions Of opinions standard
system Of policy
This relates to the bill prepared by Douglas, after
the John Brown Invasion of Virginia, to provide
against the recurrence of such crimes 1t was not "a
conspiracy" nor did it provide for an 'inquisiton'
nor for tho persecution Of "opinions" His accuser
in mouthing these words, shows how he is car
ried away by his own frothy rhetoric.
The accuser TINS concludes:
al arraign him, lastly, for having attempted to
pass of upon the people, doctrines of political philos-
ophy which insult to the popular understand
ing No, beg your pardon, do not arraign him
for that for this is free country, whore everybody
has right TO make himself ridiculous as he
pleases, subject only TO the Constitution of the
United States" Loud laughterl And yet, l ar
raign him for that also, for protest that he has
rightto make the Republic ridiculous with him"
Ia regard to this we have few words TO say.
Judge Douglas proposes to leave to the people OF
the territories all the power they capable of
ercising, If there constitutional limitations he
does not propose 10 transcend them lie is as little
Of nullifer as of dsunonist For long series
Of years it has been the practice of the government
TO leave to the territorial legislatures the right tC
regulate nearly all the relations Of the citizen to the
State, and to his neghbor-the law of marriage aLc
Of the family the rights Of property, the guarantees
of citizenship the penal code The subject of slavery
alone has been taken out Of their hands.
Mr. Douglas position is that this question should
also be left to the local governments, far pos
sible--and that every consideration of patriotism
calls for it's withdrawal from Congress lie believes
in the great philosophy of letting alone His Greco
sees the largest liberty in the forbearanoe of govern
SHQl .ntkt
full ones.
Mr.. shurtz's philosophy isof different order II
is a worshpper Of power Of those abiect nature
that look up TO government for all they seek and
incapable Of comprehending how order and progres
are developed out Of the unrogulated liberty of th
masses.
Such mon look to the Federal Congress TO roguat
the States to tls States TO crush out the Municpali
ties and for the Law TO enforce uniformity Of indi
: vidual thought and action. To such minds the ide
Of an "irrepressble conflict" between States havn,
for its aim an enforced uniformity Of all to common
standard, has nothing revolving In it, Yet such re
! suit is the worst Of dospotism.
Liberty cannot exist without diversity; and diver
sity in itself is a kind Of liberty When the Roma
S Empire had extended throughout the world and ali
sorbed all natonalties into its own il became a des
: potism, which no emancipation Of slaves, no grant
Of equality, progress of civilization could eve
mtig gate. 1t had its Senators, its almost electiv
Cesars lts equsty OF religions, It's iaclltes OF mai
uralization, It's hordes Of emancpated slaves. Bu
in the dead uniformity of its institutions lay tn
greatest Of tyrannies Germany, on the other hand
the native land of Mr. Shurtz has little of insttu
tional liberty, but 1t is broken up into differer
States, with varying institutions each independer
d of the other The exile from kingdom find
r refuge in anoher and opinions which dscountC
u nanced in one, find protection and encouragement
I the other In this diversity the mind and the litera
- ture of Germany have found room for free develoI
e ment Yet Germany has been the field of an SIRE
!, pressible conflict" which after desoatng it by t
u horrors Of the Thirty Years War, ended where
had begun; and left only this lesson its fruit thi
States cannot attempt to crush out the institutions
sister States except at the hazard of their own;
that there is in the world for differences
State organizations there is for variety Of ind
yidual character and action
. The man who arragns Mr.. Douglas philosophy
1 government as ridiculous, who no goo
arising from the action Of people, unconstraned b
a external power may 'delude himself into the bell,
that he is champion Of liberal opinions, but to tho:
' who understand the true bearing Of his doctrine
stands mere abjcct apologist of power
No. n, onu,xo Crapr Cha rios L