Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-10-06
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WHAT ELI THAYER SAYS.

where claimed; it is nowhere proved. What is the
fact In lS00-nnd you know the ordinance was
passed in l787-lndinua had 1876 F.; in 1870 237
in 1920, 100; in 1890, 3 n 1910, 3. The State
Of Illinois had in I800 none in 1910, l68 ; in
1920, 9l7 in $780, 7l7 in 1910, 331. Now il
the ordinance of '87 was powerless to keep out of
the State of Illinois in 1920 OH slaves, was it not
,powercss TO keep out of that State 10000, if the
people of the State had desired to have them 4:
toll you il is wrongng the right MIN Of free labor
to claim that Congressional intervention produced
"A free State there. No. 1t was free labor that
produced that glorious result, and all the honor
should be given to the citizens Of Indiana end Iii
nois, and not to politicians az Washington. l will
never rob the people of their rights as
against the politicians for in this battle which
VIC wage for the people, against the politicians
we may learn scme truths
What nov propose is that the people in the
Territories may have the same power as in the
States, may choose all their own officers, Judicial,
executive and legislative. never heard one ar
gument, OR anything that looked like an argument,
against this. 1t is said that nobody agrees with
| it. l say that majority Of the Republican mem
bevs of Congress, have told me it was good pol
icy, and that they were ready to 60 for it. John
Sherman, in a speech at Columbus, boasted that
he had gone for honest Popular Sovereignty, and
for allowing the people of the territories to make
their own laws. | was told by the editor of the
Ohio State Journal published at Columbus, that
the Republicans would lack more than twenty
thousand votes OF carrying the State Of Ohio, ii
they went into the campaign on any other policy
than that Of non-nterSentiln.
1T ia said that nobody agrees with this policy.
tell you Hon. Salmon P. Chase spent three days
trying to bring up the delegation from Ohio to
vote for this policy, and he told me it suited him
perfectly we'll 1t is said that nobody agrees with
this policy. l tell you that Hon. Benz amin Wade
Of OhiJ, said he would make a speech 10 favor of
these land bills, if they should come to the SEN
ate. Senator Cameron, Of Penn, favored them
also. tell you it is false, this assertion that
tody agrees with this policy. have had chance
10 know what are the views of men in Congress, on
this question, as we'll as out of Congress, men
who are Republicans and who are in favor of this
doctrine of non-intervention, and l say there can
aot be carried, on the old policy of Intervention
1T the territories, eight of the free States of this
confedeTacy.' lGrcet applause.
Then it is asked, if we are to give this doctrine
of Intervention the 60 BY, what will the RepuLli-
can party have to do? say. let them do this
establish noble and better policy in regard to the
people on the public domain of the United States,
n more liberal, more noble and more just policy.
Establish that and what would be the effect? It /
will be to gain for freedom every new State that
shall come into the con u'ederacy it will give ;hem
while territories, tie arts and advantages posses
sed by the people of the States. There is no
hope for success, while you contend against the
rights of the people There is no safety ex-
,opt in going for and not against popular rights.
Do you suppose these people are fools, SO that
they do not know who are their cppressors and
who are their friends? | tell you there is no 9TH
or safe policy but to do justice to all and ycu
will see. if there is power to destroy this prn-
,iple which is at the basis of our government, that
all governments derive their just powers from the
consent of the governed there will be left of the
Republican party q very despicabe fragment.
Great applause.l
Then the District Attorney would have voted
exactly as did on tho pOlygamy bill He says
that he is for the people of the Territories govern
10 not violate tho Constitution of che United
States. Nobody ever contended that the polyga.
nis,s were violating the Constitution of the Uni
ed States, and therefore have him completely on
ny ground in relation to the law concerning poly
,amy. (Applause.) He would haze voted if he
would do as he says, exactly as did, although he
dcules the reason he says | gave for voting
against the bill. | never would have voted for
he bill If it had been ever so we'll adapted to sup
press poiygumy, for I was against intervention
lpou principle '
But he says again that the people Of this coun-
ry do not wish to be called upon to endorse the
epeal OF the Missouri Compromise. That is the
oalladium's argument. lie said that | proposed
o endorse that repeal. l deny that l proposed
ny such thing. All that did propose was that '
would not agitate for the restoration of the Mis-
ouri Compromise. And who does want to agi v
ate for that Is there any republican in this Ii
ountry so big fool that be would like to have Il
be Missouri Compromise restored? All that that ii
compromise gave us is already occupied and is "
ate' The implied bargain of that Compromise, Il
nat the Indian Territory might become slave it
roperty 10 now destroyed. Who wishes to restore h
lat bargain There is not an intelligent repub- h
can IN this country who wishes to see the Mis- Il
'url compromise restored. Still am publicly cc
enounced because did not agitate in Congress
If its restoration l tell you if any republican 4
ad agitated for it he would have been denouu- g.
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ot but bright; blind horse may be full of met ar
0, but he is ever and anon stumbling. Nh