The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1860-10-10
Jefferson a Neutrality-suspicious.,

| nile Judge UOuglas was addressing
an immense meeting at Syracuse, the 9TH
er day, Republican handed up piece
of paper, which the Judge read, and then
proceeded as follows:
A Republican has sent up to me lit
tie slip Of paper, on which l find the fol-
lowing written: "You refer to Jefferson
as authority; will you please explain bis
views of the ordinance of 1877" 1 take
it for granted that he does not know what
the views of Mr.. Jefferson were, or he
would not have asked the question: =
[Great applause. If be does know, and
yet is disposed to interrupt this meeting,
by putting silly, useless question to me,
it only goes to confirm what said little
while ago, that the Republican plan is to
disturb our meetings. But will explain
ions of Mr.. Jefferson were.
MR.. JEFFERSON'S OPINIONS.
Mr.. Jefferson had nothing to do with
the ordinance of 1887 at all. Laughter
and applause. ] He was Minister to
France when the ordinance of 1871 was
adopted in New York CCheers and
shouts of laughter History does not
record that he knew anything about it al
all until after it was adopted. I will now
tell the Republicans what perhaps they
did not know Laughter and applause
that on the 10th of October, 1880, the
Congress of the Collaboration passed a
resolution requesting Virginia. and New
York, and Connecticut, and the other
States claiming lands northwest of the
Ohio river, to cede those lands to the
Federal Government to pay the national
debt. In September, 1888, Virginia led
of, and ceded her claim to that country
Thomas Jefferson presented a deed O
cesson by Virginia to the Congress of ths
Confederation on the lst day of March
1874, and on the same day, on his mo-
tion, a-committee was appointed to draf
a form of government for the territory
ceded to the United States. He reported
a bill from that committee, which wa
modified, and on the 23d of April, 1884
was adopted, and became law of tn
: land.
JEFFERSON IN FAVOR OF POPU
LAR SOVEREIGNTY.
By that bill it was provided that when
ever the Indian title should be extinguish
ed, and the country thrown open to set
} Element. the Inhabitants might meet an,
: choose for themselves a Constitution an,
laws of some one of the original State
: for their government They were at lib
! erty to take free or slave State, as the
preferred, and after tn y had thus adopte
a temporary government, they were to liv
undsr it until they had 10000 inhabit
!, ants. As soon as this fact was ascer
tanned, they were at liberty to call Cen
: veution and make State Constitution
: just as they pleased, and regulate all thci
affairs to suit themselves, although sti
/. not in the Union. When they attained
population equal to that of the smalles
State in the Union, they were to be ad
mitted into the coufederacy. with repre-
3 seniatives in Congress like the othe
States Thus you End that the plan Q
5 government for the territories reported b
f Mr.. jefferson, aud adopted by the Con
tinental Congress of 1854, was the broad
> est popular sovereignty ever proclaimed i
3 America. Loud applause, and thre
9 cheers for Douglas aas
A voice-"Ai'nt there another Repub
, lican in the crowd who has another pspe
g to send up?" FLoud laughter
THE SLAVERY PROHIBITION EXPLAINED
g Mr.. Douglas-There is one other fac
t that ought to notice in connection wit
f this matter, and it will show how unfairl
Q the leaders of the Republican party des
With their instruments whom they sen
! into Democratic meetings. Laughter
: and cries of "hit him again. In ths
y plan Of government to which have re
ferred as being reported by Mr.. Jefferson
there were contained several proposition
which were to be submitted to the peopl
of the Territories. for them to accept G
{ reject as they pleased. One of those proE
= ositions was that slavery should be pre-
# hibited in those ne. States after the yes
It 1900. But. mark you. that was but
!, proposition, and was not binding unle.
: agreed to by the people, in which case OF
9 ly it became on article of compact, ire,
IS ocabIe except by common consent. TLou
# cheers. Thus you 6nd that Jeifprso
> held to the doctrine of popular sovereign
e ty, even on the slavery question. [Crie
g of "good," and loud applause. No
II some Republican leader has taken frol
" Jefferson's plan the one article abou
s slavery, and suppressing all the stipuls
y tions, has made the poor fellow beliey
e that Jefferson wanted to prohibit SLAYER
e against the will of the people. and ha
. . sent him here under that delusion.-
It Laughter and applause.
i MR. JEFFERsoNs PLAN OF GOVERNMENT.
> I believe that Mr.. Jefferson's plan
If territorial government, as modified b
: Congress and adopted in 1884, was th
r. best plan ever yet devised, and l hope v
n shall soon return to it. According I
= = that plan, the people of the Terrisori'
e were to regulate their own affairs to su
j. themselves, Just as fully and completed