The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-07-18
GBe 4ottage Sentinel,
Wednesday, July lS, 1860.
The Record Of MeSsrS. BrecI<-
inridge and Lane.

On the 23d of March, 1854, Mr.. Breckin-
ridge, the Disunion candidate for President,
then member of the House Of Represent
atives, made a speech in favor of the Kan.
sas. Nebraska bill, in the course of which he
said:
"Among many Misrepresentation sent to
the country by some of the enemies to this
bill, perhaps none is more fagraDt than the
charge that it proposes to legslute slavery
into Kansas and Nebraska. Sir, il the bill
contained such feature, 1t would not re-
ceive my vote. THE RIGHT TO ESTABLISH
INVOLVES THE coRRELATIvE RIGHT TO PRO.
HIBIr, AND DENYING BOTH WOULD VOTE FOR
| NEITHER.
"The effect of the repeal (of the Missouri
compromised therefore. is neither to estab-
lish nor exclude slavery, but TO teaue the taL'
ture condition of the Territories dependent
,oholly upon the action Of the inhabitants sub
ject only to such limitations as the Federal
Constitution my impose.
1t will be observed that the ri9ht
of the people to regulate in their o,cn ,0ay ALL
THEIR DOMESTIC INSTITUTIONS is left ,otoLiy
untouched, except that wh4tever is done must
be done in accordance with the Constitution
the supreme law for us ALL"
The speech from which the above extract
is taken, will be found reported at length in
the Congressional GLUJc.
Gen. Lime, the Disunion candidate for the
Vice Presidency, made several speeches
during the Presidential canvass in 1856
from one Of which delivered in New Hamp
shire, we quote as follows:
Gentlemen, desire TO say to you that the
principle incorporated in the Kansas-Ne
bruska bill is the very principle in defenc'
of which your forefathers entered the ser
vice of the country in the Revolutionar!
War; for the American colonies two year
previous to the Declaration Of independence
asserted this same principle we now fin
incorporated 10 the Kansas Nebraska bill.
Upon an examination you will find tha
the declaration Of rights, made October IA
IVA, asserts that The people OF the seuer0
colonies, are entitled 10 The free and ercLustU
popsrs Of legislation, IN THEIR SEVERAL Pro
viNCTAL LEGISLATURES in all cases Of inter
nil policy This was refused by the Crown
but reosserted by our forefathers. Upor
this issue the battles of the Revolution wer
fought; by the blood of our forefathers hi
principle Of SELF governmen; was established
This right, refused by the King was secured
consecrated and established by the bes
blood that ever fJwed in the veins of man
Would you now refuse to the people O
the Territories the rights your noble sire
: demanded of the Crown and won by thei
blood, thus placing yourselves IN oppositio
TO the right Of self government in the Terri
tories, thereby occupying The rery position TO
eOard The Territories that George III did
} The colonies ? The simple question involve
here is, are the people capable otregu|atin
their internal affairs, or must Congress reg
ulate those affairs for them?' 1T IS STRICT
; LY THE DOCTRINE OF CONGRESSIONAL NON
} INTERVENTION. Now if that idea is the cor
= rect one; if it is true that this America
people are capable of self government, the
the principles of the Kansa Nebraska bi
are right, and opposition to that bill is wron
consequently dangerous to the best inte
. ests of the country"
d Those two gentlemen are now the Disul
t Jon candidates for President and Vice Pres
: dent running on Platform in direct anita
onsm to the views expressed above.