The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-08-09
Great Speech Of Hon. John Hickman,
THE TWO DEMOCRACIES
Douglas, by One Who has Acted With him
and Knows Him.

my poitioU ot speech ueilVeTtu IN Cnn-
cert Hall, Philadelphia, on The 9th ult.,
by Hon. John Hickman:
BRECKINRIDGE AND HIS CREED.
I am not aware that the supporters OF
Mr.. Breckinridge attempted any conceal.
ment as to his designs 10 case of his sue.
cess. If they should desire to resort to
prevarication, they have placed it entire
ly without their power by the frankness
and boldness, and had almost said, the
recklessnoss of their declarations. He
has been put forth, prominently, alike in
speech and platform, as tn Achilles of
the armies of the South, and as the de-
termined foe OF free soil, free speech, and
free men. He stands upon no single
Democratic sentiment, unless, indeed,
what were regarded by all statesmen with
in the last fifteen years as the detentious
hercsies of John G.. Calhoun, can be so
regarded He so reads the teachings of
the sages of the past, and their primary
law, as to make it fruitless to attempt an
exclusion of his peculiar and favoritc in.
stituton from the organized Territories ;
aud so as to make it indispensable that
Congresses, Courts and Presidents should
exercise all their ingenuity, and all their
powers to fortify and sustain it there, -
Legislative action is to be invoked, judi
cial DEGREES had, executive fats pronoun-
ced, navics equipped, and armies marsh
aled, to exclude forever every settler
therefrom who will not bow down before
the black god of his idolatrous worship.
| appeal to you, Freemcn, to know wheth-
err this is the Democracy of Jefferson,
Madison, Monroe and jackson. | ap-
peal to you to know whether you have
ever found anything in the annals of par
ties so insulting to the understanding,
until within the lifetime of the youth
who has not yet reached his majority -
Iappeal to you to know whether the hon
esty, intelligence and unmixcd blood of
the offspring of northcrn mothers, can
ever accept an excuse for those who
would endcayor to fastcn such ruler up
on US.
DOUGLAS; HIS RECORD AND CREED.
Whatever conclusions may be drawn as
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character as politician, can only say
that my esteem for him is profound when
brought into comparison with that which
| entertain for his Democratic compctit-
or. There tire few, if any, living men
concerning whom more has been said,
and less really known, than Stephen A.
Douglas. of Illinois. There are thous-
~ fa fnn Il
sustaining him under the mistaken and
delusivc idea that he is cndeavoring to
counteract the plans Of the Southern De
m0cracy.
This is a frightful hallucination, but
natural one, when we take into consider
alton the Illuminating fact that all that
devotion could do has been dore, by those
surrounding his person, to dstort true
record, and to stamp 4 counterfeit charac-
ter for him on the public mind. View
ing him as one Of the most unsafe and
treacherous of leaders, you will pardon
NE certain statements which 1t now
seems necessary to be made, and the cor
rcctaess of which, presume, vii! not be
impugncd. | have nOt yet forgotten
when. in the winter of 1855 6. during
the first session of the thirty fourth Con.
ercss, the residents of Kansas, asSeverat-
ing that the cardinal principle Of the Ne
braska X ansas act had been w4ntonly and
wickedlv uulIied that fraud and violence,
concoctcd with the blue lodges of Miss
ouri, had invaded their homes and impOs-
ed foreign rule upon them for the pur.
pose of forcing upon them Institutions
which they abhorred, and invoking the
interpostion of Congress in their behalf
the prided father of 8 untrammaIIed pop
ular sovereignty turned his back upon
his violated child, and closed his ears, as
in death. to complaints of Outrage almost
without parallel in the civilization Of the
century. These dcspoiled pioneers, who
had taken up their abode in the Terri.
tory under the most solemn guarantees OF
self government, only asked to prove
their accusation, an to be relieved from
oppression. In other words. they declar-
ed they had never been able to enjoy
self government, that they were ruled by
invaders, aud demanded the sovereignty
conferred by law upon them Mr.. Doug
las should have been the first man to fly
to their relief; and if he had been as
completely dedicated to the principles
of his bill, as some would dmake US believe,
he would have urged Investigation and
carried it. SO far from having done so,
he put himself in the lead of those Sena-
tors most hostile to an exposition, and
became the mere mouth piece, advocate,
and apolosist of those engaged in the
work of forcing slavery upon an unwsll-
ing people. III enjoyed at that time the
full confidence of the South and his De-
mocracy orthodox, because he ways 10y
al to his task masters wiling to do bat
tie for their most extravagant demands.
He was then Chairman Of the Committee
on Territories. and | call attention to his
report as such, made March IL, 1896, as
conclusive upon the point | have stated.
In that paper he could find nothing to say
against foreign conspirac'es to invade the
soil of Kansas and control elections, but
he had much to offer in condemnation of
eastern associations to encourage removal
thither. He could discover no Irregular
tiles in the return of Mr.. Whitfield, the
pro slavery delegate to the House of Rep.
resentatiyes, Lm he ciearly discerned
that the TerritoriM legislature 1cns q
legoHy-e,ected body, mitt perfect auttori-
tn to enact he mast cruel and arbitrary
Stare codes, and that the complaints Of
fraud and force were gotten up merely to
stimulate and excite Northern emmigra-