Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-11-02

Keep Il Before The People,
/. That he Kansas-N Nebraska Bill, Of
Stepheu A. Douglas was the author,
NM, he claims 10 contain the essence
popular Sovereignty Ideas, does not Civ,
people Of the Territories the right to
their oyn Governor, theiv own Judgd
county OfBcerA
KEEP II BEroRE TIM PEOPLE.
That under the Popular Sovereignty
the President appoints the Governors
Judges Of the Territory. The Governor
points the Sheriff of the counties sfd IN
veto upon the acts Of the territorial legi
ture.
EkR lTssHroRr 1HE PEOPLE.
That when amendments were offered
that Bill, giving. the people Of the Territod
the right to select their own State Office
and to reject slavery II they chose to do
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS voted agaiI
those amendments.
KEEP n BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
That the Governors Of Kansas and Nebrs
ka, appointed by the President in accordan
with the provisions Of this Bill, have bo
vstoed acts Of the Legislatures Of those ten
torres ab0lishing slavery.
REP II BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
That slavery exists in Kansas and Nebra
h under the Operation Of Douglas populi
sovereignty bin, in spite Of the people On
tho territorial legislature.
KEEP II sErolz THE PEOPLE.
That Stephen A. Douglas in q speech q
Evered at Hamilton, Ohio, . few weeks sine
declared that persons held to service or lab(
IN State, were slaves, within the meanir
Of the Constitution, and that in this declaE
ton hs made 20 distinction with regard to
color.
KEEP n BErogE rnE PEOPLE.
That under the popular sovereignty doc
crimes Of Stephen A. Douglas, the Legislature
Of New Mexico have sanctioned the slavery
Of WHITE PERSONS.
KEEP n BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
That Douglas last winter spoke and voted
in Congress against the action of the people
Of Arizona, jefferson and Nevada territories
In organizing territorial governments without
. Congressional enabling act, and that h,
declared in his Syracuse speech that squattel
sovereignty was outside Of and in rebellion
against the general government.
KEEP n BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
That the Supreme Court has. declared tina
property in slaves stands on the same foot
ing and has the same Constitutional g,laran
tees that other property has, and that neithe
Congress nor the Territories have any RICH
% legislate upon the subject Of slavery excep
for its protection.
- KEEP II 4EroRE THE PEOPLE.
That Stephen A. Douglas sanctions thi
doctrine Of the Supreme Court, and declare
II elected that he will enforce its DEGREES will
al the power he can command.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
That Stephen A. Douglas boosted in tn
United States Senate, that since the organ;
sation Of the American republic not on
square foot Of free territory had been con
verted into slave territory except by hi
Kansas Nebraska bin, which he calls popula
sovereignty.
KEEP n BEfOHE The PEOPLE.
That Stephen A. Douglas boosted that Il,
Same popular sovereignty bill had extende,
slavery . degree and half farther Nortl
than it ever went before, and . degree and
half farther. than the South ever asked it b
80.
KEEP II BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
That Stephen A. Douglas boosted in tn
United States Senate that the same bill Ia,
converted . free territory into slave terrific
Y I'VE times the size Of the State Of New
York.
: KEEP n BEFORE TIE PEOPLE.
). That nearly every Democrat and all tn
supporters ofStephen A. Douglas in Congress
fAat ~sutoN koA ~ - ~
white slavery laws Of New Mexico, under tn
plea that BY doing 20 they would be ciolatin.
~ priaeiplss Of pepsler sovereignty.
KEEP n BEFORE TnE PEOPLE.
That Herschel V. johnson, the candidat,
Of the Douglas Democracy for Vice Presiden
has declared that the present political con
TEST Was strife between capital and labo,
Tor the mastery, and that he believed tha
peace could only be established between then
W CAPITAL owning LABOR.
KEEP n BEFORE TIE PEOPLE.
Ihat this same II. Y. johnson in speech
ct Philadelphia few days before the Penn
sylvanaa election, taunts the working men o.
the North with being white slaves, and de-
c'ared that capital should "plant it's heel ND
.: tho neck Of any person who intertered
with slavery onyv1e,s."
KEEP n BEroRE rHB People.
~. Ih.t Stephen A. Douglas has mover in hi.
life rsbuked o. found fault with any Of hi,
party friends in the Senate when they hsvs
denounced tho working men Of the North =,
mud sills," white slaves" "greasy me
ehanics." etc., but that he has set still in hi,
seat when these epithets were hurled d
Northern freemen and gave them bis tact,
approval
KxxP IT BEFORE rnE PEOPLE.
That no Democrat, North or South. hs.
ever defended tho working men of the coun
Try from these vile attacks Of slavery upor
their reputation and freedom, and that thei,
defence has come from Republicans only
AsGrsgr Pres.
q fA1asANks ScALEs.-Wcighed in the bal.
Ance Of just criticism, al are obliged to id.
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