Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1860-09-06

nr- Do"sia~' Great speech.
Mr. Douglas is a candidate for tho
Presidency. Mr.. Douglas. with a
laudable zeal for the publie informA
ton. don't mean % leave anybody
IN Ignorance OF that fact. So Mr
Douglas perambulsies the country.
and takes care TO get invited 20 make
speech at every point. Mr.. Dougias
has got one speech. anil got il by
heart. Mr.. Douglas speech. he tells
Us. i suited to all ATTITUDES" That.
why he delivers il at all. without mi,i
CATION
Mr.. Douglas printed that speech
about year ag". in Earpcr's MagA-
zine. Ii was thin copyrighted. ani
the copyright is immensely valuable.
IL Is 10 valuable. that Mr.. Douglas
has been engaged ever since in moth
ing but reproducing IL. 10 satisfy the
immense demand and exclude compe-
tition. That's why Mr.. Douglas ,e-
peats u so often.
Mr.. Douglas is now engaged In
running for the Presidency, with that
speech aS his sole capital AMI stock in
trade. The value OF a mans capiial
depends on the rapidity ana frequency
with which he can turn il over. Mr..
Douglas does hiS political business on
that principle. Ills cniearor i. e.
turn that speech over in the erease~t
possible number Of positions in tho
shortest time. That's why Mr.. Doug
las delivers il 50 often.
The following Is condensed YER
sion of Mr.. Douglas great speech =
Stripped of all unnecessary verhiave.
1T reads a. follows. Everybody will
at once recognize Il A. Mr. Douglas
foi every newspaper in the coutry has
printed II at least sixteen times. ani
besides. every man. woman anil child
in the nation knows i: by heart.
This government. fcllow-citizen~.
Isl government OF self government.
founded on the great principle of pop
uIar sovereignty. Every State in Nh.
governments. fsllow-citizens. has it,
own laws, and the laws Of each State
are the best for that State. and for NO
other State. IL is the right of each
government to rcgnlaf- it, own affairs
IN itS own way, subject ID no inter.
vention from any other government
except the Federal government. This
great principle of non. Intervention.
gentleman. is the only ipeans OF ex-
Iingnishlng the fires of sectional sr;ia.
tion. and preserving the Union. Pop-
nlsr sovereignty. gentlemen. means
the right o! every people-e.cept n;s-
gerS-to manage their oyn domestic
affairs in their own way. IL was this
glorious principle whicl. fought. llc1
and conquered in our rsvoln,ionarr
struggle. The people Of tho Terrific
ries. gentlemen. are sovereign over nll
suhiectSwhich relate 10 their own inter.
nal government. except niggcrs. Tho
Supreme Court. fellow-ciiizens. has
exclusive Jurisdiction over that species
of property. AMI il is the duty al MI
cool citizens tn submit To tho doris.
ions of tho supreme Court. This.
gentlemen. is the great principle of
non-interv-ntion. whicl. have .levo..
cd NY life'to maintain. The people
of the Territories are perfectly able To
control their own internal affairs.
without interference. and he Supreme
Court Is perfectly able tosetile all po-
litical questions without Federal inter-
ycnfion.
Popular sovereignty. fellow citizens
means the right OF every man 20 wal
lpp his own niggers without any IN
tefference on the part Of hi. neigh
bors. Slavery is a domestic relation.
just as marriage and parentage are
domestic relations. In this view of
the case don't care. anil in fact il
makes no difference. whether slavery
is voted mp or down. II it is voted
up. its all right; and if it'- voted
down. the Supreme Court will make
1t all right. which will amount tn tho
same thing in the end. This. fellow
ca liens. IL the great and glorious prin-
ciple OF popular sovereignty. which
maintains that the domestic relations
OF the people of the territories should
be left To the undis'urbed control OF
the people. Ia other oris. gentle
men. the people of the territories must
be left perfectly free to form and reg
ulate their own institutions in their
own way. subject TO the Constitution
and the supreme Court