The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-03-14
McGREG0R IOWA, WEDNESDAY,, MARCH ii, 1860.

cuss these favorite theories of his for tn
last ten years, think, and never hear'
Of capital States and labor States before
1t strikes me that something has recent,
occurred up in New England that makes j
polite to get up question between capita
and labor, and take the side of the mum
bers against the few. We have seen some
accounts in the newspapers of combinations
and strikes among the journ ymcn shoe
makers in the towns therc--labOr agains,
capital. The Senator has new word rca
b lieve that he is on the side of the most
numerous class of voters.
What produced that strike among the
journcym3n shoemakerse Why are the
mechanics of New England, the laborers
and employees. now reduced to the starva-
ton point? Simply because, by your trea-
son, by your sectional agitation, you have
created a strife between tn North and the
South, have driven away your southern
customers, and dvcn your employees to
starvation. This is the first fruit Of your
Republican dog,nas. 1t is another step,
following John Brown, Of the ''irr prcsSi-
ble conflict" Therefore, we now get thi>
new coinage of labor StateS'-he is on
the sid. of tn, shomakerS, Caught r,) and
capital StateS"--he is against those that
furnish the hides. Laughter) | think
those sho makers will understand this bus
mess. They know who it is that they did
not g t so many orders as they did few
months ago. 1t is not confined to the shoe
makers; it reaches evIry mechanics shop
oy,1 All fIn l,,r~n 1oIn
establishments Of the North feel the pres
ure produced by the doctrine of the ''irre-
preside conflict" This new coinage of
words will not save tn m from the just re-
sponsibility that follows the doctrin"s they
have been in,ul ating. If they had aban.
doned the doctrine Of the 'irrepr,ssibl.
conflict and proclaimed the true doctrine
Of the Constitution, that each State is en-
trely free to do just as it plcases, have sla
very as long as it chooses, and abolish it
wherpit wishes, thcre would be no con-
hict; the northern and southern States
would be brethren there would be frater-
nifty between US. and your shocmakcrs
would not strike for higher prices. -.
Mr. CLARK. Will the Senator pardon
me for int"rrupting him moment.
Mr.. DOUGLAS. | will not give way
for speech: will for suggestion.
Mr.. CLARK. I desire simply to make
one single suggestion in regard to what the
Senator from Illinois said in reference to
the condition of the laboring classes in the
factories come from city where there
! are three thousand operatives, and there
never was time when they were more
contented and better paid in the factories
than now, and when their business was bet
ter than at this present time.
Mr. DOUGLAS. was not speaking al
all of the condition of tha laboring men in
the factories. was speaking of the scar
city of labor growing up in our northern
manufacturing towns, as legitimate and
natural consequence of the dminuton OF
the demand for the manufactured article
and tn n the question is, what cause has
reduced this demand, except the ''irrcprcs-
Sible conflict that has turned the southern
trade away from northern cities into south
ern towns and southern cities? Sir, tn
feeling among the maSS.s of the South We
find tvpificl in tn. dress Of the Senator
form Virginia, Mr.. Mason they arc det T.
mined to wear the homespun Of their own
productions rather than trade with the
Norh That is the fe ling which has pro.
ducei this state of distress in our manu-
featuring towns.
The Senator from New York has also re-
ftrred to the lamcntablc action of the peo-
pie OF New Mexico. in establishing slave
code for the protection of property in slaves,
and he congratulates the country upon tn h
final success of the advocates of free institu-
tions in Kansas. H. could not fail, how,
ever, to say, in order to preserve what h.
thought was a striking antitheSis. that pop
ular sovereignty in Kansas meant State
sovereignty in Missouri. No, sir; popular
sovereignty in Kansas was stricken down
by unholy combination in New England to
ship men to Kansas-rowdiys and vaga
bonds-with the Bible in one hand and
Sharpe's riffs in the other, to shoot down
the friends of free institutions and of self
government. Popular sovereignty in Kan
sas was stricken down by the combinations
in the northern States to carry elections yn-
der pretense of cmigrant aid societies. In
retaliation, Missouri formed aid societies
too; and she, following your example, sent
men into Kansas, and then occurred the
conflict. Now, you throw the blame upon,
Missouri merely because she followed your
Example, and attempted to resist its consr-
qu nces. cond>mn both, but condemn
Il thousand-fold more that set the exampl,
and struck the first blow, than those who
thought they would act upon the princ,pl,
of fighting the devil with his own weapons,
and resorted to the same means that you
had employed.
But, sir, notwithstanding the efforts of
cmigrant aid societies, the people of Kansas
have had their own way, and thepeop.e ot
Nrw Mexico have had th,ir own way. Kan
sas has adopted free Stat; New MeAi 0
has established slave Territory. ! an
content with both. If the peopl>. of NV
Mexico want slavery, let them have it, and
| never will vote t. repeal their slave code
If Kansas does not want slavery, will not
help any body to force it on her. Let each
do as it pleases. When Kansas Genes t.
the conclusion that slavery will suit her
and promote her interests better than the
prohibition, let her pass her own slave code;
| will not pass it for her. Whenever New
Mexico gets tired OF her code. she must re-
peal it herself; will not repeal it for her
by Congress with slavery
in the Territories is the platform on which
| stand. @
But want to know why will not the
Senator from New York carry out bis prin-
ciples to tn yir logical conclusions? Why is
there not a man in that whole party, in this
body or the House of Representatives, bold
enough to redeem the pledges which that
party has made to the country? believe
you said in your Philadelphia platform, that
Congress had sever ign power over the
Territories for the government, and that it
was the duty of Congress to prohibit, in
all the Territories. those twin relies of bar
barism, slavery and polygamy. Why do
you not carry out your pl' dg,s? Why do
You not introduce your bill? The Senator
from New York says they hav. no new
measures to originate; no new movement to
make; no new bill to bring forward. Then