The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-09-28
Carl schurz's Great speech.

" late day, from making the followin
n extracts from the great speech ,
d Carl Schurz, at New York:
t DOUGLAS ARRAIGNED BEFORE THE PFC
G PIE.
Q But as to Judge Douglas, here
l stand up before the great jury of tn
} sovereign people, and bring my bill
v OF indictment.
| arraign him for having change,
, his position in regard to the Mis-
souri, restriction, time and again
according to the interests OF slavery
| arraign him Tor having broker
the plighted faith of the people b,
the repeal ofthe Compromise Of 1920
| arraign him for having uphel,
the most atrocious violation of the
ballot box; for having trampled upor
the most sacred rights OF the people
Of Kansas, so long as the struggle
between freedom and slavery was
, doubtful.
arraign him Tor having com
mittcd fraud upon the people by
forging and adulterating the prin-
ciple OF popular sovereignty, and
making it the machine of slavery
Ipropagandism.
| arraign him for having deserted
the cause Of free Kansas, when the
people, having complied with all
reasonable conditions, applied for
admission into the Union.
arraign him for having repeated
ly made the attempt to disturb the
system OF constitutional checks and
balances, by placing the war making
power in the hands of the President.
/ | arraign him for having attempt.
ed, 10y his conspiracies, thing more
outrageous than the sedition law of
179S, to put the liberties OF speech
aud press at the mercy OF public
inquisition, and to make the judicial
persecution of opinions standard
system OF policy.
srraign him, lastly, for having
attempted to pass off upon the peo-
pie the doctrine OF political philoso-
ply, which is an insult to the popu-
lar understanding. No, | beg your
pardon. do not arra;gn him for
that, tor this is free country. where
everybody has right to make him
self a. ridiculous as he pleases, "sub-
icct only to the Constitution Of the
United States" Cloud laughter.)
And yet, arraigu him for that also,
for | protest that he has no right to
make the republic ridiculous with
Here is the charge. 1t is for the
people to give verdict.
DOUGLAS AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE
PRESIDENCY.
Gentlemen, will you have patience
enough to listen to n few remarks
about Donglas the Presidential can.
didatcF Well, after these exploits,
he thought he was fit to be Demo
cratic candidate for the Presidency,
and so his name went before the
Charlrston Convention But, won
dcrlul to tell, the whole Southern
Democracy seemed to be united
against him; and | honestly declare
! think the slave power did wrong.
1t might have found more ahiect
and less exact ing tool, but it could
hardly expect to find more daring,
reckless, and unscrupulous one. -
What was the reason of their oppo-
sition? The true reason shows that
Mr.. Douglas never had sagacity
enough to understand his own posi-
tion. The slave power will some.
times, Tor expediency's sake, condo
scend to make a Northern man Pro-
sident, il he consents to be its un'
conditional tool, but it will never
elevate one who aspires TO be or he.
come leader of the party. Mr..
Douglas ought to have understood
that. There was his mistake. -
However willing he may have been
to serve them, he had to serve them,
not in his. but in their own way
He affected independence and he
fell. thirk the South acted against
their own interest, for in Douglas
they would have had a man in the
Presidential chair who wonld have
shrunk from nothing to regain their
favor. 1t is my conviction that he
would have been q moro ultra pro.
slavery President than Breckipridge,
or Jefferson Davis, or Slidell, and |
wish they would still conclude to
take him so as to place every man
in his proper position. You see we
are not afraid Of your combinations.
| But the mistake was committed.
They opposed him ITO the last, and
Judge Douglas saw that his NOM
ination in Charleston was on impos-
sibility. Then his friends moved an
adjournment OF the Convention, and
carried it. They were to re-assemble
at Baltimore few weeks afterwards.
10 the meantime. Mr.. Douglas saw
} a last chance Of appeasing the South.
I He grasped at it with desperate
F., eagerness, and he saw the great
3 prize slipping from his hands, and
. he staked his all upon last cast. -
: On the 18th and 10th OF May, he
3 arose in the Senate, and in one o
{ the most elaborate efforts of his life
. ho made the following s,a.omant
b. and Douglas Democrats, l CLAIM
J, your special attention. Listen:
"It is part of the history Of tn
Q country that under this doctrine q
j. non-intervention--this doctrine tha
10 you delight to call squatter sovs
}. reignty--the people OF New Mexic
have introduced and protected slave
nv in the whole of that territory. :.