Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-28

same weapons with which he threatens Us.
[Applause.] On the 4th day Of July, when
we met to name our Lincoln elector, the
King came down armed with rifles, and with
shot-guns, with pistol and with bowie-knife,
to crush out this utterance Of our free
choice. But We had learned, thank God,
the old Jewish maxim, s'Put not your trust
in Princes" We also had our baggage
wagons, shot-guns and rifles. Applause.
And the King beat retreat. Cheering and
laughter We went on and celebrated the
Fourth Of July and made our Lincoln
elector.
But | am sorry to say that since have
been pleading with the so-oalled Democracy
here to withdraw their alliance with the
slave power, and to take off the heavy hand
Of despotism which they, in common with
the King, their ally, have laid upon us,
some of our Republicans have fallen in de-
tense of Liberty. Sexton is no more! He
shall be numbered In coming time with
Loveioy and all that illustrious band of
martyrs, who, from time immemorial, in all
lands and ages, have in their great-hearted
magnanimity gone up to the scaffold or the
lannon's .mouth, that man might be free.
Profound sensation.
ILLUSTRATIONS FROM KANSAS.
Go into Kansas, where a contest was rag
ing between white men contending for
slavery, and white men contcnding for free
dom, and where there could not be this
pretence that they were afraid Of a slave
iusnrrection /; were you treated any better
hcre2 ['Nov1 No; your men and your
women, your fathers and your mothers, your
orothers and your sisters in Kansas, were
treated with the same or even more internal
cruelty, than were cur patriot fathers by the
Tories of '76; aud like them they tell in
order that we might be free. When the
Bogus Border ruffian Democracy had pu,
down and violated the provisions of the
| Nebraska Bill, ,rampled under foot the con-
stituton and the laws, and passed that slave
code, so detestable that it grows more intam-
GUS by compa, ison with the worst laws CT
the worst tyrant upon earth-laws whic i
drunken old Dsvy Atch son, who Went out
| to make them sal,', were id bad laws at
best-what then did they dot The next
step was to throw>the Free Press into the
rivers OF Kansas. Did they not? ["Yes
yes ~ Or ,urse they did.
| pEspoTIsM EVERYWHERE THE SAME.
The motto of despotism is everywhere the
sam. When Louis Napoleon in a single
night overthrow the French Republic and
assumed the dictatorship, he Immediately
put down every press in the city of Paris
except the government paper 81, too, did
Santa Anna, when was 10 Mexico prison.
er. When he made war upon the States
flights party, overthrow the Republic and
declared himself dictator, in one day he put
down every free press in the city OF Mexico,
except the government paper. So did he III
Kansas ST. have they done in every slave
) ate in the Union. 1t is the motto Of VOL
ence and tyianny-"Put out the light )" put
out she light Of the press; put out the light
OF education, these assemblies of the people
| the freedom of the Post Office and freedom
of speech then put out that greater and
diviner light - the love of liberty, inborn
world wide and inextinguishable in the
breast OF our humanity, zreat applause
So, gentlemen, conclude the proposition
which think have now proved beyond
controversy, that with the liberty OF the
black goes down the liberty OF all those VIII,
assist in his enslavement. Thank God it il
so. For his throne is based upon eternal anC
immutable justice. He has declared in the
Sacred Writings, and all nature cries Out
chat 1t is true. "rhe unjust thing shall not
prosper l think have proved what PRO.
posed in the beginning. Now, let me ASK
you if there is any principle or any safeguard
Of human liberty, such as exists III constitu-
tional nonarchies by the common law OF the
kingdom or is there any guarantee of life
OF liberty Or the pursuit OF happiness, suci
as exists even in what are called despotisms
which is not lost and violated in every slave
State in this Uni ,n-exlsting only SO far a:
force meets force, might meets might9 Il
IL ere is man within hearing of my voice
who calls himself by the name OF Democrat
[ ask him to name the principle or the right
hat is not trampled under loot by your ally
The King OF the South You cannot do it.
I wait for reply. Oh, you are silent you
stand condemned out of your own months
that you are the allies of despotism - the
knowb, willing, and avowed allies of a des.
potc power that tramples under foot, no,
only the liberty of the black whom you atfec,
to despise, but the while also, whom you
pretend to love-ali are gone.
! POSITION OF PARTIES.
Now, gentlemen, how do the parties stand
Who is for despotism? Who is against it +!
If there is any man here who has outlived the
itepublic-who believes that all these free
institutions are afallacy-that despotlsm, after
all is the best form of government-who
| believes, with the Southern leaders, that
slavery is better than lberty-that the capt.
| AIist ought to own the laborer-that the
declaration of independence is self-evident
iie-who is disposed to return to the cast-off
| rags Of despotism, as the hog returns to his
wallow, or the dog to his vomit-then let him
| lay aside the desecra:cd and polluted name of
| Democracy; let him go over, at once, to the
| King, and stand on the Breckenridge platform,
which declares that the Constitution is a
slavery document that it carries slavery,
and, Of course, the slave, with it, wherever
the star -spangled banner waves that there
is no power in the people of the Territories or
the bred Scott decision. Call yourselves
George the Thirds men. Go to where you
| belong Go over to despotism at once. Go
for Breckenridge, who is bad enough; or for
Bell, who is still worse. Laughter. You
must either go there or you must 80 to man
who is even worse Stephen A. Douglas, of
Illinois. [Great laughter.] Oh, how hate
to call that name' Laughter. Miserable
sinner that am laughter, always feel that
my chance for future salvation is lessencd
when l pronounce the name of Stephen
Great laughter Yet there are men. more
! is the pity, who hear me today, who intend
to vote for him. ["Yes, ""Yes."l l see in
their countenances; melancholy and despair
are written there, as if by the finger of God
Laughter and cheers. But I pledge myself
here that, if don't prove that he stands
when stripped of his sophistry and fraud and
Misrepresentation and falsehood- exactly on
the same platform with Breckenridge and Bell,
then l will do that which, of all things politi-
cal, should most hate to do-whirh could
hardly do and live-vote for Stephen myself.
Great laughter.] That is bold proposition.
DOUGLAS AND HIS RECORD.
In the first place, where is Stephen on this
nuestion2 A long time aro he stood iuSt