The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-01-24
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Grsst speech 81 Carl sehurx.
On the 4sh Of January Carl Schurs mad
aspssch .. Springfield, Mass, on the sub.
jses Of Douglas and Squattsr Sovereignty,
IN which ne reviewed the argument Of the
the Illinois Senator in Harpsr's Magazine,
and examined the general position Of Deagla.
on that subject in the light Of history and
sound political ethics. Ii is On unususll,
powerful and inspiring speech. We wish ',
had room for the whole Of It; but We have
not. We ask our readers 70 compare it with
the best efforts Of Mr.. Douglas, and see how
infinitely superior in moral sense. in manly
logic and orasorical ability this ssinfdel
Dusch' Republican is to the great American
Democrat. The latter half of our quota.
sion = truly grand and glowing.
After concluding the details OF his a,on.
ment, Mr.. Shurx proceeds to sum IN and
close Is follows: 4
There Il Mr.. Dougln's version OF your hi,torv.
he desPairs OF converting you without slander;nc
your fatnen. HIS present doctrines cannot thrive
enlsss planted II calumny on the past. HI vim
dictate the signers of the Declaration Of Inaensr.
dence Indeed, they need 1T sadly. L see the r.
dustrious committee Of nve rise from their rrav..
~ snSn ls.a 4houaz hs ips curied with
the smile OF contempt and hear him saw 10 NJ
Dousia1, "Sir, you may abuse us NJ much ss Won
pleess cut have the goodness to spare rs with your
vindications OF our character and motives TGra.t
laughter and applauss.1
:, u Is . common thing tina. man Of coarse cas-.
OF mind 20 lose themselves in the mean pur.nit ~
seinsh ends - TO become inssnsible 10 tha vr.na
ana sublime Measuring every CHARACTER nd sv.-.
event In history BY the lew STANDARD Of THAR az
,na,,lsu.ii.iss applying to everything the narrow
ruis OF their own motives, incapable OF grasnin~
broad and generous ideas, they viii belttie eyers
xIss' thing they cannot deny, and drag down eyery
struggle OF principles to the sordid arena az =.
Rlrlhg ssinshness or Of small competing interests
kigteen hundred years ago, there vers mar -
saw nothing In incipisnt Christianity Int 80
WranSls between jewish theolorians. rot mn Nv
oArpsnssra boy, and carried on BY few crasv a. ~
efmen. Three hundred years ago there vera msn
,s,s - ne great reformAtory movement of the
io'a "n1uky not sne emancipation Of the indiyidu
d conscience, bat mere fuss kicked up nv : fIer-
man monk, who wanted to get married. Two hun
orsa years ago there were men who saw Ia Hamn.
csn fsfusai to pay the ship money not bold vim
az. ~ " constitutional liberty bat the crazy an
Ics OF man who was mean enough to ouarrel
aDous lew shflIings. And, nov, there are - an
mo see In tue Declaration Of Independence and FL.
american Revolution, NO. the re-orranisation al
~. socisly upon the basis Of In berty and Equal
ty, out dodge of seine English colon;.ts ~,
plAuss. i0'An1sa ap
But the dignity Of the great character and n.
OF tne great events 6nd their vindiea ton 10
vain sor a snoss o. the people. lchesrs- Tits in
...; oemAsogueisE TO raise its short arms
1IssnH the truth OF history. The Declare ton Of
...spsuoenco stands there. No candid man ever
80 :. without seeing and feeling that every word
Tia. s,s,s 1oa.so oy deep and earnest thought and
sonh;sy ssntsnce OF 1t bears the stamp Of phiio-
sOpn'csl generality. 1t IL the summing up af the
!, !. Ine philosophical development Of the are
= sne practical embodiment of the prorress9va
n.r-n .Olon, very far from being confined to the
.o. limits OF the kngiish colonies, pervaded the
sos atmosphere OF all civilacd countries. That
s s ot human rights has grown on the very SUN
civilization, not in the miry soil Of a South
=. ~, cotton held He must have . dull mind
. isofacred brain, who misunderstauds its prin-
spies bat ne must have the heart Of = villain
w nao kne~ingiy misrepresents them fLoud ap-
Mr. Dougiass ambition might have been salts
oeasitles of the Popular soyereigntv do,tr;rs A.
-. ~. up .here- After having tried to explain
10y tne fundamental principles underlying thir
puono, witch are hostile to slavery and its en-
n,sr. ~ 1T. douglas finds II extremely inoonve-
a saen. 70 encounter facts, which prove. beyond
That these principles, from mere thsoret,o
sawae rose TO practical realisation. Popular
49, nen1y, which Is IT with the doctrines OF
sianvb,a. a.lon Of Independence, demands the
1. VI the ordlnance OF 1887, and DouglaE
Up 70 the task. He does not step at TRIES. Ana
,n.a,S must return TO the Harpcr's Magazine
-; sesso. lie leads Us through . century al sola
~ order to show that the people of the
soonlss Claimed the right 10 Ierislate On tha .nh
gsct Of slavery. And, remark ably enongh ~, 49,.
-. nnces quoted show q uniform tendency aayar~s
~ me peculiar institution. Mr.. DouS,.. ~
srs;sr 60 discover the germs Of his Popular Sow
ton concsrr; IN the FIRST Congressional legisa
r ~usI
.hs ~ cfiticixe that singular historical sssav -
az some OF Its statements are such ss 10 mak
man., n OK our colleges smile. The Estates
sbilitv ~ ~ does not seem to Be aware that the
tsrn,J - Iesa hlstory ought to precsds the AT
issap' ~ = wnte IT, Loud Laughter and oheers.l n
~. y p4cA 10 The Congress Of 1854 M Jsfsr
~ And nis colleagues have just executed ,hs asaa
n, 1910, " the Northwest Territory, and the n me
sh. larson, AZ chairman of committee th.r
,ha 49,. plan for the Temporary Rovsrnment ~
~ csded or 10 be ceded BY the indivian.
saA.es 20 the United States" Mr.. Donrlas ~.
wsrs ~ 20 assarioe how the Territorial
put into Il. s.nas Il "n.t rights and powers A.s-
,has !. 20 % ex sreises; and after haviag der
.n4s tne term "ncw State" msent u me,
80 ~ 70 nov designated b. IT. -onstratsd
- sns conclusion that e ne same thins
p.an was In exact CO. .r,tories. - he come
Popular Sovs~ - nirit naryadins tha
uously 81, .onance win iii doctrine 3,
,:,' : .e,gaty." Mr.. Douglas osssnta
..s this "the Jeiersan piAn. sit wAs
-, "the 6rst plan Of government Tor the Ter
..sories ever adopted by the United States. II VA
drawn by the author " the Declarations Of lnds
pendencs, and revised and adopted by those VII,
shaped the issues which produced the Revolution
and formed tbs fountStion upon which eas whea
system OF American government rests. But MI
Douglas skips rather nimbly over the signihcsn
fact that the same author OF the Declaration {
Iadspendepcee put into that plan Prosiso, "a
Guiding snruy from the Territories. Was that
mere scriientf Mr. Jenersonsho1ed thereby col
eiusiveiy that, ia his opinion. tho exclusion I
slavery by Congressional legislation Was BY .
msanf inconsistent with the spirit Of "popalar sol
ereigaty" which Mr.. Douglas discovers in the pia
=. 49,, ~. sa.s ..v.s s.a. a..s.--h ~ hc.:s..
The BIB article" says be, "rsiaiing TO the Pr
hibilian Of slavery, having bssn rejected BY Co
grsss, never became Q part OF the JencrsoniAn PHI
of government Of the Territories, - adopted Apr
1Sd, 1854" Although with large numerical IN
lority In its favor io to -, this article did indie
fail 70 obtain = ccnstit utonal majority, the vote
New Jersey not bang counted In consequences
there being but delegate present from tn