The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1860-02-02

"1'' oeslrous OF taking. AS to the Assam
- 'neee statements are grossly false, wbetb
.gNofanty or wilfully, they are nevertheless foIs
i"ots mas been no business passed over or d
iayea on account of these debates, in ..offarir
amendments gu and voting them down." up to dat
'-1 ~ E H Yours respectfully,
i agss.ri lo .aaaL M Rowland.
speech of Carl SEIZURE mt S,,,, la,, !. :,
AeA0, Mass. ---Es ladies D0yvmT.s
ana Popular SOyeEedgmty. -
we publish below extracts from speech d,
; hyered by Carl Schurz, at Springfield, Mass. q
tne 4tA inst. tits mastery effort, and has re
celVed the highest encomiums from the press
massachusetts,. He1opened with defining Douo
lass doctrine of Popular Sovereignty. stating III
favorable manner in which it was at first rece;v
eo' but that it is now being secuted on all hand.
anu aiter using one form of argument against if
he continues: -.t.--,t..s ..r, .,
W men side will Mr.. Douglas take Will /,
De ooiu enough to say that Slavery, being tb,
Iiea.uIe VI local law only. is excluded from tn,
l;Sh;,u. Al tne absence of positive law estab
iiShing IT, or will he be honest enouob 10 ooJ
mat, according to his own proposition in III
new orleans speech, slavery exists in tho IT,;
torres oy virtue of the Federal Constitution
ne Will neither be bold ENOUGH to do The e.
iioI honest enough to do the second no will h.
Gowardly enough to do neither fAnn1oI -. IS
ne is IN the position of that Democratic canJ
I uate Tor congress In the west. WHO when oSIa5
Aie you Buchanan or a Douglas man ?" ans,
Tf :i Gu, am; Great laughter and cheers.
q, you ask Mr. Douglas 'Do Won hold III
Slavery is the creature Of local law on +b w."
slaVeholder has the right to introduce his siave
properly where there is no local law ?" he vii
plause. ----. ''@ts y Aass h'er ana ap'
oach IS Mr.. Douglas doctrine of popular SOW.
eIsignty. Butafter having given YOU Mr.. Done.
las own definitions of his own words 7 coo ,Ie,
p !, 1S al the more, and you ask me aoan -
/" hat is 1t r. l will tell you what iudeemen,
.ll 90 PASSED upon it by future historians, who
.nay nnu IL worth while to describe this impor.
tant attempt to daily and trifl. with the Ioqc q,
things They will say; 1t was the dodge Of - !
msn who was well aware, that in order to he
oieetso PRESIDENT of the United States tba yoto
Vi ayoIfW northern states must be added ~ az
ul.'' &c OF the south. Knowing by experi.
" M 'A' 'ne Democratic road to the White
nc sse ieadS through the slaYeholdino states bo
broke down the last geographical barr;er 20 t he
extension OF slavery: But in concedino nndis-
pute4 sway 10 the Acknowledgements he saw
tnat he was losing his foothold in the northern
Staces necessary to his election; he ayaled him
sen oI the irresistible pressure of the free state
movement IN Kansas, and opposed the Lecomn-
ION constitution. So he saved his senatorsbin in
Illinois, as the champion of free labor. But tbe
9ou'n lto"hea, and Immediately after his victory
IA "eIt INTO tne slaveholding states and admit
ted IN his speeches, that slavery NAV 90 int y 49,
territories without special act of terr;tor;aI Loo
iSiation. Believing the south satisfied. and eae-
ing ms chances endangered, he wrote his Char
per magazine Essay" assuming that slavery can
exist only by virtue of local law.
me south 1rowned again, he endeavored to
make ms peace with the Shareholders bv declar-
ing That he would submit to the Charleston con-
yenuon, and instructing his nearest friends in the
house to vote for the Administration candidate
ioI Tue speak ershlp So he endeavored to catch
ooth sections of the Union SUCCESSFULLY. in tbe
trap OF double faced sophistry. He tried to
please them both by trying to cheat them both
Du1 ne placed himself between the logic of liber-
y Oh one SIDE and the logic of slavery on the
osher' lie put the sword Of logic into the hands
VI MS opponents, and tried to defend himself
with the empty scabbard of 'supfriendly legisla-
tl9n. Applause Unfnendy legislation
mnlcn Ia one case would have been unnecessary,
~ 'ne otner unconsttutional-the invention of
inlnu "lthout logic and OF heart without sym
b.
Stltute behind which the moral cowardico of .
residential candidate entrenched himself y
lCheers. D-'-''eAi'
= y
Let your imagination carry you back to tho
ytar i||6. You stand in the han of the old COL
oih"l court mouse of Philadelphia. Through the
oPel uoor you see the Continental CONGRESS- ne.
;enoieo; the moment of a great decision IS draw.
lne near Look at the earnest faces of the men
tnere, and consider what you may ex-
puIs VI tneh' The philosophy of the 18th centu-
oOuntS many of them among its truest adepts.
ord ,"oIconleo heartily in their scattered towns
e. plaitatlons the new ideas brought forth bv
.na1 sudden progress of humanity, and, media.
.s mem IN the dreamy solitude of virgin ma
LIZ, tney mad enlarged the compass Of their
.no!gu's and peoplod their Imagination with lof-
lueas: A classical education flor most of
1nem are by no means illiterate menl has npt III
stG IRE OF historical knowledge at their disno.
3d. ana enabled them to apply the experience of
p~'s centuries to the new problem they ATTEMPT
10 solve. See others there, of simnle bnt
strong cast of mind, whom common sense wo DL
cal III Its true representatives.
wont to grapple with the dangers and diAicnl.
es OF an early settlers life, or if inhabitants Of
I IUGng ana uprising cities, wont to carry Quick
rc9eeIS INTO speedy execution, they have become
.gaiuiess OF obstacles and used to strennous ac
aIy. Inc constant necessity TO help them
ives, mas developed their mental independence
n1red to political strife by the continual de-
ence OF their colonial selfgovernment. they have
az iaSt become familiar with the principles which
az vigorous minds have quietly built up into
ne nrst little impulses of the general upheav-
ing o. the popular spirit, the tea tax, the stamp
aot, orop into insignifcance; they are almost for
goNeh the revolutionary spirit has risen FAR
aDoVe them 1t disdaIns to justify itself with pet
Pieadlngs; spurns diplomatic equivocations ;
- PAGES the claim to independence upon the
DLoau OASIS of eternal rights, as self-evident as
tne sun, as broad as the world, as common as the
an OF heaven. The struggle of the colonies
an tne usurping government of Great Brit.
an mas raised to the proud dimensions of strug-
eie u man for liberty and equality. Behold, five
President. 'A0
1Ist' homas Jefferson whose philosophical spir-
:, graPples the generality of things and events
then Benjamin Franklin, the great apostle of
common sense, the clear wisdom of real life beam
| ing IN his serene eye: then the undaunted John
Adams and two others. Now Thomas Jefferson
reads the Declaration of Independence, and
loualy proclaims the fundamental principle upon
winch II rests: "An men are created free and
equal !" 1t is said history tells you what i,
meant. The sceptre Of royalty is flung back
across the ocean, the prerogatives of nobility are
sIooden into the dust; every man king, every
man baron; in several of the original colonies
the shackles of the black man were struck off;
almost everywhere the way prepared for gradual
emancipation. mo recognition of the rights Of
property in man" says Madison. "Let slavery