The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-10-05

| in obedience to the Federal authoritv.-
(Long continued cheers.)
A Republican having handed up piece
OF paper, Mr.. Douglas spoke as follows;
THE JEFFERsoNIAN ORDINANCE OF 1857.
Mr. DouGLAs-A republican has sent
up to me little slip of paper, on which [
find the following writing =" You refer
to Jefferson as authority will you please
explain his sviews of the ordinance of 1857"
| take it for granted that he does not
know what the views of Mr. Jefferson
were, or he would not have asked the
Question. (Great laughter.) If he does
koow and yet is disposed to interrupt, this
meeting by putting silly, useless question
to me, it only goes to confirm what [ said
little while ago, that the republican plan
is to disturb our meetings. Bat | can ex
plain to him and TO this crowd what the
opinions of Mr.. Jefferson were. (Cries Of
+" Good; and appIsuse.)
MR. JEFFERsoN's OPINIONS.
Mr.. Jefferson bad nothing to do with
the ordinance of i7S7 at all. daughter
France when the ordinance of 1877 was
adopted in New York. History does not
record that he knew anything about it at
all until after it was adopted. | will now
tell the republicans what perhaps they do
| not know-that on the 10th of October,
1880, the Congress of the Confederation
passed a resolution requesting Virginia,
and New York, and Connecticut, and the
other States claiming lands Northwest of
the Ohio river, to cede those lands to The
federal government to pay the national
debt. In September, 1888, Virginia led
off, and ceded her claim to that country.
Thomas Jefferson presented a deed of
cessior by Virginia to the Congress of the
Confederation on the lst day of March,
1854, and on the same day, on his motion,
committee was appointed to draft a
form Of fgovernment for the territory ceded,
or to be ceded, to the United States. He
reported bill from that committe, which
was modified, and on the 23d of April,
1884, was adopted, and became law Of
| the land.
EIGHTY.
| By that bill it was provided that when
| ever the Indian title should be eytin2u;sh-
ed, and the country thrown open to set
tlement, the inhabitants might meet and
choose for themselves constitution
| and laws Of some one OF the original
States for their government. They were
at liberty either to take free Or slave
State, as they preferred, and after they
had thus adopted temporary govern
ment, they were to live under II until they
had 10000 inhabitants. As soon as this
fact was ascertained, they Tere at liberty
to call Convention and mako State
constitution, just as they pleased and reg
ulate all their affairs to suit themselves
although still not in the Union. When
they had attained population equal to
that of the smallest state in the Union,
they were to be admitted into tie conted-
eracv, with representatives in Congress
like the other States. Thus you find that
the plan of government for the Territories
reported by Mr.. Jefferson, and adopted by
the Continental Congress in 1854, was
the broadest popular sovereignty ever pro
claimed in America. loud applause and
three cheers for Douglasl
| A voice-"Ain't there another Rapub.
ican in the crowd who has another paper
to send up!' (Loud laughter,) ....
| THE SLAVERY PROHIBITION EXPLAINED.
Mr. DoUGLAs-There is one other fa' t
which | ought to notice in connection
with this matter, and it will show how
unfairly the leaders Of the Republican par
ty deal with their instruments whom thew
send into the Democratic meetings.
daughter and cries Of q Hit him again. y
In that plan Of government to which l
have referred, as being reported BY Mr.
Jefferson, there were contained several
propositions which were to be submitted
10 the people Of the territories, for them
to accept or reject as they pleased. One
of those propositions was that slavery
should be prohibited in those new States
after the year 1900 But, mark you, that
was but a PROPOSITION, and was not bind.
ing unless agreed to by the people. in
which case only it became an article OF
compact, unrevocable except by common
consent. Thus you find that Jefferson
held to the doctrine Of popular sovereign
ty eyea on the slavery question. Cries
Of /" Good" and loud appIause.)
Now some Republican leader has taken
from Mr.. Jefferson's plan the one article
about slavery, and suppressng all the stip.
Hlations, has made the poor fellow believe
that Jefferson wanted to prohibit slavery
against the will Of the people. And has
sent him here under that der,sion :
daughter and arplause) '5 "a. z...
Mr. JEFFERsoN's PLAN or GovERNMEHr.
| believe that Mr.. Jeffe, sons plan al
territorial government, as modified by
Congress and adopted in 1874, was the
best plan ever vet devised, and hope we
shall soon return to it, According to
tha. plan, the people OF the territories
were to regulate their own affairs to suit
themselves, just as fully and completely as
the people of the States. | am much
obliged to our Republican friend out there
for calling attention to this Jefersenian
plan. (Great laughter and warm ap
/ plause.)
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