The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-09-14

WnklhIe's resolution, adopted at
Balfilnore by the Douglas Convention,
and cspecially approved by Douglas in
his le4er ofocceptanoe,l
Thae lie certainly variety enough here
10 satlsfy the most laslldious.
y A srSEon IN 1888,
The people Of Territory can, by
lawhit means, exclude slavery from their
limbs priorto atorma,iono o. the State Con-
stithtiOn.
Hence no mater what the decision Of
the Supreme Court may be, still the right
Of q pcoplc 70 make slave Territory, or
a free Territory is Onchsngcd.-[ Doug
las speech at Frecport, 1881
AvorE IN 1854
Under which (Kansas bilD the people
of Territory, through their appropriate
Representatives, may, as they see iil, pro.
hihll the existence Of Slavery therein
lChSse's amendment, March 9, 1854
Heas-Chase, Fish, Iumhn, Seward,
NSs-Bcn, Douglas, Houston, Hunter
&c.--sO.
Nov any Republican may easily find
In The Freeport doctrine Of 1858 aud Of
the. vote Of 1884, most enchanting va
rieg Of doctrines. Try another;
a SPEECH ~ 1860.
Now, are you goingto tell that such
popple are not capable of solf-govern-
men6 merely because they live in Ter
ritory! l"Not we,"l hold that every
political community, State and Territory
alike, has, under our system of govern
ment the right TO GOVERN ITSELF
IN ALL THINGS THAT ARE LOCAL
AND DOMESTIC, AND NOT FED
ERAL.--t Douglas at Concord, N. H.,
July 20, 1860,
lfs VOTE m 1864.
Ne Chase Of Ohio moved to amend the
bill (Kansas and Nobraska) 80 that the
people On each Territory be allowed to
choose their own Governors and Terrific
rial otfsers.- Congressional Globe,
1894,
Yeas-Chase, Fessendcn, Foote, Ham
lin, Seward, &c.-lO
Nays-Bell, Douglas, Hunter, &C.
80.
Il must be admitted that there Is lust
the least possible taste Of tho remotest
suggestion Of variety in the doctrine Of
that vote and that speech. Let US try an
other:
A SPEECH IN lat9
The Missouri Compromise had It's orr
gin in the hearts Of all patriotic men who
desired to preserve and perpetuate the
blessings Of our glorious Union--an ori-
gin akin to that Of the Constitution OF
the United States, conceiyedin the same
spirit of fraternal affection, and calcula-
ted to remove forever the only danger
which seemed TO threaten, at some dis
tant day, to sever the social bond Of the
Union. Alfthe evidences of public opin-
ion at that day seemed TO Indicate that
this Compromise had been cRnnonized
in the hearts Of the American people as
sacred thing which no ruthless hand
would ever be recklsss enough 20 dis.
t6rb."
AsPEEcH IN l66O.
MY friend ofcr there--ifiend or enemy
cs the case may be--wants TO know
something about the Missouri Compro.
mise. [Cheers. / have not the slight
est objection to telling him all he desires
to know upon that question: / brought
in the bill to repeal the Missouri Rcsirio-
toni Douglas speech at Providence,
Aug. 8. 1860.
Just an interesting degree of variety
in the doctrines" of these two speeches
may be detected, we think, by one whose
taste for variety has not been weakened
by lavish qualification. Now for an illus
tration of his power not only Of varying
his doctrines, but of conceHllng them
when he chooses;
A QUESTION TO JUDGE DOUGLAS UNANswER.
ED.
AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug, ls. 1860.
As Judge Douglas, when he was here
on Thursday last, declared with strong
emphasis that, as National candidate
for tho Presidency, he had no opinions "a
conceal, none but be was willing to avow
in any part of the Union, a very respectu-
BILE citizen of this place, who was invited
to seat on the stand with him, put into
his hands the following question, which
he was most respectfully requested 10 an
swer in the course of his remarks. The
Judge on receiving il, (t was before he
spoke,) read il very attentively, and, re-
suming his conversation with the gentle-
man who offered IL, res pectlully acquiesc-
ed in the propriety of the question
and promised to reply in the course o
his speech: 800
"Will Judge Douglas be so kind as to
oblige fellow citizen by stating before
the people here assembled his answer
to the following
QUESTION,
"Do you hold, aud IL elected President
Of the United States, would You carry
out, the doctrine that the people of 4
Territory bef0re II becomes a State, have
the power, under the Federal Constitu.
ton, and notwithstanding the Dred Scot
decision, to prohibit or erclads slaUsri
tlsrefroH7
In other words.
edo you affirm that the people OF !
Territory have the Constitutional riQhi
10 the eockstriee's eggs, as soon as he,
are deposited IN It's nest by the prppagun.
dists Of slavery, or must they tolerate the
incubation and wait till the eggs become
full grown and active yipers, that can be
pursued and examined only BY the newly
created sword Of Stote authorityl"
With this question before him, which
he promised TO answer, the Judge arose
and addressed the people for an hour aud
q half but for some cause or other--you
can judge as we'll as l--he not only did
not answer the question, but very care
fully avoided all allusion toiti
We must submit to the Louisville DEM
ocrat whether there is not enongh yari-
ETY. in the above manifestations Of Mr..
Douglas views 70 stop all complaint on
that score foreyerl And we submit %
the people whether more thorough dem
agogue ever lived than the man Who has