White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-02-16
HFsir Specimen.

a FAR Specimo1.
After reading the following brilliant
effort, perhaps our readers viii begin to
coincide with what We last week said in
reference to the members Of the Legisls-
ture. Blake Is fair specimen Of the
stock sent to the Legislature by the De-
mocrsey. In fact, such as he are the
bone and sinsw Of the Kansas DsmOera-
| cy. This spsch, was sent to Us on .
printed slip. By friend at Lawrence.
who says be heard Il. and pronounces It
substantially . correct report. tits ahead
of any burlssque that ever went the
rounds of the pres
Speech of the Immortal Blake, Of Jafsr-
son Co., tie Prominent Leader of tie
Democratic Party in Kansas. upon a
BIZ 10 Prohibit Slavery IN Kansas
Made IN the House Of Representatives.,
January 3lst. 1850.
Mn. SPEAKER:-I am sorry that this
farce have got into this House. It ar q
farce. I consider it not hun but . farce
This bill have been got up to drive some
on us TO the wall. and pin Us thar. They
mean to do it. This ar all nonsense. /
acknowledge when they git at me with
such nonsens they can git me thar
(great applause.
: Mr.. Speaker: They may call me pro-
slavery man, but / am not pro-slsvery
mani Slavery ar here; it-ar here by the
Constitution of the U. 8; il ar here by
the Supreme Court Of the o. s; it ar
here by power higher than rs. / shall
vote agin the bill Just for them ar rea-
sons thar. Tremendous applause.
Mr. Speaker: The Lowseyany treaty
perhibits slavery here. The treaty per-
vides that slavery shall remain in all
them ar Territories formed out ov it. on
til they come onto the union of indspen-
dent and sovrin States.
Mr.. Speaker: I'm in favor of Squat
ter SoVrinty.- I'm Squatter Sovrinty
man myself. The Democratic party ar
Squatter Sovrinty party; and aint
skesred out on it. You may pass law
upon law, and You can't never enforce
your law, nor free q single niger. 1t
can't be law. nor skeer the great Dem
ocratic purity. (Lsughter.
Mr.. Speaker: The Organic Act don't
allow that slavery ar to be abolished
Slavery have no right to be abolished
here. The Constitution perhibits L.
Ar 20 gwyne to repudiste it? What ar
you here fur? What ar you downing
here? What ar all this nonsense fur?-
Ar you gwyne to r'psal the Cont tuition
of the U. 81 Are you gwyne to repudi-
ate the Organic Act? Are you gwyne to
desOIve the Union? Tremendous ap-
plause.) re--
Mr.. Speaker: You have no right to
repeal the Constitution! You have no
right to desolve the Unionl You have
no right to repudiats the Organic Actl !
Whar ar the irrepressible conflict? 1t
ar in this house. 1t have been brought
here by the Republican party. Loud
cheers. Mr.. Speaker: What ar you
here fur? What are Jon gittin three dol
lars day fur? I am here to look artsr
the financial affairs of the country. You
come here to look arter the purlitical af-
fairs. So your gwyne to make me vote
sgin iE because I'm Democrat. shall
not do so because I'm Democrat. but
because / oppose such nonsense you cant
enforce. The treaty Of Lowsyans per-
tects it. You may go an tell my con-
stituwacy that I'm . pro-slavery man,
because I voted agin abolishin slavery;
but will tell them ! hain't the power,
and they viii believe me. Tremendous
applause and laughter from the House
and lobby.
The honorable gentleman, on closing
the above brief and lucid remarks. turn
ed very complaesntly. and magnanimous-
ly proposed to the Speaker that he should
have permission to address few remarks
to the lobby, bat the Speaker under the
inhumau stringent rules, was forced to
deny him the privilege, and the all-im-
patient lobby were forced to foregO the
pleasure Of listening to his able remarks
and eloquent appeals.