, 1860-10-18

her lar With ilauberu and musket, he fouud
her erouchug. rquast'ng on her t"fe legs. anu
sbox1vy her tee,h-a truo tqu2slcr S9SeffRu,
uud sl.e de.ire to be lef. perfectly free to reg
u!a,u H., o.n domestic Institutions lu h.r o"n
w.y. .uti-ct 10 the Constitution Of the unted
S.n,cs. R,nss nf iaegd,cr aud ch:ers
Som- at you, reckon, will recolttct having
ing read in shr Lights Ind Shado*a It scot
iish Life" by Chrissopher North, the desc71p.
tiou Of u scene t1a' occurred one genial II
aud oalmy .fernoop, US The Scottish mat,
rona were out Gu the green, gathered IN sucas
intercourse, and one Of the mothers had 10 d
her little infant, in its cothes on the green, ,~heo
rulture, IRON neighboiinR height, swept
down aHd thrus. Its tA!ons into the clones o'
the sleeping child, and sailed away 10 its eyrie.
Au adventurous young man started to rescue
the child. He claubered up the n ouutatn bg
the helm OF cnxing shrubs aud shcltst1ng
rocks; be reached tho ruture's eTrle, where
sho eat with the child. What then says toe
vulturef "HAnds ttrl Non-interveotton! ]
desire to be let perfectly FREQ to tear The hesa
Of this infant N 1 pease." [Grest taught.r
That is ihe modern Democratic doctrine, ths,
newed luughtes.} NV Mr. Douglas would
say, " That Is q very go"d i'1ussralnu OF Love
joy the high lriest 0! Abo1 tiou'-[lsuZhttr j.
these are very gooa ::;;s'u ,iraious, men 70
be considered wolves ind vuEtusee, but they are
not say they ure good illustrations. You
Know tue ThetoTic'ans say you must not make q
one point oi comoar's n. hare that point
Iy point Of comparison is this: That wolves
hare just as much right to steal and Ynaw ut
lambs, and rultures TO tear the flesh Of innocent
babes, IS men hare to make slaves Of their frl-
loW men, lGrest and prolonged apptaasr.
Non.1aseryenl1on! Lsft perfectly fire.. Free
to 90 wh4ty there il more sophism-,f you
vii! excuse MT TIE nse Of ,hss lansu4se-ln this
hlgh.frieat of modern De nocracy than WIS
ereF before crowded into any l,vtng mau, be-
ilsTe; for hs will state position, not false in
words, making 4 tslae Impression on his audi
encc, and then shout OF aad argue point he
has never stated. aud 80 blend und mingle the
the audience to glide a1org without being awATe
they have been cues1ed in the statement and ar
guMent. lie stAtea popular sovereignty: he
says the people may have slavery or not they
please, and from that what does be arguef The
question Of seIt.goyernmeut. Whoever denied
1oa:s Who yer doubted the right Of the peo-
pie 10 govern theinkelve1, since its organ'za.
zion? no man that ever heard Of, out Of bed
iau7 fLsughter] What does he mean br
tq,atter sovereignty 7 or popular sovereignty If
yuu plsase, for a1n willing to give him all the
nenetit Of bus own language. Lie means the
night oi the people by q vote Of the people to
enslave men. Ihst is popular sovereignty.
" When rou came to the real Rist aud kernel Of
the thiuR-tcar off 1:s coverings and dlskuises
and reach the v1sal principle, it il tha! when
one class Of men yet together, aud vote another
class ut men into sla7erT, It is all ri9dt. Whist
% Jou think ahout It, Judge! II don't csret"
tLaoghter] But l du cast, care whether
I'm Voted iuto Slavery, Or cot 1deny tho right
u this vas: mu ti:ude-f deny the right Of ihe
thirty millions OF Americans,- deny ths right
Of all the ttemiug milious Of earth to vote me
into els:-''y. Loud applause.l Never! never
can Ii b: donef Great enthus'a. nj. an my
own man. 30 tar ss my eht to lite and liseItJ
il .occerned, d d not get It from Congress. or
Parliament; l did not get il from ii. Demo.
cratic party did rot get it from any evil splr-
its whotc n*mes commerce With the lame I'LL.
tiuls as the Democrats. FLnui iau; ;hter and
cheers.l havemy Iightto life ana liberty from
tbs Eternal ID who made me and every ot:er
man desired that right from the same source.
[appiause.] What is Democracy: This De-
lnocracy says that the popular vote can take
I'gh. away, snd onss .aken away ths aet ans Is
divine; / deny it; say 1t is Il wrong howeser
it may be perpeisated. Why, mothers, what
do you care how 7pu arc robbed of your babe?
The question is not how it Is dons; the outrage
is that it ia done at all. No matter whether it
Il done by an individual, r by conf piracy Of
many iad.yidua's in immunity akre=1nK and
c3ncerti"x according to TIE forms Of law, if the
poor babe is torn trom your heart, that Is the
unspeakabis wrJng-n0t the manner in which
| it il perpetrated. Gseat C eering.l And
Dou.l.s don't care! lUproarious laughter
My friends, +hen you hear OF popular sover
eighty remember it do=s not mean The right o!
| toe people to govern themselves. We DO not
| propnse to take away from the man going o 'er
the terzy into kaEsss the righ. Of self govern
ment. We Propose to take away iron him
there, and every where that the federal govern.
meut has Jurisdiction, the right # keeping
auo1her m4u sgaiast his vii. [Great ap-
plause.
Aud this, citixeus. was The doctrine Of the
fathe-a-ths prohibition Of SLAVERY in the Ter
r1tories OF the United States, They erected
a wall OF freedom aiong the Southern border Ct
0hi3 1noianu Iiliro!s aod all this rast teIrit3ry
west ofus. D. you ste the strong barrier ot
| trtedcn1 built By them across the continent,
and stretching away up the tlies Oh tha Rack.
Mountains unit it rests upoo the summit OF
that lofty rauge-f eedou'a wal built By our
fathers! Who mude breach in it, Who
broke down the wa!f Hho opened the gates,
aud made It at least p,ssible i.r slavery TO en-
ter, aud take p6s:esri9n Of that ground, the
uAK Klthcent domain that God had made for
fresmenf The Democratic party under the
leadership Of judge Douglas. What did you
do 1t for Judge! You bare heard hin give the
| reason thousard times hare you not1 Al
! ways, in every speech. hear he makes the same
| quota i'm from the Nebraska bill, giving the
reason why he repealed the Missouri Compro-
mise =" 1t being the tree intent and meaa,ag
STATE. or Territory Or eiclud- it shtrefIom, but
| to Leave the people therof perfectly free to reg
| u'ate their domes,ic Institutions in their own
way, subject 10 the Constitution Of ,te uaited
Ssases" The iuiuitabls mimicry Of Judge
Douglass manner With which tbs tpeaker re-
cited This pass,ae nEoroked shouts OF laughter
from the audience.
| fe1iec.l* ttetl Yes. vote it in, or vote it
| out Hut shnt Is delnsion-thai is cheat,
| which has been exposed 80 often that an ai-
tuost ashamed to expose it again. 1nteed,
feel il is ri Of d5respec to the dead, n talk
laughter. "i.e ve the people thereof perfect
II free" say that is not true. II there are
eighty thousard people in Kansas, and taeY aIl
| vote to keep slavery ou., then what? Is il
valid: Will it abice. Judge Douglas, you
know, sayt: "Subjec. to the Cors i'ution."
What Cons tuition, Judge. 1te Constitution
that our fathers gave Us? Not BIT of it. The
Constitution which Judge fancy has given us
in the bred Scott decision! {Appl4us:l Now
t what! The territorial law IS enacted prohibit
ins slavery. 4 s'srehal: :er comes aud tai es
pos 7ession Of = portion Of the territory. The
s!are sues for bis freedom, saying: II CAIN my
freedom, BY virtue Of being b.o.. .gbt into ter
risory where there Il no law 10 iii Ike me sl,ve,
but positive enactment declaring that shall
not be slave. Whist folio~sP Judge TAney
drises hlm away from the !:al1s Of j.stce. kicks
him out. sayiEg: lou have no ritht t., appear
here lon n'e not citizen Of the Unl ed
States III any such cause as to entitle you to be
9 party TO suit 10 the ults Of the Uaited
States Is rot that cnrrect: j. not that the
aired Scott decision lCEie of tYes,"" ~
lio~ ecu ue appear, then? Hc il met 1t the
sery threshhnlt Of th-t cosrt Of Justice ia tbs
Christian aud cisi IL ID land, And from The shr'v.
elted lips Of that suparaauate old mummy of q
Judge, he is t,ld that he can't sue ut il ZAP.
lause.1 You say the.e arc hard word.
know they arc-l canuot help it. My soul ia
NOV d within 9. that in America her is auy
fuman being hav NJ the imske Of his God. WHO
cannot 50 to the courts Of justice to have jus
tic- administered to him. It s. eak ton strong.
" h2ye TO hiae beyond the examsl, Of s..
| Pall when he turned atount. and exclaimed to
the tigt priest: Thou white. wal,!' Zap.
piause Yes. shat ole high-priest wa. put there
to administer justice, snd iuetend OF shat he
transformed the conrt Which should ay. been
the sea: Of impartial justice, iato an instrument
WIS that 81. Paul indignantly cried out: "G7d
shall tmite thee, thou W.: i,e1 wall; for sitt=st
thou to jud g NJ. atte: Tue law, ard comm 1pd-
est ne to be salt y co7trarY to the law" So,
too, call Judge TaneY whited stpulchre. ID
that wrong: [Cries OF "So," "no," and an.
then wnasT TGen the Jadge decid that the
law q unconststutioual-thst und the Consti.
tuition, the Shareholder has tue rtubi to take bis
Stare into lhe Territories Of the United States
and the territorial esltll ltiou il II swet b. the
board. Where now ls the r.ght to exclude o.
admit slavery as they p!ease: [Ap1l4use.l Il
il u mere dodge-a makes lit; it is sn re, 9
cheat; and D5ug'as goes before the people With
= lie il right hand in this l-cs:ou. Hear
heer. d. not mean to say ANYTHING abusive
Ii -nou!d try to. could 10. a5usa them hall
A. bad Is they abuse me-f1aughte1]- the ouly
point where acknowledge inttri rity to them
| loud lanzater.l N,~, il have tine-aud ]
xu half t.mo'e5 III step here loud cries o