Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-08-10

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bouoIAs, sad propose Inst yoa uaits
1itRane u giv(k him rec such cheers
!. 6ods Il "a ftesqE know how 70
i've
This ~ follawe3 by thee tremsn-
aous cheers, which made the welkin
ling. Al the sounds hogan to snbside,
he "LlrrLE GIAxr" spoke to the eager
Not having space for the
entire speech Of Judge DouGLAs, We
make the following eztrsets:
JUDGE DouoLAs's srssca.
Ar. QAa;rua,s ossd Rlloas Gti.ssss
Of Ns,o England II cay Of New
Enelsad; for / an certais that the
State Of Rhode Island does not contain
Is many legal voters - / lind before me.
(Cheess) am here to-day to witness
The practical workings Of the peculiar
institutions Of Rhode leland. (Cheers
aud laugh,er.) 1t il said that our
Southern people have . peculiar institu-
ton CT which they are proud. Rhode
Island has peculiar institution-I be-
lievc It Is known ~ q clam BAKE, sod
never until this day have ! witnessed
it, practical working. A vo;ce-"How
do you like it ~ know very we'll how
you like it, or there would not have
been 80 many Of you here to-day. l
have not the vanity to suppose that !
could have attracted this countless,
measurcless crowd. (Cheers. A voice
1--WE shall elect him"
1t is not my friends Of 80 much I'M
portance who is the next President of the
United States, % it il that the great
principle If self.government, 80 elo.
quentiy alluded to by my friend, Mr.
Ssyles. should DO preserved and main
tanned in good faith. l am willing te
believe that this overwhelming and
glorious demonstration 10 intended As q
mark of pure devotion to the vital pr'n'
ciple Of self-government, than as mere
compliment to myself. ! ouly claim that
| have been faithful to that principle thu
origin Of which is ~ ancient ~ free
government itself. That principle tool
root in the hearts of the American col
ouists when they settled here as reiuge'
from European tyranny. Roger vii
liams was the oldest squatter sovereign
In Rhode Island. (Cheers.) My 40
cestor on the maternal side was ont
of his associates and one Of the parties
to that immortal compact of self-gov
eroment made BY the colonists. Thu
first inhabitants upon these shores over
looking this unrivalled bay, we're de
voted to this great principle. They dit
not wait for the King Of England t
grant them character of rights; the!
claimed the inherent right Of self-gov
erument from a higher power thar
Kings, or Monarchs. or Presidents, o
Congresses, or Parliaments. The!
claimed the right from the same powe
that Eathau Allen claimed it, when b.
captured Ticonderoga, and transferred
it to the Continental Congress; hi
right was from that body and the "Grca
jehovah"
When our fathers commenced tn
struggle with Great Britain, which ter
mined in the requirement Of indeoend
ence, they demanded the right to torn
their own instutions, make their ow'
laws, and do acts in their local provin
cisl legislatures, which we're local an
not imperial in their character. I wen
you to bear in mind and never forge
that revolutionary war was not begu
with view to the seperation OF tn
Colonies from the British crown, the
proclaimed their loyalty to. the King
and their devotion to the British con
stutution in petitions and addresses viii
out number. What they did claim. yes
what they demanded and enforced q
the point of the bayonet, was the RICH
of self.government in these Colonies
under the British constitution, and a.
part Of the British Empire. They onl
struck for independence when the
learned that the right Of selfgoverumen
could not be maintained without it, an
they accepted it only ~ means to
most important end.
1t is not strange in ve;w Of these fact
that two parties in this country shout
exist at the present day, who deny tn
truth and justice Of this great principl
for which our fathers separated from
tteir mother country? 1t is now claim
ed that when our revolutionary ancestor
demanded and enforced this God givel
right they we're not sovereign communi
ties. Onr fathers claimed thia grea
principle as their inherent right whil'
they we're Territories while they wer'
colo.ies or provinces, aud remaining il
that subordinate condition and assertet
and enforced their independence only N
a means to obtain what they sought AMI
claimed.
The Constitution Of the Uui:ed State
vas framed and adopted for tue purpos'
Of perpetuating the liberties achieved
by the Revolution, and under that Con
stitution we are nov holding Colonies
or Territories, or Provieces, as depend
encies, just ~ Great Britain did before tb'
Revolution, aud the question natural!
arises whether the descendants Of thos'
glorious men, Who Won their Liberties
will now extend to the people OF oar Ter
ritories the same right that our father
demanded and enforced from the KIM
Of England.
We are told by our political oppo
nents that the people Of the Ter,itorie
are not entitled to this right Of self-gov
eminent, because Congress has no
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