Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-10-09
JUDGE DOUGLAS SPEECH
Delivlrd at ChIcsgs, Oct. 5th, 1850.

our people and which are vital issues De-
t~een political parties.
Thi. morning took up newspaper IN
which saw f,r tho frat time the speech
of the Hon. VIM. H. Seward, Senator
in Congress from New York, delivered
here a few DAYS since. l had scarcely
time before lett for this stand to read
it Through, but finding in It he paid bis res
poets to me. l will not permit him to ex-
coed me in poIiteness. I.haI' not sns~ere
his.peech in detail. sbsl! refer TO it only
because he is the most distinguished and
most authoritative exponent Of Repubii-
can principles.
In it be la,s down two Fundamental
propositions and builds his entire argu-
men, upon them. TIE fist proposition
is as follows. quote
"FsIo s.ci.izeos. the Rpublicsn creed IL
new. rtheless no partition creed. IL 10 Nation
q, faith because Is 10 the Gu bodiment OF thu
one life sustaining. lite.~xpand,nR idea OF the
American Re, uhiic. What 10 the 'des mor~
nr less than simply this: That civilization IL
Ia be main,s aimed and carried IN upon this con.
.,nent by Federal Ststs', based upon the pri"
cples Of free soil. free labor free speech, eqqsl
righ,s and universal suffrsgel'
His second proposition is this
"Tlie N tionsl idsa works not unoppossd -
Every good and virtuous aud benevolent pr'n-
cpl. 10 nature has ito ants onist and this gr~s
Nstiousl id . works in perpetual Opposition-
may he allowed to say 10 irrepressih!e con-
fiict With 90 erroue a., deceitful. d-lusiv-
id.a. no you ask what that delusive idea IL
Il 10 tho id.a that civilization ought an
can be effected on this continent. by this form
Of Fsde, sl Sta,es. based on the principle Of
slsve.soil-of African slave labor. OF unequal
rights and unequal representation, resultingio
| unequal outrage
Let us examine these two PROPOSE
tons. In the first age he tells US that
these States mnst all be free, and that
civilization can only prevail upon free
| soil and with universal suffrage. What
70 the meaning Of that pr position 3
These States, when the Government
was formed, we're part free and part
slaveholding, and they have remained
! thus divided from that day to this -
They are now divided int, free States
and slave States. Is our fathers made
them, With the right Of all or Of each
me to have and maintain slavery a.
long AZ it cho ses and ah,lish it when
it pleases. [Cheers. Were not these
States civilized when the Government
| was made? ["Y.s, SIR Were not
he people of the United States civ'l'zed
when they formed this sy tenn Of Gov
eminent Have they not been civilized
during the VIII, lie Of our history down
to the present tune Have any people
on the face OF the earth, during the
anne period, made as rapid and as grea'
| strides in civilization, in wealth and pop
,lation, 10 glory and in al the elements
Of greatness, as the people OF the United
States, divided as they have been into
tree and slave S,atcs,as our fathers made
| the Republic ? ("Good," and great ap,
plause.)
We are to d BY this leading exponent
Repubicsn p,neip9ss'a dsah } f6Exsii,d
on this continent under that system Of
institutions.
What is bis remedy for the existing
evils He says there must be free soil,
equal rights and universal suffrage
The msr,can soil is all free at this dav,
md ever bas Deen wherever the people
desired it to be free. (Applause.)
When this Government vas formed,
t was COMPOSED OF thirteen States.
twelve of which we're slaveholding and
one a free State. Hence, atthat time,
one State was based on the principles OF
tree soil, equality of rights that is be
tween the white man and the negro, and
universal suffrage that is the right o.,
the negro to vote on an equal footing
with the white man.
According to M. Sewasd's fundamen-
al propos,t,on, NJ .ssachusctts was the
pny civilized State in the Un,on. augh-
,er and applause. Tho other twelve he
ing slaveboldlng States, ". re not, 10 th..
language of Mr.. Seward, civil zed, vr, il
the language Of Mr.. sumner, were bar.
bsrous. Renewed laughter and sp-
plause. 1t 80 happens thai in this sam.
-reech Mr.. Seward informs Us TINT New
York was one OF the slaveholding States.
lie goes further, and admits that he HIM
self was bon stakeholder. l suppose
that hi. father was . STAKEHOLDER before
i'm because he could not have been
born STAKEHOLDER except rs inherit,np
slaves from his ancestors. He failed to
tie Us that his father. or his ancestors.
whose property he INFERRED, were no,
civilized, or in favor civilization. (Sbouts
Of laughter q d applause. I"asmuch,
too, As he informed the world for IT,.
first time that early in life he was slave.
holder the owler Of human beings.
regret that he did not a.so inform "a
whether i e IT'LL holds those chat els.
Renewed laughter. Or fine has ceas.
d to be STAKEHOLDER, how VAS it he
got rid Of them. Cries OF i" sold them, -
laughter and app ause.
Did he emaoc,pate them ? ["No."
and laughter Did he sell them I"Ye.
yes" and great merr'ment o. Gid h.
Lose them under the laws Of New YOKE
''Oh, no." TOO smart for that" "SoId
them"
do not care about rushing the in.
quiry what became Of his neg rnes, for
my object in referring to this subject is
to discuss the principles Of COVE, nment
involved. The broad charge has been
made hy MI. Sumner, that the slave.
holding States are barbarou., and Mr..
Seward now declares that civil cation
can never prevail where slavery exists.
and Consequently slavery must be sbol'