The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-01-03
Dossglas' P0slllomi

During the late political campaign, il
was charged by Republicans, that the
political tendency Of the Douglas dog.
tina, was for prc.lavery, ana That Doug
las sy,npathies were bestowed in the
same direction. This the adliercnt. oi
the ''L,ttle Giant" stou,ly denied. Now
let US look at part Of his record, lay.
ing aside his numerous conflicting
speeches made North and South, and
view him as he has been and still re
mains.
III 1854 he raised the "Rnthlcss hand
that destroyed the Missouri Comprom-
Sc. This Compromise It wilt be re.
iiteinbercd, was tttade at the urgent So
jicitation Of Of Mr.: Clay and efcct,tal!y
prevented the introduction OF slavery
into any and ill territory Of the United
States north Of go so, which is the
parallel, bounding the south line Of Mis-
souri,.
TIE object of this repeal was to al
low slavery to stftad its devastating
and demoralizing isaueiicc over any
and all Of our free terrii9tics, provided
it would be policy for the shareholders,
90 to do; which they alone, Of course,
would determine
At the time Of its repeal it was fore
seen that tho territory Of Kansas, the
greater part Of which lays north Of SO
30, would soon be settled and evcntu.
ally ask to be admitted as State. The
object Of the repeal was to throw open
all this territory to slavery. Stephen
A. Douglas was the strongest advocate
of the repeal, in the Senate. Did he
not then, directly, by his acts, favor
slavery extension: Answer, ye wor-
shippers Of his Majesty.
Now what is he doing:
The fate Of Kansas Ii IS been settled.
This has shown him and others, that
slavery cannot successfully compete
with free labor where advantages are
EQUAL, or even when they arc consider
ably in favor Of the former, AS was their
coafic1 in this territory. 1t has also
been shown that slavery cannot be
profitably maintained, to any consider
able extent, north Of the old comprom-
Use line. These things being fully and
fairly settled, Mr.. Douglasis now ready
to restore the Missouri Compromis' line,
which is essentially embodied in Mr..
Crittcnlen's proposition for the amend
saent Of the constitr ,ion, and which he
fsyors. Yes, the ''Is~thlcss hand" that
dared destroy the Missouri Comprom-
Use when it was barrier to slavery, is
now raised to restore it, when it will
favor that institution.
bounded rs We are, on the East by
the Atlantic Ocean, on the West by the
Pacific, and on the North by the Brit.
ish Lion, who never releases her hold,
we can, in the future, acquire no addi.
tionSl territory except upon the South
and So0tl. West.
With these facts in the case, and tha,
slavery can nevcr he successfully main
tanned north Of so 80 that the Crit.
cnden proposition proposes to fully pro.
tect it south Of that line, in all terrific
RIGS, until they form their State con
stitntions, by M amendment Of the con.
stitnt;on OF the United States, we say
that Stephen A. Douglas, and every
other man who advocates the Crittcn
den measure, is not only virtually advo
eating the protection Of slavery in tht
territories, but is really a pro-slavcry
man. Such we claim the record prove,
Mr.. Douglas. Who can successful.
rcfute it?