East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-06-13

He voted during ths same period against
the Wilmot Proviso on every occasion
that it was offered.N
In ls49-'50 the Legislature Of Illinois
instructed him to vote for the prohibition
of slavery in the Territories; and at the
memorable session of 1850 he voted in
accordance with these nstructions-pro-
testing, however, that the votes were not
his, but we're the votes Of those who had
instructed him. lie reported, at that
session. the bills for the admission of Cal
ifornia, for the establishment OF Terrific
rial Governments for Utah and New Mex
leo, and for the adjustment ofthc Texas
boundary, in almost the exact terms. in
which they subsequently passed. Mr..
Clay attached Douglass bills together
and reported them as the JeOmnibais."
Upon the failure of the Omnibus Bill, the
sepcratc bills Of Mr. Douglas were taken
up anil passed. Ho supported the Fugi-
tive Slave Act, and few months after
It's passage met an armed mob in Chica-
90, aud defended that act so effectively
that the Common Council Immediately
repealed certain notification resolutions
they had previously adopted.
Tn 1851 he proposed the Kansas-Ne-
braska Act repeating the Missouri restric-
tion upon slavery north Of ~ ~ on
the ground that Congress in 1850 had
declared that henceforth the question OF
Slavery in the Territories should be left
exclusively to the determination OF the
people settled therein. He carried
this measure through Congress in the
face of an opposition more fierce and de-
! terunined than was ever before arrayed
AGAINST any measure. He was assailed
throughout the North by every descrip.
eff indignity. When he reached home in
] August he found that measure in even
verse favor than no found the Fugitive
Slave Act in 1850 He announced his
intention to defend it. At the meeting
he was. met by anothe rarmed mob, who,
fearing the power Of his argument, refus-
ed to let him be heard. For three hours
he stood up before the mob and defended
the South and her statesmen, defended
the President, and defended the repeal OF
the Missouri restriction. But little that
he said was allowed to be heard. He was
groaned, Kissed, and by all the means
that mob can find to insult the object
Of their hatred he was insulted and as
sailed lie was not conquered though
he was denied the privilege Of being
heard.
In spite of all these demonstrations, in
spite of thorough union Of tho Know
Nothings and Republicans Illinois in
1854 elected a. Democratic State ticket
and her five Democratic members, of Con
gress. .stN
In 1856 Mr.. Douglas took the stump
In behalf of Mr.. Buchanan and the Gin.
cinnaG platform, and succeeded in secur-
inc the vote of Illinois for the Cincinnati
nominees.
Tn 1857 tho Lccompton controversy
arose. Mr.. Douglas thought that under
a strict adherence to Democratic faith,
Congress ought not to accept Constitu-
tion unless it was the act of the people,
The President thought differently. The
Lecompton controversy then arose, which
widened the breach instead Of reconciling
the difficulty. In the final settlement of
the controversy Mr.. Douglas acquiesccd,
but his enemies sought his destruction.
They opposed his reelection in 1868; but
after one Of the most cventfnl political
} contest in the Union, Mr. Douglas carried
the State Legislature, and in January,
1859, was reelected to the Senate.
} His nomination for Presidency in 1860
and the remarkable canvass aud result
which followed, are familiar to all, and
will form an important portion of the
faithful biography Of the eloquent Illinois
Senator, one of the most remarkable and
able Parliamentarians of his day.-Bos.
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