Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-09
HE DOESN'T LIKE THE DOCTRINE.

hugh j Campbell of Dakota Replies &c
RcpresentatIvs sprinEerIs Anti Division
Uttersnees.
Hon. Hugh J. Campbell, the chosen
leader Of the forces advocating division
Of the territory of Dakota, has writer
Hon. W. M. Springer, chairman OF the
House committee on territories, lettel
in which he seeks to convince the recip-
lent that by opposing division of the
territory of Dakota and tie simis.
sion OF the territory into the Union
IS two separate states he (Sp-inge1) l.
deviating from the course pursued by
former Democrats, and therefore Is not
doing his duty IS Democrat or Con-
gresham. He attacks the u.tersnces Of
the Illinois Congressman anert the ad-
mission OF the territory as one state and
inmates that the statements are
neither logical nor In accordance with
general usage. The letter is rs follows :
YANKroN, DAK.r Feb. %, 1858.
Hon. William M. Spring,r, representative
from llinois:
SIR see in the St. Paul Globe of Feb
ruary Is, reported interview with you,
in which you are represented as saying,
on the Oak ia question, that "The fact is
that South Dakota is trying to secede and
North Dakota is trying to keep her into the
union, into which they were bound in
1861, by Republican Congress and Re-
publican President, at q time when the
south portion OF the entire country wss
trying to secede. The majority of the
north IVES dgsiDst secession then, snd the
majority in North Dakota Is against Sc.
cession now. 1t takes two to make 3
contract, and ought to take two to annul
1t, and both should remain in it until both
sides should agree to dissolve 1t"
The st. Paul Globe is friendly to you
and to the great party which you repre-
sent, and l assume that IL has not mis-
represented you. Otherwise l should
have been Inclined to regard this reputed
interview as q somewhat malicious mis-.
representation of the views of so oistin-
guished and able representative OF the
western Democracy as yourself. Illinois,
we are told, even Democratic
Illinois, is not uufriendly to the
interests of the great west, of which she is
so proud part. Naturally SO, for west
ern interests sre her interests. There
fore when her fayorite SOD, upon VII m
she hss presumptively conferred the man
tie OF the great Douglas, tskes the posi-
ton assumed In your interview, hostile as
1t is to every interest OF the west,
we would have discredlted the
trutbfulness Of the report had it not been
vouched for by your parry friends.
Our incredulity gave way to uDfeigned
amszament as we read your remarkable
pronuucismento. Mr.. Douglas, your
distinguished predecessor, ss the
leader Of the illinois Democracy,
wss q brilliant and daring Statesman,
who often assonished the people BY tue
fertility and originality of his resources,
and the sudacitY OF his measures. But
Stephen A. Douglas, in his most suda-
cious mood, never astonished the people
by doctrine so entirely original and
novel as that announced by you in this
interview. You say that "Soulh Dakota
is trying to secede," because she
wishes to have fair sized state, with
100000 people and ample resources,
carved out of the immense domain of the
territory Of which she now forms a part.
This is new and startling proposition
WHAT other statesman ever announced
the discovery that the division of q terri
tory, in the form alton OF new state, was
''secession2"
But Is 1t true, Mr.. Springer? When
illinois was divised from the great terri |
'ory OF Illinois to form the state of |
Illinois, WAS that "secessioD7" Whist
will your Illinois friends say to that |
doctrine, Mr.. Springer When Ohio,
Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, lows,
Arkansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Kansas,
md Nebrasks, were each Of them
divided from the immense territories OF
which they formed part, did they esca
md ell OF them commit the crime of "se-
ession7"
But in this remarkable interview you
az further, that SIT takes two to mskea
and ought TO take two to annuI
!, and both should remain In Ii until
9th sides should agree to dissolve IT,"
Pardon or presumption In asking you