Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-28

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passed, and now II Is asserted thaV
there are not as many there hs the!e
were before the passage OF the plli lot-
withslanding that they had local laWs
sustaining and encouraging II, enactVGi
as the Republicans say by a bogus
legislature, Imposed upon hahsaA Ny an
invasion from Missouri,
POWER or THE PEOPLE
"Why has not slavery obtained a
foothold IN KANSAS under these clrcun-
stances? Simply because there was
q majority of her people opposed 10
slavery, and every STAKEHOLDER knew
that If ne took his slaves there the mo-
mcnt that majority got possession OF
the ballot boxes. and fair election was
held, that moment slavery would DC
abolished and he would lose them. FOR
that reason such owners as TOOK thelr
slaves there brought them back to MIS-,
souri,. fearing chat II they remained
they would be emaRclpoted.
"Thus you gee that under the prlncl-
| pie OF popular sovereignty slavery mas
been kept out Of Kansas, uotWlthstand-
ing the fact that for the hr3t three
| years they had O Legislature IN lhat
| territory favorable to H.
III tell you my friends It Is impossl-
! BILE under our institutions TO force AlaV-
cry on an unwilling people, II ms
! principle Of popular sovereignty ASSERT
! ed In the Nebraska bin be fairly car
ried out. by letting the people decide
the question for themselves by q iaT
vote. at a fair election, and with hon-
est returns. slavery viii never exist one
day, or one hour, in any territory
against the unfriendly legislation OF 10
unfriendly people.
NEEDS LEGAL SUPPORT
81 care not how the bred Scott de-
cision may have settled the absuact
question, SO far as the practical result
Is concerned, for to use the language
of an eminent southern SENATOR on TINS
very question;
II do not care n fig which way the
decision shall be, but 1t is Of no paruc-
ular consequence slavery cannot exist
a day or an hour, IN any territory OF
state. unless It has affirmative laws,
sustaining and supporting H. furnish
ing police regulations and remedl y
and an omission to furnish them would
be as fatal as constitutional pr0hlbl-
ton. without Affirmative legislation
I'm It's favor slavery could not exist any
longer than a newborn infant could
survive under the heat Of the SUM- on
a barren rock, without protection. II
would wilt and die for want OF sup
port"
"Hence," continued senator Douglas
"1f the people of a territory want slaV-
cry they viii encourage II by passinl
affirmative laws and the necessary po
lice regulations, patrol laws and slave
code; il they do not want 1t, they VII
withhold that legislation, and by with
holding IL slavery Is as dead as II 1
WAS prohibited by constitutional pro
hibition, especially If In addition thoiI
legislation is unfriendly, as II would b'
If they were opposed to it.
BALLOT WOULD DECIDE.
"They could pass such local laws an'
police regulations as would drive slaV
cry out In one day, or one hour II the!
were opposed to Il. and therefore, 81
far as the question Of slavery IN TN
territories Is concerned, so far az IN
principle OF popular sovereignty Is con
cerned IN It's practical operation,
matters not how the bred Scott cas-
. may be decided with reference TO tn
territories My own opinion ON tina
: law point Is well known. II is show
by my votes and speeches in Congress
"But, be Ii as 1t may the question
an abstract question, inviting no prac
teal results. and whether slavery sha
: exist or shall not exist In any state O
Z. territory II viii depend upon whethe
= the people are for or against IT, an
= whichever way they shall decide It /
any territory or In any state VIII b
! entirely satisfactory 70 me-
I fSee political Debates and Speeche
r of Lincoln and Douglas Follett Eos
. ter & Co, Columbus. Ohio. 1860, pag
"a. which presents Mr. Lincoln
speeches as they appeared in the CHI
+ oago Tribune and Mr. Douglas as the
+ appeared In the Chicago Times,l
G 1t must be apparent to every oandl
Q person who has before him these word
: spoken by Senator Douglas at Bloom
5 ington and Springfield that there ha
e been some mistake about Senator Dor
n glas having been at Freeport, six week
afterward, forced" or driven I'M
5 a corner and Compelled to proclail
: the doctrine Of unfriendly legislation
/ INJUSTICE is ALLEGED.
n with the speeches of Senator Douglf
9 at Bloomington and Springfield befol
a us Is II not apparent 10 every Candl
q mind that great and cruel injustice ha
o been done to Senator Douglas?
In the light Of those speeches
,. Bloomington and at Springfield Is il NJ
n likewise apparent that a wrong has bee
. also inflicted upon Mr.. Lincoln? ATT
X having heard that Bloomington speec
- and read It In the newspapers where
n was published how could Mr. Lincol
Il honest man that he was, have sal
what has been attributed to him
those alleged conferences, and no
could he have silently listened to whit
has been attributed to others who al
20 alleged to have taken part in the III
cussion? Does 1t not convict him
being guilty OF diSingenuousness or
something worse, which every one WI
knew Mr.. Lincoln knows was imposs
= BILE? To say that Mr.. Lincoln was n
'' pcrwectly familiar with and that he d
-, not understand and had not weight
:. the effect Of every sentence and line
> Senator Douglas Bloomington al
" Springfield speeches, IS 70 assume tn
y, he was entirely unequal % the gre
y contest in which he was engaged.
'e BLOT ON HIS ABILITY.
ne
" To say that Senator Douglas cou
w. have been so easily driven into a co
d, ner and compelled TO proclaim the do
as trine OF uniriendly legislation Is
~ assume that the foremost statesm'
Is and the ablest debater In Congress "
re a person of very ordinary ability. II
OF to detract from the high estimation
he which are held both OF the mighty co
)n testants aud to rob them Of the laur,
IS they so richly earned,
OF with Senator Douglas Bloomingt
er and Springfield speeches before us,
lie say that such a conference as Is allegt
was held on the day before the Ere
p port debate Is a reflection upon Jose
Medln, G. A. Ray, Norman b. JUG
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