The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-02-27
Lincoln S
Love
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could get 'it ole man HIS colleague,
! Dan Storc-to sign with him.
March 3. 1887.
! The following protest was presented to
I thu houge. which was read and ord red to
! BIO lprcad On the journals. to wit.
| RESOLUTIONS upon Tie subject of domes-
/ Tie slavery having passed both branches
OF the general assembly at it's present
session. he undersigned hereby protest
/ against tie passage Of tho same.
They believe that the institution OF
| slavery ~ foandcd on both injustice and
! bad policy. bat that the PRONUNCIATION OF
abolition doctrines tends rather 90 in
crease than abItc its evils.
They believe that the congress- Of the
! United States has no power undcr the
| constitution to Interfere with the lnsti-
| tuition Of slavery In the different states.
| They believe that the congress OF the
! United States has the power under the
| rons tituton to abolish slavery In the Dis
trlct Of Columbia. but that the power
/ ought not to be exercised unless at tho
! request of tho people OF the District
| Tho difference between these opinions
| md those contained I'm the said rcsolu-
lions Is their reason for entering this pro-
| test.
CsigncdD DAN STONE.
| A. LINCOLN,
Representatives. from the County Of San
Pamop
Mr.. Lincoln says nothing here about
slavery in the territories. The Mis-
souri, compromise being In full force
and regarded rs sacred by all parties,
1t was one of its chief effects that both
sections were deprived Of any pretext
| for the agitation of that question, from
which every statesman, Federalist or
Republican. WING or Democratic, np-
pretended certain disaster to the I'm
ion. Neither would Mr.. Lincoln suffer
himself to be classed with the few de-
spised Quakcrs, Covenanters and Puri-
tans who were so frequently disturb
Ing the peace of the country 10y aboli-
ton memorials 20 congress and other
public bodies. Slavery, says the pro
test. Is wrong in principle. besides be-
Ing bad In economy. but "the promul-
cation of abolition doctrines" Is still
worse. In the states which choose to
have It 1t enj0ysa constitutional mmu-
nifty beyond the reach of any higher
law" and congress must not touch 1t
otherwise than TO shield ana protect It,
Even in the District of Columbia Mr.
Lincoln and Dan Stone would leave 1t
entirely to the will of the people. In
fact, the whole paper, plain and sim
pie as II il. seems to have been drawn
with no object but to avoid the impu-
tation OF extreme views on either side.
And from that day TO the day Of his
Inauguration Mr.. Lincoln never saw
the time when lie would have altered
word of It, lie never sided with the
Lovejoys. In his eyes their work
tended rather to increase than to
abate" the evils of slavery and was
therefore unjust as well as futile.
Years afterward he was the steady
though quiet opponent of owen Love
JOY and declared that Lovejoy's nomi-
nation for congress over Leonard
SWEET almost turned him blind"
When. IN 1860, the Democrats called
Mr. Lincoln nm abolitionlst and cited
the protest of 1897 to support the
charge friends pointed to the exact
language Of the document as his cani-
plcte and Overwhelming refutation.
The suspension of specie payments
In 1887 ana the general financial panic
were felt heavily in Illinois. For the
next two sessions of the legislature
the chief problem was the saving of
the states credit by the payment OF
the Interest on its debt, which had be
come very large because Of the general
desire FOR Internal improvements and
the liberal appropriations made there
for. Mr.. Lincoln as legislator took
an active part in the efforts toward
this end Two special sessions Of the
legislature were called to devise plans
For meeting the emergency.
Mr.. Lincoln was his party's candi
date for speaker In 1888. but was tic
feated. lie retained bis old place on
the finance committee and, being the
leader of his party, submitted a bill
which lie intended ms an cXpedleEt fOI
paying the interest on the state debt
1t failed of passage being considered
very poor expcdicnt. though appar
entity the best that could lie o;l'cred NJ
the moment to avoid the unpopular re
sort TO direct taxation.