a. When it was submitted to the people of Kansas last August it was rejected by a vote of ten to one.
II. He refused to support the English bill, for
a. He was right and honest in his opposition to the Lecompton Constitution.
b. He believed that whenever Kansas had enough people for a slave state she had enough people for a free state but the English bill was directly opposed to this principle, for
1. The bill provided that if Kansas came in as a slave state it would be admitted with a population of 35,000, but if it desired admission as a free state it must have 93,420 inhabitants.
III. He opposes the attempt on the part of the Executive to control the Senate, for
a. It will lead to despotism.
IV. He stands on the same platform now that he stood on in 1850, 1854, and 1856, for
a. Even the Washington Union admits this.
F. The principle of letting the people of each state decide for themselves about slavery is the right principle, for