I exult, too, that in this battle, which in moral grandeur surpasses far the whole war of the Revolution, she is able to preserve her just eminence.

But it cannot be that she acts wrong for herself or her children, when in this cause she encounters reproach.

By such happy restoration, made in good faith, the whole country would be replaced in the condition it enjoyed before the introduction of that dishonest measure.

First, we have the Remedy of Tyranny; next, the Remedy of Folly; next, the Remedy of Injustice and Civil War; and, fourthly, the Remedy of Justice and Peace.

It proposes enforced obedience to the existing laws of Kansas, “whether Federal or local,” when, in fact, Kansas has no “local” laws, except those imposed by the Usurpation from Missouri, and it calls for additional appropriations to…

I shall not follow the President in his elaborate endeavor to prejudge the contested election now pending in the House of Representatives; for this whole matter belongs to the privileges of that body, and neither the President nor the…

Instead of Massachusetts Bay, in the royal speech, substitute Kansas, and the message of the President will be found fresh on the lips of the British King.

The Message, if not copied from the Speech of the King, has been fashioned on the same original block, and must be dismissed to the same limbo.

It is not money or troops that you need there, but simply the good-will of the President.

Let his complicity with the Crime cease, and peace will be restored.

For myself, I will not consent to wad the national artillery with fresh appropriation bills, when its murderous hail is to be directed against the constitutional rights of my fellow-citizens.

Next comes the Remedy of Folly, which, indeed, is also a Remedy of Tyranny; but its Folly is so surpassing as to eclipse even its Tyranny.

The President of the United States is under the highest and most solemn obligations to interpose; and if I were to indicate the manner in which he should interpose in Kansas, I would point out the old Common Law process.

The rifle has ever been the companion of the pioneer, and, under God, his tutelary protector against the red man and the beast of the forest.

Now, Sir, consider these words carefully, and you will see, that, however plausible and velvet-pawed they may seem, yet in reality they are most unjust and cruel.

While affecting to initiate honest proceedings for the formation of a State, they furnish to this Territory no redress for the Crime under which it suffers; nay, they recognize the very Usurpation in which the Crime ends, and proceed to…

I know that there is another deceptive clause which seems to throw certain safeguards around the election of delegates to the Convention, when that Convention shall be ordered by the Legislature; but out of this very clause do I draw…

You recognize and confirm the Usurpation which you ought to annul without delay.

You put the infant State, now preparing to take a place in our sisterhood, to suckle the wolf which you ought at once to kill.

The wolf which thrust itself into the harness of the horse it had devoured, and then whirled the sledge according to mere brutal bent, is recognized by this bill, and kept in its usurped place, when the safety of all requires that it…

In characterizing this bill as the Remedy of Injustice and Civil War, I give it a plain, self-evident title.

It is a continuation of the Crime against Kansas, and as such deserves the same condemnation.

It can be defended only by those who defend the Crime.

If you madly persevere, Kansas will not be without her William Tell, who will refuse at all hazards to recognize the tyrannical edict; and this will be the beginning of civil war.

Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.