The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-09-20

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our ieTriiaIy. falling inla die failoHins
train az ihouEhllnl m1sing:
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in1plis The psaFr % g0ssIn i shen srgainsd Il 4
Il e also tire. that speh g0senmeni n.0sl h. II
arcosdsnre siih he Constitutes. BIT cOnsrssl
dSes not srquire tenifoFy. ne People al IL
Tniled Sialrs scsuiEs. Il. and have he rieht 4
govern IL. and have limited coneFrss. a. tlsil
TRUSTEE. ~ he name q GOssrnmsas, 81 &c Con-,
sfifufoa."
Agaia. in a subsequent pam of his &c.
marks:
aTherc can Re no evil donninion over any tern.
tory oflhs lniird states 1hieh 5 nOl bundel
upon the Constitution"
Two distinct positions. one The result
nf an argument based upon truth .rr-
dueed. The other upon truth . developed. I,
] admit Inc proposition that tie right !. 10
arquiTe, brings with il. eS nsss,aifais. the
right 10 govern territory; hul | believe that
the clause in the &, institution ronfss ex.
pressly npon Congress The night IL Iegis-
lale FOR territory belonging 10 The UnilrJ
States. IL We have right 81 acquire far.
eign lerrilory under the Constitution.
which am MOI prepared 20 admit. then
il must necessarily fall under The desrrip-
lion Of property provided for BY thai
clause. Laws are rules. they are So
defined III al The books. The word rule,
in Us primary sense. is more comprehen-
sTe. but i nfien used spontaneously = iih
law. A law Is a particular kind OF rule.
II Is "rnle % action. prrsrrihfd ny The
supreme power in State" This is the
very Kind of rule meant nv the Con.
siilulion. Ny colleague, following the
remarks az an hnnnrabIe Senator from
South Carolina. tMr. Calhonn.) as lhey
were" developed" in speech, made after
his. Of the l-io June, says that This pow.
er is restricted 10 such rules as are mces.
say 10 dispose Of the lands. lie gives NJ
reason for il; but the Senator from South
carolina docs. Thai Senator asserts thai
the terms rules aud regulations are moi
applicable to Governments" They are
never so applied in the Constitution"
"Ihry refer TO property, things. or some
process, such as rules of court" find,
BY reference TO The Constitution, power is
gwen 10 Congress 20 regulate COM
meree." . to establish an uniform rule Of
naturalization" 40 make rules concern
ing captures ON land and walei;" "rules
for the government Of the land and naval
forces" The honorable Senator is, in my
judgment, equally unsound in his argn-
ment, thai the words I" or other property"
must restrict The power which would seem
10 he given by the terms "Tules and re-
gnlsiions, inasmuch as they show that
those terms relate 10 the territory regarded
as property only. The answer is obyions.
The properly which a government has
in lis territory is moi simply in The estate
the mere tile 10 The land. II is in the
empire-lhis very right of sovereign rom
mand. II The lille 10 every acre If the
land had been granted away, i, would Till
be the territory belonging TO the United
States. and strictly aud properly be demo-
minated iis property. In ihevery message
under consideration Mr.. Polk. in his unsa-
iislaciory account Of the value of our nc
QUESTIONS, asserts that il is this very sove-
reigniy which we,haye acquired that con-
sliiules indemnity for the past" But
however that may be, my colleague admits
tina, Congress has the general right Of
legislation over lie ierritorrs. and so does
the Senator from South Carolina; although
ihey do not derive that authority from the
express words OF the Constitution. This
COMPROMISE bill, as II is called. admits ii
by the strongest implication. II makes a
form 1T government for Oregon, Califor-
mia, and New Mexico. In New Mexico
and California !, establishes kind Of oil
gaichy. withholding from the people of The
territories any voice in the enactment Of
the laws that are TO govern them. The
legislative power is all vested in their gov
ernors, secretaries, and judges. This anti
republican feature of the bill, and the
amalgamation Of the power which enacts
with that which inierprets, or declares the
law, would be sufficient in an ordinary case
TO determine myssote against il. No one
who advocates this bill can deny the right
Of Congress 10 legislate npon the subject,
for il is upon that assumption that It's
character as a compromise is founded. II
is a, least intended TO make the impression
at the north. that it aflirms the prohibition
Of slavery in the Territory Of Oregon fol
limited time.
If may be allowed DEPRESSION here
I will commend to the attention of the
House another extract from my col
leagues speech, which, when taken in con-
neclion with his subsequent vote. affords
another striking example of his powers o
vaccination, as well rs the practical appli