The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-06-03

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treesnor ackasses the illustration Doctor
Franklin VINO asked that Qualification enabled man %
vote, and the qnadruped (which animal with
four feet should die and the property tus he lost who
owned the voo the the aekas This severance Of
LANE pasrs" 70 borrow from the House Of Repre-
ssniaves that learned deSignaten--shcl however i
luckily turned into English By its author declared 10
mean the ass and presents OF the incest
questions in political casaistry
IL is uphill work. Mr. President In this country FOR any
man. however splendid bis talents commanding bic po
siton 70 contend against this dccfrine II landed with
fathers upon the beach OF jamestown the rock Of
Plymouth and has been treasured In through
all their trials and difficulties 70 this he great day Of M
glorious consummaton II has accompanied the pioneers
through the passes OF the Rocky mountains and has plant
ed tsef with the beloved flag of country, upon the
very shores that look upon China and Japan OH
squaer sovereignty where were you then emphaticay
asks ifs great opponent andng to territorial history
thelmay well be answered 70 this invocationI
then in the Declaration Of Independence and am now
ever In the hearts CT the American people and firmly
established in the tables Of their law.
The relations between the Territories and The general
government not well defined by the constitution There
are those and am sa'on2 them, Nfo lind no authority In
that instrument sor congressional action ia this matter
and justify only from the necessity OF the Others
contend that the jurisdiction IL unlimited while msny
though willing accept limitation, with difficulty
define it, But whatever theoretical opinions may prevail
upon this subject Congress has practically sssere
the right Of entire legislation and indeed with
important exceptions and single important the si-
very proviso the internal Of the Territories have
been managed by their local governments The action Of
the general government has been mostly confined TO
ganic laws laying down the principles of administration
with political privileges formerly restricted but lat
terly much enlarged.
Now here is for honest difference opinion as
to the extent Of congressional legislation. All agree that
the nitiaory Of organization should be taken by
Congress- though nnanimify cannot be expected ia it, de-
f}al
ble with the relations Of the parties supreme and nbor
Bnt when you the appointment of officers
voved in political society yon touch subjects necessarily
giving rise to diversity fopnion While all has been
granted, comparatively little has been withheld. Free
dothe rights OF persons and propcrtyare quite well
secured in the Territories the States of OPP
preston rare and when happening be
reressd and punished The supervisory exercises
s authority with moderation and these distant
mites find their situation free from practical injurious
straint
This state Of things in ,s general principles the very
condition Of the American colonies when fathers
claimed nonntsryenton from British interference which
extending itself into all the Of life They did
lose themselves in the Of political metaphysics
They did not deny there practical boundary
principle though they could not find stone wall against
which TO break thsir heads They did not claim indie
pendenee At the OF The controversy They
did it, They conceded TO England the right to
establish governments and exercise general super
sorry authority them but they denied TO her the
hority interfere in their internal domestic concerns
claiming the right manage these for themselves and
they could get that right peaceably they sought by
and obtained by such sferngs and trials
pie encountered survived They did not pro-
against the appointment Of the governors and Of
ether officers by the crown against the exercise Of
general experimenting authority by the Parliament And
now when century since the Of this
test Of weakness and right against power and injustice il
ast fastening Q ITS completion we are gray 9d ny many
Of their views here that this claim OF political exemption
was all transparent sham and IN effect that the pa
tisrchs Of The revolution gnoyumsrs for they
did demand Kveh
CONTROL they demanded nothing worth having And there
fore when local political community Is connected IN
bonds Of subordnaon with general one and is al
lowed great Of political freedom il compa-
bic with this relation II do not aspire TO and obtain
complete independence desposm Is better than free local
legislation. And return my thanks to the honorable
senator from Louisiana, Mr. BEsJAsN for the eloquent
illustration Of the true principles which have just heard
from him listened 70 him. did the Senate with the
deepest have rarely witnessed in my congres-
sonal experience effort marked with higher powers Of
oratory.
dom and bill could give them unlimited non-iateyen-
ton without dissolvng their connection with the United
States and allowing them 70 take their equal position
among the powers OF the earth All reasonable nou-iner
venton is secured to them Congress hereafter
legislae for them But discovery natural history
has announced by the member "a House Of
Representatives that the claim Of se-goyernment IL
mares nest in which marvellous egg has been laid and
hatcbedi suppose by the mareproducng nondescript
fowl ycept squat'er sovereignty This argument is
clear and forcibe 20 supersede any necessity Of any
further investigation Of this branch Of the subject
Tho authority tells that this Is all hotc-pofch
for the Territories the children OF the sfethey
minors under twensyone years Of and the husi-
Of the States through their delegations In Congress
take OF thesc minors until they Of ageunt they
ripe for State qovernmenhen 10 give them chat gov
erunent and admit, them equality with their faith
ersr That IL the law and the of The case &c
Had been told this by any other than nfsble
tority should have said il the Of he
Evcn !, is cannot help having msgivingE A
critic with less respect Than profess 10 f for such
guide might say All this is idle and false analogy. II il
made the foundation of despoic rule under written
stituon aud government Of granted and limited pow
Instead ~ rorng that constitution 10 test The
dity Of acts Of Congress seek the authority ia
some snced resemblance in physical objects; aud be-
cause lsys egg therefore goyernmen, may
hsfch what power peases out of H. American citizens
in the Terrforcsnsuy of them In the highest position
and estimation before their ergTsfionas they
reach fhes. districts lose al their intelligence and expe
riencs and become minors utterly unfit exercise any 0f
the powers of aefrorernment An their political interests
committed 20 Legislature thousands of miles Of
whose members ignorant o. their condition and ire
sponsihe 20 them My hghiyespected friend from Vie
consn Mr Dopsg who has passed life o honor and Of
usefulness upon the Frontier knowsno one knows bctie
the ylue Of The population which presses forward 70 settle
a new country He knows IL as weak wicked class
the Older regions but vigorous enisrprisiup ints
gent n know ~ for have seen i during half
try1 whose spirit and wonderful energy country
indebted for ihe proudeS triumph of human industry
ths obstacles of Nature which is recorded in The long
of since the first pioneer o settlement
forth from the garden he bad Forfeited BE who tinls
dsIarsgingty o fhe advance gusrd Of civilization knows
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