The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-03-25


Monday last, upon the Nebraska and
Kansas bills. The following is the ,ele-
graphic synopsis Of his remarks: I'll
Mr.. Cass said he preferred the bill as
originally reported, without the repeal OF
the Missouri Compromise, 10 its present
shape. He did not wish to disturb that
settlement unnecessarily, particularly as
Southern Senators had all avowed that II
was only an abstraction, the sou,.. having
lao hope oil slavery goiag into the Terri
torres. The Missouri Compromise had
in its day effected the settlement ,ot an
exciting and dangerous controversy, and
he would not have proposed to disturb il !;
bur the proposition having been made,
he would have to act upon ii. He made
q long argument in support OF his ire
quentlv asserted doctrine That all political
sovereignty In territories, and the local
Legislature had no power 10 exclude them.
pcrfitory had now two-fold meaning -
one as applied to land or public domain
the other as a7plled to political organ
zation. Over the latter Congress has no
power. Over the former Congress has
sovereign, and all laws relating to the
former were as absolute in public domain
within State limits as In territories. Ii
the rlgn, OF slave holders to take their
slaves and settle with them on public do
main was secured by the constitution,
why could they not 90 with their slaves
and settle with them Oh public domain Of
the United States in Ohio OF other States
as well as in the territories fit was
right secured by the Constitution OF the
United States, no State law or constitu.
tiou can set II aside. He argued that the
idea tina, slaves were indispensable to the
elsewhere, could not be maintained tor
moment.
The territory acquired from Mexico
nov, So lar As Congressional action was
concerned, ia exactly the same condition
respecting slavery as il was then acqui-
red Inc pronioition Of il in California
was not the Act of Congress, but by the
exercise of the rights of the people there
to determine the question for themselves.
Shareholders had no more right TO con.-
plain of liability TO take their property
there than others. Northern men could
not remove their farms nor their corpor-
ate franchises, nor many oil their dearest
and tenderes, attachments with them to
the territories or 10 Caliiorni,. Northern
and Southern people are alike compelled
to turn their property into money, and
thus remove il. When they get,o new
country, Northern and Southern men
both were entitled to do and have all
things allowed TO other citizens OF those
communities. This was the equality Sc.
cured by the constitution. He read sta.
tistics showing how comparatively few
were shareholders. Slavery was an evil,
but he was for leaving it with the South
ern people, and using no reproaches. -
The Soush was too sensitive and some-
times required Of Northern men too
much. He had voted against the provi-
sions in the Fugitive Slave act for the
abuse OF habeas corpus, and for trial by
Jury OF the slave in the slave captured
but he had urged the simple provision
that on the return Of the slave to the south
ne should have jury trial il he asked 1t.
This the South unam nously refused,
and therefore it was be had refused to
vote for the bill! Tie South had no toll
GRAFTON for a Northern man who did not
go Tor all they demanded. lie would
vote for this bill. He believed the Mis-
souri, prohibition unconstitutional bat, as
], was TO be repealed, he would prefer to
declare i, unconstitutional, and therefore
repeal it. Uuless tits matter WAS de-
clared decided upon Constitutional
grounds, il would never be settled In the
pnbllc mind Ills d1c,riue OF Congress
sional non Intervention rad once been
denied by Calhoun and the whole South.
He had lived to see 1t adopted as the OIL
" safe shield 70 the constitution. Iisough
he would not offer any amendments 10
the bill, if others offered them TO carry
OUT the principle Of popular sovereignty.
by giving the people vi tile territories tae
right TO select taelr 9TH seEs. he would
vote for them. He met the objection that
# c ,ngfes. had no power over the terri-
tories. how could il delegate II to the Ter
ritofiat Legislature BY asserting that
Congress cond delegate many powers 1t
could not exerc 81 1t could authorize
people OF territories TO call Il convention
and frame State constitution, While II
could not exercise that power. lie elab-
ofa;sd all taese POINTS ~ conslaeiabie
length.
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