The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-18

po%ers which conferred. 20 your State constitutions
you find portion of them there @ your national
sutiona portion given there But what 10 found
the other The constitution Of the United States
tells reserved the States respectively, the peo
pie believe those gentlemen who have argued against this
bi have NOT alluded 10 that ered neumentthe eonstitu
ton They have for IL; and wise for them
TO allude H. IL gives color the usurpatons Of
power which they would assert and maintain in this cham
concur in the generally received opinion that the right
TO govern the Territories results from the power of acqus
on and must be used for the protection and not the de-
stueton of the rights OF those who entitled the
oymen of The acquisition In all governments the aequi
sitons Of the State belong rlgtfuy 10 the peopemuch
more strongly does this principle apply ,oa purely popular
government Therefore, any exercise OF power TO nure
destroy those who have equal nights of enjoyment IS arbi-
rary, unauthorized by the contract, and despotic.
Every cirizen Of eech State with HIM the Ter
ritores this equal right OF enjoyment, Of The do
MAN Whether there be Ten, one hundred, one thou
sand or one million who may emgrae hither they have
all the indestructbe right Ii but one, he Is one OF
the sovereign owners and has the right look HIS
government for justice there though there hundred
thousand Eacn and all Of them equally protected by
the constitution of the country and equally clothed with
the understandable and inaenabe rights of American free
men, You have power strike from the meanest nd'-
from New York Mr. NnwARp styled the people in these
Territories their equal prsegeaths sovereignty OF right
which the blrth-rght Of every American cuzen Tbs
sovereignty may nay must remain IN allegiance until me
society becomes sufficiently strong and stable 10 be entitled
10 lis u exercise sovereignty does not belong t. the
general government and its exercise naked usurpaon
| and unmixed despoism.
The pc and duty, them of this government, the
nchoae society IN the Territories is simply 70 protect this
equality of right of persons and property of all the members
of he society until the period shall arrive when this dor
ant sovereignty shall spring into active existence, and ex-
ercse all the powers of free sovereign and independent
state Then II can mould according to its own sovereign
will and pleasure, its institutions, with the sole resc-
ton Inst they shall be republican These great principles
fortified by the republican ideas of the right and capacity
OF the people tor setgovement You leave to the people
themselves the exercise of all Just powers of government
and yoa repadae the baefu and despohc principle OF
people passing laws for the OF eeme to whom
they are IN no wise answeraule or amenable
These principles were firmly maintained by the acts OF
1850 and met the almost universal appreciation Of the
America people. IL soty uron them that California
ad into the Union Without any action OF Con-
gress she called her dormant sovereignty into exist
enceby her act planted her STAR in the con-
stetiation of American States, where simply ncsg
missed fact by the American Congress The eesoiers
and abouonists who oppose this ball waived their
arrogant preenson "bnd the Territories in all
whatsoever because the people nod exercised this
egn right mould their institutions accordance with
their antsavery opinions yndcatei her right mould
her institutions according her pleasure, upon
the principles which endenvoring vndicae
day
After the passage of the of 1850 commonly called the
Compromise the governor of Georgia called convention
Of her people take into consideration the which
alleged have been inflicted upon her by their pas
sage, and especially by the admission of California. be-
came candidate for that convention and put forth an ad
dresa the people reviewing and vindeatng those
Upon the subject Of the admission of California,
stated in that address;
Il have already attempted to vndcats the rights of
people forming constitution for admission into the Union
TO admit exclude slavery at their pleasure and to
prove that Congress had other power such cons
tuition thus presented than that republican We
demanded II and compromised it for Missouri. We have
demanded and secured for New Mexico and Utah. We
should adhere to ii because right but expedient
well as right
And added.
'sOne hundred and fifty thousand American citizens,
the distant shores Of the Pacific having met. by their
representatives form constitution for themselves have
adjudged il best under their peculiar circumstances for
their interest their prosperity and their happiness pro-
hbn the Introduction of slavery into her common
weah 1t their business not Whether they have
decided wisely or unwissy II is not for Us TO determine
not for them TO disturb that judgment or hereafter
both stand upon the great prncpe-the right OF
adopt such form Of republican government as in Their
judgment will best preserve their liberties promote then
happiness and pepetna'e their prosperity If we are wise
viii defend rather than resist this bhrgh of American
freenen so invaluable us formidable the
our property, our peace and our safety"
i While this branch Of the subject, and in reply to the
broad declaration of the senators from New Yor Massa
chusetts, and Ohio Mtsrs SEwARD, SUMNER, and CHar
that person, either at the time the Of 1850
before Congress- in the discussions afterwards before
the country did any pretend that these measures
in opposition to, inconsistent with, the principles Of the
Missouri Will take occasion say that their
ments wholly gaiutous and unsupported by the facts Of
the humble in those great My
own conduct especially home, subjected much
animal Of my connexon with them, and
indicated them the address which have referred
upon the precise ground at they recovered and firmly
planted IN political system the great principle barterd
away in 1890.
give the following frm the address, for
the purpose Of showing my Interpretation Of the compro
misses Of 1850
"Congress passed four bills in relation to territory
qured from Mexico bill to admit California into the
Union bill to settle the boundary between Texas and
New Mexico and bills establishing territorial governments
boh for New Mexico and UtGh. By them, my opinion
the government has not performed ITS whole duty by
them the South may have secured al Of her Just rights
but she has firmly established great and important prnc
ples and she has compromised right, surrendered
principles lost inch OF ground in this great contest
She stands free and unammeled right
in relation TO the common Territories she did before the
bills for the establishment of governments them were
passed. with the advantage, least Of having recovered
the principle unwisey surrendered IN lr20."
\ In speaking of the Missouri Compromise, / said
"The struggle violent and protracted the republic
was shaken its foundations AID and good and
patriotic believed hour Of dissolution had come In
an evil hour the South boush this clear psn
constitutional right for Missouri, only a grea price a
pnce that ought have been paid price worth
10 her than Union. Instead II striking from the limb,
OF her young with the sword the letters which The
Norh sought unju y impose upon thsm III South
somed her by allowing slavery be prohibited in all
part tbs Louisiana teory lying north Of the parallel
80 deg 30 min. north latitude and Sest Of Missouri THIS
great principle thus promised away IN 1920 has been
rescued shed and again firmly planted in POI
lit cal system by the recent action Of Congressn
The principle this bill is in conformity with another
important principle Of the conttuton which its opponents
disregard and violate the equality Of the States.
Il is impossible under the structure Of this government