New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-20

South another, 10 rule jointly or Alter.
nstely--aDd all manner Of projects basl
on the narrowest sectional notions O.,
the assumption Of q necessary and invinoible On.
tsgrnism between different portion, ofths Confod.
erscy--were made from day t. day without rsbuks.
For ore, said Mr.. G., repel these distinctions
altogether They were unknown to our Revolu-
tionsry Fathers-they are strangers to the Goa.
stisutiop know no North, no South-I would
as soon vote for Southern - Northern man,
provided he is faithful to the funia mental princi
pies Of American Liberty Those principles
are proclaimed in tho Declaration Of Inde
pendeDce: they declare all men eadowed-nOi
by Congress not by the Constitution - u.
by their Creator - with certain inslensbe
rghts-amopg which are Life, Liberty aud
the pursuit Of happiness. This IL the Re
publican platform--it was laid down BY Jefferson
and sanctioned by sll the great men Of our Revo-
lution--it is the doctrine embodied by Jefferson il
the fret Ordinance excluding Slavery from the
TerritOre Sit has been repeatedly reafirmed BY
CoDeress--t is National platform broad enough
for all who love Liberty to stand on and no. sub.
ject to Interpretation or decay. He who sa,ds
on this platform may be called American" or
"Know Nothing" or Republican ask not and
care not so long as he advocates the application
of the principles of the Declaration of Indepena.
ence to the Territories of the United States. Over
the institutions of sovereign States, Congress has
no power but the Territories are under Federal
Jurisdiction and CONTROL and it is the duty of Con-
press to secure to all their inhabitants the bless
ires of Liberty This Is the principle, dedod in
the passage Of the Kansa, Nebraska act, which
this Cor grsss is required to reestabliih and up.
hold by restoring to Kansas and Nebraska the
guarantees of Freedom.
Mr.. Giddngs proceeded to show what Slavery
is, by quoting the opinions of a Southern Judge
on the trial of master for shooting female slave
He bad given her an order which she refused to
obey ard started to run, when the master snstched
up his rife and shot her dead ss she ran. The
Judge held this e1cussble, because Slavery TO-
quir.d it, being condition at wsr with natural
right requiring absolute submission from the SER
want and comforting absolute authority on the mas
ter. It ia a system, said the Judge, which 70
quires that the slave should be kept in Ignorance
should work without wages, should live for the
masters profit and DO the masters bidding without
question or demur. And this, said Mr.. g., is the
system which has Just been imposed on Kansas b.
invading hordes, under cover OF your Neerssks
act. [Seversl Southern Members interrupted Mr..
G., contradictDg his asssr ion that slave resist
irg his master might legally be killed by the At
ter-yet the Southern law. books are full OF owl
dence that such is the fact If it is not so, said
Mr. G., say to the slaves, Take your liberty and
defend it
In conclusion, Mr. Giddipgs urged the House to
meet this great issue frankly and fairly. BE On
cIe eide or the other of it. If the House is not
AntiNebra,ka, be did not went Speaker Of that
faith elected. If it is, he did want one, and that
speedily The Country had pronounced it's verdict
on this subject; it would reiterste il in the ap-
preaching Presidential Election. Lot the House
meet the issue with equal frsnkness and decision
HUMPHREY MARSHALL closed the debate on the
part o., the Southern Know Nothings. He pro.
claimed that he recognized no man as Of the
American party who did not subscribe to the
twelfth section" of the Philadelphia pl torn
that requiring "aequiescenoe in existing laws
with REF pect to Slavery. He did not care whether
a man was in favor of the Kansas Nebraska bill
when it passed, or opposed it now; for HE own
part, there were provisions in that bill which he
never could approve-thst extending the Right d
Suffrage to Aliens, for one. Thai WAS contrary to
American principles, and he protested against 1t.
Az to the Slavery question, he was not cler % to
what the principles of that bill really we're. He
therefore addressed a question to Mr. CLANCY
Jones who had been questioning sot
speaking pretty freely through the day as to the
scope and effect of that bill. AfSer asking one or
two preliminary questions, relating to the husks
of the matter, which Mr. Jones answered quite
giby, he csme at length to the kernel Of the mat
ter-"Do you, Mr. Jones, understand the Kansas
NEBRASKA bill to secure to every STAKEHOLDER
fright to migrate to Kansas with his slaves, and
"there to hold them as slaves until the People, u
"fcrming State Constitution, shall otherwise do
"cree ,--or, do you hold that the first or any sub
"sequent Territorial Legislature may exola@
Slavery from such Territory'"-I did not a.
derstand Mr.. Jones to meet this question: what
did understand bin to say was that Congress has .
IL JADE over to the Territory whatever power ithN'
be the same more or less the subject of Slavery
within ito borders But viii watch tho Official
Reports, and copy therefrom the exact ground On
which Mr.. Jones plants himself This, however,i
am sure of already: the doctrine of squattsr SoT-
ereignty, or the right of Territory to exclude
Slavery from its soil, is universally reprobated /"
tie South.
Mr.. Marshall is q good debater-one OF the best
in the Hcuse-proDpt, earnest and forciblc, vita
loud clear, ringing voice, which (like few OH
ers) can be beard in oil parts of tho Hall His
,peech rendered obvious to the slowest apprehen-