The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-08-29

those laws unless may be by the general declaration OF
rights; but the contrary it recognises the validity
of the entire code Of laws enacted by the legislature At
the Shawnee Mission. provides that II snail DC the auy
Of the judges the governor the marshall the dsrlct al1o
neys the sher and justices OF the peace TO remain 10
Office and execute those very laws in many words IL
will do for the senator TO shake his head The OIL Is
part of the archives of this government IL Will remain
permanent record stare you in the face and convict
every man dares deny that the whole reeso party
in the House Of Representatives with one exception voted
for bill to recognise the validity OF hese very laws lin
Mr. WADE. As the senator has alluded to that bill
twice before wish barely TO put TINS question 10 m'
the republican party in the House by voting for dat bill
affirmed those laws did the senator's rty ~ voting
against the bin or acting against it. H,saaatn them?
Mr. DOUGLAS. | will aD..~cr the senator. We did
not dlsafrm them teLse reasons By the organic law
OF the Terrio Whenever the legislature passed enact
ment tcans law, with the approval OF the governor
without being reported to Congress ut all No affirmation
Of the laws necessary in order TO make them valid
you bring in proposition now to alrm any law IN any
about the propriety of which there Is controversy
would lay it the table, for the that
legislation is necessary upon the subject. You give
validity by the armance You do not impart vitality to
it, for it had all the sanctions of law before such action
Our motion to lay this bill the table, and voted
for the motion 1t had effect in the armance disaf
rmance of the acts but the House of Representatives by
their vote the bill prepared by themselves have de-
cared in many words that those laws are valid and
shall be enforced with the exception of the criminal code
You affirmed that slavery law extracts of which read
by the senator from Massachusetts to-day Every free
sole every Fremont man in the House OF Representatives
the from Massachusetts read and condemned to-
day.
Mr. WADE Is the senator claiming that he has changed
sides with the abotonss that they in favor of slave
ry and he opposed TO itH Is that his pcstonf
Mr. DOUGLAS. When the senator asks this question:
and takes his seat, | will answer him.
Mr. WADE put this question.
Mr. DOUGLAS. Put the question and sit down
Mr.. WADE. You say that this side OF the house voted
continue slavery in the Territory OF Kansas and there
fore you were opposed their action If they become
proslavery by that you become an aooions being ex
acty the opposite.
Mr. DOUGLAS Ny object is not to prove that they be-
proslavery, that have become antsavery. My
object prove that they not sincere when they
tend that they wish to defeat the appropriation bill
because those laws but that they wish for blood
der robbery, civil war, for political effect instead of
the repeal of those laws that they opposed to the
peal of those laws in order to make political capital out
of time that they condemn the laws in their
political speeches.
Sir have said that every of that party with one
exception voted to recognise the validity Of those laws
that one has published letter in which he assigns his
reason for his find the letter in the newspapers
Mr.. WADE. do not wish to interrupt the senator
but he says we opposed to the repeal of those
laws want to know how it happened this morning,
endeavoring repeal Them that every member
the other side of the house voted to lay the bill on the
table.
Mr. DOUGLAS We passed bill to annu them once, and
the House of Representatives and your majority
would not take and pass it We then sent the bill
second time and your majority in the House Of Represen-
taves would not take up 1t was well known that the
why you would not take it up the fear that
few of your would join and pass the bill. 1t was
unnecessary for to send third bitwice, assuredly
enough 1t is say that bill contained
other matter which you did not like in connexion with
that repeating section. If you had nsuperable objections
to the other matter involved your conscences your
Judgment you could have stricken out all that you OBJ
ected TO- and the residue You have had
sufficient to-day that your action would have been con-
Cured in by the Senate in moment you had done it
and il folks sincere in desiring these obnoxious
laws be repealed you will take up bill and certainly
pass repeating section whether you pass the remainder
| or mt hpfnr
whether you sincere in trying to get rid OF these
obnoxious laws. believe and ii is painful TO to be
under the necessity OF saying that have been forced to
the conviction, that you will permit these obnoxious
laws be swept from the statute book until after the pres
Dental election believe you have distinct understand
ing that the repeating bill shall not pass II the main
plank in your political platform for the pending election
But said would read extract from letter OF one
member of the blackrepublican party OF the House who
could not vote for your bill. lie says:
awe passed Dunn's bill for Kansas yesterday very
ectionable 1t has good provisions, but
tends the fugvesave law Kansas and Nebraska and
perpetuates slavery there until 1885, and makes all children
born therein up that time Of mothers slaves. This
too much for have always said, and repeat
my pledges, that will recognise slavery;
viii vote to make any human being slave; will
vote to extend slavery single foot will
fugitive slave law its extension any free
territory. therefore voted against Dunns bill, solitary and
alone Of all our party"
SENATOR Who is that2
Mr.. DOUGLAS. Mr.. LETTER Of Ohio. He shows in this
letter that it known and understood the time when
every member Of the teo party but himself voted for
that BILL that they voting to perpetuate slavery in
the Territory by continuing in force laws which
so obnoxious TO gentlemen 1t also appears from
this letter that they knew that they voting on
proposition TO make children hereafter born slaves
for life and their poserity after them, born of slave
mothers and removed from the Territory before 1853 The
letter shows too that you all knew when you passed that
BILL that you voting TO extend the fugvesave law
Kansas Territory, with all s provsons at the
time that the senator from Massachusetts in his speech
day talks Of the barbariy Of the ugiveslave law of its
heavy and monstrous penalties In not allowing food and
rament and be furnished the unfortunate fug
tive will not repeat his doefu speech that branch
Of the subject delivered to-day. wish him TO bear in
mind that every Of his political party in the House OF
Representatives with exception, did every act which
be condemns and for every which
he processes lament Do misunderstood this
point am not complaining Of the harshness or the in
justice Of the fuguve-save law. believe it a law
requ red by the constitution Of country and sustain
IL for that But with what face show Of justice
truth Of this free-so black-repubcan party
rise and condemn that ugtvelaw, when he knows that
his whole party voted for 1t within the last three
four weeks7
Then sir we nd upon looking into this question tina,
II is clear to the mind OF every impartial that while
the democratic Senate desire get rid Of those laws which
violated the freedom Of speech, and all those great and
fundaen tai principles Of liberty and justice intended TO be
secured by the constitution and the organic act the free
soilers for political effect have managed to perpetnate
those laws the satutebook in order that they may
them for political effect after Congress adourns.
Mr.. WADE should like to inquire how long IL Is
since the became convinced that those laws
obnoxious and ought be swept away II certainly
since his first second report the subject
Mr.. DOUGLAS. | win answer that question. re-
garded those laws which referred being repugnant
10 the constitution and TO the organic act entirely
willing rely the judiciary make wise decisions on
thata 10 ~ ~ l.