Demoine courier., 1856-05-29

4 W gay 10 the Kansas NeDraeKa oct
that j. is thus vested; and being 90 vest.
ed. that Congress is released from all re.
s2onsibili,y growing out Of the character
ofthese laws. Dui II the people Of Kan
sas have the absolute right to make oil
needful laws for sheir v government,
they may create Offices aud Gil them;
they NAV estsblish courts. appoint Judges
and executive o~ficsrs. The power to
make laws, without the power 70 inter-
pref and apply them, 10 worthless. The
power 10 make and adjudie,,e laws,
Without the power to execute, is periec,
~ migratory. |: is a mere p~re.ence-a
shadows name-a mOckcry.
The appointment Of a temporary Gov
ernor, and judges, and marshals. to put
the machinery Of State in motion, may
have been we'll; but when these utterly
fail to efsc, the objcc, Of their appoint
ment, and bring about anarchy and civil
war. The reople-J sovereign, clothed
NTH the Srprens PoHer Of a State. ME
power to make all needlul laws would
se unworthy III. honor Of the American
name, should they negIec, to provide for
themselves. And il 10 marvellous that
the suthors Of the Kan.as.N sbraska &C,
the authors Of the doctrine Of squat,cr
sovereignty in Kansas-should complain
that her people have organized a State
Governmeri. Az vel might the old
heather deity. whose prolific brain gave
birth to . Minerva, when confronted by
his v offspring, complain III .. he had
created , god.
But If Kansas is not a sfafe-if she
does NOT possess the power TO make
laws, which is defined 10 be the 81
prenne power in State-i this right
Of seif-government scas not carried by
the people from the States to this Terri
tory and il Congress did not confer on
the people Of Kansas the right TO enact
all needfuI laws, and to regulate their
own domestic institutions ia their own
way-if the squiierss are NOT sorereign
then this supreme power must be yes
ted in the Government o: the UDited
States. Her will, legi,ima,ely express
ed. 10 the law. She has the full and
complete power, in lesisla,ing for her
Territories, 80 command what 10 right.
to prohibi, what is wrong
The power OF Congiess 10 exclude
Slavery from all the Territories OF the
United States, moi embraced within the
limits o: any State, being established or
conceded. | inquire. secondly. sChtfher
this power ougA to be ersrcised in the
establishment of Territorial Gouern
minis schere siavery did not preuiousiy
eriss.
In the discussion OF this proposition, |
desire 10 probe the subjec, 10 the core
prefer to brush away the surface rub
bish. and TO lay the foundations Of the
81 oerstructure on The solid rock.
!. Is Slavery right Is il in accor
dance with the principles Of natural jus
lice? The time has been, when very
few in the country defended The neral
right Of one man 10 hold another in per.
pe,ual bondage. Its coniinuencs hitter.
20 has been defended ny citing the Diff,
c~ulties that surrounded the quee,ion of
emancipation. Blu, the passage of the.
Kansas Nebraska Law has wrought : sad
change, l fear, in the moral tone and
temper Of this discussion. MsmbeTs Of
Congress nov tell you thai the snslave.
ment Of the African race BY the Anglo
Saxon ID no esil} thai II 70 a blessing:
tina, il il the Natural condition Of the two
races; that In enlightened philanthropy
requires the enslavement of the African;
that he belongs 10 an Inferior race; tina,
no cannot endure the shock Of contact
with his %superiorr; tina. snnihiia,ion or
servitude u the only alternative.
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