The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-05-30
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! |sasiAnd the territorial Ieeislaturc shall
have power b. establish or exclude slavery,
q TO them shall seem proper, im
Tn offering this amendnsnt my houoa.
be. colleague aid :--o5i 70 Sszsi
] ll.s Thh bin has ben advocated at the
North solely upon the ground thatit gives
the people tpf tbs tsfsitory the right to Lex.
] islats for thcnsclrs on tho lab}ect Of slsy.
cry whils In q. territorial fstats. I declare
myself hero to be q friend and advocate OF
that doctrine and u u bscausethis bill does
! noi sstoblsh this ;gruat Americtn principle,
and yindicate this doctrine, that lam op.
posed to II in IT. present state. Now, cir, |
wash my hands, ofsany attempt 70 dsorvs
them, upou this vital point In The bill. Ny
constituents shall NOT bs dscfis~d ~ me-
cepg. Globe, vol. %, part 2, p, i35S.
Ny honombls colleague pot the only rca.
somble. legal construction upon said bill,
lthat Il would bear. This amendment, too.
was voted down.5ooq oJi noTu .-s''i
In further proof fthc position | nm now
considering, I win cite the thirty-scoopd scc.
ton Of tho g act 70 organise Kansas and
Nebnska. y" The phrseology Of this So.
ton Is peculiar. II WAS artfdlly drawn,
and, while It prctcnds one thing, moan,
quite another. II frat undertakes to cI
tend the I" Consultation over The territory
by declaring that ~ /, .l.I, !. i'', ,.s..,g
The Constitution and all laws Of the Unit.
Cd States which are not locally inapplicable,
shall have tho came forcc and, effect In said
territory OF Kansas, as elsewhere In the
United States, excepting tho act prcantory
to the admission Of Missouri into the Gniou.'
Who over before heard Of such mon
strous absurdityf Congress, who derive all
their power to net from the Constitution,
here undertake TO extend this great Nnda-
mental law Of the land over territory with
in the jurisdiction Of tho United Stats.-
When did ever Congress undertake before
to Lcgisld,e he Consolation into a ,erritory'
Never, sir; never. No such provision was
ever contained in any previous net organiz-
ing a. territory-hcncc, by flir reasoning,
Oregon, Washington, Utah, Now MEXICO,
aud Minnesota, are all left without the pro-
tection Of tho Constitution; and Congres
can hayo no Jurisdiction over them, for tho
reason that that branch Of tho General Gov
crnment derives all its po'cerfo iegisiafs from
the Constitution; and the only Legitimate
conclusion which follows Is, that these ter
ritories are each now 40 many indpendem
sorsreignties, owing allegiance to no power
but themselves. .e.s ~ ED -,ip.
After declaring the Missouri Compromisc
in.opcntivc and void" the same section
goes on TO say r,.irb3aiubl '.wr,
alt being tho true intcnt and meaning OF
this act, not to. legislatc slavery into any
territory or State, or TO exclude II there
from, but to leave the people thereof per.
fectly free to form and regulate their domes
tic institutions in their own way, s1tea
only 10 The Consultation ef The United &ates."
= Tho deception lies in this-that, while
this net profs-scs to make certain grant Of
power to the people Of the territories, il
contains proyiso which, according to The
Southern sectional construction given II by
the dcmocratic party, entirely iakf, il aosg.
Tho argument to this The Constitution
Is the great fundamental law Of the United
states ara tt'gL LHasae'
To mako the fraud less perceptible, bya
sort of extra judicial legislation the Cousti.
tuition Is extended over tho territory. The
grant of power here is made subject to the
Constitution" which is another piece Of cI-
judicial legislation. Then follow out the
Southern construction,-that tho {" Consi-
iuion aiiors slaphoidsrsf 70 ary;ihar siarf'
into Me territories, and N,rs proieeis thern ir
that lind Of properly and you have. tho
whole thing in q nnthell. Of course the
people Of a territory cannot make law
contraycning the Constitution, Thus Il j.
plain that the act was intended |, not to give
:. popular sovereignty y butte take II away
and by forced construction Of the ConsH-
tuition, isyi,iafe sirrery into ihe tsritory q
Kansas. In order to show that 1 am treat
ing this matter hiriy, and 90 DOT nlisreprce-
sent our Democratic friends, ] win read
c.o,n ,om,,,ls IF an honorable mcmbcr from
o ,,s y-..,...I. e. .r
renn,' lair. ~ "'ancy 'ohe'l ma'' " s
swer to certain interrogatorics propounded
to him by an honorable gentleman from
|K.,,,.Lv fAfr 70, ! nr;or n tbe orcani.
nc, - 49,.
lauon o! tno hoa'e' from 'n' .sI4, as.nv
edged talents and high standing Oh the nom
orablo gentleman from Pennsylvania-ffom
tho fact that he was tho author or tho ruso-
Ii.,;on. .don,.,, bvy ,hs G,,. p.noc,.. couou
Of member. Of Tho House. and d q d.ssin.
,oi.bed leader Of that party-l fssl iussistd
~.,~.l.,.,e....s. ,s., h.i ,ra,v -.
IN drawing .'c i''e's'.V n'e :, '''A' W :" Ai' ,Sj
Il I..k. m 0ptNtaua nj TINT nortv. =