Demoine courier., 1856-06-12

eigns, without reference 10 your opinions
and your action upon African Slavery.
Decide that question Tor yourselves. and
we will..ausiain your decision. because il
10 your righ, 10 make It. This 10 the
policy of the Kansas bill, il wrongs no
man-no section Of our common conn
try.
But this is the pleasant splicing to an
unpleasant, dish. II is a kind of sophis
try which deceives by lie apparan, fair
nees. and which is 90 finely expressed as
TO create a desire 10 leave its beauty, un-
marred. But how is is Logic affected
by The following, from the honorable
Senator'S Boston spsechi
The constitutional construction Of this
point by the South works no wrong to
any portion Of the Republic, to no sound
rules Of construction, and promotes the
declared purposes Of the Constitution
We simply propose thu, the common
Territories be left open to the common
enjoy Uent Of all the people Of the Unit
ed States. that they shall be protected in
their persons and property by the FEEDER
al Government, until its authority 10 su
perseded By a State Constitution aud then
we propose that the character Of the do
mes,ic Institutions OF the new State be
determined by The freemen thereof
This is jus,ice-this is constitutional
equality
Here, sir, what l have shown to be
true, as a logical sequence from the de.
NAL Of power in Congress TO exclude
Slavery from the Territories. is distinctly
avowed. The honorable Senator from
Georgia Mr. TooMBs declares this q
be the constitutional construction Of this
point by the South re says
We still tell all The joint-owners uf
this public domain to enter and enjoy i,
both in the North and in The South, with
property Of every SORT THAT una we'd
and Uncontrolled, they shall freely, and
OF their ownwill. legisIaie for themselves
10 every extsn, allowed by the Cons,i-
tuition. achik they haze a Territorial
Government
But the Construction of their 'cons.i-
%,uiional' powers by The South he tells
Ne, is: That the common Territories sc
lett open to the common enioymen of all
the people Of The United States with
Their property of every sorf:' that this
property shall be protected by the Fed
eral Government, uIul its authority 10
superseded by a State Constiiuhon;'
and .ha, then. no, before, the domes,ic
institutions Of The new State may be de-
,erm'nsd By the fseemen thereof Yes.
sir; 'his 10 the equality Of the States
which We are gravely told BY the South
ern Senators, lin. measured Words tia,
must be preserved in The national Terri.
tories. if you would perpeiua.e the Tn.
ION. You must continue Slavery in all
the Territories. end project i, by the
strong arm Of the Federal Governmen,
as long as these Territorial Governments
continue. or the honorable Senator from
South Carolina CMr BuTLER] will I'D
wise the people OF that Stale 70 dissolve
the Union.
From This we may readily infer Why
those who have resolved 10 make Kan.
sas a slave State will resist her admission
into the Union until her populado.. shall
have reached ninety three thousand.-
Slavery is TO be continued by force az
long as the Territorial Goyernmentl asu;
but when that 10 superseded by a Stale
Government. her people are 10 have the
gracious p ivelege of determining for
themselves the character oS their domss
tic institutions! This is q feature oil
sell government for Kansas. which The
people Of the North and Of the Yves. have
not hitherto fully understood. They
supposed their free sons. though poor ia
worldly wealth, nigh. 60 10 Kansas with
nothing but hard hancs. with strong arms,
with sane minds, and with honest hearts,
and by their " vo,es settle the question
Of Slavery a. oncesand forever. But in
this they were grievously deceived. The
equality claimed by Southern States re-
quires that Slavery shall continue. and
receive tho protection OF tho strong arm
Of tho Federal Government, in all the
common Territories. until superseded
by State Governments; that then they
may abolish il OF cocsinue il, at discre.
uon. Fhh 10 the equality rendered 10
the North; thia is the equality claimed
BY the Souih-the use and occupancy Of
all your Territories by slave holding
communities during the entire period OF
tho continuance Of Territorial Govern.
menis! Thia modes. demand souncs
10 my ear very much like The claim oil
the lions share. And men are dsuoun-
ced % the floor Of the Senate % fanatics.
40 disunionists, a. Black Republicans,
and as traitors 10 The Government, who
discard such a construction Of the grea,
charter Of freedom the Constitution Of
the Unitec States.
Sir, it's apparent 10 the least obser.
want, thatf you establish Slavery in
kansas, and defend j, with the armies OF
the nation, as you are now doing. until
her population shall reach ninety. three
thousand, il will have become 20 firmly
established. and 90 deeply rooted and
inter woven with the framework Of 20
ciety, a. TO render is removal ! praonc.
al impossibility; a. much 20 a. Il now
is In Missouri, Kentucky, OF Louisiana.
Slavery has never been removed from
any ono Of the new State admitled intn