Demoine courier., 1856-07-31

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he, the logical consequences Of the ar.
gumeni! Il 10. tina, the United States
the people Of The Terri,ories!-
Now It certainly 10 a new doctrine, no,
two years and a half old. that an
ownership Of The Territories, and The
consequent government Of them, carries
with il the ownership Of the people
We would respectfully inquire Of his
honor. if the United S.stss does no, own
navy yards, and il a. . consequence Of
tina. ownership. the constitution Goss no,
give to Congress erchusius jurisdiction,
over them! And does Congress own
The people. who are engaged in those
navy yard,i The argumen, 10 simply
ridiculous. II was somewhat singular
that his honor, should have selected this,
among The many points presented by
Mr.. c. a. the n against which to di
rect his attack. II was the leas, impor-
tant, and the leas, dweIt upon, Of oil
Mr.. Ca arguments. II he pretended 10
ans Yer the speech why di J he not refu,e
the point. that Congress alone. can give
10 the Territories the right TO govern
themselves. .nd if Congress has moi The
right &c govern them. il gives away more
power than il posses ,es itself, and why
uid he no, answer Mr.. C.'s inquiry, 40
to where. Territorial Sovereignty was
suspended in the United States, a. Nj.
Douglas says. And also why Gid he no,
deny that the Nebraska Bill only gives
TO the people Of the territories. one ninth
OF the sovereign power. Blu, no., the
important ind emphatic points 10 Mr..
C.'s argument. upon squa..er sovereign.
~ were lost sigh' Of by his honor in The
luminous discovery. tina, Mr.. Codding
and the Republicans held tina, Congress
owned the people Of the Territories
With what holy horror b. dwsls upon
il, 10 vivid in the recollection of those
who heard him. And il 10 . noticeable
fact. that this was the only time during
the speech where his honor evinced q
indignation, At the idea Of property in
man: Perhaps he belongs to The same
school with the man a. EddyvilIe, who
thought the Declaration Of Independence,
meant thu. all ,0hite men were born free
and equal; h. 10 only dis,srbed q. the
idea Of properly in a white man.
His honor's next. ninety minutes heat
was TO prove that Washington and JEFF
were no, with the Republicans.
His m0dus 0perandi was ~ follows.-
While in the P~residen,ial chair, they
Territorial bills which cid no,
prohibit slavery. He deferred 10 Ken
lucky and Tennessee. Hrs honor an.
doabtediy knows. that Kentucky former
ly belonged 10 Virginia, and was by her
coded 10 the general government, anc
when a TerrisOrial Government, was.
for her, slavery existed there. i,
had existed under The laws of Virginia,
i, had become an institution. Tennessee,
Alabama and Mississ,ppi. were likewise
ceded to the government. the FIRE, by
North Carolina, and the other two BY
South Carolina and Georgia. Now the
Republicans don't claim, .hs, under these
ciscumstsDces slavery should have been
There il no such plank 10
their platform. Tha, platform says, snd
This 10 the Republican doctrine, ,ha. con.
gross shall prohibit, slavery, from ATTEND
over territory belonging 10 the U. s.,
and now free. And that is juSt what
Washington and Jefferson, were ins.ru
mental in doing. They extended me
Ordinance Of 1857. over ali the free
territory belonging 70 the United Ssa.ss.
HE honor entirely forgot the ordinance
Of 1857. And along With the oolivious-
ness Of this fact, be also forgot, the %
merous declarations Of Washington and
Jefferson. against The curses Of slavery
aud is further extension. A bad mem
Org 10 sometimes very convenient.
Having broughs the history Of the
ole very question. down TO the Missouri
Compromiss. bis honor proceeded 70 say.
The North rspudiaed that Compro-
mise. in 1921. and II IVES no losgsr bind.
ing upon the South. He proved i, 10
,his wise. In 1920 Missosri applied
for scnission a Q Stare state. The
North rsfussd 70 reesivs her. aud . CON-.
psomise was passed. authorizing her 70
frame . constitution, With slavery. but
providing that ia I'll that part Of Louisi-
ana. north Of 80 90. and no, included
in the Stale Of Missouri, slavery should