Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1856-08-06


II is remarkable that The iesders Of the sla.
very movement Of the present az. pretending
to be honorable men. have the ahrcntery TO
acknovlsslge that the freesiol resolutions OF
the old Wing aud Democratic parties were on /
ly ibid Tot abolition votes. Their corruption
must be owledged. and the hsfmi iating
truth proclaimed 10 the world that the prom
inent politicians Of the State Of Indiana sold
their principle for Office. The honest masses
supposed that those to whom they looked for
advice and counsel were honest and honora-
ble-bet they now openly boast Of their evil
deeds, and the State Sentinel boasts Of the
fact. and exults because the democracy by
fraud and corruption accomplished their de
sign But IL the design Of those honora-
Die men WAS merely to obtain Office through
abolition influence, what causes operated on
their minds to make what is now called by
these some men, abolition speeches and cas-
abolition votes.
Can we trust men again who have yolnnta-
rupliou. Who knows what they are after nov.
aud IL they maintain their power in the Gene
raj Government. what may they not do. They
have told us their former platform did not
contain their political prineip!es--does their
present one costain themf
But in order to see whether they were few
years ago what they now call abolition lists, =
let Us examine one or two extracts from the
Congressional speech OF one Of their leaders
IL wecsn believe their own story of their cor
ruption, John Petit is as good man as they
ever had among them. On the 18th Of June.
is4s. in the II. of Rep. in his speech ION the
relation Of the States end the General Govern
mont towards the Territories, he uses the
following language: "In his opinion. the doc
trine which ailedged that Congress had no
held that the Territories were sovereign and
had power to legislate for themselves, regard
less Of the United Statess the doctrine which
slledged that there was divided sovereignty
between the Territories and the nited State.
ether than such as existed by express grant o.
the United States; and that doctrine which
asserted that the inhabitants Of Territor,
are entitled to all the rights aud privileges
and the administration Of the sarae laws tha
the Constitution secures to citizens within th'
States. and that each inhabitaut of the Terri
tory carries with and abont him the laws o
1.-The State from which he went-in his op iniol
all these several doctrines and views wouls
be found to be totally aud equally erroneous
fallacious and untenable. The true doctrine
lin his opinion, was, that this porer 10 isgislat
for the Territories ,cas in The United States, an
other doefriae could not stand the test Of yea
son, o. the judicial decisions. eleentary reading
o, the unifsr1n practice Of The United States ere
since their eristenee as poieer efthe Earth
The second clause Of the 9th Sec. of the l
s. Constitution declares that "The privileg
of the writ of ha6eas corpus shall not be sus
pended unless when in cases OF rebellion q
invasion the public safety may require it,
and it also provides for the trial by jury. Vt
Mr.. Petit in the same speech held "that
man who went withoHt the States was not en-
titled, il Congress saw fit to withhold fro'
him the writ Of habeas corpus, or ef trial by j.
Try: II CONGRESS foyb id IL 10 him. he could MT er
forced The porer over the Territories wa
--ri-. pi.-~-y --i -s'"rtete3 they might crea
or abolish slavery there. in their judgmer
IL should be best for the interests of the TEE
ritories and the .ohole Union" 1.-The people
the Southern States may go to these Terrific
= ries with their slaves, but when they get tn er
they will find there is no law by which the
can buy or sell or control snch slaves. unit
: Congress shall pass such laws or authori'
the Territorial Legislature so to do. II
South would not be cortented with non int
ference, but would ere long demand the pos
tive aud affirmative action Of this Govsrhmcr
TO secure to them their slave property in u
g Territories. We shall see whether the d
mand will be acceded to" slavery can .exi
:, only by positive law"
Senator Bright, on the 9th OF June, Isl
!, offered an amendment to the Oregon Bill.
: the language of the Missouri Compromis
prohibiting slavery in all the Territories
the United States north Of So 30 min. incl'
Ding Oregon. New Mexico, aud Upper califo
: mia"
r What becomes Of squstter sovereignty, M
= der democratic teachings. before they hi
: changed about Out Of their own mouths '
convict them of corruption, hypocrisy and i
" consistency.