Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-12-19

state the proposition differently. Every
broposition should be stated correctly.
: Congress has no right to legislate1upon
the subject Of property, anywhere eTcePt
! TO protect it." All laws relating 70 abe
sale. purchase. and inheritance q PfoPer-
LIZ ale passed only by States and Ierrlto
res The sole duty Of CongressSin reia'
ton thereto, is TO pass laws Ioprotect ey-
cry species of property owned Nbysits eitl,
against domestic inserreetien and
siFibs Ss5biSS all5#1a stare Legislature;
j or a national Congress-. to. assume and
exercise apower 70 annihilate properly,
to please Abolitionists, FreeASVilers, Anti
Renters. or any other body Of fanatics,
that revolution IN our theory Of constitu;
ti6uaI law vi III render the tenure 'of props
tesrtyyt Unsafe, a6d7%iHobe quickly followed
Fby socialism and Gree property 'Phree
Egenerations would hot pass away befots
all pfopersy would be assdmed 10 belong
TO tbe"State, and "the' State" would mean
The most noisy and the most, lazy; and
kEgngral pfofiSaey and 'utter disorder
would foIfow!F m other Words every mo-
hive Which, religion. n'pecGuiaty. interest.
and regulated liberty can suggest IN or
der to their self>preservatiop, unite in I;e1-
| hortfng the American, people 10 resist all
legislative attempts 10, exercise a power
10 take any Kind Of property from1ts own
er,, xcept where It is required for pub
lie use, ;" and after a just compensation
has been paid therefor. Let all who are
laboring TO earn and save a few dollars
for their descendants beware. Let them
recollect that, as soon as The negro ques-
ton is settled, the anti-rent-the anti
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. will come. " Every
man must vote himself a farm" will be
the rallying cry; and the platform Of the
Parisians, that q Government must pros
vide the Iaborer with work. and shops.
and Bread" will be the platform here
Then the idle and the dissolute will rule.
To escape the plunderings and the disor-
ders Of the times, the delivering arm OF q
Bonaparte and his legions would be re-
quired. ~
AS much has been said touching the
Interpretation of the Kansas Nebraska
act-some charging the South with as.
serting aggressive and unreasonable pres
tensions, and others that the act is deceE-
tive. in that it allows men at the North to
claim that it is the best possible to insure
the triumph Of northern institutions. and
allows men at the South to claim that il
is the best possible for theirS-l propose
to examine it here. The people of Ne
braska and Kansas are allowed, by the
organic act, to pass such laws as they
please. subject only to the Constitution OF
the Uniteu States. If majority OF the
people Of either Of the Territories named
are opposed to establishing slavery, and
they pass an act prohibiting the introduc'
ton of additional slaves, many southern
statesmen believe such an act would be
Unconstitutional, while many northern
statesmen think it would not be. Which
is right, and which wrong. the Supreme
Court, under the Kansas Nebraska act,
would decide. This law does not take
sides with North or South, but leaves the
question OPEN for the decision Of the
court to which it tightly belongs. II the
Constitution has given the right TO the
Sodth-if the treaty with France has gi-
ven the right to the South. it. ought TO
have it, and the Court will give it. II ii
has no such right, the court will rot give
it. So. also. il majority Of the people
prefer slave institutions, they ought to
be allowed to have them. The majority
ought to govern in all cases not prohibits
, ed by the Constitution, or by treaty! Il
the Constitution, or. a treaty, has ,givet
f the South the right tohold slaves in, Kan
5 Sas or Nebraska. the bill allows slavehol,
, ders to reside there: if q majority of the
people desire slavery. then, again, thu
5 Kansas N ebraska bill allows i. On the
'other hand. ifthe South has no constitu
tional and NO treaty right to hold slave
{ in either of those Territories, then, in tina
case, should majority decide for a free
State in Kansas, additional slaves coulc
not be carried there. Suclt is true ex
position Of the Kansas Nebraska bill.
Tits thus seen, that the real rights O.
e the North and Of the South have been re
, spected and secured neither section ha
n been cheated. The sas>Nebrask,
e law is the best possible for each; becausI
$ it Is Just and fair to both. If the Soutl
has constitutional or treaty rights. or if i
n gets majority Of the people, slavery vii
5 Be established: tthe" South has no sucl
e rights. and does not obtain such majority
S then Kansas, will be a free State. Tha
is the Kansas. Nebraska bill.
e Sir. for myself, avow the belief tina
i the Supreme Court can but decide tina
: the people Of each Stale have a legal righ
o remove into any Territory Of the Uni
4 ted States, and Ike with them their mo
vable' property Of al kinds. and that Their
Il no legal authority in existence 10 right
J L., IL
: Mr: Chairman. those persons VIII,
5 would teach the equality traces and Q
co1di,ioD vbn ronid' fhrra nan n, H.