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not e'ereise any more suihOity over property Of
that description than it may eOnstilutOnaly sEsr-
else over property Of any other kind.
5. The act Of Congress, therefore, prohibit.
ing citizen Of the United States from taking
with bin bis Slaves when be moves to the Terri.
tory in question to reside, Is an exercise Of au.
tbOrity ever private property which is not war
ranted by the Constitution and the removal Of
the plaintiff, by bis owner, to that Territory, gave
him no title 10 freedom.
This is the only part Of the D-ed Scott decis.
winch TnyrhiSg TsisdSg % popular sOvsr-
eighty Is anywhere discGuabIs, TbiA then, is
the instance Of the supposed acOncurenee" be-
tween the Court and the Party. Whether ne.
gro may be a citizen Of the United States or not
does not touch popular sovereignty, or any such
constitutional Powers and Political Rights Of
the States and Territories as must have been in
the contemplation Of those who framed, and
those who adopted Resolution 8 Of the platform
made las. Thursday. (See abOve.) Whether, a
slave is taken by bis master into free State but
returns with him to slave State, he Is free or
slave, does not concern the doctrine of Popular
Sovereignty in territories. Il must be the doc
trne have cited from the Drej sOOltcase, which
the Democratic Party finds, with "deep grati6ca-
lioD," to concur with its own real opinions, 'for-
mally avowed by it 1.-THE Democratic Pary) 10
three National Conventions"
cannot believe, that the body Ofthe Demo-
cratic voters can come to know and appreciate
these things, without alarm on the subject Of the
relations they sustain to the party known as Dem
ocratic. For my own part, / have been strongly
attached to the Democratic party-too strongly
to abandon it from caprice or sel6shness-too
strongly to witness ts gradual change from tie
defense of State Rights to eentralsm, without
vigorous efforts to revive It's ancient faith and re-
restore its ancient practice. For years l have
seen the party tendency to SouthernSm and Gen.
tralism--and within the party organization, l
have faithfully assisted other Democrats in the en-
deavor to restrain that tendency. I now give up
the task as hopeless . am no abotOuist. / am
no fanatic. For quite seventeen years, have
been in the active service Of the Democratic
party, and 10 constant association with its worthi-
est members. The whole number Of influences
to which have been subject has been unfavora-
ble to the formation of extreme opinions, intoler-
ant of slavery. But I will not allow my devotion
to any party or interest ia politics to make me ST.
lent when all the wholesome rules Of law, when all
its constructions favor of liberty, are set aside,
to make room for pervertion Of the constitution
in the interest of the property in men, and when
this perversion, instead of moving the Indignation
of the whole country, becomes matter Of addition
to the creed of that party, which have labored
to render prosperous, and which have once
hoped to find always worthy Of my devotion and
regard. l will rot worship the new idol of the
Democratic party. dare not allow my respect
for the good and true men, who remain with the
partv. to smother the sentiment OF adherence with
which regard the last addition to the creed of
that patty. No more Objectionable, no more vi
tally dangerous, no more entirely destesabe thing
than this, was ever approved by party. Ispeak
freely, after the manner in which was taught to
speak, by the Democratic party truly, as ! have
ever chosen to speak Of matters relating to the
common veal.
The Endorsement by great party Of the dc
tam in the Dred Scott case, declaring the want
of power in the Congress and in the Territorial
Legislature alike. to prevent the introduction OF
slavery, gives tina. difum the only great impOr.
tance, which can be attributed to it. That in
dorssmeut cuts the throat Of popular sovereignty
in the Territories, and stabs to the heart every
compromise made on the subject Of slavery, not
actually carried into the Constitution Of the United
States. In vain shall the intending Governor,
Mr. PAYNE, affect, as be did in the Convention
when nominated, to regard as "immaterial' the
reasoning of Judge TANEY, leading him to declare
lie t.Hae unconstitutonality Of Ihe Missouri COmprO.
mise act. That particular act is pronounced in
valid only because all acts Of Congaess and all
acts Of Legislation in the territorial form, are ne
cessarily, according to the decision invalid, 50 far
as they attempt to prevent the Introduction of
slave property into any territory not covered by
a State governm, mt. l repeat, the Democratic
party and The South, iu'giving force and impor
lance 10 this dictau. have put an end to all extra
constitutional compromises. We are free to re-
turn to our simple sovereign rights, as reserved
when the U Union was formed. We are free to re-
duce the fugitive slave law to its proper dimen.
SONS. We are free to Vndicate the dignity of
our Courts, by compelling obedience to their pro-
cess, even by so mighty apersOnage as Deputy
Marshal Of The United States We ara free to
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