The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-12-03


has right to enjoy the liberties and privileges
of citizen erery,chere under the Constitution.
and to be protected in his property the same us
a Northern man.-[ Statesman, 18th ult.
And again: e
Our neighbor still persists in grossly mis-
Representing our position on the bred Sc oft de-
cision. BY garb!ing our articles he tries to
make out strong argument against MS; but its
no go-the people can readily sec through the
Rimsy snbterfuge, and the selfish and dishonor-
able motives for such course As is well
known, (see above) re nepcr stated thu. slaDery
,oas recognized everywhere uuder the Constitu-
tion, 9e.-T Statesman, 9th ult t.'
There is what you did say, in black
and white, and we submit whether
your charge of Misrepresentation and
garbling Your articles is sustained by
yourself We don't garble or misrep-
resent, we give your exact language,
where it will be seen that on the 18th
you said one thing and denied it in
terms on the 9th. You are pretty
man, indeed, to talk about misrepre
sentation, sarbling, &c. ,.....
But you don't mean what yon say,
do you? You don't mean that the
slave holder has right to bring his
slaves into free State and be protect
ed in holding them here, he only has
right to hold them while passing
through. Is that it? We should so
Judge from the following: ,.
That slaves being property in tho Southern
States, Southern man has the same right to
pass through orr States with his property,
[.I~ L., a., 1,
what we regard as property =. 1T he
did not become citizen, but was only travel
ling or passing through, &c. The manifest
intention OF such laws, (prohibilng slavery
are to PROTECT cITIzENs from heldiag such
property, and cannot be made to amply to those
who are merely travelling through.-[ States
man, 9th ult. =.
That is, you hold that the STAKEHOLDER
may be protected in passing through
with his slaves, but that where he. set
ties in free State and becomes a citi-
zen, he then would have no right to
protection of slave property. Is this,
good neighbor, your position? Is this
what you mean? l. a.4 -ah,a asaf.r
As to what you say, we give every
body the opportunity to read; but what
you say and what you mean, it seems,
may be very different and distinct
things. Well, if we have succeeded
in extracting your idea, your position,
and if we have not misrepresented you,
or garbled your articles; if you hold as
above set forth, then we only have to
say to you that you are behind the
times, that you have bolted, that you
are anti-democratic, and we take oc-
casion to call you to order. ~as.s ~
We have before us the Washington
UNION, of the 18th ult., recognized as
the organ of the present administration
and the Democratic Party, if we mis-
take not, and we beg to call your par
ticular attention to the following arti-
4 Gle, copied from that paper Of the
n above date: .-..t ... ....s...f.s al
slavery must go on i'm the North.
The primary object of all government in its
original institution, is the protection of person
and property. 1t is for this alone that men
surrender portion of their natnra! rights.
In order that this object may be fully ac-
complished, il is necessary that this protection
should be equally extended to all classes of
free citizens without exception. This at
least, is fundamental principle Of the Con-
stitution of tho United States, which is the
original compact on which all our institutions
are based. ..s....,f.- ..-.-., ,g.
Slaves were recognized as property in the
British colonies of North America by the gov
eminent of Great Britain, by the colonial laws
and by the constitution Of the United States.
Under these sanctions vested rights have ac-
cIued to the amount of some sixteen hundred
millions of dollars. 1t is, therefore, the duty
Of Congress or State Legislatures to protect ttat
property. ri 5aa. rea gasgg. 1fd I'd aY
Tie constitution declares that &c the citizens
Of each State shall be entitled to all the privi-
leges and immuhties Of citizens in the several
Statesg Every citizen of ore State coming into
another State has, therefore, right to the pro-
lection Of his person, and that property which
is recognized as such by the constitution of
the United States, ana ldtUO of q State to the CEN
tYary n0fWithstanding. So far from any State
having right to deprive him of his property
1t is its bounden duty to protect him in the pos
session. 2 sto ~
n If these views are correct-and we BELIEVED it
wonldbe difficult to invalidate them--it follows
that all State laios arhetker organic or otherris",
which prohibit citizen of one State from set
thing in another, and bringing his Stare property
srithhim, and most especially declaring it for
feited, are direct violation Of the original in
tention Of government which, as before
stated, is the protection of person and property,
which recognises property in slaves, and de-
,clares that 6 the citizens of each State shall
be entitled to all the privileges and immunities
of citizens in the several States," among the
most essential Of which IS the protection of
person and property. sod al9et sf.i
What a beautiful thing NATIONAL
democracy is, truly! What consist
ency and harmony there is about it, in
deed. The Democratic STATESMAN
holds that the manifest intention of
prohibitory laws is TO PROTECT FROM
HOLDING SLAVES, Ito prohibit perhaps
would be BETTER while the great I'm
ion, the central organ, holds that ALL
SUCH STATE LAWS, ORGANIC OR OTHER
WISE, ARE IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF
THE GOVERNMENT. There is no Sec
tionalism about the national democrat
cy, not bit. They have one set of
principles all over the country, hay'nt
they? i saa a.h1 1as
The Demoine Improvement, we
learn, from the Keosauqua papers, has
AGAIN encountered a stIImn. a meet