The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-09-30

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Court on that abstract question, still the right
Of the people TO make Il Slave Territory or
Free Territory, 70 perfect and complete under
! the Nebraska bill"
The following extract from speech de-
livered by Mr.. Or in the iiouse Of Repre-
sentatives in December, 1856, takes precise.
| ly similar ground in relation to the power
Of the people Of Territory. lie says:
The gentleman knows that 10 every slave.
| holding community Of this Union, We have lo-
cal gslation and legal police regulations APP
| pertaining 10 that institution. without which the
/ institution would not only be saineiess, but
I curse ~ the community. without them the
/ STAKEHOLDER could not enforce his rights when
! Invaded by others and II you had no local leg
i-la,ion for the purpose Of giving protecton,the
/ Institution would be u no value. can appeal
! to every gentleman upon this floor who repre-
! sents siayeh0lding constituency, to attest the
! truth u what have stated upon that point
Now, the legislative authority Of Territory
/ IL invested with = discretion to vote for or
against laws. We think they ought 10 pass
/ laws In every Territory, when tbs Territory Is
open to settlement, and Shareholders 20 there,
~ protect slave property. But II they decline
/ to pass such laws, what Is the remedy None,
! air. n the ma ority u the people are opposed
! to the institution. and II they do not desire it
engfattcd upon their Territory, ali they have to
! do Ia 10 simply decline to pass laws In the Ter.
ritorial legislature for ia protection, and then
! It is as well excluded IA II the power was in
vested In the Territorial legislature, and exer.
cised By thcm to prohibit It,
In reply to a query from llrArHREY
MAasuAlL, Of Kentucky, and "a showing
the all important nature Of local legislation,
! Mr.. ORR said
suppose party in q Territory nyeiglss
! away HIS slave, and there IL no law making IL u
! criminal offence, how do you reach him Sup
| pose an individual harbors your slave while In
/ the Territory, what remedy have you against
him. What remedy have you 10 enforce the
| rights Of the owner against trespassers and in.
! termeddlers, unless you have local legislature
/ to enforce these rightsi'
In the same speech, Mr.. Oar went on
still further to say
at IA not the night Of property IN siaces !
speak Of IA requiring protection, but IL is the
local legislation Of the Territory to prevent that
! property being 'rc-pa-sed upon, tempered or
nterfered with by others
What difference can any man find he
tw"n OAK and DoUGLAs on the question as
10 the power Of the people Of a Territory to
exclude slavery before its admission ~ II
state Are not their positions identical
And II OaR was right and faithful to the
constitutional rights Of the South in lS56,
how can DorGLAs be held to be- wrong and
treachcrous 10 those rights In 1885, As
the Washington States truly says, Doro-
Las presents his views "a the settled fact, on
the exact premises occupied by OGR.'
ALEXANDER II. STEPHENS, of Georgia.
in speech made in June, 1856, goes still
farther than DOUGLAS DouGLAs simply
states what can I've done by the people Of
Territory, while STEPHENS jnstiics in adj
vince such action when and how they
may think proper He says:
Although my own opinion IL that the PEG
pie under the limitations Of the Constitution
have not the rightln power 10 exclude slavery
50 longas they remain in a territorial oondi
ton, yet am willing that they may determine
II 'nr thcmseNes, and when they please. |
shall never negative any law they may pass,
II It ia the result of fair legislative expression
of the popular viii. Never am willing that
the Territorial Legislature may act upon the
subject when aud how,hcy may think proper"
Mr.. Ssnu. OF Tennessee, in speech de
livcrcd IN the House Of Representatives, on
the 9th June, $50, treats the same subject
IN the same strain
." have neverregardcd the difference Of opin.
ion between Northern and southern gentlemen
upon SQuattcr sovereignty rs of any import.
anco. have held that ia Territorial CAPACITY
the settlers had not the right 10 exclude Sla.
very. Vet majority ot the people in Terri
tory will decide the ucston after all. Ina
Territory We must have laws not To establish
but To protect the institution " slavery and
II majority Of the people OF Territory are
opposed to the institution they will refuse TO
pass laws Tor ~ protection, and IL will not go
there. u, On the contrary they are in favor Of
II. they pass laws fpr its protection, and il will
go there. IL will SO there or not, according to
The popular sentimen, Of the people of the Ter,
t,tury,
The facts above presented should have
saved Judge noy1L,s from the charge of
inildcli'y To the constitutional rights OF the
South, or the names Of ORR AMI STEPHENS
should have been pincd with his in the de-
nuncla,ors Of the Administration prcss.
but tina, would not have been in accordance,
with the programme. The bull dogs" of
the Administration were let loose agains,
Dov"LAs alone aud each barking cur.
Tray, BlaLchc and Sweetheart" mus ioin
in the y'lpiuc chorus" Well, let them
howl
Tux Nlnns~ilda has taken the secret
clique Democrats under its especial pro,ec-
ton. Considering the well known Know