Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-08-05

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shall the decision of the highest tribunal
known to the Constitution of the country
must be final until it has been reversed
b. an equally high authority. (Cries OF
" bravo" and appiause.l Hence, 1 am
opposed to this doctrine of Mr.. Lincoln,
By which he proposes to take an appeal
from the decision of the Supreme Court Of
the United States upon these high ccnssi-
tutional questions to Republican caucus
sitting in the country. "a voice" call
it FreesoiI,' and cheers.) Yes, Or to any
other caucus or town meeting. whether ii
be Republican, American, OF Democratic
/ respect the decisions of that august ui.
bunal shall always bow in Difference 10
them. am law.abiding man. will
sustain the Constitution of my country as
our fathers have made it. / will yield
obedience to the laws, whether like them
or not, as ] find them on the statute book.
] will sustain the Judicial tribunals and
constituted authorities in all matters within
the pale of their jurisdiction, as defined
by the Constitution. (Applause.) But ]
am equally free to say that the reason as.
signed by Mr.. Lincoln for resisting the
decision Of the Supreme Court in the Dred
Scott case does no. in itself meet my ap-
probation. He objects to it because tha:
decision declared that negro descended
from African parents who were brought
here and sold as slaves is not, and cannot
be citizen Of the United States He
says it is wrong, because it deprives the
negro Of the benefits of that clause Of the
Constitution which says that citizens Of
one State shall enjoy all the privileges and
immunities Of citizens ofthe several States;
in other words, he thinxs It wrong because
it deprives the negro of the privileges,
inimunities, and rights Of citizenship,
which pertain, according to that decision,
only to the white man. / am free to ssv
to you that in my opinion this government
OF ours is founded on the white basis
(Great applause.) 1. was made by tie
white man, for the benefit of the white
man to be administered by the white men,
in such manner as thev should determine.
1t is also true tha: negro, an Indian, or
any other man Of en- inferior race to e
white man, should be permitted to enjoy,
and humanity requires that be should have
all the rights, privileges and immuni,ies
which he is capable of exercising consis.
tent with the safety Of society. / would
give him every right and every privilege
which his capacity would enable him to
enjoy. consistent with the good Of the So
eiety in which he lived. But you may ask
me what are these rights aud these privi-
leges. Ny answer is that each State n. lst
decide for Itself the nature and ex.en, @.
these rights. Hear, hear and ap.
plause.) Illinois has decided for herself
We have decided that the negro shall not
be slave, and We have at the same time
decided that he shall not vote, or serve ON
juries, or enjoy political privileges. am
content with that system Of policy which
we have adopted for ourselves. Cheers
! deny the righ. Of any other State TO com
plain of our policy in that respect, or to
interfere With it, or to attempt to change
it. On the other hand. the State Of Maine
has decided iha, in that State a negro NAV
vote on an equality with the white man.
The sovereign power OF Maine had the
right to prescribe that rule for herself
Illinois has no right to complain Of Maine
for conferring the right upon negro sutf
rage. nor has Maine any right to interfere
with, or complain OF Illinois because she
has denied negro suffrage. t'.Thafs So"
and cheers The Stale Of Ner York has
decided by her Constitution that negro
may vote, provided that ne owns $3.50
worth of property, but not otherwise. The
rich negro can vote, but the poor one
Laughter Although iha, dis.
tinction does no, commend itself to my
Judgment, yet ! assert that the sovereign
power Of New York had right to pre-
scribe that form Of the elective franchise.
Virginia, and other States have
provided that negroes, or certain class
Of them iu those States shall be slaves.
having neither civil or political rights
Without endorsing the wisdom of tina, de-
cision, assert that Virginia has the same
power by virtue Of her sovereignty to pro-
.ect slavery within her limits as Illinois
has to Danish it forever from our own Dor.
iers. g Hear, hear" and applause. ]
assert the right Of each State to decide for
Itself on these questions and do not sub
scribe to the doctrine os my friend, Mr..
Lincoln, that uniformity is either desira
Die or possible. do not acknowledge
hat the States must all be free or must all
,e slave.
! do not acknowledge that the negro
must have civil and political rights every.
where or nowhere. do not acknow owledge |
hat the Chinese must have the same rights |
n California that we would confer upon
lin here. ! do not acknowledg. that the |
,ooley imported into this country must
necessarily be put upon an equality with !
he white race. | do not acknowledge |
ny Of these doctrines Of uniformity in the
peal and domestic regulations in the diff.
rent States. Bravo ard cheers.
Thus you see, my fellow citizens, tha.
be issues bstween Mr.. Lincoln and my.