Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-07-25

y statesman are TO devise the be
- or the interests OF all parts Of I'll
coa at home and abroad. The ques
tic NE protection of our flag. and hui
drsd others. he intimates BY his silenc
are NOR importance. would like th
gent pn to express his opinion upon tn
right - foreign power to visit our ship
and vi1!Ate our flag. Now l am ready 4
claim - the decks of ship over whicl
floats - American flag, are sacred as th
temple - American honor. (Great ap
plauss These things he claims. have moth
ing to g. With this campaign.
Mr. tslagwell then proceeded with 1
masesfly Afgument upon the question Of th.
right of ouagress 70 regulate the domestic
institafioes ef territory, planting himsel
firmly sad squarely upon the principle O
the night q - people TO regulate their OWL
institnticas \ their svn vsy. He eeimed
that whatever power was not delegated 70
Congress by the people still remained with
then; that ths people had not parted with
the power which his opponent proposed to
claim as Congressman that the power
claimed, could not be exercised with Aafety
to The people; that it was proven by the
history Of the mother country; thatit had
ever been the policy oftyrauts to encroach
upon the rights reserved by the people. and
that his opponent was in favor of giving to
Congress power as absolute as that pos
sessed by the Car Of Russia. That the peo-
pie who compose territory have all lived
under State government and carry with
theminto territory the same rights which
they possessed as citizens of State, and
that the mere transition from one place to
another could not change the character of a
man. That the right to regulate the insti-
tutiois of q territory remained with the
people, and that the attempt Of any power
to induce the people to make concession of
this right was an attack upon the liberties
Of tie people. That his opponent now ad
mited the right Of the territory when ad-
mited as Stat TO regulate its own insti-
tutDns; but where did he stand upon that
question in 1856? That the Kansas
Nebraska act, which contains nothing more
than this same principle, was denounced by
the Republican party and their press. and
new Mr.. Vandevcr has the audacity to say
that Popular Sovereignty has always been
one Of the principles of the Republican par
ty. H:s friend had accused him OF stealing
Republican thunder. He would tell him
that he did not want q spark of Republican
fire; but that he (Vandever) should not
seal one democratic principle. at least with
cut good big fight overit.
That no man who denies the principle of
Popular Sovreignity can, without libel
upon every voter, present himself for the
suffrages of the people ; that no one will
question but that the people Of ia territory
are able to govern themselves, and if capa-
oie they are worthy. That his friend. if he
Of the people, and should not 60 forth and
appeal to persous whose capacity he i'm
pugns and ask them TO elect him. In carry
ng out his double doctrine of Congression-
u Sovereignty and Popular Sovereignty, he
placed himself in dilemma The power
% legislate in regard to the institutions Of
:erritory could not exist in two places at the
same time, it must be either in the hands Of
he people or of Congress, and as no delega-
ion of the power had yet been made
70 Congress, it remained with the people
His opponent had said that the Democratic
doctrine is that the Constitution carries
slavery into the territories He knew there
vas no such sentiment contained in it. The
Democratic doctrine was. that the power to
legisIatc upon the subject belonged to the
people. That this was no opinion Of his
own, no fine theory: but it was the princi-
pie which had entered into the organization
If the Territory of Iowa; that law had
been enacted by the Territorial Legislature
Of Iowa, to prevent the emigration of ne
groes to this State unless they brought with
them a certificate Of freedom, and would
give bonds in $500 to keep the peace and
not become county charge, and in case
they failed to procure the certificate or bond
they should be put up at public auction
and sold to the highest bidder for the space
Of six months. His friend had better COM
mence. here, to-day. in the free State of
Iowa with his philanthropy. for that statute
to-day is the law Of Iowa. He has Re
publican Legislature, Republican Courts.
Judges, Republican officers, and
has every opportunity. Let him commence
It home The people Of . territory to-day
had the same right to legislate upon the sub
Jet Of slavery that the people Of Iowa had
TO enact the Law to which he had referred.
In the commencement Of the campaign
bis opponent had declared himself in favor
Of the equality Of the black and white races.
But when he (the speaker) had presented to
him his own Little daughter side by
'ide with negro asking her hand
he declared that he would take It all
back. His friend to prove his position had
gone back to the days Of the revolution and
the formation Of the Constitution but he
believed that this government was formed
for white men and that it was uot the inten-
tion Of the trainers Of the government to
place their negro slaves on an equality with
themselvss,for al the States were then slave
states Mr.. Letting ell then reviewed brief
y the history Of the acquisition ofthe terri
tory ont Of which new states has been made
and from cases of the admission Of Califor-
MA and Minnesota a. free states and the ap-
plication Of Oregon with free Constitution,
proved the utter foolishness Of the pretend.
Cd fears Of the Republican leaders of the
the aegreasions Of the slave power.