The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26

The Dubuque Express & Herald seems to
have inaugufsted for the campaign sys-
TEN OF hard lying. Having iisd over the
whole ground of State politics, II now step. in.
to the srena Of national affairs with the fol-
lowing rare sample: oa frafa it9i
'"Thsre IL nothing in the Dred Scott deci-
sion which forbids the prohibition Of slavery
BY Territorial Legislature, and aothng which
prevents the sblition OF slavery By the same
adthorisys acting as the representatives of the
people. ae;gmts Is
TO show the tra'hfuIness Of the Herald. we
propose to make few extracts from the Dred
Scott decision: selsss1 n gfi7 ssis aasas4 III
@Ths territory being part Of the United
States, the government and ths citizens both
enter II uudsrt the authority of The Cons,ita-
oa, Win; theis r.spectivs Nsights as6@ed and
marked snt;sudfhe Fsdeas Gcverhhsent can
exerciseoo Sowsrover his person o. property.
page A493 Hsgi, ssN ssaf Hs4tl III qssi3
ssThe rigttaef property are united with the
lights of psrscn, and placed on The sane
grounds by the 9Th ameadment to the CoAsti-
l.ution.--< Page $50. e7sbiat ,ago3q sl gav
s'Thelright - property in asslave Il, dis
tinctiy and expressly affirmed in the Csasti-
tation.a EgghAtsa 9sa 1'aI. y va lSgs B8s4~a
The powers over persons and properly Of
which We speak are not only not gfantedsto
Congress. bSt are ia expressterms denied, ansi
they are forbidden to exercise them. And tiss
prohihitioa II not confined TO the State, but
the words are general, and extend 70 the whole
territories over which the Constitution siyes it
power to legisiste, Including those psortio ms
Of Il remaining under Territorial gove'nment,
as well as that covered BY States. = : .sss :
And Il Congress itself earnos 10 this-.if il i.
beyond the powers conferred on the Federal
Government- will be admitted. we pts.u me. me,
that Il could not authorize aterritorisl govern
nent to exercise them. II could confer '',, no
power On any local Government, est. biished
by its authority, to violate the provisions Or
the constitution Page 450-I)
.And we are satisfied that no one who read
atten,iveiy the pages Of Peters Reports tg
which we have referred, can suppose that the
attention Of the Court was drawn for mo-.
rheht to the question aow before this Court. OF
that it meant in that case to say that Con
gress had right to prohibit citizen Of III.
United States from taking any property which
he lawfully held into territory.-( Page
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| Upon these considerations, il is the opinion
Of the Court that the Act Of Congress which
prohibited q citizen from holding and owning
property OF this kind in the territory Of tn.
United States north or the line therein men
toned, is not warranted by the Constitution,
and is therefore void.-( Page ::452).o
Here We have ap enunciation, in this case,
Of the following propositions =
1st. Slaves are property within the mean
Ing OF The Constitution. 80 s''
81. The right to take this property into the
common territories is guaranteed BY 'tae Con.
stitution.
81. The power to legisIate over pers ons an
property was expressly denied to Congress
and could not therefore be conferred by Con
gres.upon territorial government s. . iv' 1.
And as acorollasv following naturally from
the plain propositions the Court decided TIA
the prohibition Of slavery north Of 36 deg. g
min. was nnli and void. go
The who would now controvert 50 vel
understood matter as the Dred Scott deci.
sioRis either knavs whose object is to de-
ceive and inislesd, or he is grossly ignorau
and unable to comprehend plain and clear han
guage-a dnnce who should learn somethin.
himself before h- undertakes to teach the pub
lie. ss,'if'ie 81 s'g 'ea ffe