Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-09-17
TERMS OF ADvnRT1sInG.
Judge Douglas and the bred Scott Decision.


PORT AUGUST, u, 1858.-First He Lincoln desires
TO know gheher, If the people Of Kansas shall form
constitution by means entirely proper and uaoJectiona-
be and ASK for admission as State before they haze
the requisite population for member Of Congress- IrUH
cote for the admission Well even regret exceedingly
that when he put that interogatory me- he did not
first it himself instead of leaving us to infer
which side he was on. Gentlemen, Mr. Trumbul du-
ring the last session of Congress- voted from beginning
to end against the admission of Oregon into the Union
although free State because she had not the requisite
population. Mr.. Trumbull is in the field fighting for
MIR. Lincoln. would like to have Mr.. Lincoln answer
his own question, and tell me whether he is fighting
Trumbull on that issue not, but will answer his
questions In my opinion whenever Kansas has people
enough to constitute slave State, she has people
enough for free State will not make any exception
of Kansas to the other States of this Union. hold it
to be sound rule of universal application to require
Territories to contain the requisite population for
member of Congress before they come into the Union.
made that proposition in the Senate in 1856 1 re-
newed it in the Senate during the last session. by bill
providing that no Territory of the United States
should form constitution and apply to the Union
until it had the requisite population. Congress
did not adopt my general rule, requiring all the
Territories to have that amount of population before
they should ccme into the Union but did make an ex-
cption of Kansas and applied the rule to Kansas alone.
will not stand by that exception Either Kansas must
come in the same as any other State with whatever
population she may have the rule must be applied to
all the other States alike. therefore anser at once
it having been decided that Kansas has enough for a
saue State hold that she has enough for free State
hope Mr. Lincoln is satisfied on this question And
now would like to get his answer to his interrog-
atory whether he will vote to admit Kansas before she
has the requisite population. want to know whether
he will vote for the admission of Oregon before she has
the requisite population. Trumbull won't The same
that commits him against the admission of Ore
gon commits him against the admission of Kansas and
if there is any sincerity truth in the argument Trum
bull made in the Senate against the admission of Oregon
because she had not 93,420 people, although she had
more than Kansas it will apply as well to Kansas as
Oregon He stands by that argument, pledged against
Oregon and Kansas both coming in until they have 3d.
420 inhabitants. l would like Mr.. Lincoln to take his
own medicine. would like him to answer his own
question: and then if he differs with Trumbull let him
answer Trumbulls argument on the Oregon question,
instead of poking his questions at me.
The neat question Mr. Lincoln propounded to as,
can the people Of Territory exclude Slavery from
Their limits BY any far means, before comes into the
Union as State % 1 anSwer emphGttcaHy, as Mr..
Lincoln has heard hundred times, every
stump an Illinois, that, an my opinion, the people of
Territory By laGgt exclude slavery before 1t
comes an as State Mr.. Lincoln knew that had CIV
en- that answer and again. He heard argue
the Nebraska bill that principle all the State in
l8545 and Is, and he has excuse to pretend to
have any doubt upon that subject. Whatever the ST.
pree Court may hereafter decade to the abstract 9ueS
tlon Of uchether Slavery may go under the constitution
not, the people of Territory haze the laaL means
SLaUery cannot east dag or an hour Gny0here unless
supported by local police regulations, furnishing
dies and means Of enforcing the right to hold SlGve-
Those local and police regulations only be furnished
by the local Legislature If the people of the Territory
are opposed slavery they will elect members to the
Legislature who will adopt unrendly legislation to it.
Ii they are for it, they will adopt the legislative measures
friendly to slavery. Hence matter rotat may be the
decision Of the Supreme Court that abstract question:
still the raght Of the people to make slaUe Territory
or free Territory as perfect and complete amder the
Nebraska bill. Ihope Mr. Lincoln ucM deem my an
sacer satisfactory this point.
In this connection will notice the charge which be
has renewed about the Chase amendment | thought
that had at Ottawa chased that amendment out OF Mr.
Lincons brain but it that it still haunts his
aginaton and he is not yet satisfied. had supposed
that Mr. Lincoln would be ashamed to press that ques-
tion further He is lawyer; he has been a member
of Congress yet he has occupied your time and amused
you by telling you about the rules of parliamentary pro-
ceedngs. He ought to have known better han have
tried to palm off that miserable humbug upon this intel
lgent audience. Now, the Nebraska bill proUded that
the Legislative poCer and authority Of the said Territory
should ertend to all raghI subjects Of Legislation
tent 1cth the organic Ian and the Constitution Of the
United States. did not make any exception Of slaver
but gaze all the potCer that at possible for Congress
to glUe Dohom Uioatang the Constitution, to the Terri
toradt Legislature, Dlth no exception the subject Of
slavery at aU Hence that bill, and by itse gaze to
the people Of the Territory the full poacer and the full
authority oUer the subject Of Slavery, negative and c6r
WdttOe 10 HtTO0uCe or eIctude so Jar as We COStu1O
Of the United States eoould permit. What more could
Mr.. Chase give by his amendment? Yet he offered his
amendment for the Identical purpose that Mr. Lincoln
using it for-to allow demagogues in the country to
deceive the people. His amendment was to this effect
that the Legislature should have the power to ex-
clude slavery. General Cass suggested, why
not give them the power to introduce as well as
exclude slavery? The answer was, they have already
got the power in the bill to do both. Chase afraid
his amendment would be adopted if he put in it the al
tentative so as to make it fair both ways and he
not willing to have it adopted He wanted it rejected
He offered it simply to make capital out of it the
stump, that the people might be deceived in public
meetings at least that small politicians in the country
might use it for this purpose, and MIR. Lincoln is carry
ing out the plan admirably. Mr.. Lincoln knows that
that bill, without Chases amendment gave all the pow
which the Constitution of the United States would
permit. Gould you confer any more! Gould you go
beyond the Constitution of the country? That bill
made the full grant There exception upon sa-
very one way or the other but we left that question:
did all other questions to be decided by the people
themselves just as they please. will not occupy time
that question: have argued it before all over Lii
nois have argued it in this beautiful city of Free
port have argued it at the North and at the South
in the East and in the West, avowing the same senti
ments and the same position. was not afraid to avow
my sentiments up here for fear would be rotted down
into Egypt.
EXTRACT FROM THE DRED Scorr DEc1s1oN.-f Con-
gress itself conot ts (prohibit slavery in Terrific
ry)-f At IS beyond the poDers conferred on the Federal
Governmental eUW be ddpltted presume, that ii
could not authorize territorial government to exercise
tten could confer poucer that local government
established by its authority to Uloate the provisions Of
The Constitution"
And if the Constitution recognizes the right of prop
erty of the master in slave and makes no distinction
between that description Of property and other property
owned by citizen no tribunal acting under the author