Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-01-23

..l no 'uoJect OF Proper /
|ject Of property to men entitlaa NV " 4 1
liberty. Equals are not ths %
property to equals. The con,s sass
the United States was neva, y,
establish or sustain, and does wv u'c'
tain, this peculiar relation or ;n',;,
any Territory of the United Sta,A
There is another serious asna..
anti Republican doctrine Of sIsvs. I
the Constitution. IF the ripb,
laves ENLISTED in Kansas at Il.
the passage of the Kansas act,
common Constitution, it existe59 a
and New Mexico and Oregon IN
ington and Minnesota Territor;s'
right to hold slaves exists nnda, a.
stitution of the United States ;nia
of local law, the Constitution ny
supreme law OF the land as It n,
declares, then every act probjEs'4f
very in any of the Territories, 4,
nance Of 1887, and every law AMI \
tuition Of every free State. a5osls
prohibiting slavery, were and ara ~
sutional, and the right of %slaysLJlf
bring into Wisconsin their slavs, L
hold them here as such, and to sn,,
institution of slavery here, now e,;,
slave labor, forced upon us, is ri
come into competition with tho FRA,
of our citizens. 1t is a question
rises far above all party consiaenS
The people of Wisconsin will uers
sent to any such construction Of tbs
al Constitution.
We owe it to ourselves, AMI N
er free States, and to the spirit Of
situations, to record our solemn NJ,
gainst it. Wisconsin was born Of
when ideas Of free government All
minds of her great statesmen. AMI
Liberty was the theme of her Oa
The child has not forgotten ra
taught lessons Of the parent. "TateH
BE neither s3agery nor ~iavoluatqu
tide in the State of Wisconsin N
than the punishment Of crime u&sa
party shuN haze been duly conp;;ad
The right to control, is a necea
,ident 70 the power to acquire Tcr6s
Congress has no power to establish
in the Territories, because it derirs
power from the Constitution, and 10 /
Iish slavery was not one Of the Brmf
which it was ordained and estaU.
The Federal Government has no III
acquire Territory except for purpla
sistent with the objects Of our intt
It has a right, and it is its duty to
it slavery in the Territories, becslq
power 10 leg;slate over the Territoi
slavery is the antagonist Of that Lii
So ure the blessings of which the c
ton waa ordained and establislel
The right of Congress to legid4
the territories has been coacedel b|
President, and sanctioned by ever !
istration, from that of Washington
to that of President Pierce. II b
declared BY the adju LEGATION Of
preme Court Of the United StataI
cry organic law, organizing a I'd
Government, passed by Congrea,
act of legislation. The act Of y
organizing a Territorial Governs
Kansas, holds the same relation
territory that a State Constitutin
the State. Congress can conies I'd
Of legislation that it does not itself
and every act of legislation by 4
establishing an organic Law is Id
for the territory, and for the peop3
territory; is Legislation over the |
and over the people of the terrltU1
ing the rights AMI privileges and
tons of the people of the territOF
the duty Of Congress to exercise I'D
err Of legislation over the territoIa
der to prevent the aggressions ofaI
to the comm n liberty which Obj
have, under the Constitution, \
enjoy. To a certain extent, It'd
have a right to regulate their Own
tons in their own way. B It thu
have no right to do wrong. The
of the people have no right to Opt
minority. Constitutions are adql
laws made with a view to prot
rights of minorities against the ED
majorities, as we'll as to protect t4
Of the majority because of their |
merits. Under a constitutions
ment, the power of the people is /
limited. The people must be ID
the law, or there is the end of cHI
eminent. Our Government is nd
democracy, where the will of the
necessarily becomes the law. on
if the majority determined upona1
Monarchy Or absolute Despotism, |
regard to constitutional safegusfi
Government might be changed tor|
and all our liberties overthrow.
our present form of government, ID
pie in every organized State, hSGl
gard to the bounds set to their aca
the Constitution, and having in y
great objects Of the Government !
right to say through their legaIy !
agents and representatives BY |Da..
laws their lives and liberty and p
shall be protected and preserved ),
This applies, not to the rlgns = !
majority or of the minority O, !
rights Of the whole people. ADa
the objects of the Government arc :