Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-11-11
Prom the Goshen Times.
THE NEW SECRETARY or STiTF
rs HE SOUND ON THE COoSD7,

y I "A 49,.
THE NEW SECRETARY or SyfTF
rs HE Sound ONTHE GOOSE"
CYRUS l.. DUNBAR, of jackson Countv
upon whom, through the providence IF
W iiiard:. the mantle Of the lamcnted Nc
oLrrE has fallen, was for many wears a
leader OF the Democratic party anil 90
such was a member of Congress in Pho
year OF grace 1850, while the onos,;or &C
slavery in the Territories of .N,.y 49,
and Cailfornia was pending in that BODY
as the entire Democracy of the State was
at that time opposed to the extension of
slavery AMI IN favor of Congressional
prohibition, so was Cyrus l.. Dunbam and
right manlully did he defend the pos;,;on
Vi MS party, and his own individual nr;,-
ciples. '''""' Prih-
;. Accordingly he made Speecb-Cvr,s
tiid--on the 9th of June, 1850 in wt;'a'
hc maintained with signal ability ami ,valI
tempered zeal, the great doctrine of a.,
Democracy. NanfulIy indeed stool 10 49,, ..''
Tor l the "ilmot Proviso, and many was
the sharp stick he stuck into the sides of
Southern ntraiSts. Il believe sail ur
Duilnam, "soinc of them threaten IN re.I
al Northern Democrats out of the nar,v
""o even assert the Constitutiop.l;,.,
oil the Proviso. Col help the partv -.
tins shall have been donel" NIL; ""en
Cyrus-God help them! - '"'" 'or
Haying satisfied his own mini or a.
ConstItutionality OF the Wilmot prox;s"
Oyrus proceeds to argue the poipt:
II have no doubt" said bc ...r e.,
constitutional power of Congress to pass
the proviso, though it may not Lc expeJ;.
ent Tor us to exercise it,
Again said Cyrus:
Is too late now to dispute the Con
StitutIonal power of this Governp,.,t.o
govern The Territories until the peo,J. IF
'n"Se Territories shall be in a situation aud
s"a'i ueSire to assume their ssyerc;yn,,
and assert their inherent right, Of ,clf-.
crnment oo'-
Again:
=. Hence, if we have the right. under IL.
: constitutions, to govern these Tcrrito,;.~
|" ieSiS'a'e Tor them, we have a ri.,bt q,
''i'''"i' slavery, unless our right to lr,,;I,,.
upon that subject is Iinitc,ib the Cnn",;
tuition itself. Lf,,d no sars Emff,st;,u,,
Again: '"''"
nave therefore, the unlimited now
:, OF legislation upon that subject in tho
hit IT. fO'e' % pro-
again speaking of southern Immigrant,
to the new Territories. he SAYS:
hey can so there upon the Same
lc'ihs 'hal we can K. Welfare no s,,,e.
ma can take none there; they can go ty,cr.
without theirs If they choose so to ga ar
t.ry can stay where they are and emf
.acn. The c.,oice j. with tlemscI,.'
| Ills 'i'pfircs them OF no tight which ,bev
now ciJoy. bnt it Is simple refusal ,.f
ms "ovcinmcnt 10 extend that r;..It toa
Territory where il does not exist
Again:
slavery is the creature of the arL;,.r,
'';S'',ia'i"n oil man 1t i, purely mimi
,'pai regulation, anil ran 90 only vL.ro
no strong arm of municipal law takes Il"
All ms anu much more wa, good hem
'cracy at III: time it was uttered. IN 1s,o
"' times sincc then have changed al
sf"S haS changed with them. Sumo
len are not active enough To krcn mn will,
&c Ky; afions--ihs twisting anil turu;,.,s
; ''c parry: nut trrus was a man Of apiI
y ne FOLLOWED his lcaaers--he kent
lep with the music; wherever Old Iu,k
~ the'e he followci, the tan,cst wetb.r
M hook rs a consequence he is See
''afy oil S'aie-l'rearhcs mp Lecompton-
NJ swrars iy the Drcd Scott Decision
Il Is the TALES Democrat of them all
u, u he breaches to-day the doctrine If
ms speech anil OF his party in 1850
'''t would he now he tcrme,le a EIark
rpu5lIcan and nothing less.