Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-04-06

Qqf their domestic institutions in their own @f eln$ are supreme in the exercise of those ril sou Among the great mass, and prominent in {: Eavhs1n this subject of slavery. now also referraS ex to inrsdicton as a domestic institution 10 thes dedu from inc nature of the jurisdiction arch oi and reoulates it-national only in tp orG anity, tees and securities with which the rjrb.s7 ep W pertv connected with it are invested L F@' any compromises of the consttution Bnt f: @sols' last feature which attaches to it the rt lAseSeh nropertv in slaves tbronob All bo c sh rise the ritories, I should not know of any exo,. 'S tie ,h which is possessed from the power of ina fena aure This subject with all the domas, N' 'cfs 'c. :. s stitutons the civil relations of life the ir. ~'hs1 VT are aIike conded to their own s" teIto? ply S2 administration. These are not rights 3 ,h, ,h's. from Congress, but only recognized by tbo e 7,uid of government which it has instituted ,, elahy i protection, and which it is the right of ~ o';lt, ,b ITno f. ','e .o thelr ans ,eratior sns on na of tbe Territora ana that anspo Senator from Illinois to be 6 in allowance s.s- .a.r pended in the United States, in trust f sSqlo', people when they become Staten A., %ao, a,s,a
 the "rightfsl subjects of egislation' with rt IS~s they are clothed among the domestic irs .ts tons' which they are empowered to form 2. ;t ts resu late" Is that hlshes act of the sur,n aOrgA power with which they are invested-tba ,rs of maton oi ol''e government preparatory ription mode and manner of accomplishing tbis " m IT. pose. When they are to exercise thi, ,IIt s N and how to exercise it--when they have i- s,er.
 grown the capacity of territorial goverpme Trec and desire the stronger and more vgorousa, .s Secy gies of a State government, are questions o aFor cernpg themselves alone, and no one else comm Congress is to determine that question then Inns of rtoria self-goyernment Is worse thana sb,d source and the Kansas act deluson. These Ta,-,,sed nC res, as part of the territories acquired fr.ny ha, France in 1903, hold our bond to aimt fb. .Ilowin into the Union according to the prucple irticula the federal constitutions; and it k theirs o "For
 eide when they will ask its fufmeut T hat tb | acts organizing these Territories coltemrl me of
 their speedy admission as States and are gd, uyeys
 ed as a necessary means to accomplish that asssch suit: and it is for them to determine when trus ! will ask that these inst expectations shal eut.D
 realized These are their high function, "It k
 perform-aud in their performance thev ar. ents lo subject to the surveillance of Coagrass-+ fit, tht ofiicious intermeIding of goveruors-unds, uses obligation to prop.ttte the sulleu resentment Id fur
 iusurLent factions, Tor to accommodate t.s- ,auze
 selves 10 the views of distant States but ir se of
 be perfectly free" to carve cut their own . es the l tnieS in their own way" IL i, thi, y stocf makes them sovereign within the sphere NJ W felc
 have thus described Bu, on the otherb ssettle there are corresponding ri Lhts and powers of ate of ! Union to be observed Tbisi, what k r,s.r, "Wit
 the language of the Kansas act-"suli a stem
 to the constitution of the United $ Hates sne
 What are these rights and powers of the fed led III
 al government, in which she iS also ,uIr.r ne and which are limitation upon the urlul :en of
 ei freedom of the Territories? They are taa der U and no others: The constitution proy,5a. Y. Is yer " "Coror.,. may admit new States into inc rpm E ior,-, discretion converted ir+o an all , ousan obIigation by the treaty with France. and lucin Jrnired States ,snaranties to earh Staten e sam Trnion ;, ronub,lc,n form of ,,ovar,r,sr.r " Esp Win the nerfornarce of tbcs9 bi,b cCr1a assacl tionaI rowars and dut;es C,p,ra,s f-lfr 1T fore treaty obi ,ations. and eybansts it's whole sants
 ers Corsi,tentIy with these ,,rinc;,las r tweer rtorv cannot, by her own act alone either sS. cape from her territorial dependence, set n, u rini of h.r i;-:r,.+a ,o,,or,,,,.-,. L 'l l an the tbo,,saI,. i,,to +bo T,;1,, .sn;tb,,,. * ess." sent of C,one,rass ;, Snab an act ,,nIi Ia, It wi lution. like that ordained at ToneEa 0- e mex contr,r,. the whole mower of Cdr,ro.s oa. cir oI admit Sat- irio tbr Trr;or o,r,, .o, IS the ovnrossad tbrorrb i+s constiti7tior,l f,,rr ey su 1,bo adp,;ss;or af S+,to i,,to ,L, r';- nort comnact between tba Stote and tbo I-.'-. rgl l which each acts in perfect harmony in -Htsy,eo Hy eo ing its own appropriate functions It ..ias .m
 rbicb r,,a,, +at th '-' ho fS tbo AL, af u;,,..,l lt, C,. ny is sent in advance, and invites State to prO.e. . 7.
 for admisson or whether, as in Kansas l-a, VI sI
 Territory takes the first step, and presents ha ld sa
 "td "l,., Iei 'ePuUI-e'.n co'5'u. How | tha al I, l.. .r
 E1o1 I''''oA0 - oC'I S 'He S"i' ent b% plete her admission. republican coustu.;a'a sae Is ak necessary to both as well as the rsQus ,,n th l e.:"e' c'se 'Ie 5'c' "l ,Ae COT le 'n9 eA5iViSe oi US %ho!e ana H5-'rs of Tej,S' anu N'H9 as Sucil' TOT mat FeR ted 'i0 ''''e' Il "o' 'ney Isu ting
 '''''0''es this
 Mir President, these are the general Wrats, sn pies which 1 entertain as to the true rehA ies'' | between the federal government and the Ter,eEt tories few facts in the history of Karsa emec controlling significance will make theraml licked ton obvious. On the 3Oth of Nav 1851 )wer
 Kansas Nebraska act was passed l. opens flame ooundless field for American enterprise, s issio new conquests for American civilization I ed IT western frontier, the advanced most, of our r the gress was skrted from the Red to the MissJ-Ie co river with an Indian empire which, secured 1ci'lr |
 great pathway of commerce and emigration le W the Pacific The march, of civilization had tes ices
 arrested bv line of longule This cbecs reed for period the advancing stream of em;-s sem | non winch, coursing with ccaseasS and swel-h eu 1 tide, and following the path of the sun, shl as e
 meet the reflex of the tide from the Paai le SC | and miuglinp amid tho cros4s or .L Ror nmig
 Mountains. end its mission ii, I,.;r, f, ,ss 10
 circuit of the rlnbe Tbis ,nor to
 The Indian, unfxed in his home and -iorai IT
 nv. Of all tbis vast on,rir., I .,l5.ylr ,1g he l locked with its co,,,+Iai ~ l .- ave
 .ures njrr-terfbs of i t''C','I? ''n erpri
 by an irrepealabe law of climate. to s,t.Iemau
 from the northern States of the Uuion and is M ool tuned inevitably to swell the number of -s " oI.o
 ornn.,i rarr;n,. nay "o '"' ts av
 ,,.:,,. VI -i 'e''''' '"' .1o- vas
 tbo o,.s+Y,I''ar' ,t I'.9 reSons move Tou sitho Spp. Then there, too, beyond the RocEnassfs s
 Mountains, and on the Pacific coast were Or .y
 Son and WaShington-all dedicated by th aoh,
 Sraet law oi climate to the free labor of 1 fSIi
 ho',li iisI9 w was prospect winch ought Miss,
 whose whole conception of the objects of ia nisto
 U"loH Go'S'Nts or the one Idea ot free %- ility
 Upon the south of this great empire the opsr req,
 Ing of which for settlement could at any in omr
 and at every period of acquisition, have b%f n,
 defeated by less than the vote of southern S titp
 nators, lay the small Territory of Kansas en ouri
 braced between three parallels of latitude. bpres
 lay immediately west of Missouri, and in dcs 'eca
 proximity to Arkansas; and, as such it's fuH7hat
 political condition an object of lively ints ang
 est Tn the south. The situation of MisNrrhe
 was peculiar upon her eastern and norhn teps
 boundaries she had free States for her neghtCa oun
 ana 10 complete the circle of hostile nhuenc@ ,arr
 by extending it to her western border wheso O
 most ot her slave population was congreate- Com
 was step which ought, as it did. arouse s,ctir | most tnrrlLln fnr l,