The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-09-23

a decision of that court Gen. JAcKso,
had refused tosabideb its decision. anc
claimed for each department of the Gov
/ eminent, the right to interpret the Con
stltution for ITSELF He also read atlengtl
the views Of JEFFERSON in regard to tht
Supreme Court, Showing that the father
OF Democracy looked with suspicion up
on it, and regarded it as likely to become
an instrumentfor the undermining of oul
liberties, and that he Acknowledged {
power above and behind it, viz the PEG
pie. Democrats acknowledge the RICH
of protest against the Courts decisions
when il relates to the subject of the con
stitutionality of a Bank, but when it lie
galizes the extension of Slavery, no sucl
right is to be admitted.
i Mr.. VANDEvER then went on to defin,
his position in reference to the future ad
mission of States. He had been repre-
scented as saying that he would vote fol
the admission of a Slave State if the PEG
pie of the State asking admission, would
present a constitution, duly ratified, lie.
CALLING that institution His position
upon this matter was this: If the doc
trine of bred Scottish was applied tc
the territories, viz that Slavery could
go there unrestrained either by Congress
or the people, he would never vote fol
the admission of State legalizing Slay-
cry. But if the Territories were left free
If Slavery was kept out of them, as
the Republican party contend it should
be-then he was willing to risk the mat
ter with the people, for he was sure that
IT the territories were kept free, the States
formed out of them would be free also.
He was willing to risk this just as Repub-
llcans in Congress risked the operation
of the Crittenden- Montgomery bill in
Kansas. He did pot believe that the
people of a free territory would ever send
a slave constitution to Congress but did
believe that if the territories were thrown
open to Slavery, as the Democratic party
were for having it, that the only course
for Republicans was to refuse admission
to any that came with Slave constitutions.
He also believed that any Constitution
legalizing Slavery, was anti Republican
in its nature. He then took up our neigh
boris assertion that the right to prohibit
Slavery in a territory, by Congress, car
ried with it the right to introduce it, and
most effectually demolished this inane po-
lsition by an apt practical illustration
which turned a hearty laugh upon the
editor, who was present. He next went
on to consider some of the epithets ap-
Piled to Republicans, and speaking of the
term " Disunionists,'' proceeded to show
that the only men from whom we had
anything to fear, in this connection, were
members and leaders of the Democratic
party" Men who were deep dyed with
notification, and who rise from their seats
IN Congress only to talk treason, such as
would have subjected them to the halter
IN General JAoksoN's 1ime-such men as
the TooMBsEs, the STEPnENsEs, the JEFF.
DAvIsEs, the HAMMoNps, &C., of the
South. These are the men who have
for years plotted destruction to the gov
eminent, and are ready to consummate
their treason when they find they can no
longer rule, These men rule the Dem
ocratic party and rule the government,
and are ruling it solely for the extension
of Slavery. They have forced an aban-
donment of the principles and policy
pursued by It's founders. Then, the rule
was to make all territory free; now, it is
to make it all slave. The Republican
party is striving to continue that ancient,
UNIFORM ana just policy, while the Dem.
ocracy. with new light, have adopted a
new rule for interpreting the Constitution
"a rule which applies all the resources,
and bends all The energies Of the govern
ment ito. the advancementyo Southern
interests--to the spread of the odious
system of human slavery.ailq q e,.t
Many other things were, of course,
touched upon, by Mr.. VANDEvER, in his
lengthy speech, which we cannot recol-
lect, nor are we adequate to the task of
giving just conception of his argument
upon the points noticed. He left 10 point
at issue untouched, Of which We are
aware, and in their treatment sustained
every position he took by masses ofevi-
dence, which carried conviction to every
mind. If he has done as well everywhere
as he did here, he certainly viii, be trir
umphantly elected sl- iiu slpad 45A
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