Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-11-23

them property recognised by Constitution, but not acceptable
the grants the territory That senator had too oen
eighty to be justified thus msng my opinion The diner
vide that Of who should assert the
that time all property requires protection from the
society 70 The mastof which it held This necessity does not
It IS as stated IT, that slave property peculiarly re-
qures the proectoa Of society and would ordinarily become
From his MASTER and conceal him whilst ascending
and Jurors protect each other IN any suit which ne master
might bring damages The laws Of the United States, through
the OF the United States might enable the master to re-
cover the slave wherever he could md him But know, IN
such community have supposed that slave inclined % alb
sona would become utterly useless and that was OF me
The extract on which reliance has been Placed was taken foma
speech made at Portland and both before and after the extract
the language employed conCluvey proYes the construction,
which unenay criticism has put upon the detached pasg
Immediately proceedings the following languageWas used:
he Territory being common property OF state equals
the Union and bound bv the constitution which recognizes pro-
perry slaves tisan abuse Of terms 10 call aggression the mi
grafton into that territory Of one ofits owners because carry
ing with him anv cs Of property recognized BIZ the consu-
ton Of the United States The Federal government hasno power
to declare what is property anywhere The power Of each state
cannot extend beyond limits consequence, therefore,
whatever property in any Of the States must he 50 considered IN
any Of the territories OF the United states until they reach % the
dignity Of community Independence when the subject matter win
be entirely under the control Of the people and be determined By
their fundamental law II the lnhaban Of any rltory should
refuse such laws and police regulations as would give Sc
cuTy 70 their properly or e & would Be o. s
valueie In proportion to the difficulty fhodng without SUCH
protection In the Of property In the labor Of man, or what
Is Usually eleu sls Toes y, i " g y s sss
that the owner could not ordinarily retain II therefore, to1sh
the right would remain the remedy being withheld it would fol-
Of the case from taking slave property into territory
where the sense ofhe inhabitants was opposed Introduction.
So much for repeated ae Of forcing slavery upon any
community
Andn subsequent part Of the sPeeeh the matter was
treated in this Use:
he South had not asked Congress to extend slavery into the
territories, and he in with most other Southern states
Re he creed Of the Democracy both in the North and the South,
that the general government had constitutional power either
one must necessarily have involved the power the o
Hence it is their policy not to interfere the side the
to every Independent community to determine and all
domestic questions in their wisdom may seem best
speeches mse elsewhere. ia New England and in New
York the equality Of the South joint declared and
main tanned, as had often done teiot the people Of Mississippi
the Senate Of the United States when the subject In
controversy The positions taken by in 1850, in the form Of
amendment offered to one Of the compromise measures Of that
year, intended to assert the right Of all property to the
protection Of the United States and to deny to legislative
body power ardge that right. The decision Of the Su-
prone Court in the bred Scott case has fully sustained posi-
f Congress itself cannot do this prohbt slavery in Terri
tpryl il is beyond the powers conferred the rl
mentt will be admitted we presume, that it could not authorize
territorial government 20 exercise them eo13a confer no
pOlCer any local g0reJlDet established ty S authority
70 Uio8afs the professions Of the constitution.
And he constitution recognises the right property Of
master in slave and makes distinction between that desp
ton Of property and other property owned by citzen bH
nal acting under the authority Of the United Stes whether e
gislave executive judicial, has right draw such dis
tncon, deny it the benefit Of the provisions and guarantees
against the encroaclments Of the government.
At the time Of the adoption Of the bill itcr
any territory Of the United States should thenoe be regard
ed judicial question: annd therefore special provision was
made facilitate the bringing Of such questions fore the Su
prene Court the United States. After which
reference has iustbn made the Of the bill
the time OF rs enactment nave been
his squatter sovereignty heees though the decision should
have different from his anticipation desire And much
interest has been felt IN relation % Els position and some inquiry
has been made Of it, will here that consider
1854 and that cannot compelled to choose between men, one
Of whom the pOwerof Congress deprive Of acons-
in order transfer territorial legislature. Neither
the other has authosy to sit in judgment
between such positions Mississippi cannot have preference
because she cannot recognize any thing tobe in either Of
Having called your attention to speech made at Portland
to show oerparts Of dprove the construction put upon the
paragraph which taken from it, and reported to be part Of
speech delivered Bangor may be well this occasion
Portland. Immediately preceding the State election,
tenon was sTeisliv caIIe 10 a dssion raed on tie T,nia
Of Maine by which many led 10 believe that there
purpose the paro the South through the government OF the
United States to force slavery only into the Territories but
resented that in tie last Presidential that Of
Senators Maine convinced many voters that
Mr. Buchanan should be elected, slavery would be forced upon
Maine and that the other Senator arguing that the bred
Scott decision Of the Supreme Court had given authority to in
roduce and hold slaves thai State. To
prsson injurious the South and her friends, the remarks
On tst, other duty correct
misrepresentation vndcate purposes from
preudca which Ignorance and agitation had created against u.s.
If it was in power in degree to aay sectional excitement
to cultivate sounder opinions and more ernal feeling was
tk most 70 me- and one ior me performance OF
which could not doubt your approval But has been for
tune to be the object OF malice which have not stYen
pee because conscious that il rested upon injury
justice inflicted BY The land with Presidential
daes announced by their agents their friends by them
Selves the mode most available for preventing too Jealous
and partial friends from putting them in nomination To these
the Of unounded apprehension that the
coast Of New England, Instead Of returning to Mississippi any
Of them had known the necessity which kept from home,
fair to suppose the apant such distinction could have
been guilty Of the Of supprng that fact and allowing
Misrepresentation to do its work in absence.
For the wretch who Is doomed to 60 through the world caring
personal jealousy personal magni which renders him
incapable Of doing justice su0us Of presentation
only feel pity and possible 70 feel revengefu could
congn him tonO punishment than that Of his tomen
tors, the vipers nursed in his breast.
CONCLUDED TOMORROW