Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-09-23
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question to. his opponent that he wont answer
himself whenil Us pressed home e.npons him 2.iaI
put the question three times in his presence,
whether he, would vote! to admit Kansas when
the people apply with constitution ofstheir
own making and adoption under circumstances
that are just, fair and sunexceptionoble; can't
get his answer, nor can getlhis.answer this
question about Congressional Interference with
slavery lnathe territorylmy making slave code.
1t IS true be goes on to argue the question
whether under the decision of the Supreme
court 1t slssthe duty tofea man ito vote for a
slave code in the Territory. s. Whether he
thInksllt is his duty under5the decision that is
made, and if he beiievesiin the decision; he
wonMebe q perjured.man If he didn't 90 and
vote. Now, i want to know whether1he isinot
bound by decision contrary to his opinion
Just as much as by&one in accordance githhis
opinion. IL the Supreme Court isia tribunal
created by the Constitution tOodecide the ones.
ton, and ifthe decision is binding andsfinal is
ne enot bopndjustlas much by.it whether he he
for or aganStsiR Is every man in this land al,
lowed TO resist decisions he dOn,tilie and only
support those5he does? Whatare your Courts
worth, unless their, decisions are binding on nil
good citizens? That is the efundamentale7pr e7priuci-
pIeof the Judiciary, that these decisions are
hnaL gThelvery object is, that whenlyou CAN'T
agree among yourselves upon.a disputed point;.
Court shall decide, and their decision is bind
ing, and every citizen must.submit. Thatdeci-
sion is the law ofthe iland;just as rnuch-withAr.
Lincoln for it against it. He contends that a
man is peIjuEed who is for that decision. if he
don'tivote for slave code in each Territory of
the Union. fyou are not going to resist the
decsion' but sobey it; if you5 arc not going to
raise up moblam against theconstituted author
ity, then according to your own statement
you must be pcrjured man, unless you vote
lor It. My doctrine is. that while the decision
is there recognising the right to take slaves.
INTO the Territory, yet after they have got there
you need affirmative law to make that right OF
any value. That doctrine not only applies to,
slave property but to all other property. Chief
Justice fancy places iton the ground that slave
property is on an equality with all otherprop-
erty.s Suppose one OF your merchants should
move to Kansas and open liquor store, he has
the right to take his liquors there and open a
store, but the mode of selling them must be
BY local legislation If the local legis
lation is unfriendly, it drives you. out Just as,
with your liquors as if there was
constitutions provision againstliguors. So the.
absence oflocal legislation to protect slave prop
erty in territory excludes it practically and as
effectually as if there was a,positiye constitu,
against If. Hence assert that
under that decision youcannot maintain slavery
a day in a territory against an unwiingIpeopls.
without ttriendiy legislation. If the people are
and useless. If they are for it, they will sup
port and enconaage it. Hence we come back
to the practical question, if the people ofda ter
ritorry want slavery they willibaveit, butifthey
don't want 1t you can't force it upon them ls ID