Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-10-10

night, and viii arrive here this morning. Rooms
have been occurred for him at the st. Cloud Hotel
The Banner at sea.
The Banner is exceedingly anxious to draw US
into controversy on the question Of slavery in the
territories, but, while we should like to crafty our
neehbor. the subject is well understood by every
bsdy except himself that We cannot consent to
weary our readers with discussion oft. We have
been somewhat amused at the didactio tone ASSUME
ed By our neighbor in his various articles on this
subject, and the amiable oOndescension which ne
exhibits in STOPPING to instruct cur Ignorance and
relieve our embarrassment after We have been zap
palled into silence" as he elegantly expresses it. By
the startling disclosures he has made. We are
grateful for our neigbbors kindness and should have
said SO before, if we had not been "appalled into
silence" Il is his fault that We have not been
able to make the proper Acknowledgements Why
will the Bonner write such appalling articles! Why
viii our neighbor make these unpleasant ezposures1
Now We do not object to bis exposing any faneied
inconsistency which he conoeves that We have com
mittei. for his sense of duty comPels him TO 90
this. The unpleasant exposure Of which We com
plsin. the appalling exposure which awed US into
silence is the exposure Of his own ignorance We
with subjects which he does not understand; but
he will persist in doing SO. He fully comprehends the
Scotch Iron question in all its bearings. Why will
he not conhne himself to the discussion Of water
pipes.
The Banner thinks that in declaring that +" the
man who maintains that the people Of territory
may by lawful means exclude slavery before it be-
comes State is untrue TO the Democratic party and
the Constitution we are reading CAss, BUcHAsAS,
PrERoE, RICHARDSON and almost every other Demo.
erat Of the North Of whose opinions the Banner has
any knowledge, out Of the Democratic party. Now,
we do not know how much kno#ledge the Banner
may have with regard to eopinions Of Other Dem
ocrats at the North but have right to conclude
that it is not much better acquainted with the sen
tments Of those who have not expressed an opinion
on the subject, than it is with the sentiments Of
Mr.. BUCHANAN who has expressed an opinion. The
doctrine which we maintain is identical with that
Of the President and, we believe, the body of the
Democratic party North and South. We hold that
neither Congress nor the territorial legislature has
any right to exclude slavery from the territories,
but that the people must decide that question when
they come to form their State constitution. The Ban
asr asserts that this conflicts with Mr. BUCHANAN's
his inaugural address expressed these identical opin
ionsi Is it ignorant that the bred Scott decision,
which ell Democrats, all law abiding men reeog-
nize as authoritative and binding establishes this
doctrine? If not acquainted with these facts, how
can our neigbbOr undertake to discuss the position
ofthe Democratic party on this subject? How can
he expect to engkten his readers when be is igno-
rant of the decision Of the Supreme Court which set
ties the whole question We are determined how
ever, that he shall grOpe no longer in the dark.
The Documents are at hand and we will give our
neighbOr few extracts.
In his Inaugural Address Mr.. BUCHANAN said;
ga difference Of opinion has arisen in regard to
the time when The people Of territory shall de-
eide this question the question Of domestic slavery
for themselves This is happily a matter Of but
little practical importance, and besides 1t IS judi
eial question, which legitimateiy belongs to the
Suprem Court Of the United states before whom
it is now pending and will, 1t IS understood, be
speedily aud finally settled. To their decision, IN
common with all good citizens, l shall cheeriuly
submit, whatever this may be, though 1t has been
nv individual opinion that under the Nebraska
Kansas act the appropriate period will be 'EhsH fhe
number Of actual Tesi3sHS in the territory shall justly
the formation Of Constitution ruth ne" 10 us az
mission as q State into the Union"
sonearly does She opinion of the Court concur with
d 4bAAA~AE-N
Mr.. SEWARD in his speech at the last session Of
Congress charged Chief Justice TANEr and the
President of the United St9tes with collision in
adapting the Inaugural, to he bred Scott Decision
The Court decides, 1--WE quote the synopsis that,
ECongress may establish Territorial Government"
but that this government must be vested with pow
ers not exceeding those which Congress isefis au-
tborized to exercise" and that Congress has no
right to exclude slavery from the territories. This
is too clear for explanation argument, and proves
that Mr. BUCHANAN and the Supreme Court and the
whole Democratic party, which recognizes The au-
thority Of this Decision, entertain opinions directly
opposite to those attributed TO them by the Banner
We stated in former article that different and
very odious opinion had been attributed to Judge
DOUGLAS and hoped to see some refutation OF the
report With that exception we have heard Of no
prominent man, claiming to be Democrat, who
dissents from the views Of the President and the
decision Of the Supreme Court on this subject.
The extract from the speech of Hon. JEFF. DAVIS,
copied by the Banner from report, the correctness
of which its author denies, only contains the opinion
that if the territorial legislature should fail to enact
laws for the protection Of slaves other properly
that II would be go insecure as to be value
less He thinks as the Supreme Court think, that
such legislature has right 10 exclude slavery by
law but that the want of local laws for its security
majority Of the inhabitants being opposed TO the
institution, would render it difficult impossible for
the owner to retain his property. A similar diff
Guilty in holding slaves eGists along the borders
Of Delaware, Maryland, and Kentucky. If there
we're no local laws in those States for the protection
of such property it would be almost impossible to
retain it. We hope the Banner will not consider
this an assertion of the doctrine of Squatter Sover'
eighty which it attributes to Mr.. DAVIS. We hope
also that cur neigbbOr will sail nearer shore in fu-
ture and not venture out into the Deep broad sea Of
Slavery in the Territories
See First and Fourth Pages.
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