Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-10-23

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! The Dea1nrddsefiasic ant ouglaas rect
Of tue so1t !,
foliov The ssshiingtonU Union i its
decent tba.l All against Senator D I9s,eecr
Las, hare b aaEka,,ssd continually on the de-
cIlarxatioa nalllEs satf b latter il l,iayFree-
port speech tflatt sslia,essr might battle
1agsirt;ael opiip oa ofz.ile Supreme Court on
ii tho uai4sd== i staiss : = the right ofI
ihe owner u slave 70 take him into l1t''
! Territory, ksllssYery might be virtually
excluded ~ ptfiienaly Ieggislasioa-sso
that Y his'ss tthlEstfrriigg wona re'nain,its
practical exercise afsffdesis would become irnposssl-
ble. eT7lhIs tank and truthful! view q
the case bal bal been received b the chorus
Of ADMINISTRATION prints With : howl Of
and Judge DoUseLAa ls IS.
sailed az Black REPUBLICAN Of the
darkes. ST. it 'E fol inti,natiing the posi-.
bility Of :an| aadirect means q annulling
The fforets. II M ddiician q tie Supreme
Court, TTthea.tt's can Be no sort Of doubt
that DoualAts IS right 10 expressingg this
opinion. Every d who locks st the
questiongwiitfhhtout prejudice must see that
if the paopplei Of 3 Territory are hostile
sllsyef,y. they can, through their Leggis
latnre, 3 laws and ordinances Of an
vi ! Han oppressive q character by
which, iIIsslessaH ) fleeing protected slavery
vilfbe iacodntenanced. n decision Of
anyjudloial srfibhu1alco could enable aslaye-
holder e keep Ills property ina Terri-
tory vllere \ ||ne-tenths of.he=inhabi1ants
are opposed 10 the instiitu1ion,saay more
than II could exclude @slayery from
State Nshersf the mass q tlle population
we're themselves slave-owaers. f is.
sheer and shallow ultrsis1n to attack
Judge Dopa11s for affirming 8 propo-
sii.ion alhiietiIn nobody can possibly call il
qnesiion:
But hi /, q most = using feature insthese
attacks npTonnI the Illinois Senator is that
the Unios and is .maIl circle Of anti
Douglas Democrats cannot reyile Doue-
LAS for F,ttsartainingthnes views, without
st che same III ehitting heirbast friends
over bis shoulders. bis can bedemon-
strated very eoDclusiyely The head and
front Of the political sin committed By
Doue1.as are contained u Che following
brief II'assaese from hisF1eepport speech
u care BOT how the Supreme Court
ddetcidsltazztlle aueetion as to the right
Of the owner Of slave 10 take him
there ; wlhre,n, he ge,s him there the ques-
ton is whether be can hold him as 4
slave. If there is friendly Legislation to
protect laissHrigght,iIlen be can i there
the absence Of friendly legislation pro-
tectlng BID right, i is rs positive and eff
40 exclusion Is positive proIiibii-
y
Ills IS tjrea.onto the g ns.itusion--an
open defiance off the Dred. Scott decision,
according 10 these1tre,ns soatIlssra OPP
ponenta oil DouoLAs. films be So, We
can onl1Y ~ t1,a. eoi.Jsrr DAVIS,
The acknolFteaged e1pounder of State
Riigliia /; 4 llescl,iyalrons champion Of The
South ID. statesman and politician fe-
lied upon beyond ali others. and exaecs
ted to threw himself into the inaaine
b i Whllieneyerh e hts Of
thessouth ifaree mnpe,,riileealb e
g,ressiicH -r4Ylg MA DAVIS 1 guilty .
The ss.ns.z reason, IS will be sabundsntly
manifest from the5 sulllioiined extract,
taken from his late speech It augusta,
1T th,aq Inhabitants of an s'e,rritoesryy
II fuse 10 enact such laws and
police NJ \ IIaa,ion. u would give security
. 1faeir property o. to hi, A. would be
rendered thore or less ~valneless, a pro-
portion , ,taE the dliifffcullies Of holding il
without ;tbcIIl projection. Id the case q
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