New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-20

D. giofio ind ps'f on If u. would hnuby
,ueg.st ias South CarniIus mus, NOT, IN TN, .ns'1
g.ncy slo~ eNclusNe ~ hnebt - maj great
r.vsrr. uu- sti0r IN the r1f"-t upen which she hes
given So uch -hls htru'n f npou the true pnocpes
If cor Government. Tn- t,1A, a. horgh ~ i'npo'1
,art Question u ona The Determination OF when u
s,p a. thi. 'in- well f1rr,o Nold Illustrate - re
ai,ve i- pr'srce 70 The greater question Of slavery.
w sskirr Won 10 cnIsifrr gslgut hni ~el re shte1
4 u m storm ~ So. The cargo ard ship Sere b0a
N danger: u Nou0 nev-r do {" hegeci me 'ft-hln
mas,. ard lO5srue1 rn'd"r, toe gaping ..hA ip' tas
nn,p-,, Of preserving he -ae st'gsge OF ihs carso
Ms. slip j. avery: the csrlo may oe ne tain ~
" n; pr.,. ". the sh,p or A. ~ 1osn togeh'f' "a
th> >fitu'iou pestiNrc M rs an lA''-'+' We az
safe either il tie Mon or ON ~ ~ .'oh
Bn. fellow -,.itige : al e. South Cznfta hsi e'.as
Hshto upon SON, Nhai " rnsrent bars c.T'.'n greg
IDEAS in relation 20 The tsxng powers OF tho "1'sn'
men' the slavery question b-gan 10 airsct paohc 81
,eu,ior. by the Missouri tonQromise,
the Act Of 1890. Slavery ~as forever pfOhiONsi .
rirc.t,1ths of our public dor air. Bat the extent Il
tlis aisck upon slavery Tor 'he fret tune arcn I'd an
excited the attention 81 the country, end eyen NJ
Jefferson became alarmed, sud admitted thN 'es sS
blow az The INSTITUTION snunrtd 20 h Ike hfe BEL
n, uicpich' rbi. alarm ard excitement SOON sub
sided and the South soon learned 10 sequence m ,as
s.ri. = of measures. Tho South looked ON end hopei
be North WON'T he sa'i fled.
In tie N.,r 1851, the AutiS avery element reacha1
"a point If aggression. H. tha' year three laws ses
ia, SEQ each which n violation Of our eoest,a
ions rights sId subyerlye al the true policy II Tia
South one was the admission Of California iu.) Ia
Union under free Toll process ~ Squhiter Soyereiry,
the o,h,r was the dismeub,Tm.n Mt Fl the slave ms
ot the state of Texas BY which large portion of her
Territory was sgs1 t,keo under the donnIion Of la
FEDERAL GoveTiuent-doubtess 10 come under tAs
rule Of Sloa' er Slv,reigu'! me o'her vas the At
riarlicf ~ the slave-trsde between tho Slave Saes
and the Di,uict IT Columbia. Congress having inter.
dicted the foreign aie not content to stop there
but also struck bow a. the internal saye.,rade II
this act passed upou the poSer 70 regulate COM
m,rce between The States, II by any principle Whist.
ever Congrs has poser Ia prohibit mo trade bet seeu
the States and the District of Columbia, then there
M co, sti ut'onal difficulty Ia PROHIBIT il betwesa
georgia and South Carolina. Here was, sso, bloc
al the right of purchase in the home market. This,
Also was he eliminating point OF the march Of Abo.
I-iOr and il might then have vel paused IN s'lsa
ton at lis progress. the poser of increase Of the
ia. tiu,iou Of Slave.y by purchase had been prohb
tied; It's power Of eXpsnr lDg throughout nne'tenth.
of the publ, DOMAIN mad been denied 10 them the
right 80 transfer a'd SELL 10 portion even OF the
s.ayeholiing community, mad also been ienist 70
t. Thus wounied in IL most vital parte lts enemies
might have well been content a. have permitted tina
e. accomplish the balance of their delights gradual
anO peri, 81 destruction.
Again thee two sys'ems met face to face IN the
epscinen, Of the Kansas Territorial Act. And &c
The fltt time the South reganvd rs asceniency "a
that issue bu' not without compromising her posths
to considerable extent. she succeeded IN obtaining
the repeal OF the Mis,our Compromise line, but shs
had Ia WELD 10 rep. Al of the old French aud Spanish
laws protecting Slavery in the Territories. To pre-
serve the harm ony Of the Democracy, the act was ns
IL TENS explicit AMI decisive eiiher as To The doctrns
a. Soua ter SyeT.gnty, or ot Constitutional Spyerega
tym the Territories. The act, indeed, was tfamei ia
express avoilapce of q decision on this question.
Congress di-clamed IN the act any design tn egi.ss
SLAVERY into or ont f the Territory. ~ conferred
upon the Tern OVAL Legirlatura, IN general terms, al
l.Cs s'ye wer consistent WIN tnc ColstiLolOn of
the Urited States.
Since then, the whole question OF the CONSTITUTIONAL
rights OF Shareholders, botn IN Ssvehoding states and
ia Free-So States and in the Territories, es been
b. fore the Supreme Court, and in the Dfed se9 de-
cisiop these quesious have been decided IN 'av@ OF
the views con,ended for by the South. WinCt
Provisois'n and Squatier Sovereignty have been
dec .ded To be uncoDstitutiona'; nut the rP'eA OIL
Anti-Say.ry Yields not to political or judicial Goa
.tructon ol the Constitution ~ favor OF the S)u'n.
The Dr.d Scott decision is declared by them, as to
Territorial que stiobs of Slavery, Ia Dc but an aDsu-
Il, n and that spirit presents itself oday IN an'agonn
10 the South 10 and more dangerous phase IAN
it has heretofore assumed. Mr. Douglas Is tn' tePv
sentative If thus new phase. lie contends that, g
the ansas act Congr. "a bound not 10 interfere VITA
any Territorial legislation in reference 10 Slavery; hs
confer ds that violation OF the kansss act "
the Territorial Legislature cannot be noticed or super
vised by Congress; he contends that IL was agreed
between North aud South that all such questions snoud
be referred 10 the decision Of the Supreme Court; he
cortends that the Territorial Legislature, while has
DO power 10 exclude Slavery by direct legislation yet
il has the poser ncde, tai and by It's power OF ta1s
ton 10 render Slavery improbable by burdensomo
taxes that cannot exist IN the Territory he con.
tends further that il discriminate against Slavery
by refusI IT, pass laws for the punishment OF those
sggressDg upon Il, either by theit or by haboDg or
in0ucrg slaves to away; II ia coDtended that these
doctrines as against the Il Jvernment are supported
BY the Kansas act; ard as against the national De-
mOcracy that they can be- maintained under tbe Jn't
Interpretation Of the Cincinnati platform. lnier the
leadership of such man ~ SIR Dongas they present
u tla .uth thaua
issues of the Wlmot Provso Squatter Sovereignty.
For Mr. Douglas a. a nan, have much respect
and great AZ ration. With uhco nmOn powers o To-
t.lect, wiki great energy and unfnchug purpose,
with grea, reliance upon his own powers and resources,
with nature perfectly fearless with courage thst
leads him 70 grspple with tbe grcstest dangers, with
spirit that leads bin to scorn all compromise 81 MS
principles he the nest dangerous man to The SCUM
that the North has ever presented 10 the Fe!era
Council. And now the Democracy Oh me
North have for him higher res ard aud great r AIM.
ration than they have FIR any man In the United
stes They have adopted his principles, and IN q!
the Conventions Of that party which have been bed
for the purpose of nominating Delegates TO the Ch aries
ton Convention, a. far as have been able 70 unie,'
stand item Douglas Delegates have been n0Innated.
Even here, in the South, he and his doctrines have
their advocates amor z the Democracy; while Others,
again, not wholly approving OF his principles, yet on
approved Of any yOged opposition to those prlnc.
pes tor fe6r Of bsnciul result upon the harmony
the great Democratic party. IL il unnecessary for me
to add that in my opion this doctrine Of Mr. Douglas
is alike Unconstitutional insicious and bsnefn To the
true policy Of the South. would that the abilities o.
such man were a,rayed on the side OF the true prn
cpes Of Justice and The Constitutions but rs they an
not, be must be met frankly and fearessly. II th'
Territorial Legislature possesses inherent, Origins
powers Of legislation, territorial Government is bu
the creature of Congressional act. IL mas no SOW
ereenty 1t sises out Of and IL snbject 10, the will
Congress. a Territory is but the common property q
the people of The several States, aud subject 10 b
governed by the common agent Of the people-tB
Cor grefs If the United States. No Territory ex
eIcred legislative power save byviruc Of the will
Congress. Congress itself possesses no inherent orig
ira power Of legislation. Its power s deryaiye an,
DIR, In the Eederal