The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-09-22

City srgan, attributed to Attorney General
Black, contains the following paragraphs:
Some insist that no citizen can be deprived
OF his property in slaves, or In anything else,
| except by the provisions of State constitu-
ton or BY the aot Of . State Legislature;
while others contend that an unlimited CON.
troll over private rights may be exercised by
. Territorial Legislature a. soon as the ear
hest settlements are made.
So strong are the sentiments Of Mr.. Doug
las 10 favor Of the latter doctrine, that If it
be not established he threatens us with Mr..
Stewards "irrepressible conflict, J" which shall
end only with the universal abolition or the
universal dominion of slavery. On the other
hand, the President, the Judges Of the Su-
prams Court, nearly all the Democratic mem
bers of Congress, the whole Of the party
South, and very large majority North, are
penetrated with o conviction that no such
power 10 vested in Territorial Legislature,
and those who desire to con6scAte private
property OF any kind must wait until they get
constitutional convention or the machinery
Of State government into their hands. We
venture to give the following reasons for be.
lieving that Mr.. Douglas 10 in error:
The Supreme Court has decided that .
Territorial Legislature has not the power
which heclaims for il. That alone ought to
be sufficient. There can be no Law, order or
security for any mans rights, unless tho ju-
dcial authority Of the country be upheld
Mr.. Douglas may do what he pleases with
political conventions and party platforms,
but we trust he viii give to the Supreme
Court, at least that decent respect which
none but the most ultra republicans have yet
withheld.
Do the Iowa Democracy agree with ssthe
President, the Supreme Court, nearly all the
Democratic members OF Congress, the whole
Of the party South, and large majority
NORTH" or do they stand by Douglass po.
sition7 Where is Dodge, and where is Ma.
con? Which side do they sspouse in this
ssrrspressble conflict" in the Democratic
party?
Here is another aspect Of the same issue
put by Attorney General Black in these
words:
But we believe more. We believe in sub
hitting to the case decided BY the Supreme
Court, which declares that Territorial leg
islature cannot, any more than Congress, in
terfere with rights Of property in Territory;
that the settlers OF Territory arc bound to
wait until the sovereign power Is conferred
upon them, with proper limitations, before
they attempt to exercise the most dangerous
of all its functions.
Mr.. Douglas denies this, and there is tn.
new issue.
Why should such an issue be made at such
atime? What is there now to excuse any
friend Of peace for attempting To stir up thu
bitter waters of strife There 10 no question
upon it pending before Congress or the coun
try. We are called upon to make conflict,
at once unnecessary and hopeless, with the
judicial authority OF the nation. We obieo,
to it. We will not obey Mr.. Douglas when
he commands as to assault the Supreme Court
Of the United States. We believe the Cour,
to be right, and Mr.. Douglas wrong.
Miss Heron ana Mr.. Bateman Ms.
solved.
The two years. engagement between Mr.
II. l.. BAtsman, theatrical manager, and MIR,
Matilda Heron StDpel, has been broken, b,
consent, il il understood, Of both parties. -
The acknowledged reasons for this event
says the N. Y. Tribune, possesses curious
psychological interest. The relations be.
tween the manager and the artist were hrs,
disturbed soon after the production Of Mrs
Bateman's play Of "Geraldine," IN conse.
quence of the unmeasured praise bestows Cd
upon Miss Heson's performance OF the he.
roine's part, and the unwillingness to recoe.
nice the claims of the authoress to dramatic
eminence. This state Of things 90 wrought
upon the managers feelings that bitterness.
Of spirit ensued, and NIL hope Of comfortabl,
agreement was speedily destroyed. Tn.
proposition to cancel the contract did moi
J come from MIR. Bateman, and wss, psrhsps
unexpected by him, but Was thought necessa.
!. ~ By Mrs. Stepsl, under tho circumstances
J The engagement 10 to expire with the tsrmi-
! nation Of the series Of Representations abou,
} to be given 10 Boston. list. Louis Dom.
CTA new process Of curing meats ha.
been patented by Messrs. Paddock = Marsh
OF CINCINNATI, Ohio. As soon - the anima
il killeG and before il 10 skinned, salt il In.
jected through the arteries, and il Dan be thu
cured and rendered it for market il ten min.
utes time.
j u Contrary TO tho popular belief, csttle
sheep and pigs, sometimes eat the tobacco
plant with avidity. A gentleman inform.
the Hampshire Gazette that two OF three years
Ago DO allowed his sheep to run under shed
!. where h0 had hung tobacco TO dry, and the,
. ate the ends OF all the piants they could
!. reach.
IL Private letters from Tuscany mention
the alarming illness Of Elizabeth Barret
I Browning, the English poetess. She ven,
!, to Italy during the war, from her deep inter
est in the cAuse Of Italian indepcnd ence, ant
her disappointment at the peace greatly az.
: grayated her previous illness.
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