The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1859-12-21
G0ngr&ssi0ual.
WAsH1soroS Dec. l2

Mss, resolution was adopted appointing a
committee to wait on the President and inform
/ him that the Senate is ready to receive com
/ munications, in order that he may have an op-
portunty to send nominations and executive bu-
siness to the Senate previous TO the organiza-
tion Of the House. tI ea.
On motion Of Mr.. Brown, Of Miss, it was re-
solved 10 proceed to the election Of chaplain on
Thursday next.
Mr.. Iverson, of Ga. said he had been misun-
deIstood hv the ConHitutioa newspaper in re.
mark made by him the other day about the
Democratic party, when he said he believed the
Democratic party, If not corrupt, was at least
corruptible. He did not mean to accuse them
Of completely or sympathy with John Brown,
but simply say that, on the question Of the
territorial rights Of the Southern people, great
portion OF the Northern Democracy are un-
sound. This was vital question to the rights
and interests OF the South, and on this question
he believed large portion, If not the whole, Of
the Northern Democracy was unsound He
believed, and Southern people believed, that
they had the right under the Constitution to
emiprate to any Of the Territories with their
slave property. and when there they have the
the right to the protecion Of the law in the en-
Ijnyment Of their property, and Congress has
power to give that protection and it is its duty
to do it. ars.z.- 4rH.
il cannot Re disputed that this is not the TO
siticn the Northern Democracy. a east that
| portion who follow Douglas. They denv the
power Of Congress over the subject, and drnv
that Congress can exerrise iurisdction, so az 70
give that protection. They say the power Re.
longs to the people ofthe Territories themselves
in territorial form, and when n sufficient NUN
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litcal community they have complete right
to regulate the subject of slavery as they please,
and neither Congress or any human tribunal
has the power TO interfere now. He contend
ed that this position was as unsound rs the
| Wilmot Proviso. When he said the Demo-
cratic party were st least corruptihlc he did
not allude to them in moral sense but spoke
of them in political sense, thinking the time
was fast coming when they would he 50 much
under the pressure Of strong and overwhelm-
ming sentiment at the North, that if they have
MOI already become Abolitionized, they would
become So
Mr.. Biglpr, Of Pa, was surprised to hear the
remarks of the Senator the other dav. He
thought he did the Democratic party at the
North great injustice. for he certainly used
] strong language, and went on at some length 10
say that they were as rotten and corrupt on
this subject as the Republican p,rty. Mr. Big.
Ter would tell him that such declaration had
no foundation in fact Not only have no 10. =.
tion Of the Democratic party sympaIhizpd with
John Brown in his atrocnus onslaught upon
Virginia. hut as little do they sympahize with
Abolitinntsm He was gratifed with the Sem
| ator's disclaimer as far as it went, hut Justice
sneenired h,m to declare that the Northern De-
I tnncracy had labnred dSv out Of day, in season
and out Of season, in defence Of the rights oi
4 The South # .-., ..st . -a. ....-
Mr.. Iverson--T said that very thing in nv
remarks; hut in The other case, I re'erred to
that portion Of the Democratic party under the
lead of Mr.. Douglas, which has denied the
rights of the Southern people.
/ Mr.. Bger sad the Senator from Georgia
could hardly realize how the expression "rot-
tenness" Of the Democratic party fll on his
ears. At the North Democrats were called
''doughaces" because they stood up for the
rights of the South There were different opin
ions among Democrats with re gard to the ones.
tions Of territorial rights, and he would not saw
they all agreed with MIR Iverson, but they had
no sympathy with the abolition party, and every
Democratic paper in the country has denoun-
ced John Browns raid. His (Mr. B.'s) opinion
of this question was this We don't claim that
the Constitution establishes slavery Or prohibits
it; but the Constitution most expressly declares
that the States are perfectly equal, and provides
that new States shall come into the Union on
terms of perfect equality with the old. 1t is
not denied that the territories are the property
Of the States in common, and Congress is sim
4 ply their trustee
/ i; is upon this principle Of perfect equality
equity and Justice that these common owners
have equal rights to the occupancy and enjoy
ment of territory SO long as it's errltorial ex
istance remains. He believed the common law
of England and the common law of this coun
try, with the fugitive slave law would afford all
the protection in any territory. Whenever it is
alleged that the territorial Legislature has trans
cended its legitimate authority TO the detriment
of private rights, that IS question for the iu-
dietary, ard when the Judiciary give Judgment
j in such case the whole power of the federal
government must be employed to carry out the
law thus defined 1t is simply The broad doc
| trire, allowing the people OF a territory to ex-
erciSe inst that authority which they may ex-
ercise under the constitution and the law
When dispute arises whether they transcend
their authority, that is q question not for Con-
gresS but for the courts. Holding that'opinion,
do not believe am an ahoitionist, nor those
whom represent. do not seek in any wav
to disturb the rights Of my southern brethren.
From the hour first came into political life to
the present moment, believe have never gone
through political campaign when the rights oI
the South were not a leading issue. .... .
Atthe North we have been constantly MS
sailed by the oppositon-they are assalng the
Democratic party every day on the ground that
we are subservient to the South and are pro
Il,lo Va c;t Al Ia.
tain the constitutional rights of the Southern
States. Our object is to put down this spirit o
elimination which must ultimately lead to alien
alton and separation between people who ought
to be friends and brethren. He [Bigler] tho't
he had spent an hour in defence OF the rights oi
the South where Mr. Iverson had spent one
minute, and he could not sit still under such
imputations as the Senator had hurled at the
Democratic party, without telling him he done
lit injustice. The Northern Democracy has
stood like bulwark between the South and the
Abolitionists Break us down at your peril
Mr.. Pugh was glad Iverson had made this
explanation. lie would give notice that on
i some convenient occasion he should have some
thing to say on the subject. We have heard
ljust exactly enough of this to require something
more. If the Democracy of the Southern
States hold the sentiments OF Iverson We want
want to know it before the meeting OF the
Charleston Convention, and we intend to know
!. il, or at least do, so far as question and an
swer can bring it from the Representatives OF
the Democratic party Of the Southern States
whether they sympathze with such sentiments
II Mr.. Iverson--I am ready to answer at any
time, and will do so to your hearts content
Mr.. johnson, of Tenn, proceeded to discuss
Mr. Mason's resolution, replying TO Mr.. Trum.
bulls defence of the Republican platform He
J denied that Congress possessed any sovereign
power over the Teritories--its powers were
l n,nrnlu thnsn rirnn hu thu Stnins and h,r III.