The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-09-01

/ party asperi,y. and induced men to take side
d with the party in power. AID of course the mean
est in the country will get the Offices on tha
principle, the little executive Offices aud the LITTLE
t ministerial offices. That is what We have all done
2 Let Us quit it. Let see If csunot quit it,
: II you waat maa to represent your republic
abroad, nod O man who has sone Of the qaallh-
cations of a geatleman-l mean q gentleman o.
Gods making, not a fellow in fine clothes. though
: OF course he ought to be decantly dressed when
he goes coHrting! laughter. Let him be a
; man OF respsctability. You have enough of these
,
Don't appoin, a man who shall be spoken of as
friend of mioe told me of Que of our represen-
tatives. My friend had been Charge d Affaires At
Brussels great while, four years; while there he
became acquainted with Freach diplomat. and
that French diplomat had seen a man at Copea-
hagen, IN Denmark who represented our Govern
: ment abroad Charge d'Affaires. He was a
very stupid man; he did not speak any language
very well. aud, said this French gentleman, 'Why
don't you send fine specimens. good looking men,
who speak some languageg' "oh" said my friend,
don't they speak some language:' NO" was
the answer; Il met gentleman, at Copenhagaa,
who speaks no language at all. He was from the
State Of Ohio, aud speaks some internal patois
| think he called it Ohio Loud laughter OF
course your representative was treated with con-
tempt for they thought he was the best man we
had
very partie lar about his politics either, for our
domestic politics have very little to do with our
foreign missions. The who would select a
Judge of the Supreme Court or Circuit Court of
the United States, to discharge the great duties
of that station, because he was q Democrat or o
Republican, without reference to other qualifca-
tlons, his head onght to roll upon block Ju-
dicial qualifications have to do with this thing;
they decide matters of law, not measures of
policy.
COLOR CONSIDERED.
Some besides my friend referring to Mr. Mon
roe, OF Kentucky, Congressman elect, who was
on the pIa.form) familiar with the topics hat
| am now going to discuss. The only object I
had in view in calling him to the stand, was that
you might see that they could tolerate of
h color. Loud laughter. 1 have been call
ed BLACK Corwin' aboat long enou yh-just look
at him! Renewed laughter. l don't wish to
make any egotistical comparisons, but say l am
white he and have no doubt we shall take
our seats side by side in Congress, aud we are
both better looking fellows. tell you, than
great many that We shall meet there. [Continued
laughter
THE POWER OF CONGRESS.
The opposition to the Administration on the
other side of the river, have been chiefly concern
ed in dispute TO what shall be done with the
Slave property in the South. You have heard
what friend Dennison has said. He says it is the
doctrine and resoute determination of the Repub-
all that is called the Free STATES of the Union to
exert the power which they hold belongs to them
under the Constitution Of the United States, by
Congressional action to prohibit Slavery in any
Territory where Slavery does not already exist
My own impression is that that ought to be done.
That is my belief about it.
am not SO very particular about this,
mere matter of doctrine, because think that
there will be much more important duties for US
to perform when we get to Congress than to dis
Dute about this abstract DrDpOSifion Siavarv
lists, as you know, in certain portions of the Uni
ted > ates The only Territories that cat ever be
subject to Slavery, are those Of Utah, New Mex
ico aud w Washington; that is, all we have got left.
Kansas has settled the question for herself, after
fighting pretty hard battle, under this beautiful
doctrine of "Squatter Sovereignty"
sQUArrER SOVEREIGNTY.
Did any man ever re ad the Constitution of the
United States aud find that phrase in it-Squatter
Sovereignty? Yet it is said that it is a consttu-
tional doctrine put in there. Now do you sup
pose that it the men who made the Constitution
shen they enacted that clause Congress shall
have power to make all peedfu rules and regula-
tions for the government of the Territories
would not have just added that every Territory
should have had "Squatier Sovereignty" Don't
sou think that they would, my brother Democrats,
you that have adopted this new doctrine?
This is doctrine. 1t is only eleven years
old. No man ever heard of it more than eleven
twelve years ago-since l647. 1t there
when it was done 1t was in the council Of the
nation when it was first started.
You perceive, my fellow citizens that there is
history belonging to this question. just the
there is history belonging to the Christian
Church. What does every propagator of Chris
tianty do VIII n there is dispute about text?-
If he can fud out that St Paul, Matthew or any
OF the apostles Or disciples OF Christ had that
subject unGer con ideraton, and gave an inter
pretation to it by their conduct words, be does
IL. L.
could be made on the word We ave too much
sense, if not too much conscience for that for all
men are understood in the sense 10 which they use
a woId themselves. A man may use q word in
common use to mean very different from what
the lexicon may give its meaning So the men
that made the Constitution said that Congress
shall have power to make all needful rules and
regulations for the government of the Territories.
These men were not common men, They knew
that in every instrument iu the world, men used
words propriate to the sense intended TO be
veyed and that they must use those words appro
pirate to the sense they would convey. If you
were writing about fracture and understood
what fracture was, you would use the words Of
the books treating on fractures; but "a uniea.ned
By the same words, might me- a very diff
f-rent thing. These men were not only wise men,
they were learned men. The man who reduced
the Constitution into words, probably one Of
the most learned men tha. ever lived under this
governmental refer to Gov Morris, then Of New
York, very distinguished man. They gave j. to
a committee of which be was chairman, to put in
the right English words and you will observe.
there is rot half SO much .'hifalutin IL, you
have heard from me since stood here. Laugh
ter Gov. Morris knew that Sir William Black
stone had wrinten four rolames of commentaries
on law 10 Engiand. He knew that all the lawyers
that would expect to use this instrument as law
would expect TO see in it those words common IN
Law, and he wonid look TO see what Blackstone
meant By rule when spoken Of with reference
to the legislature. Congress Was the national
legislature. Sir William BIsckstons asks the que
ton, What is Law. and says it is a rule Of action,
prescribed by the superior power OF the State,
commanding tha. which is good and prohibiting
that which is evil.
Law is only a "rule." prescribed by the
legislative power. When they said then that
Congress should have power to make all need
ful rules they added ere gulations," which
Is bat q SYNONYM for .ruleo-fnr the Latin