Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-03-04

gress and the Supreme Court to the inhabi-
tants Of the territories for the time being the
Southern States would be rccrcant to their
honor if they gave any candidate standing
upon such platform a solitary vote And
if it was to be the signal for the dissolution
Of the party, let it be dissolved, and the
sooner the better. They would find no one
builder or plank for the reconstruction Of the
platform on such basis in the whole South
crn States"
Mr. Pugh (of Ohio, DEM said the Nor
thern Democrats would never agree to pro-
toct slavery against territorial legislation
He regarded it as a monstrous demand in
volving breach Of plighted faith. "If that
was the price Of supporting the Democratic
party, it would never be paid. The Senator
from Mississippi Brown the Secretary of
the Navy ,Toucey) and Of State (Cass,) had
all protested to hold to the right Of the ter
rtories to lcgisate for themselves. Moreover,
no Court should make him platform and he
denied that the Court in the bred Scott case
has considered the question of territorial
power, although it had denied the power of
Congress over slavery in territories. He also
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cign Intervention
Mr.. Davis repeated that his theory is that
the Constitution makes slaves property
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.poocb ,l.o odyocatoa the intervention Of
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ro,i.b crimes lie would mot Give n straw
far ,be ,coui,.once Of any man in the decisions
NJ ,bo S,nroc,, ro,r, bo, .bopld b.yo his
maintenance and spnport. and CONGRESS o,gbt
IN 500 Fl, +, that ,bey arc carried ON, IN tho
torri,orics
Mr. Douylas "did not saw that the terri
tori,l1 act wa. constitutional to abolish .Iav-
ory in Kansas. ,be snrrere Court was 70
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Mr. Davis said the petty controversy to
which he had referred was the attempt of am
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he scornea'
Mr., Douglas said he also scorned the
policy Of Southern men who would pander to
an eogallv dcbased and dangerous nonular
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Mr. "reen PROMISED 20 orng IN OIL re-
pealng the Kansas-Nebraska act, if the ru-
NOR that Kansas has abolished slavery is
tr,c. and +, that o,ort be o,.ro.tod Dor,.
Ia" 'Pio''
M Hunter concurred with his colleague,
Mason.
Mr.. Gwinn would never have voted for the
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Douslas aoes' MI broderck sad II was
understood in California as Douglas stated it.
Gwinn disputed Frederick