, 1859-05-27
Dres& 4 Grihtt1te.
"HNFRuENULY LEGISLATION - TN
TEXAS AND ELSEuEFEHH.

~ <,.5sRI2AY. NAY Q7, 1853. -.'~' r-'s--
"uNFRrENDLY LEGISLATION oIN
TEXAS AND ELSEW'HERE,
"hen the Democratic members cr The
United States scnate, with few ,nirunortant
exceptions denounced BIT, Douglas Freeport
dogma that the people Of Territory might,
"y "nniF'endly legislation" keep Slavery out
Vi tneff Limits, notwithstanding tho Drcd Scott
''ec'asoa, the question Was at once caught up
tr the Democratic masses, and the policy Of
u'e party has since been shaping itself con-
stantly around that issue. IL. Virginia, tue
Democratic politicians Of all clans however
divided on other matters, hare settled down to
sweet harmony on the one question. that the
people Of Territory oaanot prohibit Slavery
Ar. Wise and his gang arc quito as decided
On this point as Aessrs. Hunter and Mason
nnd illeir gangs. In Kentucky, both the De-
mocracy aud the Opposition have substantially
occupied the sanne ground, though a few scat-
tering candidates have refused to square their
opinions TO that issue, Meanwhile, various
public meetings aud county conventions III the
South have declared themselves unnitigated
strict construction;sts Of the Drcd Scott de-
cision, affirming that tile people cannot pro-
hibit, but, on the contrary, Congress ought to
project Slavery in the Territories. And nov,
on the I'd day Of tic present month, the De-
mocrat;c State Convention Of Texas uominatcs
ticket for Stale officers, and by q unanimous
v,te adopts tlic following platform:
H--~ That citizens IT tho Southern States ave tie
icnn= the United states their c.cirsc aud trj,
III rights Of ownership and pi"l~1Fy" "~d
~ ~. -, 'er* s.h ,sry r.. r't1 aad ;st atS ln'.
thsir rieht. sou!htm eitc:ss " iii
tnttsh Ssse q ny se lnatItaute If ary Territory won
psss as sovereign ssatrs aud coSgua, mcaile1s y.
The ..1nercan .:oa!edcraey.
Suprcue ourt If tae Cn:ca siue, IN e D;ea sent
::sts I'd Jug cxn,n "f .c '"as:isus.b. .os. y :,
4 ti,;,< r:*cf. a,a lae< nd tc coaiusd"
+fSance n ttr limitations tnesuroE 10 tusx ID
u The state. ss'd pf.sefse tih4r equality.
f!t pnwer nf the Legislature If a.,y Ttru!S wtiN III
10 4ea, The rights 4 property Ia s:asrs, practically
7u>c adequate protection thereto.
This set Of beliefs as we learn from tic
Houston Telegraph, was received with repeat
cd applause" aud adopted without dissent
ing vote as the ''patlor1n Of the Democratic
party Of Texas
Az cur readers are aware TIC hare no quar-
rel with the logic which dcduces these NELL
strous propositions from tic bred Scott drc;s-
ion. That shameless dctum declared cs-
prcsslv md uncquirocally tina. cougre. c,u:':
ITO, prohibit the introduction Of slavery iii;
tie Territories, aud that as,tlc Territorial L."
g:slature WIS the creature Of Congress it custi.
douolning in tic premises Which Congress col:t
not; that is. the Territorial Legislature cos!It
not prohibit slavery. Hence tic Wild clai:r,
Of the Texas Democracy, arc but re-statc
nent Of the Drcd Scott decision i'll clearer a.:t
more definite language. They apprchend il:
meaning perfectly, and as practical mcn the,
reac:l after its results without any superfluou
moIt'ling. They declare that there is 10 Il
sal difference between i free Territory and
slave State-tllat tic normal condition If ALT Ii
unoccupied domain Of tile United States is Tia
negro mart. They say that Shareholders has
an "iude!easible right to carry their ncgrtc
into any Territory Of the United States All
Ito exercise MI the rights Of ownership an
and property as freely and lully as in the Stat
from which they emiyrated." Which nca:,s
1ilat tho owner ofa negro, l,y the act Of CHI
grating with his said negro from Texas t
Kansas or New Mexico trHnsplauts the lax
ofTexas thithcr III spite Of the ten thousand G
fifty thousand emierants from Illinois an
other States, who want nothing to do wit
n.Sgcrs or with the laws Of Texas. This cl.a
lenges history as the most lame and impocl
conclusion ever drawn from such noble prem
lscs as tue American revolution and the uce1:
ration oi Independence.
n dozen slave States have yet to dcclo1
their positions on this Douglas dogma Of III
friendly legislation. We say dozen :sla,c
for the Democracy constitute the cnir polite:
power in those States worth talking abou
Wha: one Ct the whole number can be cxpec
ed to backslide on question involving the e,
tension aud 'wer of slavery? Not tic Gu
ohnas, nor Georgia, nor Florida. nor Alalam
nor M'sslss ppi, nor Louisiana, 1,or Arkaus:.
nor Tennessee. fany weakness can he looke
for-'ny disposition to shrink from 81 elar
an lntraction Of popular r.hts-it must
l'mhe'l for III Missouri where the Free Soil i,
cu7s;,'n is already driving slavery like lelon
Gus lrcSlasser from t!,c foil When the par,
assemblies in National Convention veay 'lcpy
tut principle tlat slavery gees into ali tic t.
1lt'Fies Of its own inherent force in spite
people "r Congress- will he proclaimed by I!
delegates Ct all the slavel1olding SIT.
Whatever protest may he entered by rcpre>,:
tat!vc< Of the Northern Democracy will be .
ferccd by the pain reading Of the Drcd sco
decision, and by the plaincr cracking. Of til
instrument of torture for negroes aud dou:
faes the plantation whip. But four Northe
States can claim respectful hearing in L
Charleston Convention in virtue Of their DOW
to give any electoral votes ia It's nominees, q,
those four witt, o1ly doubtful and o,r,t
grace. What tllon is to prevent the Texas IL
rim from becoming 4 part Of tho Nation
Democratic creed in 1860?