The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-06-16

Scott decision, this last position is in d.
rect conflict with it. That decision
plainly denies to Congress, or to any tri-
bunal created by it, the right to prohib-
it slavery in the territories. Every ter
ritorial legislature must of necessity be a
creature of Congress, and consequently
can have no power, according to the de-
cision, to legislate against the right of
property in slaves. How, then, can the
people OF a territory abolish slavery 2?
Mr.. DOUGLAS, when pressed to this point,
in the Illinois canvass, said they could
do so by refusing to accord the necessa-
ry protection to slave property. He was
driven to this bubble He had to ac-
knowledge that under the opinion of the
Supreme Court slavery could not be pro-
hibited in territory, and that the only
way for the people to keep it out was to
refuse it special protection. But then
this same decision says that this kind Of
property must not be denied all necessary
guarantees of protection and the South
very consistently, too--is now de-
handing that whenever the people of
territory refuses that requisite protection,
Congress shall accord it. Mr.. DOUGLAS
stood almost alone when he last winter in
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the Senate took a position contrary to
this. and was electually used up by
DAVIS, BRowN, GREEN, Mason, GwIN,
and other democratic leaders, who ar
gued for such protection, as legitimate
deduction from the decision of the Su.
preme Court. How does all this accord
with the declaration of the " Buchanan
County Democracy" as contained in the
above resolution :? Evidently there is a
conflict between these gentlemen and the
Court, Notwithstanding all their profess
sions of respect for the opinions of that
tribunal. This talk about the right of
the people of Territory to abolish slav-
cry is all bosh." BUCHANAN repudia-
ted it as soon as he was elected, and the
Democratic representatives in Congress.
and in fact nearly the whole Democratic
party, has done likewise. No one can
be fooled by it hereafter.
The fifth resolution is of no moment.
The sixth is as follows
Resolred, That the Democracy can claim with
justice, the confidence and support of all foreign
porn citizens, for its creed has never been faint
ed with prescription, but has ever been one of
encouragement and liberality, while the social
ed Republican party is committed by its recent
action in Massachusetts,, TO course of invidious
and unjust prescription, which, though family
disavowed by that party in the West, on ac-
count of present interest will sooner or later be
their sworn faith and avowed policy.
Now we see it stated that just such a
law as the Massachusetts enactment pass
ed the legislature Of the great democrat
ic state of South Carolina, three years
ago, but of course these gentlemen new
er dreamed that such action committed
the Democratic party to doctrine of pro-
scription. Similar acts have opposite
bearings in their eyes. But they turn
prophet, and predict that sooner or later
this doctrine will be the sworn faith and
the avowed policy of the Republican par
ty. Now the fact is, the Republican par
ty is the only anti-proscrptive party in
the country. 1t is based upon the prin-
ciple of equal rights, and unless utterly
false to that principle, will not prescribe
any class of men, Massachusetts did
violence to the cardinal principle of the
party, when she passed the two years
amendment, anAhat act has been, not
family disavowed," but strongly and
emphatically repudiated, by the presses
and conventions Of the party in other
States. The democratic party uniformly
proscrbes one class Of our population,
and could consistently act similarly to-
wards any other class. Republicans,
however, holding to the doctrine of equal
rights, must repudiate their principles
before they can approve prescription of
any class. Seventhly. it was
Resolred, That in our State policy we are OPP
posed to the creation of enormous debts, for any
purpose, but We regard the creation Of our bur
densome State debt as the result of extravaganza
Republican legislation, without any equivalent
benefit TO the State and for which the tax paying
citizens of the State should hold them response
bic at the polls.
Pshaw ! gentlemen, this bugbear of
extravaganza was effectually played out
last year. 1t couldn't win then, with all
the lying done by ELwooD and ToMLIN-
SON, and other democratic speakers and
editors. and how do You expect it to sue
coed now, when we have the acknowl-
ed gment of some of these gentlemen
that those matters were not precisely as
they stated them. If you are really OPP
posed TO governmental extravaganza, gem
tlemen, allow US TO suggest that there is
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