Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-11-28
my Of Congress 70 rreots. eoatrol md
regulate governments or ahe Territories,

ard Of ,hs po,ssr ana my b suerg DE-.
partment Of 5the Federal Government q
iaterpeas a project tileaighss of persons
and properly u the Territories And
conld there be- greater pers4rsion Of the
truth Of History than 10 assert that the
authp Of ihefDsciafation Of Indspend-
.ence. and the dictator Of Louisiana Ter.
ritory. originated, Or ever connteaaicsd,
or even thought Of. that monster Of mod
efn3 Ileresies-ss qaatter Sovereignty =
Can any man, acquainted with the histo
Ers Of his Country, belieSa. that squattei
sovereignty ever entered hesbrain Of the
sage Of Monticello. even, In the7<giides,
visions Oh his mind Ri Little did thsl
great statesman. imagine that some future
Cass On Douglas would rise up TO proclaim
5 heresy 50 palpably unconstitutional
and so wild and ruinous in its results
tThesdoetrins Of Congressional, Execu-
tive and Judicial intervention for Tie pro.
teefien of persons and properly in The
Territories, established and maintained BY
die fatiersof the Republic, has been ap-
piled teal Territories, organized hy Con,
gress, kinee the Administration Of Mr..
iiM5nrae- Kansas and Nebraska included
and 10 each Of those Territories, the
Federal Executive and Congress have i'm
5teryelled ft,i the protection of personsa and
property. ri !. 554s-S
Having shown the Constitutional pow
Grand duly 81. ! Congress t6 interyene for
,theprotsetioa ofpersons and property in
tie Territories, and the uniform action Of
Congress n the application of the ,princf-
pie, we new come tog.our tsthird and last
enquiry to5wit: ,* ....+f4
I 5Whqt hare been ne decisions be Ae Ju-
dietary upon ne arts Of congress Isl
Several decisions have been made, 81
the Supreme. Court II ne Uni.ed States,
each lending y establish The doctrine for
which we are inow contending. But the
last and most important decision was
pronounced in March, 1857, in The case
Of Died Scott. BY reference 10 tllat de-
cisii,dn itfwin be- seen that the Court #
( =. I.t ! .E-. 4 III
6rmed, ii substance, the following prop
osi(ions 8.
lsts That Congress has NO power to
exclude shyery ffomS or.to abofishfhin,
The Territories. If BEE4,h ~ i.
Cd. That all the powers and rights Of
a Territorial Legislature are derived from
Congress; that Congress cannot cAlnfer
ppwer it does no. possess, And hence a
Territorial Legislature, which isthe mere
creatlrfe Aof Congress, eahnot exclude
slavery from. Pr abolish II i in the Terri.
tolies. H..
5rd THAT the Ferritorfes of the
Ufion'$ase common properly. in which
lie States have ;eqnatA rights, and 70
which The: citizens7of every State may
iightfulIy migrate with any properly re-
,eognizeA as such in any Of the States Of
theU nion, and III the Constitution ofthe
fUnised States. II !.
Alb. Tfa slavery, BY virtue Of the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES United States exists
IN all the Tsrritorlessof the Union ! and
in The event slavery, ofany other proper
". is left without protection BY reason y
The non action Of the TerritoriaiL egisIas
ture. or is soughtFo be destroyed By The
action OIL the Territorial Legislature, il Is
the duty of Congress, to: interpene, and
pass necessary laws for its proteetion.
Thus wesee that the poUerfand Ne da.
" of Congress to intervene for the lro-
tection Of persons and property in the
Territories. II not only recognized in Chs i
CONSTITUTIONS and in the aeiion Of the gov.
.ernmrhl from It's foundation, but il Has
been deliberately affirmed by the solemn
Ileclsion Of tie hisheAt Judicial tribinaI
known 10 our Constitution, and laws.
/ Ought NOT Gengrese, then, 70 assert
and to exercise this power, and discharge
this duty. in The future, wheneyersneces,
sars; as ithas done in the past? I s@
We have not;time q pursue this Sub
jet further ~ present. Next< week w
shall endataydr 10 show the importann.
and necessity Of asserting and exercising
EE,Ais power. and The fatal results which
would ineyitablyfffdW from lis surrender
TIE ladies ot Maiden willgivea Sup
per on Tuesday The 10 \ Of December, fp
Irhe purpose Of tinishing the EPiseopa
Church al that place So
jas, a.. CkLpwELn. Druggist, ha
liast received a large lot Of Drugs, Medi
fs.iines. Paints. OILS. Glass and other arti
eles in8his line. His advertisement viii
appear! next week.
The next nepthly meeting Of The fiji
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