The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1859-07-02

in after times be placed on the Constitu.
tou. All were agreed that TO power
had been delegated, except such as were
both necessary and proper but il WAS
feared that others might be, by impica-
f ton assumed that would be dangerous
10 the rights of the States, and dcstruc-
J tive OF their peculiar INTEREST,"
Therefore the 10th amendment was
adopted. II il in these words The
p3wcia not delegated by the Constitu.
lipn to the United States, nor prohibited
hy il to the States, are reserved 20 the
states respectively, or 10 the people
The denial OF the right 10 prohibit tho
importation of slaves and the migration
IT frecmen before ls0s is contained in
the Constitutions The States were pro-
m5tcd from conveying their power be-
fore ls0s by the Y Article. bat afte,
that rcriod nigh, delegate it, The 10Th
amendment declares that till delegated i,
--all uot be- atsHmed When or where
+ was the power dclegated' ,Iudga kea-
/ gan answers Under the power to de-
fine and punish piracies" Is the slave
trade piracy? The Supreme Court Of
+ the United States, Admiralty Courts Of
/ England, Judge Story and Chancellor
Kent. IN their Commentaries, all concur
IN the opinion that II is not. II it is not
piracy. how can Congress punish itY
he Democratic platform declares that
th" Federal Government cannot create,
define or punish any crime not cnnmcra-
ted IN the Constitution | ask Judge
Reagan, is the slave trade one Of the
crimes enumerated He answers tha:
Nj jefferson wrote The Article alluded
TO- and ough, to be allowed To- construc
II and in l-06 he advised the prohibi.
tieu vi the slave trade Did he advise
making 1t a crime3 Ii it was not de
clarcd piracy til 1870, he never sane
TONED that law. and never could wihou:
stultlyirg himself RI, If Mr. ,leilc..
sons opinions are e. he quoted now as
authority upon the subject Fl the Afri-
can slave trade. does Judge Reagan also
regard them as authority upon the sub
icct IT slavery II SO no Black. Ropub
lcan or crazy Abulitonist could ask him
to 20 further At Marshall Judge Rra.
gan admitted, unqualifedly, that the
GIT OF the argument was against the
power TO prohibit the slave trade, and
NAA.4 NiAAA u ~ WIZ Il NV N+' Nf''fh it'
would pronounce the laws uucoustitu-
tioual To sustain the laws be relied
upon the catemporancous exposition AID
action u the government He then read
passages from the messages oi Mr. JET
icrson. Mr. Madison aud Mr. Monroe, and
asked with an air of triumph: Am -
assume to know more of the meaning oi
the Constitution than the trainers Of 1t!
To this answer that it is a cardinal
principle Of The Democratic party to get
Us heels on precedent and coutemporar;
construction Whenever sdeh precedcn.
violates or directly or Indirectly, Va"
PLAIN letter Of the Constitution. Tho
allen aud sediiion laws were passed 1y
the congress within ten years after the
adoption If the constitution sanctioned
by the President. and voted for 10y many
If the members II Congress who had
been members uf the convention The
Bank Of the United States was incorpe-
rated, the act sienc6 by Washington,
again hy Madison, sustained ly the SUI.
prtmc Court of the [ :, and uunesiia.
tingly crushed on, by the Democratic
party more than half century after its
establishment 50 If ,he,Nissouri comprc
mise. so Of the ordnance o, 81 and 40 il
p.ust inevitably he with regard 10 the
act Of 1880, declaring the slave trade
piracy | demand the repeal e this stat
ute as southern man. not SO much bt>
cause | am IN favor of reoponng the
African slave trade as because it oper.
a;cs as an odious restriction upon my
sect ~ from doing what We Ike IN I.o
premises.
The time las come wben tie south
must hot submit day OF an hour Ia re-
siriclion upon her rights withou, protest
In the eloquent language Of II departed
statesman " IT the people # the South
would with one united, defiant. and IN.
fallcring voice demand their rights IN.
der the cous,iiut on they would recei,.
them at the hands II the North and the
Union would he preserved But If We
continue to temporze and resort 10 coin.
promises aud cxpedicnts the constitution
will soon cease to protect our night and
constitutional liberty b, numbered with
the things that were"
Il | should Toe elected to the Congress-
Of the United States would serve the
local INTERESTS of my dis,r,c, TO the beat
If my ability
Aud If interchangeable zeal can draw
the attention of the government. to our
suffering frontier it shall assuredIy b.
done
lam respectfully. fcllow.citi,cns
Yours, &c.
" Is. OCIIlLTREE
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