The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-03-08


Protection 10 slave Property I'm Ore
Eon.
We extract the following from the pro-
ceedings Of the Oregon House of Represent
atives, ON january 9th:
Mr.. Chapman from the committee to whom
was referred sundry petitions asking the pas
sage OF law providing for the protection OF
slave property in Oregon, reported in sub
stance as follows:
That 10 was the opinion OF the Committee
that the spirit Of the Constitution Of the Uni
ted States, as pronounced by the Supreme
Court in "the bred Scott decision,o author
ICES the holding Of slaves in any OF the Ter
ritories Of the United States-that the Con-
stitution does not authorize Congress to leg
isiate slavery into, or out of any Territory.
but protects q citizen of any OF the Terrific
ries who may think proper to locate in Ter
ritory, IN the possession and use OF any prop
erty be may be possessed OF which is recog-
nized as property by the laws Of the State
from which be may migrate.
The Committee further believed that while
Territory remains as Territory, that it il
as much the property Of slaveholding State
as it is Of = non .slaveholding State, and that
the citizens Of slaveholding State have the
same constitutional right to carry their slaves
to said Territory and use them there, aud BE-
protected in their rights, rs the citizen of q
non-slsveholding State has fright to convey
any chattel property he may be possessed Of
to said Territory, and be protected in his
right to said property.
We DO lsaid the committee) believe tina,
Congress in legislating for territory ha.
not the constitutional right TO dictate wha
al af ahaN
nor what kind of property they shall 5,
possessed Of, nor do We believe that an,
power can be delegated BY Congress to
Territorial Legislature that is not possesse,
by Congress-therefore the Territorial Legis
lature cannot prohibit slavery 10 the terrific
~, for the inferior cannot excersise powe
that 10 not granted to the superior.
We do believe that when Congress does or
ganixe territorial government extending /
the people the right to legislate for thei
respective territories, that the Constitutio
OF the United States guarantees to the in
habisants Of such territory the right to leg
islate and regulate the manner how any per
son shall have Is property protected, an
how ne shall obtain the possession aud cor
troll OF such property, be the same a slay
or any other chastel property. Signed,
CHAPMAN.
T'VAULr.
The committee reported bill to the fo
lowing effect:
Sec. /. Enaotei thai persons ~ho ID,
brought slaves to this Territory, and ownin
property in such, according to the Constit,
ton of the United States as explained in Il
bred Scott decision, shall have all the RICH
and remedies 10 the several courts OF til
Territory which are allowed for the prote
ton and recovery Of any other person
property OF like value.
Section 2. Provides q penalty Of SIS D
day for the harborins, hiring, or emplo
ment OF such slaves without the consent
their owners, for each day that they are
hired, &c.
Sec. 2. Provides penalty to the amou
Of the value OF the slave, to be recovered
the9master or owner of any vessel, &C., vi
shall transport any slave out of, or fro
one point to another within this Territol
without the consent Of the owner OF su
slave.
Sec. A. Provides that the boat or yes
shall be liable for the amount Of the jud
ment, and may be attached for the amo,
OF the liability.
Bill read first time.