Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-04
How they Lie!

We have at last found out how the g Demo-
cratic party lies on the Slavery question:, and
how the Supreme Court lies on the Democratic
party.
The first illustration of this is from the little
60 teathered fowl as described by the Irshman,
who edits the B. F. Argus, and reads as fol-
lows:
"WHAT IT MEANs.-The phrase subject only
TO the Constitution OF the United States occurs
so often iust now in the resolutions of the Dem
ocratc party, and in the discussion of the doe
trine of popular sovereignty, that its meaning,
in this connection, if often talked of. 1t means
that if IA territory enact laws shutting the
Northern man out of such territory with his
horses, or the Southern man with his slaves re-
course must be had to the Supreme Court for
redress, and the Federal Government must main
tain the decree of the Court with its entire
power. If the United States Supreme Court
decide that the Constitution allows the South
erner to go into the territories with the slaves,
of course the Executive branch of the govern
ment is bound to see such decision of the Judi
cial branch is not nullifed by unfriendly legis-
lation.' This is Just what subject only to the
Constitution of the United States means-it is
what it will mean when made a part of the
Democratic platform in 1860, and it is right"
The second is from the Great Am of Dr.
BIS organ at Washington, and reads thus:
1.-THE platform of tho Democratic party
framed at Cincinnati indicated very plainly the
opinions of the party on these matters, and the
Inaugural Address of President Buchanan,
elected on that platform, showed very clearly
what he thought on the subject. But, notwth-
standing these forcible indications of Democrat
ic opinion, the points in controversy were not
regarded as settled finally and concusively I'M
til the Supreme Court Of the United States pro-
nounced It's fiat. Those points were fully and
ably argued on both sides before that exalted
tribunal, and after due elaboration, the judg-
ment was delivered, deciding that under the
Constitution of the United States the slave
owner has an indefeasble right to take his
slaves with him into any Territory of the Uni
ted States, and be protected there in his prop
erty Just as the native of any free State has
the right to 90 there with his OK. team and his
farming implements, and be protected III his
property and that neither Congress nor IL ter
ritorial Legislature has any power to deprive the
slave-owner of his right, but that the people
of the Territory, when they frame their funda-
mental law under which they ask admission
into the Union as State, and not before, have
the power to decide whether they will or will
not adopt the institution of domestic Slavery -
The organ further enlightens usas followeth
I" The Democracy regard the Slavery agita-
tion as at an end-as settled by the triumphant
success of the principles on which they fought
in 1856, and as clinchcd and confirmed by the
authoritative endorsement of those principles
by the Supreme Court of the United States
whose duty it is to decide all constitutions
questions, and from whose decision there is nj
appeal.
We welcome the plain, out-spoken evidences
which the Democratic party are daily affording
of their unalterable resolution to abide by thi
settlement and the fat of the Supreme Cour
with unaffected pleasure and satisfaction. 1t i
fheA best evidence that the Democratic party
th60nly constitutional, national, Union part
" re Countrywide only party which the PEG
pIS N trust"
the Paddy said of the " feathered fowl,
L J HAZE " shot him sven times with yer no
and missed fire livery time" Now tr
a6A|6 M. Argus