The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-02-03

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stitution dues not establish slavery, nor
recognize it as existing in nature. Cd
That il takes law Of the State, the
laws thereoi") to establish slavery. 3D.
Aud most Of all, the constitution docs
not recognize slavery as existing in any
place except in q State where :" by the
laws there Of" it has been cstablishe
Again, the Save La, to be delivered
np.' aud carried back to the slave State
to be held in slavery And it is only
those who escape, on the under ground !,
who are liable to be "piven up. The
Constitution here does not recog nlzc sla-
very as an institution. 1t Is the munic :
ipal law Of the State which is here rec
osnizcd. II recognizes the :. laws there
Of" establishing slavery in one State,
and the regulation therein, OF anoth
or State, not esta ablshing it equally alike.
They are both State regulations. This
is the old Democratic construction.
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Again following out this doctrine,
that slavery does not exist In nature
nor BY the Constitution, the old Demo
cratic doct-ine was, that it did not require
law to either abolish or prohibit it in
. section Of country where It did not
exist by law Bt that all such territory
or domain, if no actual gdvcrnm cnt was
established, remain free until law was
enacted, establishing it.
Hence, the old Democratic party said
that Wilmot Proyiso' vas unneces-
sary, for the reason that slavery did not
exist in any part Of Mexico by law, aud
| if We got any territory it would come
free as it was.
This was my democracy. Men may
change, bat principles never
ty, headed by James Buchanan? We
have acquired New Mexico and Arizona
from Mexico, EN- mbracing about two hun
dred and thirty thousand square miles !;
or equal to about five States as big as
Iowa. Mr.. Buchanan says that slavery
now exists there "under the guardian
ship Of the federal constitution and
must so remain as I" long as the terrific
rial condition remains!'' This ! call ex
tending slavery.
Mr.. Buchanan then proposes to take
q strip Of territory. off the North side Of
Mexico, under what he calls ''rcprisals
This is new system Of reprisals. ven
ture my reputation in saying that no
man before, ever head Of taking part
Of a nations domain BY reprisals. Here
sofore the property Of persons, or some
times the persons themselves, have been
taken and detained as security for d. BIT
But how, | ask, can Mr.. Buchanan take
and held tier Of States off the North
side of Mexico, except by an inyad
ing army. II that would not be war
upon Mexico, what in the name Of rea-
son r.ould? When Mexico came into
Texas with an army, Congress declared
that " War exists BY the act of Mexico s
Will not Mexico reverse that declaration.
if Mr.. Buchanan carries out his rerri-
sal 0octrine?
But what is the object Of all this !? l
think it is plain to establish a tier Of
Slave States from Texas to the Pacific
Mhie be holds this Territory by his
system Of rep,i isals," and applies to it
his theory that slavery is protected there
by the Constitution, that country will
be quickly settled up by slaveholders.-
At the same time, he will keep the at
tention Of the people upon Cuba.
will neither advocate nor support
any such doctrines nor will | renal in
in a political party which does. AS Ma
jor Jack Downing once said, 8 am 90.
ling to shoulder my axe and be off
rhave written more than I intend ed
when | began, upon political matters,
but | could say twice as much.
Yours, truly,
f. w. EASTMAN.
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