The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-10-01

Demanding e ~ Kaassa Ns6saska bin. and
this ~ss the meaning giveA to Il by lie advo-
oates. vas hat he people Of : Territory bed
the right = establish Or prohibit slavery through
their Territorial Legislature. NJ. Jacksop re-
marked that ,hia vas an exercise Of sovereisu
power not reposed in the Legislature Of this 3,
any Of the States BY the People. This matter
OF slavery had mot been lsgt open 10 Do tam
pered With even By State Legislatures Il
reasonable to suppoae thas it was meant By Con.
gress 70 confer this power upon Territorial
legislature All NJ. Douglas claimed vas that
the Territorial Governments, BY falling TO pro-
sect it-by refusing 10 do any thing, could in
eject exclude slavery. OF course, under the
kansas Nebraska bill, or under any other or
ganic act Of Congress, the People Of Territory
could not exercise sovereign power, except in
the manner il 10 exercised BY the People Of the
States, through Convention called to prepare
. Constitution, which Constitution, when pre-
pared, must be submitted to the people for ap-
proval CT rejection. Popular Sovereignty.
therefore, amounts to Pothing ~hAtever. Il i
but . specious humbug-A popular catch word.
The Republican doctrine 10 that this Govern.
ment is free government-that every inch Of
soil upon which slavery 10 not legaixed by .
Sovereign State, is free. andno power can make
otherwise except that Of the people, legally
expressed. through q Constitutional Govern
ment. ah SIgE
IN ------- - A%E
CATTLE STEALING IN Louisa ouNrr.-We
learn from gentleman just returned from Wa
Pelio, that five men named respectively, Estep,
Carpenter, two brothers named Galley and viii.
sou, were arrested near Wapello, GU Tuesday,
night last. in tie act Of driving of cattle belongs
Ing to the citizens Of that city. The particulars
OF their arrest, as reported US, are as follow.
IL seems that for period Of several months.
cattle sent out to Craze upon the prairie, in the
neighborhood Of Wapello, mysteriously disap>
pearsd. These disappearances becoming fre>
quent, suspicious Of theft we're aroused. and .
vigilance committee was organized to detect
and arrest, IT possible, the perpetrators of the
outrage. Suspicion at last centered upon the
individuals named above. Estep is the proprie>
tor Of . Livery stable in Wapello, and has fire.
quently been seen taking out his horse At un-
hours, and riding of, NO one knew
whittier. On the night in question, some of the
Committee were deputed to watch the premi-
ses Of Estep and Others were stationed Indifferent
points on the prairie, from which the cattle had
been taken. About ten o'clock Estep brought
put pair OF horses. mounted and rode off,
DE was followed, and . short distance out of
he city, he was joined by the remainder of the
gang, oil mounted, and they immediately rode
to the prairie. They we're left to proceed as
they choose, until they bad collected eight head
Of cattle, which they were proceeding to drive
'f, when they were surrounded by the vieil>
NICE Committee, headed by the heriff of Louisa
10. The scoundrels attempted to escape by
unnng, and the sheriff fired his revolver at
Estep, missing him. but bringing down his
iorSe, firing again he shot Wilson in the leg.
md famed another horse, ridden by third
thief This demonstration Of the ability Of the
Sheriff in the shooting line, brought them to
erms, and che whole gang, were safely secured
Iud taken 20 Wapelo where they were put in
rons to await their trial-this had not taken
lace when our informant left, as the owners of
he stolen cattle had not yet claimed their pro = |
perty.