Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-09-13
THE MOVEMENTS OF SENATOR
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Hrs RECEPTION At crVCINV ATI-Ws SPEECH AT
COLTNETs. OuIO-
CINcTNNATI, September a COMMITTEES Of
i've hundred has been Q 5uted bV the Demo
cratic Executive COMMITTEES 70 meet Mr. Doug.
7 las at the depot or bis arrival On t-is CITY and
escort him to his lodgings. Extraordinary
Preparations are being made to give him a
ersnd and enthusiastic reception. Democrats
are docking to the city from al quarters to
hear hin speak.
CoIuNBUs. Ono, September 7.-seuator
Douglas arrived here this morning, and was
received a the DEPOT by the military Of our civ
ard = larEe crowd Of citizens, and thence e.
cUrted to bis hotel
Senator Douglas addressed the citizens Of
Columbus this afternoon. The following is a
synopsis Of bis remarks:
JUDGE Douglas said that the Republican par
~. N their platform adopted al Philadelphia in
I 1856. assert The power and declare il the DUTY
u Congress TO prohibit slavery In all the Ter
r~itories. The Democratic party are pledged,
On the other hand, by their platform, 10 the
doctrine Of non-iuteTvenliou and popular SOW
ereIenty in the Territories. New Mexico end
Kansas, by The acts Of their Territorial Legis-
l~stures, present cases now FOR Congressional
Intervention with their domestic affairs, which
will put the advocates of Intervention and non
Intervention. North and South, 20 the lest.
New Mexico, which refused for several years
after the organization o. a territorial govern
ment 70 introduce or protect slavery, passed q
law IN 1855 % recognise ard protect slavery In
that Territory. Kansas, al tie first session Of
the Territorial Legislature. Co 1855. passed a
very stringent law "to punish offences against
slave propertv,7 by which slavery was intro
dnced'and adequate protection given to il In
that Territory. In 1858, however, the slave
code was repealed BY an act passed February
~ and nN wHn#nnHrnu 90 HHnnr -~u-r-H~ 18th
drawn and denied. By this " unfriendly legis-
l7tiou slavery has been excluded from The
Territory Of Kansas. Now. the northern in
ferventionists are pledged hv their Republican
platform TO repeal the slave code 10 New'Mex-
leo and prohibit slavery BY act n Congress,
wmie the Opposition IN Kentucky, and the
Southern interventioSists generally, are pledged
BY their principles to intervene and protect
slave property iu the Territory Of Kansas.
These issues must and viii be met BY the
Democratic party. Nonihtervcntio and p1nu-
ar sovereignty must Be- msintsired as well b.
New Mexico as iu Kansas. II New Mexico
wants a slave code. let her have e.. IL New
Mexico has laws for the PROJECTION Of slave
property 20 b C. II Kansas will not have q
slave code nor slavery, Congress must not force
Der people 10 accept either. northern and
southern Hterventionists agree that slavery in
the Territories Is a riEhtful subject OF Congrps-
Ea.H N.AH ANHa Until 81 til NLN r. D"
Of such legislation. Each insist that Congress
should intervene in favor Of Their particular
section against the other section. IN violation
of the people most iutercs ed 10 decide the
question ~ slavery for themselves. According
10 the doctrine Of the iuteryentianists. North
and South, slavery b. not only a rghfful sub
i-ct Of Congressional legislation. bat dependent
upon federal authority for IFS existence and
protection. and make a.. consequently. ruhi--t
TO federal rerulation and control. TIE sorth-
III iute-ven'i0nists co7trnd that the whole
power Of the Federal Government ghorld he
exerted for the protection ~ slavery in the Ter
itones. and the Horthrrn inicrrrnifonists that
he same power sh0uld b rverted for its d.
struc ion. The Democrstic party, in oupos'-
ticn 10 the interFentionists of both sections.
hold that slavery j. a Safe institution. ana
L exists IN Che siaveholding States under the
laws thereof and not By virtue Of the Consti-
tuition OF the United States that slavery, there
fore, is bevond the reach or control Of federal
authority, FOR good or evil, except in the sinrle
case OF fugitive slaves, who must Be delivered
up. TIE Democratic party are sustained In
these principles by the decision Of the Supreme
Court in The "Dred Scot,' case. The Demo
cratic party are pledged 10 the principles Of
popular sovereignty, bv which the peonle Of
Tie organized Territories, alike those Of a
Stale, shall decide for themselves whether
slavery shall OF shall not exist within their
limits.D Those who insist tina; the first
handful Of settlers should rot decide the
slavery question in the Territories. should vote
against the organization Of Territories uatil
they have sufficient population fer a political
community capable Of self-eoyerHment in all
their domestic concerns.
No government should be established for
any people who are not qualified by numbers.
and in al other respects, to i~eEislate for them
selves on all rightful subjects. subject only 10
the Cons.itation Of The United States. When
territorial governments are established the
people viii legislate for themselves, win form
their own domestic institutions, and II their
legislation, conflicts with the Constitution, Il
viii present a judicial question foF the courts
70 determine, 10 whose decision al laW-ahidins
citizens VIII ard mustsubmL The Territories
must be open 10 settlement 20 the people Of an
ne statess slave States rs well as free States.
lhe system q emigration, fostered and en-
couraged w emigrant ala societies, for the
purPose ot controlling territorial legislation, is
a fraud upon the elective franchise. and de-
signed % subvert and destroy The pHneipies OF
sef-g0Yernment. None but actual inhabitspts
who have abandoned their citizenship and
allegianre 70 their respective States. ana set
Ted IN e territory in good faith, 10 make II
tier rermanentbomc, haFea rieht 10 a voi-e ar
vote IN the Legislators o. the Territory. The
doctrine Il Mr.. Stewards " Rochester speechp
with respect to the "irFeprszsibls conflict be-