Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-09-08
- dU From the South Bend Register
DOUGLAS LATE MANIFESTO.


signal tribute to Republican principles ever
zcalously against them Though it is an
argument, claiming on the one hand to OPP
pose the principles of the Philadelphia Plat
! form. which it takes as teNi; and on the
other the views of those who demand Pro-
lection by Congress or the Courts for all
Slave property in the Territories, in con-
ccdes many points which Republicans have
for several years been pressing on the pub
lie mind. For instance, four pages of the
article are filled with historical facts to
prove that one ofthe principal causes of the
Revolution was the determination of the
Fathers of the Republic to obtain the power
| to prohibit Slavery and the Slave Trade,
so persistently denied by the mother -coun-
try. And having proved this as he does.
we ask then what he forgets to consider),
,chy not restore our Government to the poll
cy Of its Founders?
But the Judge sees nothing in all this
but popular Sovereignty; and barely al
ludes but once, and that without any com
mcnt, to the noble Ordinance of 1887, the
cornerstone of the Republican creed. He
( does discuss the o -dinance of 1884, draft
ed and reported to Congress by Jefferson,
and which, if adopted, would have cxclu-
ded Slavery from every Territory, South
as well as North, and states that that part
being rejected by Congress. never became
part of the Jefersonian Plan of Govern
ment for the Territories, as adopted April
%, 1885" 1t would have been more cor
rect TO have said it did not become a part
of the Congressional Plan Of Government
! then adopted. 1t was "a part" an essen
tial part of ''the Jeffersorian Plan. 30
written by him, reported by him, advoca-
ted by him, voted for by him, and only
failing because, though it had majority Of
The rofes. it had not tie majority Of States
then required. and was therefore stricken
out AS the Judge boasts of this Plan
that it was drawn by the author of the
Declaration Of independence. let him not
forget how earnestly that Patriot sought
in that important law, to carry out the
great Principles of that immortal Declara-
tion. which his same right hand had writ
ten eight years before.
In one point, the Judge has made dcci-
ded progress since last year. lie has ap-
parently ignored the narrow theory of "un-
friendly legislation" broached in his
Frecport speech; and now insists that 1.-The
People of the Territories should decide
the Slavery question for themselves
through the action of their Territorial
Legislatures" But, having endorsed the
Dred Scott decision. which is generally
understood to decide against any such
Constitutional right, the most labored
part of his article is an effort to show that
they have not thus decided; and to establish
the discovery male by him after two and a
half years different understanding, that
their opinion only covers the duty of pro-
tecting the rights of property in escaped
slaves. But he adds. in almost the very
language that Republicans have used, a
summary of the startling results that
would ensue if the Dred Scott decision
covered the points that Republicans charge
that it does, and was acquiesced in by tho
people, as it never will be, while the Re-
publican party exists. j udge ID. SAYS:
notwithstanding the disastrous consequences
which would evidently result from the authoritative
recognition and practical operation OF such doctrine
there are those who maintain that the Court retrr-
red TO and included the slavery question within that
class of forbidden power. which (although the same
i'm the Terri tories in the Statcs) could not be
exercised by the people of the Territories.
Irthis proposition were true, which fortunately
for the peace and welfare of the whole country il
is not, the conclusion would inerifaabyrcsu,t, which
they logically deduce from the prcmiscs-that the
Constitution by the recognition of slavery estab-
fishes it in the Territories beyond the power OF
the people to control it by law, and guarantees to
every citizen the right to go there and be protect
cd in the enjoy mcnt of his slave property and when
all other remedies fail for the protection of such
rights Of property it becomes the imperative duty
of Congress Ito the performance of which every
member Is bound by his conscience and his oath,
and from which no consideration of political policy
or cxpedienay can release him) to provide by law
such adequate aud complete protection as j.
essential to the full enjoyment of an important
right secured by the Constitution. Ifthe PROPOSE
ton be true, that the Constitution establishes slave
nv in the Territories beyond the power Of the peo-
pie legally to control it, another result no less
ling, and from which there is no escape, must in
cvitably follow The Constitution is uniform
\ "cverywhcre within the domnons of the, United
States''-is the same in Pennsylvania rs in Kansas
= and ifit be true, stated by the President in
special Message to Congress, "that slavery exists
in Kansas by virtue of the Constitution of the Uni
tcu St-ttcS. anu tttt hiH>as Is as mucH n slaSt
State as Georgia or Sonth Carolina, why does it
not exist in Pennsylvania by virtue OF the slmc
/, Constituticn7 -,
! "Ifit be said th,t Pennsylvana Is a SOVEREIGN
State, AMI t,iercforc has right to regulate the
S'avery question within her own limits to suit her
SELF it must be borne IN mind that the sovereignty
of Pcnnsylvania like tsrt OF every other State, is
limited by the Constitution which provides that
"'This Constitution. and all laws OF the United
States which shall be made in pursuance thereof
q and all treaties made, which shall be made un.
der the authority of the United States, shall be the
supreme nr othe land aud the jud ges in every State
shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution
or a,cs ofany State 10 the contrary notirifhg adng.
"Hence, the State OF Pennsyivania, With her Con
sttution and laws and domestic institutions, and i'm
ternal policy is subordinate to the Constitution Of
the United States, in the same manner and 10 the
same extent the Territory of Kansas frs
Now, we shall show Judge ID. that, to
avoid acquiescence in these monstrous re-
suits, heimna fepuiiate the decision. as
! the Republicans have done He has cola
ted a few sentences from it to substanti-
ate his theory Wewill go to the Official
i Report of the Decision itself. printed by the
: Senate; and show Just what it does say.
After an argument of 80 pages by ChieI
3 Justice Taney, he decides that Drcd WAS
4 not entitled to sue in the U. s. Courts, and
snstains the plea that they hall no jurisdic-
ttion ofthecase. Batthe ChisfJasticc then
froes on. for nearly 30 pages more to areuc