The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-09-22

thing as sovereignty exists in this coun-
try except in you, God help you! Shah
by sovereigns we are ! [Renewed laugh.
ter The man that has the right to GO
to the polls and vote for whom hepleases,
that man is in that particular sovereign,
and has upon him all the responsibilities
of sovereign. That freedom Of will
wherewi,h it has pleased Almighty God,
as / think sometimes, to curse human
nature-that freedom of will is not per-
mitted to any man for all time, but to the
young man on the day of election. Dem
agogues often tell you this. They tell
you the truth in that, and that is all the
truth that they do tell you, and you
don't believe it or. if you do, then you
don't act like sensible sovereigns. By
the way, include myself in all this.
continue my reading: "This as
sumption is utterly unfounded, unconsti-
tutional and contrary to the entire prac-
tice of the government, from its COM
mencement to the present day, as shall
proceed to show" Who do you suppose
uttered this ? Some little man from some
| remote district in Arkansas or Ohio, or
Big Sandy in Kentucky. Laughter or
Sugar creek in Warren county? No
such man 1t was the same man who
was Secretary Of War under James Mon
roe, when the Missouri question came
up before his cab,net-John G. Calhoun.
g Utterly absurd" he says, and besides
/" contrary to the practice Of the govern
ment, from the beginning to the present
time" My brother Democrat, you have
some confidence in him he committed
some errors. l suppose-have not you
He was man Of wonderful head, and
although the very question pending be-
fore the Senate was the one we are now
discussing, and it was to the interest OF
Mr.. Calhoun, as the great leader of the
Pro slavery party, to take the other side,
| he could do it. The Government had
committed itself-he had committed
himself-all the sensible men had com
mitted themselves to that day, and he de-
nounced itas absurd and contrary to the
practice of the Government, from the or
ganizing to that day. How did he pro-
ceed to showit? Among other things
he quotes all but the very language OF
Chief Justice Marshall, in the case OF
Canter and the Insurance Company. He
does not quote it, but uses the language
as his own. eft" said he, "the Gov
ernment Of Mexico could make whatever
law it pleased before the cession of the
Territory, SO the Government to whom
the cession is made, alone can make laws
| for it now''
DOUGLAS AGAINST soUArrER SOVEREIGNTY.
Well, my friends. have you ever seen
the honey bee, after having slipped hon
ey from the rose, the carnation or japon-
| ica light down upon the jamestown
weed and finish its meal !? | have seen
it when boy, and / have wondered
why it did not commence on that and
top off with the best. am about to do
something Of that kind. I am coming
from the sayings of great man to the
sayings Of man not quite so great
Here is speech delivered Jure Cd.
Sir" said he, /" l do not hold the doc
| trine that to exclude any species of prop
erty by law from any Territory, is a vio-
lation of any right Of property. Do you
not exclude banks from most Of the Ter
ritories 2" Yes, and / was on the Com
mittee on Territories once, when Wiscon-
sin sent law with FIVE or six banks.
voted for them, but the Democratic breth-
rem associated with me, nullified the law
1t went back to the Territory, and Squat
ter Sovereignty that it was, ceased TO be
law. Do you not" continues he,
exclude whisky from being introduced
into large portions Of the Territories p
Do you take up Washington Territory.
and if there is a tribe of Indians in it,
and any man sells them whisky. they go
back to law of 1909, and punish the
man for doing it. The law was made by
Congress, yet they say that Congress has
no right to make the laws for the govern
ment of anybody in the Territories
But the Indian Intercourse act Instituted
by Jefferson himself. is in force in every
Territory. and (" "Squatter Sovereignty"
walls her diadem, and then it is in hum
BILE compliance for the United States tc
make the laws.
If the Territories have the right Il
make laws for the Territories. why don'I