The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-09-24

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9eVnrdo s'igzspss = on1ioe Mhieh shall /
"a only witA lhs universal abslitioa or ths
Universal dcuinioa 6 slASley. On To oeAsr /
hend. ~ Prosi1sat As J0dSe6 At NE 6a- |
reene CsasA nearly II the Ds0esEAtie ms0-
I'm II CoaQsss, ne whoIe Of ne party |
Soath, anl vssy haGo naosi1y NORTH, are
poostsa<o1 viiA . eo1vietion that NO such |
pover 3 vsts1 n TsezitasiAl LsGislature
and thoD vAo desirs - eoa1scaAs private |
properly * my kind nnst wait until they get
. constitutionAl oonvention g he machineFy
q . State govssnmsnt into Tier hands. We
venture 70 eivs ~ allowing reasons for b.
lisving thnS Mr.: Duug1wb inWrur.--r----
The Hhpfens Csoge hae deeided that
Territories Legi1aat1so - nj 4he power
which hs olAins for Il That alone ought
10 b sufficient Thsfs caabs no lAw, order
or security for any uan's1iGhEA sunlsm ithe
Judicial Hu1hekity Of ne eo1ntH - upheld.
NJ. Dcaelas nay DO what - PIslses with
political eonyentions ard party platfosns,
bat Ne tsnss h win i've . - Soprems
Court ct least tha1 1essnt respect which
none but he mesa slt1A lsQsbhcans have Jet
withheld srsfss sssisk5s NJ It's IS
The right Of prspsrty i sacrsd, and the
1rst object Of ~ kuneA goveEnmeut 10 70
make il secure. Lfeis ilw1ys uusafe whees
property 10 mot fully tcotssisd This b the
expsrienee Of every people on earth, ancient
and nodsrn. To secure private property
Vas Q pEincipAl obieet Of Magma Chsrta.-
Charles I. afterwards attsmptsd 70 violate it,
bat the peopls rose upon hin, dragged him
10 the block, and severed his head from his
body. AZ . still latsr psriod smother mon
aso6 for kindred oGeace Was driven ont OF
he coanlzy, and dis1 fugitive and an ont
east Our own revolution was provoked by
that eight invasion upon the rights Of prop
srty which consisted in the exaction Of
tri6ine NJ Thsss = No government in the
world, however absolute, which would not
b diagraesd and endangered by wantonly
sacrificing private properly even to small
extent Fer centuries past such ontrages
have ceased to 30 committed in times Of peace
among civilized natiopa
Slaves are regarded - property in the
Southern StstsE The people Of that section
buy and cell, and carry On III their business,
provide tsr their families, and mako their
wills and divide their Inheritance on that -.
sumption. IL j. manifest to ~ WE know
them thet 10 deubts ever creJo kheiS minds
about the rightfulnsss Of holdisg sueh prop
erty. Thsy believe they have . warrant for
it, Lot only in the examples of the best men
that ever lived, but in the precspta, Of divine
revelation ITSELF and they are thereby salts
fed that the relation Of master and slave 10
the only ONE which can possibly exist there
between the white and the black race with
out running beth. The people Of the North
may differ from their fellow citizens of the
South on the whole subject but knowing, as
We all do, that these sentiments are sincerely
and honestly entertained, we cannot wonder
that they feel the most unspeakable wonder
and indignation when any attempt is made to
interfere with their rights. This sentiment
results naturally and necessarily from their
educatidn and habits Of thinking. They can
not help it any more than an honest man in
the North can avoid abhorring thief or
Householder. 'rI 49,
The jurists and people Of the Northern
States have always sacredly respected the |
right Of property in slaves held by their own
citizens within their own jurisdiction 1t is |
remarkable fact, very well worth noticing
that no Northern State ever passed a law to |
take negro from his master All laws for |
the abolition of slavery have operated only ON |
the unborn descendants Of the negro race,
and the vested rights Of masters have not
been disturbed in the North more than in the |
South.
In every nation under heaven-civilixed |
semi-barbaroas or sayage-where slavery has |
existed IN any form at ill analogous to ours,
the rights of the masters to the control of
their slaves 20 property have been respected;
and ON NO occasion has any government
struck at those rights, except as it would
etrike at other property. Even the British
Parliament, when 1t emancipeted the West
India slaves, though it was lsgislating for a
people three thousand miles away and not
represented, never denied..ei the legal or
natural right of the slave owner. Slaves were
admitted TO be property, and the government
acknowledged it by paying their masters one
hundred millions Of dollars for the privilege
Of setting them free. ars"~
Here them il . species Of property which
10 Of tranocendent importance to the material
interest Of the Eonth-which the people think
it right and meritOrious in the eyes of God
and good men to hold-which is sanctioned
by the general sense of all mankind among
whom it has existed-which was legal only
short time ago in all the States of the Union,
and was thus treated 40 sacred by every one
Of them-which il guaranteed to the owner
~ much - any other property 10 guaranteed |
by the constitution and Mr.. Douglas thinks
that Territorial Legislature is competent to |
take itaway. We saw, NO; the supreme leg
islative power Of . sovereign State alone can |
deprive man Of his property. 2
This proposition is 90 plain, so well estab-
lished, and 20 universally acknowledged, that
any argument in it, favor would be mere
waste Ct words. MIR. Douglas does not
deny it,and il did mot require the thousandth
part ofhis sagacity 10 Gee that it was undeni-
able He claims for the Territorial govern
ments the right Of confiscating private prop
erty on The ground that those governments
are sovereign-ksse al SnS6 1lr62lab he and
independent power Over ill their internal
aaaira Tka i the point which hevthinks is I
to split thsdS@6ahj sAn1 impki tksnaS;on.
but It IL % eUtlrelv erroneous that it &Nnst