The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-08-31

the Territories" These men were not COM
mon men. They kueW@hAs IN every instru-
meat in the world, mon used words appro-
peiate to the sense inkuudsd 10 BE- conveyed,
ID thaA ~ mu1e use those words sppropri-
go TO tls6snss ~ uonld convey. II you
Wee writing A6Sgt fsacturey and under
kyyaAd wAAksA fractsss W., yaa would use the
words OF the books treating on fractures
but an unlearned man, by the same words,
might mean a very different thing. These
men we're not only wise men, but they were
learned mep. The mar who fedscs1 tAAe
Oonssitution Into words, was probably one
OF the most learned men that ever lived nm.
der this rossrnmeDt--I rsfsf TO Governor
Morris, then of New York, very distn-
guished man. They gaye it to o committee,
Of WhkoA hs wss phairman, - 1asln thRright
English words, and you will observe, there is
not hall a. much sshifAlutin' in it, as you
have heard from me since Il stood here
Laughter.) Gov. Morris knew that Sir
William Backbone had written four vol
umes of commentaries on law in England
He knew that oil the lawyers that would ex-
pect to use this instrument as law, would ex
| poet to see in il those words common to law
| and he would look to see what Blackstone
meant by s.rule,o when spoken Of in refer
ence to the legislature. Congress was the
national legislature. Sir William Black
stone asks the question, What 10 law !? aud
says 1t 10 rule of action, prescribed by the
superior power of the State, commanding that
which il good and prohibiting thst which is
evil. Law 10 only ssrule," prescribed BY
the legislative power. When they sAid then
that Congress should have power 20 make oil
needful "rules," they addsd s'rseulations,' -
which Is but synonym for ssrule"--for the
Latin word rsgwta is interpreted to be rule.
What did they mean by that word when they
| came to act upon it? That is the question /
would PROFOUND to my friends over the riv-
or. This 10 question Of Law about which ON
one side they hold one opinion and on this
side entertain another. ! appeal from any
Interpretation pat upon it in the latter days
of the Church, and 90 back to tho Apostles
and see what they moan. IL | can find that
out, no man shall come in the way Of my FOL-
lowing them.
JOHN O. CALHOUN ON sQuArrRR SOVEREIGNTY.
want now TO read for the benefit Of weak
brethren Qaughter) passage or two from
one OF the apostles. Laughter.) don't
sse thssA words in any sAnss Of lsvity, ct all.
! They occur to me as being very appropriate.
On Or about the 4th of March, 1850, / was
prevent when this speech was amsde: ssIn
clsining the right FOR the inhabitants unas-
ssisted 81 Congress 10 legislate fvr the terri
tory'in this proviso, it, Is assumed that the
sovereignty over the territory 10 vested 10 the
territory" "Squatter SovereigntJ.n ! do
really think they might have invented bet
ter sdjscsive than that to 60 before the word
sovereignty. "Sguatter." There ID some
thing ia 1t to raise laugh. Cor to express,
| it," he continues, Sin the language used BY
the resolution offered by the Senator from
Texas, (Houston,) they have the same iDhs
rent right OF self-gcvernmsnt as the people
OF tho States" That i the way it !.
broachsd to US now. .ts@s..
i continue my reading ssThis assumption
10 utterly uufounded, Unconstitutional, and
contrary to the entire practice Of the Gov.
ernment, from it's commencement to the pres
ent day, ~ shall proceed to shaw" Who
do you suppose uttered thatp Some ittl,
man from somo remote district in Arkansa
or Ohio, or Big Sandy in Kentucky, (laugh
teri or Sugar Greek In Warren county? M
! such man. 1t was the Same man who wa
Secretary of War under James Monroe
when the Missouri question came up before
his cabnet--John q. Calhoun sUtterly alb
surd," be Gays, and besides, "contrary Il
tho practice Of the Government, from tn,
beginning to the present day." My brothe
Democrat, you have some confidence in him
he committed some errors, | suppose--hav
not your He was q man Of wonderful head
and although the very question pending be
fore the Senate was the one we are now dis
GUESSING, and it was to the interest OF Mr.
Calhoun, rs the great leader Of the pro
slavery party, to take the other side, b
could not do it. The Government had com
!, mitted itsef--he had committed himself
all the sensible men had committed them
selves to that day, and he denounced it .
! absurd and contra ITO the practice Of th
Government, from the organizing to that day
How did be proceed to show ftp ANON
other things he Quotes oil but the very Ian
guage Of Chief Justice Marshall, In the cas-
OF Oanter and the Insurance Company. II
does not quote it, but uses the language
bis own. "If," said he, "ths Government O
Mexico could make whatever Law it please,
. before the cession Of the territory, 30 III
government to whom the cession is made
! alone can make laws for it now
DOUGLAS AGAINST sQUATTER SOVEREIGNTY.
Well, my friends, have you ever seen tn
honey bee, after having slipped honey iron
tho rose, the carnation or the japonica, ligh
down upon the Jamestown weed and 6nis
his meal have seen il when boy, and
have often wondered why it did not com
mence on that and top of with the best.
am about to do something Of that kind.
am coming from the sayings Of great mai
to the sayines Of : mAn not quite 90 great
J Here is speech delivered Jnns Cd: ssSir,'
said he, 81 do not hold tho doctrine that /,
exclude any species Of pfopsrty BY Law from
any territefy, il violation Of any right o
property. DO yoa not sxslsds banks from
most Of the territories ~ Yss; and | wa
on the COMMITTEES Of Territories once, whe1