The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-06-30


Senator from Ohio to read il and here
II ia
"Mr. Pnrh ms follows:
Ke~ired, That all citi:ens of Inc United
States have Az equal right TO arttle with their
property In the Territories. and that uadpS the
decision Of the Supreme Court which ws rseax.
nise as All cxposition Of the Cooslitstius, seith-
er their rights Of person or property can BE 10
stroyed or impaired BY Congressional q Terrific
rial legislation"
confess that read il over ano over.
and could not sc- loop TO hang doubt
on. All the citizens Of the United States
have an equal right to settle with their
property in the Territories. and NO terri.
torial Legislation can impair It. That is
the Tennessee resolution. What is the
warning given TO VA by the Senator from
Illinois Here it is
I'VE have had predictions that ths party was
10 he reunited by the adoption Of thst rvsolu
ton. The only objection that have 10 il is
that !, is liable to two constructions.
The Cincinnati platform tina. he warns
us to stick to--that, Of course, il not
Oh, no But this will be- liable 10 two
constructions, and have puzzled my
brain for an hour TO get at that ,thcr
construction. will read what the 5cna.
tor said. aud perhaps cthe~ Senators
may be more fortunate than 1have been.
! think have got i glimpse. lie says
II is liable 10 two construction
And certainly and inevitably will receive
two, directly TO each other. and each viii ~
maintained with equal pertinsci,y'
We know what the South will main.
tain under that resolution and WIN,
will maintain any other construction a,
Surely, the Senator from Illinois means
that he will, because I've knows VIC will
not We can ace bnt one meaning. and
no man imhucd with constitutional prin-
ciplcs can discover but one, AMI that il,
tina, all ci,i1cns--thase who own slaves,
as well as III, Sc who own horses--hnve
right to go with their property into
the Tcrritorics--hsve an equal right TO
go there ; and that their property shalt
not be impaired But the senator from
Illinois says there 10 another construction
that will bc maintained, and pessisscntly
maintained And what is il! He says
The resolution contains, IN my opinion. two
,ruisms; and, fairly considcrd NO mar car
question them"
What is the fair consideration he gives
it
They are. first, tina. every citizen
Not "all the citizens The rcsolu-
ton says all the citizens. He says cv.
cry citizen. But will show you why
he says SO:
II. r IL.
equal RICH, in tho Territories that whatever
right the citizen Of one State has msy b. ervoy.
ed BIZ the cisiscas of al the Sttrv."
See how he is changing It now
Tina, whatever property the citizens Of one
State may carry there the citisess Of al the
States may carry"
And then they VIII so IN with the old
Republican objection, that we are all AZ
perfect liberty H. &c into the Territories
without our property ; that we arc all or
an equal footing The old republican,
argument tina. was brought up here in
the discussions Oh the Kansas Nebraska
bill in 1884, the Senator from Illinois ten.
dcrs to us now for the canvass Of 1860.
He will tell ns, "Yoa are not excluded
from the Territory {; Northern man
goes with his horses. You may &c with
horses Northern man Koes with =
cow, You may go with a COW n North
ern man does not 60 with slav-, aud
You shall not so with a slave ~ and
that is the equality tina, he says it means
Tie senator from Illinois is kind in
warning us in advance this time tow
this proposition will be got rid Of, The
South will he fools il they do not take
advantage Of the warning. and sec II
something cannot be devised which the
astutc and practiccd ingenuity Of the
Senator from Illinois cannot &c. around,
if the Englis language can hold him
Now he says;
Aud on whatever terms ,hs ci.izeos II oAe
State can hold il, and have il psoa~s,sA " cit
ilens M all States can hosl il. ssd Aass X pro-
tec,ed, without ,lee,dine VIA. he right Is which
still rsn,Aim hr ,AsrSioo."
So that tho Tennessee platform will
leave us just where We arc now What
is his Objection 10 Il
Il wan, no double de.liss. Of eo~b,s COO.
siractlou
That is his objection. lie wants things
clear, plain. aud straight and then
when we ask that they shall he put down
clear. plain and straight he abasrs M
for making new tests in the party; TALKS
about assaults on him kept the Sesatc
occupied for eight mortal hours. whiist
he was attacking every man and every
state in the Union that wouid not snr.
port his pretensions for tho Proficiency.
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