Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-04-05

der the Constitution. BY which power had beer
| given TO Congress to dispose of and make ali
needful rules aad regulations concerning the
territory or other property belonging to the Uni
| ted States" --E -s ~
THE PROOF coNrLETE.
Then. I say. from the earliest period Of oul
Government down to 1855. 3.every body-all agree.
ing 10 ii all shades Of politics sllthe courts O
| the country. all over i-regarded the question
as clearly settled. as the Republicans aow hold
it. wish this speech of mine, 80 far al il goes
imperfect as il is, to be considered as "Corvin,
Apology for Republicanism." Mr.. Barclay
wrote "AR Apology for Quakerism," a capital
book, with a good deal of sense in it. Ny Ap-
ology for Republicanism may not be quite AZ
authoritive. -s- .r r.-.-
THE OLD Hra DOCTRINE.
| l am an old Wing; and the very doctrines
which the Wing party always ineulcafed upon
this subject, are the cardinal doctrines of the ke-
publican party and the only constitutional doc
trines they have enunciated were born of q vio-
lation of these anne Wing doctrines in 1854
The Republican party had never had name,
and never had an exissance, in that form and
that name had it not been for the proceedings
of that Congress in 1854. suppose that every
man will admit this And whys Why was
that reasonable party, as you now denominate
it. brought into existence : Doyou suppose that
all the people of the North are iLsanef 1 would
like an inquest of lunacy to try the question, and
would show where the insanity is. 1t was
in that year, 1854, that you proposed to rcnounce
this doctrine of the control Of Congress over the
Territories. 1t was then you determined to de-
Part from that compromise of 1850, to which my
friend from Illinois { Mr.. McClernand1 just re-
fcrred me, and with which am satisfied. Why
was satisfied with it ASS
In the first place, when the compromise meas
urcs of 1856 were passed. was not a member of
the Senate. l was a member of the Cabinet
when they were brought to President Fillmore,
and said that every one of those bills should
be approved. did 1t upon the same consider
aiions precisely, which have brought me to the
conclusions l have announced to-day.
80 - pRRD SCOTT. -
Mr.. Clerk,I speak of the different departments
of the Government with perfect respect, but
undertake to say that neither Mr.. Clay nor Mr.
Webster could ever have been led 10 believe
that the Supreme Court of the United States
would decide that Congress had no power to leg
isate over the subject of Slavery in the Terrific
ries. ] shall not here attempt to discuss the
Dred Scott decision, for have passed over that
nlrr ady. --
DEMOCRATIC REMINIsCEycEs.
Now, Mr.. Clerk. shall speak of the Demo-
bouun' ri.auobter I A eelebrated man in opr
country mas said that that maxim ought to be
changed to de n,ortais niltil nis veYum." I take
that proposition and adopt il. / do not mean
TO accuse the Democratic party of any crin,e.ex-
cept of being once in the right and afterwards
pursuing the wrong. Ny colleague from the
Dayton district. Mr.. Fallandigham.) ia spirit
Of candor. told US the other day that the Demo-
cra.ic party OF Ohio had been wrong on this
r,ybt in that decL.ra,ion. according to his viev
of T. and that If he would inst change that vor,i
wrong" into "right." the Democratic party we're
right according 10 the doctrines of the fathers of
the Government; but they wandered away from
the instructions OF Moses to the worship Of Ash-
t1roth, and other diabolical divinties. will
quote little of their gospel, from cathedral au-
thority, in the State OF Ohio, in the year ls4s,
whereby l wish to show to tie Democratic par
ty of the South, an it is called. how great an net
they have achieved in having converted the most
hardened and abomnable sinners who have ex-
listed in the world. Laughter
Democratic gentlemen from the South must
summon their christian charity to this work.
They must remember that our Democratic Sauls
Of Tarsus were on their way to Demascus in l948
bent upon presenting Democratic Christians Of
the Suuth. You see how they divided the gar
menis of the Southern Stephen. and stoned him
to death. You all rejoice, however. 10 see how
"a great light shown upon them" in 1854. and
how they heard about that time voice from the
South. and 10 | upon the instant, they donned
their sandal shoon and scalop shell, and, with
meek Submission and pious zeal. they made
their pilgrimage rom the icy regions OF old con.
stiiutional faith TO the sunny realms of South
= ern nose,lies, wnere. 20 ms cay; iney remain IN
A.. AoN SeNS"S