The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-09-22

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here i Doaglas to candidate for do Presiden-
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to the Territory any assieles Or prOpssay vhieA
the Constitution OF ths United States focognissA
- property .sasii . aissssr as1a o6l a5 asyig
The Coastitutio0 Of ths Un:ssd elates rsceg.
nizes slaves = property, and plsdges the PedeT.
n GovernnneRtto % a4fsod Il. 7ia4s1aBA 9at is gsx
That act of CoaQpsss, therseurs, psohibisinx
: citisen Of the United States taking With hi@
his sIavcs, when he removes iatD tAo Territory
in question: % rssids b an oct of sathority over
The privats properly which h thus wassanted "
the Constituaio0.s aHe narJ a#f fa rao fqad.
While Il remsins . aTsrrisovy CoaRpee may
lextslats over - within ths seope cf u corett.
tional powers, In rotation - cssieena o. the UnR
ted States, and may establish . Tsrrisorsal Gov.
eminent, and the fosn OF the lpcal governments
must be regulated by the direction u Congress-,
but with powers not exceeding those which Con.
gress itself, BY the Conseitation isauthori1ed %
exercise over tbe citizens Of the United States u
respect to the rights Of propsrty.s ga;qnthay
II this needs any illustration NAV furnish "a
lion: a7H - 1,->-4i-'.-s .STN
s.No word can he found IN ths Ccr.,;,,,,,,,,i
which gives Congress the pover Uvsr I've ,,rr.i
,erty or entities property 81 that hind "a Irss
than property or any other deer.r;r.
ion; only ne porer corierr. j ~ ,v,,e, ro,y,lf
cith Tie duty 81 gasayng o.d rroteefino a. osr,e,.
,..his yights" A'@ a 1N7T11 "A = N sai a
This, then, is what DOUGLAS calls the authori.
ative Interpretation Of the Cons stitution. and he
veil understands what Il means. far d;d NJ nct
ay that there is Just a. much obliratotao n the
,art Of the Territorial Legislature to pfSungt
property in slaves as there i to~rotecg asY T. =
n species Of property WeH.Rb0y wkse I'LL
omes Of his great principle Of Pcrussf AsSvcr.
ipntys what hecomes e,.ey, ~ NJ, 6,~.@--.s
bic dilution called unfricndly legisiation 60
Iess Isa =, c1n, according 70 the bred Scott d<e
'hlch douglas acknowledged to be "thc 14ttOtf
alive interpretation Of the Constitution c0user
% power which itself does not pcssess. The
my power II possesses in regard TO slave prop
rty is tne power Of guarding and protecting
ne owner IN ms righta, and thatpoweris coupled
,itn the duty TO DO 20. Hence the only power
iengress can confer upon the Territorial Gov
rnmens, ~ relation 70 siavs property, is the
'ower coupled with the duty Of guarding and
rotecting the owner in his rights.
nus Se are oDnged 20 lower the standard OF
'opuIar sovereignty still another degree, in or
er 20 reach douglass great principle II does
OF even consist IN the right Of the people to
ease slavery out OF Territory: II consists in the
over OF aTefritoriaI Legislature, coupled with
ne duty TO pass acts for the protection Of Sla-
cry, but BY no means against it. The assumed
over to pass unfriendly laws seems TO be changed
ITO the duty to pass friendly laws. I call this
opuiar Sovereignty with vengeancel II Is ike
iock turtle soup--there il soup enough, but not
particle OF turtle.
~ is true, Judge Douglas was in the habit OF
uiohng little about the meaning ef the Dred
sott decision and the Wicklifie rtsriutfon
iopted by his friends at Baltimore has helped
I'm over his dinicul.ies Il is to the following
rect:
"Resol.ed, That it is in accordance with the
'ue Interpretation Of the Cincinnati platform.
lat during the existence Of 1 Territorial Gov.
rnment, the measure Of rsstr;;ctioa. whatever il
az be, imposed by ths Federal Constitution On
,e powers Of the Territorial Lcrilature. over
le subject Of domestic relations. a. the same
a been or may hereafter be finally determined
y the Supreme Court Of the United States. shaII
. respected by good citizen, and enforced ,;M
romptness and fdel;ty, by evsry branch Of the
ederal Government 4,-
To all Of which Judge Douelaa ~ his letter &c
cceptance, most craciously assents.
We hear no Longer az ~ ssr;ohts of the n.o.
10 Of the Tcrritories to form ana regulate their
institutions ID their orn vav y int
ow, "of the measure Of restrictions imposed
pom the Territorial Leaislaturea oyer IN snb.
'ct Of domestic relationSn ThA change 4 very
gni6cant; whatever these restrictiona. they are
: may hereafter be. finally determined hy tLc
upreme Court Of the United Statea. Let ma
,mind YOU that previous % ~ election q III.
whenever the ouest;on - n,,t !. -
,e right Of property in sl.ve. under ~ nev
erritOrial Governments Judge Doualas' recular
eply was, that i ! ouestion. for Consress %
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