Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-01-18
Senator Iverson's Speech.

gia IN the congress OF tue tniteu oSaFs, ~
gentleman whose bold, honest. unqualified utter
anees ON all political subjects have often excited
our admiration and cx,or.cd our praise. ha be
lougs 10 the same school Of politicians with Brown
of Mississippi, aud Clay. OF Alabama; whose al
legiance to party 10 dependent altogether upon its
fidelity to principle. and who know nothing "i
that ,imid policy which would cover up radical
differences Of opinion merely for the cake Of ten
porary triumph. The late speech Of Judge iser-
son. in the Senate, is signai illustration 81 tbs,
as we'll as OF his own uubending honesty. Inter
esling in many respects, and more particularly as
we are now upon tho eve OF anoihce Presidential
canvass, VIC propose TODAY to make liberal ex-
tracts from il:
his WINS or sqrATTER sorERflGNTt.
Sir. ! saw ihen the practical operation Il tho
new dogma Of Unpopular sovereignty II rou@ed
nc A, ,,r, as tho South r"pcra'iy, to a uinrc crt
i.al cxatnination II tha Wade SUBJECT, and TO
cane convinced At an cnr!v day tll' tho dacfrlns
a! DISQUALIFICATION. A. ,"espiet"a by ITS ""rtl'-
CO. ,dvoca'os :hergh l.aasilt, wss A. erroneous
as II was decisive aud fatal To tAc r.hts 81 tic
ouihcrn people.
When the southern prerle, upon : 70 mature
Investigation Il the J.-,tsnc ia guatJ4sn ou3 a
knowledge e its practical working fn th" css'' VI
California, came 10 up3er,iand 10 'fnr enarae,cr
aud bearing. and u cnhtpiwlrrnd aud appreciate
their jus, ghts undr The Cois i;n ion, nnd as
equals in the Confcderacs. they universally rero.
dln,ed and ccadcmned IT, And whoa the hS"eas-
Nebraska sit: was passed. reciving il did tao
.arciion of the great body II the southern II lido
% all parties it was with the universal o"der-
standing at the SOU /. that dd i'~ rhntaA tao
doctrlre of "Sqnatter srerr'guty stss's~dhy
General Csss aud Subsequently "a 'tions nsy
sustained an nrg d tv tie Senate !r"p' !li.nar,
Mr. Douglas. and hls ant-Le- en'ptos FREUD
say ruIRN oo>srHueTio> OF Tnf I,st,'A ~.
| deny and so d. NO s,utherf 'reaiGs #~rv,
tia. the Kansas Nebraska act Conferred. int'
.rd to cnnier upon lie t"r1itG,ial cos-,un'"uts
e,tshishedi,i that acttlc puwcrto exclude, r,ah,.
bit ~ absish slavery. We den, ,hat Cor srs-s IT.
sell has any such ro-rcr aud IN ti,ls fas ton ""
have been sustained hy the SsIscme Court q the
United States IA the ea-c ~ s+rcd Se'rt. 81 ''ri-
cre.e could 10, exercise the power itself. - nd
not nf,r it Sip"n lbe lflrtIial govern mi, nnd
surely it Garnet he supposed that IN rp'sing Tho
Kansas bill, and Ia usinr the Lusnaec II vhAch |
have referred and enotcJ, Congress intended Ia
Sontcr - power which il DID not itsch possess and
which Il could DOT exercise withoat erase sur
patti n. Such presumption w"iIa s'alttr III"
Congress Of 1854, whi.d pa seal that hi.lepd make
it udious aad cuuicmpbhle in the a All intel
ligent and honorable men
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respectable and peweiul section d tie aortsiern
Democracy when hes followed his lesa this
important subject
The Senator from Ohio Mr. pueh) Anemt ,he
Senate knows the whcln country tnows, hat from
the very passage Of tho Kansas bill, it
'en'ru' "'>e'''' nv" "'e'1, w v""Sf '""E'""
anu 'ne "o'"N'" ,'en'o''".y 'nn' y h'' any o'"'
ie'ieu VIC t'"' We - 40 =, '""'S
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~ !" ,s'ao''su VI i,on'o., az t'"'s
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res"ia's .neir aoheS.S 'nS'''u,is,,' =" urF ""n
why, e"oJee' '''y '" guy n"'"'''V'," VI '''' ~
ecu ''''es, =" my H"'i an "h'es ""''nH 'ne eA-
.s'e,ee VI W. nHl''''l" f'te'hnTnT ana - VAS
prohibition or abolition a. SLAYER, ly the ycrr,,n
rial LEGISLATURE was no violation of The Toust,,u
tion oC tho Initea S,atcs ard miglt thcr,fnrc ho
rirhtiully dome
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lhe closing scene ana hnai result az Tue work
mgs oil the "squauer sovereignty doctrine aud
Poi.y W we senator '''" i''no's' ana ''* north
efn p''no'I""' FfchnS a-lu '"I'"eFS' We aie pro-
pnh'Y apou. 10 witness a. t'At Sa~51'l d, '' "d-
mission OF hahsas as " Ire" N'a'@ &hd Win an
a""'d"h hepf'se"'a'"e' ana ."' Senas'Fs oh The
Ee"r o, congress. such siF' nave ben iae fruits
OF 'he ho'ras o,ii as construed and e"I'4 Hed hy
It's northern au,h'F anu i,rno,; ana "aah viii
nnn ever mus, ,e' 'he result OF All similar "1- oi
N''t''Ns 'h's "''ie'h "N",f"9'aN sAal' be,
eo''V 80, i,r" '"'~s "a VI, i''t'i"'s"f ana
p' p" W '"e '+''''t '''s'e. ne 1'''"'r" we PIE
"a" 49, ~ nv ~" - '''il'- sHs'F ''n'o lf'p
cry mo j." iefrt'~' 80 ''a,'~ "'N' W. staif"1
70 s'"'er!' 1t nav - "ep"ho nt'h tne lge'sn 'hs
WIZ 81 'he peoi'e IN tHe !err,tp'E <'f pfo|,e''0"
i.'"S'hg III inc h,S'fN OK me IA" 81 th'rnsH and
hahssS ana at inc deep r'"'ee, w'artrie"d' sud
fahco''ns m,,''tih~fS io,"y o, i"t NgTbs1' 100,
Pc 'aclr weiset'eo' "eii-uno'fAtad- nod 1Ked
determination never TO let a, extend hrs"al 't~