The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-08-29

nd ought 10 Be admitted into the Federal u.
Mon, whether its Constitution prohibits or rec.
ognzes the institution Of slavery" rsentirclF
eonHstsst with the Kansas .EebraSkA act
What1hsf Government Of Territory Is provis-
7onal and temporary, that il is the creature of
Congress. the history Of the Territories conclu.
-sively establishes. Congress has either reser-
~ed the veto power over the ctsof Terrific
rial Legislature, or conferred Il upon the Gov
sEnor ofthe Territory, appointed by and with
the advice aud consent Of the Senate.
But, as in the Cincisasti platform, the third
resolution emphs,icaiiy declares that when the
people come to fCrn their permanent institu
tions; whenthey come to lay dowp their funda-
mental law, which shall govern not only the
people. bat their legislative bodies and their iu-
diciai tribunals, then they are to decide for
themselves whether slavery shall be an institu.
ton or not amongst them. Is the secoud res
olutiou inconsistent with the first and third?
It's in these words: that ''it is the duty of the
Federal Government, in all its departments, to
i. protect, when necessary, the rights OF persons
and property in the Territories, and wherever
else its Constitutional authority extends" Why
ID Government instituted at all? Is it to raise
armies? Is it to create navies? Is it to estab-
lish postal SYSTEM Is it to collect revenue?
Is it to build up magnificent capitol, adorned
with. works OF art and beautifully arranged
grounds, and imposing edifces of granite and
snarble2 Is it instituted to raise 100000 600
in order to cxpend ito bring annually togeth
er, at the National Capitol, Senators and Rep
resentatiVes, and then to send them home again
Ito establish courts and build prisons? No;
nothing OF the kind. Such are not the objects
Of the Government; but they are the instruments
ofgoyeEhment. These are purely the applian-
ces, by means OF which government accomplish
es its purpose. The object of government is to
protect persons and property, and nothing else
Tlkas we see, in order to accomplish what
seems to be simple and plain purpose, resort
Is had to the largest and most complicated
means, in order to effect it with certainty and
success. Various countries have differed about
their form OF government; but with all these
differences, the purpose has ever been the same
the protection ofpersons and property.
The second resolution stands inflexblv upon
this proposition. Our Government has done
much, from our earliest history, to protect the
lives and property ofits citizens on its public
domain. Where are our armies sent? TO
protectour Territories. For what? To pro-
tect persons, and nothing else. The citizens
OF eur Territories who have been envroned by
Indian Soes, and have fought their way through
Indian wars, realize the importance Of this
protection. Why was our navy sent to Para
quay? 1t was on account of citizen Of the
free States-a citizen OF Rhode Island. 1t was
case OF offense to property; and the Navy was
sent there in order that our Government
might do its duty in protecting that property.
A government is derelict to the very purpose of
dts institution; it Is derelict to its obligations to
the individual citizen, if it fails or hesitates in
acting promptly to protect the property as we'll
as the person Of that citizen.
These resolutions, taken together, do no t
establish slavery in the Territories or recog.
nize the principle ofthe establishment ofsavery;
bur they declare that the rights Of property of
the several states shall be protected by the
Federal arm. They declare, in substance, that
II the citizen ofa Southern State shall 90 to
our common Territories with his slaves his
property in those slaves shall bs protected .
They declare, in substance, that this provision
al and temporary government Of Territory shall
not molest or interfere with the right of South.
ern man to hold his slaves as property in the
Territory. They declare,i substance, that If the
Territorial Legislature thus intereres it is the
duty of the Federal Government to interpose
and prevent this unauthorized, unconstitutional
action. But there is no intimation, there can
be no inference, from the three resolutions, that
Che old policy, that Congress can neither estab-
lish nor prohibit slavery, has been departed
from in the slightest degree. 1t is purely
question OF property it is purely question of
the protection Of the rights of the Southern men
equally with the rights of Northern men. 1t
is not q concession Of the North; they yield
none of their rights. 1t is simply an act ofjus.
tee upon the part of the North; it is demand
Of right upon the part Of the South.
BRECKENRIDGE AND LANE FALSELY CHARGED
wrrH DIsUNIoS SENTIMENTS.
The effort is made to charge disunion senti
ments upon Breckenridge and Lane, because
some individuals now supporting them have at
some period of their lives given utterance to ex-
treme sentiments. See with what weight and
point the charge goes home to the Front Street
Theatre candidates. Douglas and johnson.
One of their staunchest and most eloquent advo
vocates on the floor OF the Convention, was Col.
Gauden. of Georgia, who at the Charleston sit.
ting advocated the reopenins Of the African
Slave trade. We quite from the official report:
t''Col. Camden said he would no all he could to
reconcile his friends in Georgia to this doctrine
and denounced congressional protection as an
abstraction. In the course OF his remaaks he
referred 10 Virginia, as slave. trading and
siave-breeding Vigginia.'
"a delegate from Virginia objected to the
dssigEat;on applied to that State
"Mr. Gaulden-Well I'll say slave trading
Georgia, then. don't object to tie designation
IL am q slave breeder--I face the music
Come down to my plantation and will show
y0n fine lot Of young niggers there, and pure
Afficans, too
'Coi. Gaulden then proceeded to advocate the
revival ofthe African slave trade and believed
Massachusetts, herself would shortly advocate