The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-03


n tie question Of slavery The democratic party
oscsIea that Congress had no right TO iegislate
flt,sry into q Territory or out OF IT, President
m IN Of ms ssS Se
IN people Of the States. He believed 10 all this and de-
that either Congress the Inhabitants OF the Terri
ecause he drew q distinction not usually
drawn between slavery as an institution and slaves
popery; and in this consisted the entire difference be-
tween gentle men calling themselves democrats, and claim
ing ttand upon the platform. He admitted TO the
fullest extent that the people Of the Territories hal the
RICH, the people OF as'ae, 70 eeisate slavery
pie Of Slater Could State egsate slavery into State
or cut Of 9 He supposed no gentleman upon tho oor
o State Legislature could destroy property.
they could destroy property IN slaves, 1t followed
by asking IL in 1886 upon the bloody Geld Of Sau Jacnto
with arms In their hands bad established govern
men and declared that every land title within the limits
Of the republic Of Texas should be abrogaed who could
have said nor There was moral wrong in this, and
he answered there a moral wrong in destroying
property in men, for often as it was terated and
reiterated that could not hold property in yet
the fret property that man he'd property in
man. The only government ever formed by God himself
established that right when the sraelites, slave
holders, were going from Egypt to the Promised Land
hey told not only to have slaves but to establish
he slave trade Therefore those who denounced the
God that made them, and had breathed the breath
Of te into their nostrils and by whose will they
sxtasd, In every political community said he,
TAqu two powers constantly at work. There s the
~ making power Then there is the executing, or law
making power. In every political community the
fbes what is or what IS not hot property,
either directly or indirectly, by covenants silence
u it fails to do that il fails Of the high purposes
or which II was organized. Then ! deny tina.
he executing or law making power decide
what s property or not; and, therefore, l deny
tory out of It. But State Legislature can egsate upon
the subject Of slaves. egisate ON that subject It
must pass laws for protection for every other species
Nina stnvx 49,
slaves and slavery, say the democratic party has
been committed to the doctrine that the Inhabitants Of
Territory or out Of IT, cannot legsAe upon the subject
slavery. State Legislature canno. legs-
i.se slavery into a State or out of it, then
Of course that Territorial Legislature cannot do H. and
hence the squatter sovereignty doctrine vanshes IKE thin
air. But bow V u a. to Congreasf Has Congress any
constitution making power-any organic law making
power-any creating power Where, ask, is the ground
for ny nCongrees, then. cannot make constitutions or
gsnze or declare what property or what
rot, where is it's power 10 leasate slavery as q po
cal institution into Territory out ofS In illustrating
this point Mr. Wgia referred TO the legislative power of
Congress over the District OF Colu mbia am told said
he. that committed 70 the intervention doc.
trine Igo for non intervention with slavery but do not
intend to assert that Congress could should not or
bound to for the protection species OF
property; and what certain gentlemen call inter-
venon call intervention For instance, we have pro-
perry IN horses, mules and hogs in the District o, Coum
bia If the federal government were by it's legislation
either hostile uuiriendly, pass such code Of laws
pueb D government
Of this district as 70 destroy all e HORSES mules and
hogs would any man dare deny that would be inter-
vtDon OF the most odous kind? All absence Of laws 70
then, we cannot destroy the title TO land what auho.
riy Ia there to repeal the laws for the recovery
Of slaves in the District Of Columbian We ask
footing with other species Of property. We ask
that and nothing Then sir the point which Irose
ken in quoting jefferson authority for any such legea
ton he desires Until he shows that this govern.
ment can do indirectly what cannot do directly, he
Now, Sir the Senator from Mississippi mr. Rrown) com
plains somewhat Of inconsistency the part Of some Of
us in not sustaining the resolutions be introduced And
upon that few words, and will have finished. said
in the opening Of my remarks that regretted hese mat
tiers had been brought up for discussion ALL If action
introduced q bill, and have discussed il upon
its merits ss practical question. / regret
that the Senator is not present would ask him the
country is suffering fromP Why does he insist upon vote
upon his resolutions in regard to Kansas ana fail TO intro
duce resolution upon question as delicate and involv
ing deeply the constitutional question and the interests
Of the South directly At homer Here this District OF
Columbia there the act OF $780, which declares that any
vide he shall be hanged put the penitentiary, po
~, fined imprisoned, but provides that the title
which he holds in the slave shall be abolished and the
70 free meg y s District n Of Column
b'a offered for sale II 80, has II not the same
.wner Of offers II for salep Draw the
distinction. Why, then, bring in this eternal Kansas
question and leave the matter home untouched?
Judge he does not introduce bill upon that subject for
he reason that he cannot pass It. For the same
reason am myself nwlng to introduce bill or vote
for bill establishing slavery in Kansas, slave code
n Kansas In the first place, could not pass as bill
TO repeal the act OF 1850 could not pass and in the next
place. could not be enforced You could not get Jury
who would rather peure themselves than enforce such
en- act And am not willing Just TO aid party in the
coming contest the success Of which involves the de-
snuchon Of the Union. am willing, therefore, to
so into the next Presidential contest fighting the
black republican party az find them-to fight them with
dre And when eat With his Satanic Majesty will eat with
q long handled spoon am willing TO put power the
only party who can the Union or can render the
Union worth saving. For these have been oo-
posed to these questions started ut unfortu-
nate time For these differ with my fren fro
Mississippi (Mr BROWN to his resolutions and vote
for those introduced by the other Senator from Miss
sppi Mr. Davis), II they come up and q vote is de-
manded upon them. In my Judgment it is better let
the whole matter pass and let the Charleston Convention
select sound good man, without PLATFORM and defeat
the black repubcans-sarve them out and afford four
years time to recy all past differences II s not there.
FORE because sympathize with the equaer sovereignty
doctrine but because deal with things practically that
pursue this course and il the Senator from Mississippi
allow the statute OF 1850 remain on the statute
book think he can let Kansas alone for at least few
months
Adjourned.
House Of Representatives.