The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-09-29

ssitstional obligaslos - . nsks II
psc<sssry fo- C1agssm 70 dsclase ito acts
void Cheess.1 Dst il ~ speech be
.ustass the position q which we stand,
il lsngsass which csecasss well with
.hc dscision Of the Sspwns Conrt. he
.sys The extract read from Mr.. ca speech
kclsrrs that Territorial Government 10
creature Of Congress, endowed only
With the powers conferred upon i by its
creator, and with no particle Of sover'
eiguty. Further on, in the same speech,
". c. used The following language Mr.
:. g.es ON 10 say that the Territorial Gov
erumeni has no sovereign or independent
eight TO act on this subject The su.
prcne Cenr, of the United States, deter
mined that every citizen Of the United
States may sc into that Territory, carry
ns his slaves with him, aud holding
hem there His opinion IS that The Con
Citation Is t. protect that property which
4 has an .hor,yca to 60 there Therefore,
when he proper or extreme case occurs
when property going there under the sn'
IRENE Conft II The ru..ed States shall re
:. iiss -; ss;,s,,ss ..as =, i The
duty Of Congress to iuierpose agd grant
projection. Molly and well said, Ia ian
ruagc worthy Of his exalted character
and reputation. Mr. Douglas says, and
today stands upon It. and claims your
votes upon it. that Territorial l.cgisla-
inrc no matter what the decision Of the
Supreme conr, may be, has the right
~ exclude slave property from Terri
tory That you may take II there, but It
must be hold subject 20 such laws as the
local Legislature may make, The Gu
preme Court says the Territorial Legisla-
iure cannot exclude It, and Mr. {. says
nothing can strike him as more inc0usis'
tent aud contradictory than TO say that
while yon may 20 there, there Is some
body stronger or mightior than the Con
stitiiuon whiclf car tsku away tliat which
the constitution says you inay hold and
enjoy. Jus, what Mr. Douglas asserts,
and which, if not recognised, he Will rend
ard destroy as he goes. Applause
| derive some satisfaction from the fact
that the Hon John j Crittenden. whose
name and authority will go far in this
Union, has declared in the Senate, and
recognised by his oath as Senator, the
upon which we stand. as the
o., the Constitution. Cheers.
cannot enlarge lappeal to YOU If ]
have not. with reasonable certainty, |
nav say, conclusively repealed the accu-
sations against me If havenot shown
tha, it is neither | nor the party that
nominated ule, bu, Mr. Douglas, who has
broken faith tia. by agreement, a, the
time Of the passage Of the kansas-Nebras-
ka Bill, the Constitutional point was 10
be lief, 10 the Supreme Court. Have not
shown that the Supreme Court sustained
our construction Of the Constitution
Have not shown that the agreeme!Sthus
m sde has been violated by the declaration
that subordinate authority may deny
the constitutional right, and exclude
slave property when the Court says that
il has not that powerg Who has aban-
doned the ground or violated the agree
mcnt? have shown that the principles
upon which we stand have been endorsed
and sanctioned by the practice OF the Gov
ernmen,. affirmed by the highest judicial
tribunal IN the world, voted to be true by
two political parties in Kentucky in 1889,
asserted by both branches
Of the Legislature, and by an overwhclm-
ing majority OF the whole Democratic par.
~ Of Kentucky, and declared by Mr. Crit.
,enden TO be sound and true Cheers.
| think have piled Up a pyramid
of fact and argument IN support OF these
principles, which ought to commend it.
self to the grave consideration Of every
intelligent man. have tried to do II By
legitimate facts and arguments | AIN
not conscious Of having appealed TO any
prejudice.
In regard to tie platform adopted hy
the Convention which nominated Nj. Bell
Of Tenn, and Mr. Everett of Mass, |
have only to say that certainly it annoHn-
ces no principle q, all upon this subject
hone whatever, Cent men tell us
they are advocating the claims Of these
gentlemen upon the prucl-
pie OF the Constitution, the Union, and the
enforcement of the laws. ! presume
tina, there is scarcely u man in this as
scmbly, perhaps no one, North or Sonth,
who will admit that he is against the
Union, she Constitution and the enforce
men. Of the laws. but yet they entertain
diverse and opposite opinions as 20
the hes, mode OF sustaining the Cons,itu'
ton and the character of the laws to be
Nj Seward, Mr. Giddihgs, and
Mr.. Burlingame will tell you they are for
The Union, but their own sort Of Union
they want. They say they are for the
bu, they construo the Con
sti,ution SO as to take away all our right.
They tell y0u they are FOR the enforce
ment oil the laws, but they are los the laws
which would take away our property
Cheers For the Union, the Constltu-'
lion. and the enforcement Of the laws.
They shake hands with you on that, but
you cannot agree on single thing under
Heaven afterwards Laughter aud
cheers
Then this platform. gentlemen, declares
nothing, and | have nothing
to say about it, Coed, good but the
platform have TO read TO you does con
tain distinc, enunciation of certain pTin-
ciplcs which touch the rights Of property
and person in the Territories and what we
regard TO be the equal rights of the States,
aud we want to know If the people Of Ken
lucky are ready TO meet the issue. We
appeal TO yon, not in behalf ofany individ.
usl bu, to stand by your own principles.
founded ON the Constitution Of the couu-
try Cries Of good Now II !, be true
that am not disuninnst--if y be true
that the political principles advocate are
not disunion principles, but are the princi
pies Of the Constitution, ia il not right hard
to establish disuuion on sound men with