Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-07-20

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On the 18th day Of Seite1bei, is5s, MS
Squatter candidate for Vice Ptssidspt h 1
public speech said -, IS ~, ,.s';,s,,
I've belieye n that capital should own hbor;
is there any doubt That there must Be IAhr;
ing class everywheref In Al countries and
under every form Of social organization thefs
must be 2 laboring class ~ class Of men whd
get their living by the sweat 81 their brow;
controls AHA directs the capital Of The soun'
try" 80 @
"No PERSON CAN ExcLuDs sLAvns."
!. Extracts from his speech in the U. 8. Ssn:
ate, July 7th, ls48. See Congrsssiooal
Glo6e, vol. 10, page eS7, viz.
That question is, whether II 10 the duty
Of Congress to guarantee ID tie slaveholdsr,
who shall remote With liis slaves into ~
territory Of the United StAtss; The nndisputed
enjoyment Of his property in thcin; % long
a. it continues to bc q territory: OF; Ia 6thsf
words, whether tho inhabitanta d . tsffitofy
during their territorial condition; hats t(S
right to prohibit slavery therein. For the
whore the power Of legislating for the tsrsi.
tory resides.-whether exclusively In Cons
gress or jointly in Congress and the inhabi.
tants of the territory the power il precisely
the same---no greater in the hands Of oue OF
the other. In no event can the slavsholdef
Of the South be excluded from settling in
such territory with his property Of every De;
scription. fr1 A s,
| NE DENIES TERRITORIAL sovEliNdfY:
But suppose that Congress have the right
to establish Territorial Government only.
and that then, al further government contrcl
ceases can the the Territorial Iegislature
pass an act prohibiting slausyyl SSrslv net /
For the moment you admit the right to o.:
ganize Territorial Government 70 exist Id
Congress; you admit necessarily The edbot.
dination Of the people Of the Tsfritcry-theif
dependence on this Government for an oreAn:
ic law, to give them political existetce--
Hence, all their legislation must be III cdt:
formity with the organic law, they can pass
no act in violation Of it--none but such @ It
permits. Since, therefore, Congress has no
power, as have shown, to prohibit slavery,
they cannot delegate such a poDsr 70 ~ a.
ha6itants Of the Territory !; they cannot au:
thorize the Territorial Legislation TO do that
which they have no power to do. Tho
stream cannot rise higher than ito source.
HE DENIES THE RIGHT OF the PEOPLE 70 COWS
ERN THEMSELVES:
i But sdppoes the right Of legislation fdf lid
Territory be in its inhabitants, can they pros
..fhibit Slaveryf Surely not: and for reasons
Similar to those which show chat Congress
caSnot. Sovereignty follows The Uwnership
Of thO nRip; and therefore the sovereignty
over tn 1liitories is in the StAteS III lheff
confederated capacity. Now, II the S0teg.
eighty over the Territories IL In. the 6taAss,
and the right Of legislation not III Congress,
but in the inhabitants Of the Territories, Il y
evident that they can have no higher fielits
Of legislation than Congress could have.
They must be bound by the pfdhibttion Of
slavery in the Territories by Congress b "a:
4 consistent with those limitations, It's prohibt
ton by the Territorial Legislature would b
50 likewise: IN
~ ttE DEMANDS SLAVE touE i. 80
II is urged slavery does not exist ID New
Mexico and California; that they are fred
territories; and although they deny b Oon.
gress any Jurisdiction over the subject, ut
vs ask Congrsss 6y tNis apss,sdssst b sstaA:
!ish slassry tkereiw. Upon tho s1scutisa q
the treaty, al political regulations a ths Uai1.
ed States were extended Over The Twritpsieos
and tho institusiox qf sIassvv SsiaS ps1isis1
In its rkardeter, it arists, IN legal intGs36set,
as nJsolutly in Mew Nseico assd Csjitsrnie
az Il does in VsygiaiG asd GSosyi0.
PoruLAl sovnsl0xfv Il ~ laDDogioUs AxD
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