Gazette and sentinel., 1860-09-22

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to supply such protection "a may be dcmaUdrdIv
the necessities of the citizens. Mr.. Critt.,d.,;
name is recorded in the affirmative on that r,So'
luton.
Then, gentlemen. | have the votes of nv d;s,;r
guished friend, Mr.. Crittcndcn, upon the ro.,II
ton. in the Senate, declaring that these ones,inn-
are not minute and unimportant declaring that
the union OF the States rests upon the equality of
rights and privileges of the citizens, and tba, !, =
the duty Of the Senate especially to guard aT,i1l,
any discrimination in these rights of prrson AMI
property, declaring that if those rights b. as.aiIai
10y the Territorial Legislature it will BE- necessary
for Congress and every department of the c..
eminent to interfere and protect those rigb,.
Precisely the principles upon which We stand :"
day.
My distinguished friend, Mr.. Crittepden . sr
days afterwards followed these resolutions Lv ,
speech IN the Senate. which | find reported in ibo
Daily Globe, which Is the official organ of tbo
Senate. 1t is true that Mr.. Crittenden eynrc.s1J
a hope and the opinion that the time might peycr
come when it would be necessary for Conornss,
! Itervene to protect a constitutional riSbt in =
territory. | trust SO too. | trust the time viii
never come when the territorial autborit;ss -
regardless of their Constitutional OBLIGATIONS uirI
undertake TO violate an adjudicatcd right 81 a. 70
make it necessary for their proceedings 10 he
annulled.
Mr.. Crittenden goes on to say. that as the To-.
ritorial Government has no sovereign o. indie.
pendent right to act on this subject. the Supreme
Court OF the United States having determined
that every citizen of the United States NAV 1a
into that Territory, carrying his slaves with hin
and holding them there, my opinion is tLa, tba
Constitution is to protect that property which 4,
had authorized to go there therefore. when the
proper or extreme case occurs. when pronertv
going there under the Supreme Court Of the United
States shall require such intcrposition. that il i.
the duty of Congress to interpOse and grant pro
lection.
Nobly and well said, in language worthy ofbi.
exalted character and reputation-in language I
repeat, that would compare favOrably with arpu.
ments and utterances of the Supreme Court of the
United States. "a voice-"Good. for Won Naior y
Mr.. Douglas says, and says to-day-stands upon IL
and claims your votes upon it-that the Territorial
Legislature, nc matter what the decision of the
Supreme Court may be, has a right to exclude
slavery that you may take il there, but Won mnst
leave 1t subject to such local laws a. the Terri.
torial Legislature may make. The Supreme Cont
says you can't. Mr.. Crittenden says nothing can
strike him as more contradictory. nothing nors
illogical, than to assert the proposition which M.
Douglas has announced, and which, he saws We
must recognize. or If not recognized, he will rnd
and destroy as he goes.
Il idht soIt SiliSltCtlOu lTOm Tie lact thai the
Hon. John J. Crittenden, whose name and an.
thority will 60 far in this State, has declared and
recorded on his oath as q Senator in the Senate.
that the principles upon which we stand are The
true principles Of the Constitution. Much
applause.) F~ellOw-citizens, | cannot enlarge.
What do | think | have done? appeal to your
selves whether | have not, with reasonable Ger.
tainty, conclusively, | will say, repealed the per-
sOnal accusations against me? Have not shown
that neither | nor the Constitutional Democracy
indOrse this dogma of the Territorial authority TO
exclude slavery while in a territorial condition,
and that we have not broken faith! Have | not
shown that by the agreement at the time oftbe pas
sage of the kansas-Nebraska bill. the Constitutional
point was TO be left to the Supreme Court? Have
| not shown that the Supreme Court sustained our
construction of the Constitution ? Have | not
shown that the agreement thus made has been
violated by the declaration that a subordinate au-
thorlty may have the Constitutional right and ex-
clude slave property, when the Court says it has
not the power? Who has abandoned the ground
or violated the agreement? Who has violated the
agreement?
l have shown that the principles upon which
we stand, have been sanctioned by the prsc-
tice of the government affirmed BY the high
est judicial tribunal in the world; voted to bs
true by both political parties in Kentucky in
1859; unanimously asserted by both branches
of the Legislature, and by an overwhelming
majority of the whole Democratic party in
Kentucky, and declared by Mr.. Crittenden to
be sound and true. (Cheers.) 1 think l have
piled up a pyramid of fact and argument in
support of these principles, which ought to
commend itself to the grave consideration of
every intelligent man; / have tried to do it
by legitimate facts and arguments. i am not
conscious of having appealed to any prejudice
or passion of any section.
These principles, thus asserted, will give US
harmony and peace. They will make each
State in the Union feel that it is a sister to
every other, and every man will feel that he
stands upon a common footing with his brother.
These principles have their root in the Consti-
tuition, and no party can be sectional which
maintains constitutional principles; none!
none
Are We to be driven from their mainte-
nance? Is this State TO be twisted around the
finger of politicians as they would twist a gum
elastic band upon their finger? Are the peo-
pie of Kentucky TO turn their back upon the
principles which last year they felt to be truef
Driven by a loud and false clamor! Are they
to be bewildered and staggered by a cry from
maintaining their rights, and when Kentucky
is asking to express her own opinion as to her
rights, is the chivalry of the Commonwealth
sunk so low that she dare not assert it? Such
were not the men who laid the foundation Of
the State. Such were not your fathers in '9S.
They took the lead in vindication of the truth.
The New England States stigmatized them IS
disunionists, but undeterred they stood by their
rights, and inaugurated a political revolution
that preserved the true principle of our system.
These were your fathers-the men of '9S
Now, in 1860, the issue is distinctly presented
to you. Will you express your own opinion:
Will you, by you vote, assert your own
rights in the Confederacy? The Supreme
Court says you have them. You yourselves
have said you have them. In every torn in
which you can express your opinion to the