Daily national Democrat., 1860-01-04

From the following extracts it will be seen
that there was great unanim;ty Ot one time
among the Democracy on the power Of a Ter.
ritorial Legislature over the question o
slavery:
The people Of Territory. like those Of {
State. shall decide for themselves whether
slavery shall or shall not exist within their
limits JAMES BUCHANAN.
The majority of the people, by the action
Of the Territorial Legislature, will decide the
question ;. and. all must abide the decision
when made. howell CoBB.
FAe great and leading feature Of the Kan
sas-Nebrassa' bT8 was to transfer the slavery
question and oil ether subjects to- the Terri
torial Legislatures.
JAMES L. ORA, s. g.
lam willing that the Territorial Legisla-
ture may act upon the subject when and how
they may think proper.
ALEX. II. STEPHENS, Of Ga.
I am connected with no party that has for
Its Object the extension Of Slavery, nor with
any to pTecent the people of State or Terri
J 1NCottON
'ci:h :!!e'a for themselves.
JoHN c. BREoErNRIDGE.
The principle Of self-government in the
Territories enables us to Danish from the halls
of Congress another fertile source of discon-
tent and excitement
SH: BENJAMIN, of La.
Under the Kansas act, citizens from the
slaveholding States may go into the Terrific
~ with their slave property citizens Of the
zee States may go there holding no such
property; and when they get there, and
meet In common council, as a legislative
body, they may deteEnaiAs whether the in
stitution shall prevail
j NJ Mason, of Va.
II the people Of the Territories choose to
exclude slavery, so far from considering it
as wrong done to me or my constituents, |
shall not complain of tit is their business
GEO. f. BADGER, Of N. C.
We intend that the actual settlers Of the
Territories shall be protected in the full exer
eise oil all rights Of freemen, and shall lepis-
late for themselves WhiLe they hare a Terrific.
'Fd' ~0Oer"me"t' Il. TooMBs, of Ga.
1t is the right of the people to govern them.
selves, and they alone, shall exercise II os
we'll sStiIe in a Territorial condition as in the
position. Of State.
GEO. w. JONES, of Tenn.
The people of the Territories are expressly
authorized to legislate upon all subjects what
soever,. slavery included They may either
establish or abolish it, at their pleasure.
j. PETIT, of Ind
believe that under the provisions Of this
fkansas) bill, and Of the Utah and New Mex.
ieo'bills,. there will be a perfect carte blanche
given to-the TersiteBial Legislatures to legis-
late as they may think proper
A. p. BUTLER, of S. C.
The bill (Kansas aad Nebraska) provides
that the Legislatures of these Territories shall
AaVe power to legislate oEer oh Diglltful sub
Ieets of legislation.
r. NJ T. HUNTER. Of Va.
The citizen of Virginia is as much erAitled
N the common territory, to the protection
81 MS property as the citizen of Illinois but
pom are dependent upon the legislation of
Vhe territorial Government for the laws to
Brotees thelr property, Of whatever kind it
may be-. WM H. RwHARpsoN of m
fwould leave the people Of the Terrific
sies, who are to be affected by the institution
Of slavery, 10 determine the question for
thems elves, in their own way.
S. a. SNTH, Of Tenn.
The power to establish or exclude slavery
will be found among those which were re-
served to the people, and which the trainers
of the Constitutions never intended to be sur
rendered to the Federal Government by any
portion of the people in this country whether
Ewing in the States or aftsr-acquired Terrific
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