The register. (Monroe, La.) 185?-1861, 1860-09-27

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TO show that there was II vow akcr NV nm
southern friends of the measure IN Congress,
ana among them vow taken by your humble
speaker to support the decision, =
will take the liberty of reading fom n
speech made in the llonse of Rrprseataliy,s
IN congress, i'll the year ,Ssi:
we demand that nll the citizens of the
un''sa states be allowed to enter tho COM
u'oa 'eTritorits, with the constitution nlone IN
.ne't ,aads' Tor 1t that instrument protects
Tue ltie OF tho master to tho slave in This
common Territory you cannot eomplnin: i,
Il does not project his title, we ask no helm
rom Congress; and the relations of the con.
sutntleh 10 the subject we are willing to huyu
decided by the courts of the United States.'
Aud again say: f
4. ~, 1t Is soa9tenaea o' Que hand, upon the idea
OF the equality Of the States under the Cons,i.
tuition, and their common property in tho Tor.
r'tnrles, that the citizens OF tho slayeholdnp
s'a'es may remove to them with ,hcir slaves,
land that the local LEGISLATURE cannot right.
'ul'y exclude slavery while in the Territorial
condition but 1t conceded that the people
may establish or prohibit 1t wheu they come TO
exercise the power Of sovereign Sia,c0 On
.he other hand, 1t is said that slavery, being In
derosation ut common right, can only cSist by
,oree o. positive law; and 1t is dcuicd lhat the
A
RES and 1t is further claimed that the locnl
n;es'sln'ure i; may establish or exclude 1t at my
tilhc after government is organized. As both
parties appeal to the Constitution, and LAsc
their respective arguments on opposite cons,rnc-
tlohs OF that instrument. the bill wisely refuses
10 make question for judicial construction tho
SUBJECT OF legislative conflict. and preperly rr.
icrs It to the tribunal created hy tho Constitu-
'loh itssit, for tho very purpose Of deciding all
cases sm Of Inv and equity arising under it,"
There was distinct Insertion Of the prin.
clplcs that the territories were acquired by
,l'e common treasure, and that they belonged
TO- ,he citizens of all tho States for enjoyment
ana use during the territorial condition. |
think that is sufficient proof that ut tho period
OF Tho passage OF the Kansns-Ncbraska hill |
Mld not hold the doctrine TINT Senatorial
Legislature could drive Southern property out
OF the territory during its territorial Condition.
NOW, upon my own personal yindlcation, the
doctrines announced by me in that speech were
Just such M have ever declared In thu com.
m"nwcalth of Kentucky such ns have ever
declared IN every public address which | have
made In Ohio, lndinna, Michigan and Pcnnsyl.
van'n' Afterwards 1t was understood that |
mud been charged or been had reported to
have admitted this power belonged 10 tho Ter.
rltorinl Legislature. IN the months of Scptcu,.
Der and October, 1856. the editor of the Ken
tucky Statesman, published In this city, ulluding
to this charge, made the following statement,
To which beg leave to refer you Mn,k YOU,
this wus before the Presidential election of
1886:
:, ~ was our pleasure to accompany Mr..
iireck'nridgc, on the OCCASION referred TO, on
his tour through Ohio and lnllana, nnd ia
w'incss the warm response Of the National
Democracy OF Cincinnati. Hamilton and Tin.
n ~ al Il, p ~,
sentiments VIC had often heard him proclaim
In Kentucky, and which are clearly embodied
IN the platform of our party. He said II had
been charged that the Democratic party in,cn-
dcd to employ the Federal Government to
propagate slavery, and thatit was in iis frlcr.
al relations a pro slavery party. This, he said
was not true. Tho Democratic party was
neither pro.slavcry pNrty nor an antislavcry
party but Constitutional party. II rejected
the interference Of The Federal Government
whether to introduce or exclude slavery, aud
let' the common territories OF the Union open
TO common settlements from NIL the States.
llc proceeded to say that each new Stn,e was
entitled to form lis Constitution. and enter the
Union without discrimination by Congress or
account OF her allowance or prohibition o
slavery. Hence, IL Kansas presented hcraul
with slavery in lnr Constitution. pho must be
admitcd ii without il. still she must be nd
mittcd. Any other principle would be sub
verslve o! the rights and equality of the States
The allegation that Mr.
Brrrknridgc proclaimed the doctrine of Squat
,'! ter Sovereignty is simply untrue; he said no
thing upon which even IL plausible charge o
that nature could be based" In tho outun,
OF tue same year received Louisiana paper
containing remarks made by General Miles
who heard my speech, In which hr denied thai
| admitted the doctrine of lhc Territorial power
He sent mo slip containing his speech In th,
same month. before the Presidential election
answered him saying, GLANDS off the Who'll,
subject by The Federal Government, except rol
one or two protective purposes mentioned II
,llr constitution; the cq'ml rights of nh SEC
lions in tho common territories, and the nhso
lntc power Of each new state to scitl. tic uucs
tion in its constitutions
| These are my docIrinra and those of onr Mat
form, and, what IL more, Of the constitution
| (Chccrs.)
| Now, icllow-citihcna, against the slutcmcn
OIL that distinguished senator. In which he un
dnrtakcs to prove allegations against mysclG
thus oppose my own statement Now, In rronl
| have read to yon from my speech in 1854 il
Congress, The article in tho Lexington pnpr
before The Presidential election the tcsIiuou,
OF Gen. Miles, who heard that speech al Tippc
canoe, my own letter in answer to tho latter
| I, -, y, ''''"'"."S ny "P'h'"I VI tlle 1utS
lion nj Tint limr. AMI what has ever since beer
my opinion. \ voice" Now you nrc talk
ihg."l think have proven 90 fully IN coul,
he expected in the limitations Of speech. thai
the charge is tnonndcd in fact, and, will nld
that the position assumed was that taken by nj
the Southern friends Of the Nebraska bill, unt
bv n portion Of its Northern friends. Thcs,
were our private opinions. These were opinion
we expressed OF all proper occasions, bu. ",
did not undertake to force others to agree I,
them. We had agreed to refer that to t.r,
highest tribunal in the Union.
Now. gentlemen, having 9indlcatcd myseI
aud the constitutional democracy from th,
charge of having abandoned The position they
took in 1871 and 1856, turn upon my nc
cnscr and undertake 10 show that Mr.. Dnuala
himself abandoned the agreement he solcmnl,
made at the time the Kansas- Nebraska Bl
passed the congress Of the United States (grca
applansc) and do not make myself witncs
against him to doit; will prove It by himself
(Voices-"Good, good" and applansc)
On the second day Of July, 1856, in dcbat,
upon bill TO authorize the people Of Kansa
to form u constitution preparatory to admission
into the Union a. State, when the question
arose az TO what was the true meaning Of th,
ltansas-Ncbraska Bill, and the Limitation o
the power of the Territorial Government, Mr.
Trumbull offered the following amendment
an additional section Of the bill:
"And be !. further enacted that the proyis
ion in The act to organize the Territories o
Nebraska and Kansas, which declares it to b
In