The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-10-04
glElI PRINCIPLE!
.Cfepken A. DOxO(4s.

Stephen a. Doxglas.
When the Ksnsas- Nebraska bill was be- |
tore the Senate of 1854, Mr.. Chase of Ohio,
moved to add the following words:
Under which the people of the Terrific |
~ Though their appropriate representatives,
nay. if they gee fit. prohibit the existence
81 slavery therein
Which amendment was rejected: Yeas,
10, Nays 35-as follows:
Yess. Chase OF Ohio. Dodge Of WIscon-
IN, Fessenden, Fish, Foot. Hamlin, Sew
ard. Truman Smith. Sumner. Wade--IO.
Nays--Adams, Atcbison, Badger, Bell.
benjamin. Brodhead. Brown, Butler, c.. G.
Clay. Clayton. Dawson. Dixon. Dodge Of
Iowa. Douglas. DC, &c.--3O. Cass
lodged though he had voted just before
Mr. Chase further moved to amend SO as
t. allow the people to choose their own
Governor, as we'll rs Legislature. This,
.eo. was voted down-yeas 10; Nays So
as follows:
Yeas-Nessrs. Chase, Feesenden, Foot,
HamIin, Norris, Seward, Shields. Smith.
Sumner. Wade-lO.
Nays-Atchison. Badger. Bel, Benjamin,
Brodhead, Douglas. &c.--3O.
July 2, 1s66.--The Toombs. Douglas
Facifcation bill being before the Senate, Mr.
Trumbull of Illinois moved the following:
And be ii further enacted, That the pro-
vision in the Act to organize the Terrific
ries of Nebraska and Kansas which de-
clares it to be the true intent and meaning
of said act, mot 10 legislate slavery into any
territory or State, nor to exclude it there
from, but to leave the people thereof per-
fectly free to form and regulate their domes
tic institutional in their own way, subject
only 10 the Constitution Of the United
States soas intended to, and does, confer vp-
IN, or teave TO. the people cftAe Territory Of
Kansas. full porer, at any time. through its
Territorial Legislafsve, to erclnds slavery
from said Territory or to recognize and reg
a.late It theresa.'
This too was voted down, as follows:
Yeas--Messrs. Allen. Bell of New Hamp-
shire, Collamer, Durkee. Fessenden, Foot,
Foster, Hale, Seward, Trumbull and Wade
Ill.
Nays-Messrs. Adams. Bayard, Benjamin.
Biggs, Bigler, Bright. Brodhcad, Brown
Cass, &. C. Clay, Crittenden, Dodge
Douglas, Evans. Fitzpatrick, Geyer. Hun
ter, Iverson. johnson. Jones of Iowa, Nal
lory, Mason. Pratt, Pugb, Reid. Sebastian
Slideli, Stewart, Thompson of Kentucky
Toombs. Touoey. Weller. Wright. and Yu
iee-34.
Douglas IN 1915.
1.-The father may bind the SON during his
minority, but the moment that he the son
attains his majority. his letters are severed,
and he is free to regulate his own conduct.
So, sir, with the Territories; they are subject
10 tie Jurisdiction and control Of Congress
during in/ancy-tAeir minority--but " hen
they attain their majority, and obtain admis-
sion into the Union, they are free from all
restraints and restrictions, except such as
are imposed by the Constitution Of the Uni
ted States
Douglas I'm 1850.
II firmly and consistently believe that there is
40 SAFETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE UNION
except by u faithful ard rigid adhe ence to the
Doctrines Of non-interventiou BY Congress in the
Territories Intervention means disuLion."
Agar-Douelas, in his speech in the United
States Senate. Feb. 23rd, 1860. said:
Al do not hold that squatter sovereignty is su
rsrior to the constitution. / bold that no such
tang as sovereign power ATTACHES TO q territory
rs territory. hold that territory possesse:
whatever power il derives from the constitution
UNDER THE ORG ANIC ACT AND NC
MORE
The Douglas Slave-Code Platform
.Resvired That it is in accordance with the
Cincinnati platform, that during the existence o.
Territorial Governments the measure Of restric.
ton. whatever it may be, imposed by the FEEDER
A Constitution on the power Of the Territoria
Legislature over the subject of the domestic re.
la.ions ~ the same has been or shall herea ftes
be decided by the Supreme Cou.t of the United
States, should be respected by all good citizen.
and enforced with promptress ard fidelity BY
every branch Of the General Government