Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-11-02
Herzehei ". Johnson.s Record.
NO POWER WHATEVER CAN EXCLUDE SAVE.
FROM THE TERRITORIES.


FROM THE TERRIToRIEs
. For the purpose of this qpestion, it Mai
+ tiers not where the power of legislating fc
tbs Territory fesiees-whether exclusively i
Congress, or jointly in Congress and the il
hahiiants of the Territory; the power is pre-
cisely the same-no greater in the hands
, one than the other. Il. no erent ran fae slau.
holder Of the South be excluded from settlinl
m SStea Territory WITH HIS PROPERTY OF ETE
RY Description.
5 sQUATTER SOVEREIGNTY soUELCHED.
"43ut suppose that Congress have the righ
d to establish Territorial Government only
end that then, all further governmental con
} ttot ceases fscan the Territorial Legisiattfl
pass Qn eetsprohtbding slavery? Surely not
For the moment you admit the right to or
. gaEiz,s q Territorial Government to exist il
Congress, you admit Necessarily the subordi
nation Of the people of the Territory-theil
dep. .dence on this Government for an organ
ie iaws to give them political existence
Herce, all the legislation must be in conform
ity With the organic law. they can pass no act
in violation of it--none bat such as it per.
mits. Since, therefore, Congfess has no pow
er, as [ have shown, to prohibit Slavery
they cannot delegate such power to the in
habitants of the Territory; they cannot au-
thorize tie Territorial Legislature TO do that
which they have no power TO do The stream
cannot rise higher than its source.
THE PEOPLE ckNstof EXCLUDE SLAVERY FROM
A TERRITORY.
But suppose the right of legislation for
the Territory be in its inhabitants, can they
prohibit Slavery? Surely not J; and for rea-
: ems sis.siiar to those which show that Con-
gress cannot.
He DEMANDS A SLAVE CODE.
New Mexico and California that they are
free Territories and although we deny to
Congress q nt jurisdiction over the subject,
gs5~y yet we ask Congress by this amendment
to ESTABLISH SLAVERY therein n.@gssa
Upon the execution of the treaty, all polite
al regulations of the United States were ex-
tended over the Territories, Hsa-and the in
stitution oil Slavery being political III its
character, 1t now exists, in legal intendment,
AS absolutely in New Mexico and California
as it docs in Virginia and Georgia.
==seFEREHaST9-4s= =RIDIeHLOSS AND
ABSURD.
If yon assert the broad proposition that
he Inhabitants Of Territory, by virtue Of
the right of self government, have the right to
exclude slavery therein, the question arises
how many inhabitants shall there be to enable
them to do this? Shall it be five lntndsad of
ten or twenty thousand? Shall a few thou.
4
of Which five or six States may be carved
deteraiine that question for all future genera
tions, and fix their destiny for all time to
come? Shall few thousand half civilized
Mexicans. inhabitlng the Territories Of Cali
fornia and New Mexico, decide what instiiu-
tion Shall exist there? Tie idea is ri,lfu!olss
and absurd. ~ 49,
GEORGIA DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. !
JUNE 4, 1860.
"Resoltvd, That we tc-affirm the Cincinnati /!
platform. with the following additional prupo-
sitiuiis
1st. That the citizens of the United States !
have an equal right 10 settle with their prop
e,ty Of any KIND, in the organized Territories
of the United States, and that under the de- |
cision Of the Supreme Court of the United ;
States i'll the case of Dred Scott, which we .
as the correct exposition of the !
Constitution in this particular, gave property
stands on the same footing as all other de-
Of property, and that neither the
General Government, NOR ANY TERRI
GOVERNMENT csf4 destroy or
impair the right to slave property that
property of all kinds, slaves as as we'll as any
other species of property, in the Territories,
stand upon the same equal and broad Cellsti-
tutionai basis, and subject to like principles
of recognition aud PROTECTION in the +
E, judicial aud executive de-
partment of the Government"
In public speech delivered in Philadelphia
on the 18th OF Septelr4er, 1856, Mr.. John
son is reported to have said:
=" H7e bei.ere that capital should orn Labor-i
Is there any doubt that there must be la
boring class everywhere? In all countries
and under every form Of social organizations
there must be Il laborng class-a class of men
who ger their living by the sweat of their
brow and then there must be another class
that controls and direct the capital of the
county"
In letter dated May IS, 1860 addressed
to Southern gentleman, and published in
the Southern papers, Mr.. Johnson SAYS:
Il believe that it is the right Of the South 10
demand, and the duty Of Congress to edend
protection Of person and property Of curry
Eird (incirsding slaueryl in the Territories dur
ing their Territorial state. This is no new
opinion. | advocated this doctrine far
back as 1848, in the Senate of the United
States. II you have any curiosity to see the
refer you to my speech on the
Oregon bill, delivered 7th July that year. aud
reported in the Congressional Globe. How
unjust, therefore, are the insinuations with
which you intersperse and interlard your edi-
torial comments that all are in favor of"Squat-
ter Sovereignty" who happen not to agree
with the seceders of the Charleston Conven-
tionl repel the instruction so far as it may
be intended to apply to me, cofiie from what
quarter it may, and plead my o'rn record IN
cindicaiion."
In annother letter, few days previous. May
10th, 1860, Mr.. johnson gives deathtblow to
Mr. Douglas "unfriendly Legislation" doctrine.
He says:
"Ip the United States, the Constitution is
the supreme law of the land. 1t recognizes
slaves as property. 1t extends over the Ter
ritories aud carries recognition there. A slave
holder removes with his negroes into Terri
tory of he United States he there meets
Territorial Act aboIishiug Slavery, and under
a writ Of habeas corpus his slaves claim their
freedom. Are his rights impaired? Can he
be stripped of his property? according TO the
decision Of the Dred Scott case, he can sustain
no damage; for the Court there decided thos
Territorial Legislature has NO POWER, UNDER
The CONSTITUTION, TO ABOLISH SLAVERY.
Such is sample of Mr.. JoHSsoS's views
and sentiments, extending over number OF
years, aud to a very recent date. While