Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1860-01-02
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CONGRESSIONAL.

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wAsHSsrOS, THURSDAY, December y.
SENATE.-A number of petitions were pre-.
sented.
Mr.. Rice presented resolution and asked for
i,s reference to the select Committee of Thirteen.
IL was so referred without reading.
Mr.. Green called for the order Of the day-.he
Territorial business
A bill was presented from the Committee on
Territories to provide for the Territorial Govern
ment Of Ariz1ns, and taken up.
Mr. Green explained the bill. He said il was
Ia usual form and there was nothing Objectionable
to it. IL was a necessity for the Territorial Gov
ernment there.
Mr. Brown moved to add section that the act
Of the Legislature of New Mexico for the pro
lection of slave property be in force in this Ter
Fitory.
nv. Trumbull moved to amend that the law
which was 10 force in the said Territory at The
time Of the annexation remain in force until Il
becomes State
Mr. Doolittle said we had lived together for
eighty years In peace. Peace was based CO two
ideas-hst, that the Federal Government nor
citizens Of non slaveholding Sta es should make
any aggression on slavery In the States; and The
other, that neither the Federal nor the citEsns OF
the slave holding States should make any sggres-
sions nor undertake to overthrow freedom in tho
/ Ieffttoflt6. III toeoo DC bIohcbt tuetc Se1 Hos
/ be peace. He said the Constitution was the ST.
preme law Of the land, of every State, and II
the Constitution contains any language which
would abolish slavery in Territory, it would
abolish il in a State.
He then referred to the Dred Scott decision,
/ aud claimed that there was nothing In that de-
cision to lead any TO infer that the COnstitu-
ton establishes slavery in any Territory; nothing
that jasti6es men in saying thai the Constitution
-. .sw,1f rrrra cwFa and
! abolishes Mexican law and establishes a las
guaranteeing the right to take and hold slaves in
the Territory. He argued that, if we should an
mex Canada, the Constitution had no power oil
is own to repeal the law there in regard "a
sIayery, which bad been in force a hundred years
He said the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. NIchol
son) had said there was great alarm at the South
from the free States, and said he spprshendet
The time would come when the free States woulc
attempt to amend the Constitution go TO ex
'i1guish slavery. Why did not the Senator from
Tennessee, II be wished to allsy the alarm quit
In bis speech part of the Republican plat ora
, which declares essential principle 20 be the
maintenance of States rights in order to main
tain the balance Of power, and denounce the In
: vasion of any State, on no matter what pretexl
8 Why did not the Senator quote from the sDeeche
, Of the President elect where be had declares
over and over again that he did rot inthd o
Mr.. Doolittle then read from Mr.. Lincoln
speeches, where he had declared be had no pGr
pose directly or indirectly to interfere with sls
very in the States; he believed he had no law 70
D right to do so, nor had be any inclination 10 d
! So
nj Mr.. Nicholson said be had stated that the Re
publican party had expressed q determination !
regard the rights of Southern men In the States
0 but be laid down a general principle outside c
II al. nk sod r,frf unnIA doaf
their rights in the States.
Mr. DoolittIe said he understood the &c tito
man to say that be apprehended the Republicl
party would 90 increase in power that at last
& would amend the Constitution so as to destro
a the rights of the South and emancipate th
:, slaves.
u Mr.. Nicholson said the policy and principles
the Republican party, If carried out, would ez
o tingush slavery, and he had expressed the 81
!, prehension that il the power of the free STATE
increases, and they intend to carry oat their pui
e pose, it would lead to the ultimate extinction
o slavery.
$ Mr.. Doolittle said The Republican party, as
understood il, stood to protect and maintain th
rights of States ss to all powers not txprtss
delegated, or necessary to carry into effect Cd
; powers delegated. Il was fundamental with the
70 maintain the sovereignty of the several State
and the right to control all domestic institution
he would undertake to say that 10 Repu1l:cl
AZ expressed the desire or wish that the FEEDER
Government has power to interfere with slavel
y in the States. He knew there was book pul
: lished by an individual named Spooner, tn.
ID took the ground that the Constitution i;se
"a abolished slavery, but 1t found no supporters
any weight; it was precisely like that other 4
~ natical idea that the Constitution, of its ov
force, establishes slavery any where on the cart
. Mr.. Clingman said be bad seen il publ she
that the Senator from New York, Mr.. 6ewar
: had recomm ended the book Dill tina Senats
u from Wisconsin mean that this was forgery
Q, or did he mean that the Senator from New Yoi
T. had no weight
ID Mr.. Doollttle said the Senator from Missi
4. sippi Brown recommended is. He believe
that the aHthor was man of sound sense, b
~ what he (Doolittle) said was that the idea th
D the Constitution establishes or abolishes slave
70 had no shadow of foundation. The CONSTITUTE,
:. was formed by men who knew the meaning
" the words they employed. They recognized 4
v rights of slsveholding States to persons held
O. service, and made it the duty of free States
m deliver up such persons, but left each State so
:. ereign over its own laws The law of the sla
~ States makes the slaves property, the law OF q
II, free States does not make them property. tt
az Constitution does neither. With the idea Il
:, the Constitution establishes Llavery We can 4
have peace on the slavery question and N
10 as well know it at first as last. The people
the United States will never consent that
: Constitution be so altered as to become by
own force . slavery extending Consultation, b
=. they do not put construction upon it which "
he make Il abolish slavery in any State or Teri
re tory.
HOUSE.-Mr Stevens, of Washington T.,