The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-07-07
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eighty. Saasstsr Sovereignty. sshs defines
il, IL shs right 81 the people u q TsrFi.er!
sato regulate thsir esa assirs in their ozn
way" This is ~hs. be sometimes call.
''ny grsa; psineiple"-shs prsaeiPl. sf nnn-
intefssa.ssa. His letter II accepssncs ws
are told By The telegraph, reiterstes this doe
trims 81 sA-in.sfsension sin strong :ers.."
Ths, dses not sarptiss u in the lsasi-hs
tas Soassh ssns thing 10 his every speech,
letter, and magazine article, for sns past
BIZ years. lie has rusg the Changes on
"mg great principles" 10 every coassisabls
fora, 10 that tins. Hence We nss5sd not
the assurances of sbs telegraph % know that
tbs burden Of hi. letter Of aecspsaaes, wouid
ks the ssss old sJren song Of -'nos-iassr-
ysatsoa." So long a. Mr. DsCeIss retains.
bis posers Of speech, sc have no fear. bas
Hhas he Will trumpet his sarss 70 an map.
precsa,iTe pablie. Bat l.. Us zee shat bis
illustration Of this doctrine Of non-lnter-
vsnsion il. lie says, tia; "my great prin-
eipls' mssas that The people Of a Territory
mar rezusate their oxn affairs in their osn
wsy-msy, IL lhsy.chosse, admit OF sEciude
slavery from their mIi.,. Tblsis hi, shoIe
capital IN trads--depriss him 81 il, ADD be
has no, 40 Josh % ground TO ssaui upon
no. principle With which 10 20 before ihs
people. Tbs is what be call, the fright Of
cell government transmitted TO the peo-
pls OF thu territories by the y bEsssa bill.
Nov, IL there be ans vitality in the doctrine
Of Slaa,,er Sovereignty, iis rests solely
upon tbs presumption that slaves are not
property, for II they are, the people Of the
territories have no more right to exclude II
thsn they have 10 exclude any other kind
Of property. Tbs il . settled principle -
settled hy the Constitution itself, which
declares ,ha. 800 private property sbalI be
taken Tor public gss wiihou; just eompcc-
sa,ion.u I.1s iuyioIabls. Now lei us see
VIA, tho saprsms Court 81 she united
States has dseidel upon this po.H.-Whe;h,
rB dseiiss slaves 10 be property or not,
and IL they are, what control the people Of
aTsrritafy have a righ, to exercise over il.
IN the DEED Scott decision the Court thu.
sa,pba,iea!!y settles this question:
fESsyy sEtsssp has ftshg 10 ttke III hlm sta H.
,sr,'fsfr attrss # property ~bla ID" eaas'itsI
- tss rssist sss,es rseasals5s a. sgape ~
The ss4.si,staop u fsa raG;ai sJssss escosHltes
slaves - vsgre,tv ant paoslsss Fefsi
ftus.sf Is ."sy liaass If rae Prss Ssoa aesstton
ne salg ps~sf a,slsgsst To Cons es- Is the power
srsP'sa via tbs tary ~ aasriiaz .ai pgsspFtns the
e-ssT 80 sa ezss -" Tsasy's cP,slsR aswsrl 80
No ona who admits this construction Of
The Coastitatt9n 10 bs legitimate, aud the
one by which The psapls must be governed,
eau claim they have any more power to pre-
vent STAKEHOLDER. from taking their slaves
iata the territories belonging TO ths United
States. and holding them there, than the
people If Iowa have 10 ? event men f:om
holding horses sai cattle here. The fol
lowing extracts, from speeches islivsfeiby
Nj. tutGLs,, less than two years ago, will
chow Whistler he does or does not endorse
this construction II that instrument. The
sss, !. frem one delivered 10 New Orleans.
on the 5sh Of December, 1853, auI is in the
faHpxing VERDI 10 wit
TIE ueasrs " e ILLNESS TIA the ar.t r.sss aesrgt.
tas as1ses 81 tie saFfsgs GaHIt 81 iAs States
tee fssd ststs sAFhorias,rs asss Pre-.
fstiaa # fAs sessiUsftaa ~ ,eatdsnsa ~ III tbat
ssestan. Asia iAat slasts property snt tauss
SIS ss#sis's s1'A 80 si4sr asaas II Pr periy aaa
fAs ssasr IF sists Aas GAs rsAtfs sore fags
tsrvlfssss asS ssfrs Ast ssass property rita sta
a, re asase u sag sl}sr PrgEIig Ass 70 SO itsrs
sss carry hir FraFssfg"
A. .siil later dav. on the .,3i If Feb,
1859 see Congressional Globe, page 1911
--Hr. noaSlas said IA the tuised State.
Ssasts;
we" ts#uttss R~avs - atztssrr{ sna scnAtst
szslts II Iisatsl tart vaHeF sfp 4zylsgs =
tas susssa,s Iaart ~ tas UaHst sys.ss sisyss are
pssssstr tssuttsz siasl tastsrz ~sFa az ether
rssPcfts sti sAas rssssa zsFf'r ne q slave
has tas stgA5 t rersaRia ss tgfrstay sa s4ryy
~ s&ass pg@e+ssy sa hssa tie IS cry eshcr
sFestss pf EfeR~iy Ess to there sne esr,r bis
rrcpsrts via hisa tsAA- HTswi ~
tss s<-stss frss 0sssss2eYf ead sgsstf sgrss isa!
ears Frspsftg ~ ,srsttarsss sssaas "a 81 sysag
fse'eaf s'tA srsss oiss' spsstss # ssppsrty.s
rhu., il will b. seer. that this patron
saint ef sgaaitsr sovereignty approves, N
al IL. lknssb sai breadth, shs opinion Of
ihe sapfems DoaTt. sa.sh decides that
tbs Constitutions recognizes slaves as prop
srty that sasu awnsts have tbe sasas right
to take slaves into ths territories that they
hare to laAe other property; that Congress
Il. hsuni tn protect shea there, and ths,
shs 9 erla have 20 power h exclude them.
ilasisg given the unqualified approval We
have above quoted, wbsi hccemss uf his
great hsbhy~-sbas grand captivating sb-
.,saesssn-- sausstgr Sovereignty ? Ne lao
suags ssaii morr clearly show that the
whole saseS Is the srsssest fraui ever
attsmpssa 10 be praestesd Upon shs Ameri.
cau psspls. pagStss : asself eepfesssss il.
10 tacs, ara rrsrss fA< irsiA II lks sanfcs-
sion In the extracts - have quoted.
Tue HtsrNR~srsRt tNyr>rtaa rfaS.
Tn. Itafper'. Frrfv syu,is Camaistsr
cost the people Ss,t,Isa'- TAis - prss5y
large saaa 10 pas Far aethspg, The business
Of tbs capsnBgttse MAS - lmH}tSsse some