Gazette and sentinel., 1860-09-01

a. - III !
sas.Nebrsska act. That the government OF u
territory is provisional and temporary, tnat IL
i tha creature of Congress, the history Oh tue
,.rr;,ories conclusively establishes. Congress
has always either reserved the veto power over
] the acts of a Territorial Legislature, or con-
fsrred il upon the Governor of the territory,
anpointed by and with the advice ana consent
Of the Senate. L;-a
But, as in the Cincinnati platform, the tnird
resolution emphatically declares that wneh
people come to form their permaheh. ~
s,;,u,,ops. when they coiae to lay down their
fnndamental law, which shall govern not only
the neople, but their legislative bodies and
their judicial tribunals, then they are to de-
eide far themselves whether slavery shall DE
an ,rstitution or not amongst them. Is the
second resolution inconsistent with the mrs.
and third? 1t is in these words: that III Is
tho dutv Of the Federal Government, In alllts
denartments. to protect, when necessary, the
rights of persons and property IN the terrific
mes. and wherever else Its CONSTITUTIONS
authority extends" Why is government IN
stituted at all? Is it to raise armies ISnto
cros,e navies? Is it to establish Il postal sys,
.amS Il Il m collect revenue +: Is it to build
nm , magnificent capitol, adorned with WORKS
III art and extensive and beautifully arranged
grounds. and imposing edifces OF granite anu
n,orbleg Is is instituted to raise SlOO,OOo,ooo
in order TO expend ito bring annually 10,
ca,bar AT the national capitol, Senators and
} Personalities. and then TO send them home
.oain-to establish courts and build prisons !
, No. nothing of the kind. Such are not the
objects of government; but they are lne III
' struments of government These are purely
, the appliances, by means OF when govern
ment accomplishes its purpose. Inc OBJECT oi
. government is to protect personsan and property
n = --.I.u- allen Tins we see. IN OTueT 10
J, ACCOMPLISH what seems to be a simple ana
nlain purpose, resort is had TO the largest ana
: most COMPLICATED means, in order to eject IL
d with CERTAINTY and success. Various countries
r have differed about their form OF government
II but with all these differences, the purpose mas
bqen ever the same-the protection OF persons
and property. .a.x;hu
upon this proposition. Our 1oVernlneu'
has done much, from our earliest history,
70 nrotect the lives and the property OF Its
citizens on its public domain. Where
are our armies sent ? To protect our
i Territories. For what? To protect persons
and property, and nothing else The citizens
4 of onr territories who have been envlroned oy
!. Indian foes. and have fought their way through
Indian wars, realize the Importance OF THIS
protection. Why was our Navy sent to Para
= onav4 II was on account of a citizen OF one
" of the free States--a citizen of Rhode Island
an Ii was a case of offense to property ana tn'
re- ernFhsnM. -;sa. there in order that our Gov
&C. property. A Governdlltv in protecting ina
nd ve.y purpose of its Neutrality-suspicious. 10 I'M
he to It's obligations TO the individual eTasTelic
it fails or hesitates in acting promptly to pre-
ed tect the property as well MS the person of tbs
nd citizen. tai -I
IN These resolutions, taken together, do n,
nd establish slavery in the territories, or recos
of nize the principle of the establishment
slavery but thew declare that the rights
property of the citizens of the several Stat
shall be protected by the Federal arm The
declare, in substance, that if a citizen of
ute Southern State shall 60 10 our common teri
en- tories with his slaves, his property in tho'
slaves shall be protected. They declare, l
substance, that this provisional and temporar
ard government Of a territory shall not modest c
orv interfere with the right OF a Southern man
afng hold his slaves Us property in the territory
'rai They declare, in substance. that If the Terr
non, torial Legislature thus interferes, it is the dut
the of the Federal Government to interpose an
and prevent this unauthorized, unconstitution,
an action. But there is no intimation, there ca
5 Of be no inference, from the three resolution
al that the old policy, that Congress can neitht
1sS establish nor prohibit slavery, has been d.
it, parted from in the slightest degree. 1t
OF purely a question of property it is purely
question of the protection of the rights
en- Southern men equally with the rights of Nortf
ern men. 1t is not a concession OF the Nortf
the they yield none of their rights. 1t is simpl
are an act of equal justice upon the part of Il
North it is q demand of right upon the pa
ici- of the South. .. tlFl sr
mo- B~REcKINRlDGE N LANE FALSELY CHARGE
heir WITH DIsUNIo SENTIMENTS.
.t nl- t. 80 - l..- -.
ments upon Breckenridge and Lane, becau
the some individuals now supporting them ha'
I'm, at some period of their lives given utteran
m to extreme sentiments. See with what weigl
: it and point the charge goes home to the Fro
ion Street Theatre candidates, Douglas and job
yer son. One of their staunchest and most eli
me auent advocates on the floor of the Convel
.er- ton, was Col. Gaulden of Georgia, who at Il
ted Charleston sitting advocated the re-opening
ms, the African slave trade. We quote from Il
by official report: f-,
Sol. Gaulden said he would do all
las could. to reconcile his friends in Georgia
ore this doctrine, and denounced Congression
lu- protection as an abstraction. In the course
ig- his remarks he referred to Virginia as 'slsl
len trading and slave breeding Virginia" .
be delegate from Virginia objected to Il
The designation applied to that State
om "Mr. Gaulden.-Well, I'll say ~slave-tr,
ms, ding Georgia, then. l don't object to the d
ley signstion-I am u slave breeder-l face Il
ig- music. Come down to my plantation and L
ig- show you a fine lot of young niggers ther
D, and pure Africans, too. 40 a.. 80 u.
cir "Col. Gaulden then proceeded to advocat
the revival of the African slave trade, an
believed Massachusetts herself would shortl
, q advocate it. He did not see why he shout
pay $1,000 for u negro from Virginia whe
A he could buy him in Africa for $50. He d,
nonnced the treaty for the snnnressinn of III