The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-02-25

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- yhan thc Constitution. TIL Il -
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Il continue sIavcrys d.
sc'.eitution possesses T. paramouD, y. "a A Y
3etribused 70 Il, I'm LAWS Or ~. s0'asst
MATES 01-THE USTUN w0rID Yrrrp - ~ ~
MoUNT AurH0RirY.--Hppr& Of Herr go ,.x ~.
u X Senak J,ly ~, 1850 ~
Wha. ~. Clay. himself I sooth.s ~
slsvchQIdcr, thought, - t6an IN ,..1R =
.ehc most extrndFdinasy and ipdes.rss.a
lstibn ever take6 BY rnGs,4 h sc-dav nv ~
| gccepsed position Of the DeiSocr.tir
u the position OF the entire son,he.. ~
icy.e Hts NE poEiti0n u Mr.. Buch.r.-S ~
entire Cabinet It ID tho position " /.
jOrity Of the Supreme Court. II
Of stephen A. Douglas. ltisthe ro.:. A1,a
whOSs Democratic party North. VIA ~ ~
ton q = small ssgnsst whieh iolloxs ~
The owner Of slave. sara Dor.,.. n
same right 70 move into frrr;,a-s ~ "
his slaye property With himss ~ 60. ana 60
cther property. And this -right- = 60
~ VINO assert 4, 70 exist in vir,ue ~ n. N
stitution. ~ can, q course, have ~ VI.
the constitution. II slavery exists -, ". n
those States where II Is recocniv@d .,S . 90
ed by pCsitive LEGAL law, il must n " css
Of the constitution And a. the Co..; y ~
ths paramount law Of nct on!v IN ~ i. \
but Of all the States, II that instrnr,sss s3
nizes and protects slavery ia the Terr;,a,,s. \
as Mr.. Clay .declafes, the l2ws a a. n. -
States Of the Union xoald yicll Il N 9 ~
brneant authority. Then, IN virtue ~ I. -
stituiic1,' the right 70 carry slsvs y.
States in eontrovention of their Ic+l ~ ~ ~
just as ipdisputable as the right 10 a. - =
to the Territories. 49, ~
There Is no retreat from sEIA..sss.
slavery goes anywhere I'm virtue X - -
tioa," it goes whereyer the corsti,si.s Y 80
paramount aushorityv n slavery La ~.
tutional rightsRia. the. Territories s-brsss 4
power OF Congress, and tiN local Kerishts.s.
fME BneAapan, M. Douglas IA - -.
Coure 49, and assersg Then Il has essr-
Estitutiopal hehss~ IN the States, and n y 4
Estates II, a. Mr. Douglas expressly M Z
Owner of y slave has the same coust;,,...'
right 70 move into Territory and carry y. u.
property with him As the owner Of an ~
property then be has the same cnns,i,..'
Erightt 70 carry the same kind Of s'prope,,TsI
any State, no matter 'whns the conssi,nt,.. !. v
laws Of that State may say On the sub<s n
federal constitution il as clearly the .'la,.ss.
authority in the States as in ,he Terri,as
ana against any Constitutional right IN 4, ,
the States are Just as impcsens a. the Nv
Territory. ~ ga&
i And this Is the point towards which tha Y.
policy Of the Democratic party has been 49,.
for the last ten years. Henry Clay, .lares,Isss
as he was, saw the scheme, snd VIM 4.
country against it. He saw that Mr. CO.,
and his then few followers were adycuius ,e,..
! struetion, which, If admitted, wouii ~.
carry slavery into every State in the rn;ts N
supposed the mere statement Of the lccrslr.
sequences 70. follow the adoption of thst theV
4 would deter the whole eopnuy iicm accrDtin,
\ He was mistaken The tiiecry II Mr.. Calhrs
which the great Kentnckisn thought atha NJ
extraordinary and imiefensihle position u
| taken by man." has since received ,he icr
\ sanction Of the Supreme Court Of Demec,,
Administration, and of the principal leader
the Democratic party. IT will receive h. \
plicit sanction of the next Democrats Nam
Il Convention.
4 The next steps then o. good as algeadr asu
The dogma that slavery u co-extensye rit \
national confedefacy, becomes theneekrA /
shibboletl Of Democracy. II win remain td
Judges OF the Supreme Court to decide, a Il
/ what they have already decided in gy;salA-a
slaves leing property like all other pFcperI
Elm virtue OF the constitution NAV riystfuf
\ carried and held wherever the constitution II
4 paramount authority" and that az Sas Il
pipadiag ~ denying hai right, AZ aa7 aad nai
| The Supreme Court have case before III
at this moment involving this verv question
\ il the case of Mr.. Lennon, Virginia shr
holder who brought certain human wares i
chattles" into New York, in violation Of tie ii
utesAnd constitution Of that State. JudgePl
having declared said chattles, -free and iBdee
dent citizens" the case was appealed and il %
before Judge Taney's court. The case viii prob
bly, not be decided until after tbe President.
election. But that, when decided, II win
favor Of the shareholders right to take hls sla'
into New York in defiance Of the laws and 4
stitution of that State, we entertain no man
Of doubt. Let those who do entertain dcvt
mark our prediction, and await the resllt
| concord IN. H. Democrat.
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