Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-05-29

Senator BENJAMIN on Senator Douglas
"A Southern Senator on the COM
pnrntIve Merits OF Lincoln and
Douglas.
The most striking speech in the U. S.
Senate during the long controversy con-
cerning jeff. Davis resolutions, was that
hy Senator Benjamin, on Tuesday last, in
reply to the speech of Douglas, of the pre-
vious week. We have room for but one
portion of his speech:
"The Supreme Court says that no tri-
bnnal, legislative or judicial, acting under
the authority of the United States, can
interfere with the rights of Southern citi-
zens in the Territories. The Senator from
Illinois says they cannot do it until they
nre organized under the authority of the
United Stutes. Which is right2 He says
the people of the Territories do not come
into power until they are organized under
the authority of the general government.
The Supreme Court says no eMrthly tribu-
nnl. organized under the authority of the
United States, can exercise this right
But no sooner had that decision been made
than it was attacked all over the land. 1t
was attacked by the Republican party, by
the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr.
Halc,l and by the Senator from New York
tMr. Scward.) What does the Senator
from Illinois say? He tells us his bargain
was to onbidc by the decision when it came
up from IL local court in the Territory
He is not satisfied with the decision, and
saws he did not agree to refer it to the
decision of the bred Scott case, but when
it comes to arise in the Territories he will
abide by it. I am not satisfied with that
promise; because the Senator said if the
decision was made it would not bind the
people of the Territories. He said that
nothing the Supreme Court could do by u
decision could bind the people of the Ter
rtorics, but by the Kunsas bill he had
fixed the South, so that the people of the
Territory, i'll defiance of the decision of
the Court could exclude slavery from the
Territory. Here stands the explanation of
the sudden change which has taken place
in the position of the Senator from Illinois,
and his party. In 1858, when he wanted
to be returned to the Senate, and he was
pressed from all parts of the Stnte with
this very argument, and supposed himself
going down in Illinois, i'll that canvas he
backed out OF his promise, and directly
told the people of that State that, whether
it was decided or not by the Court. and
no matter what they decided, the Kansas
and Nebraska bill had so fixed the power
of the North that they could make every
,.o,.a.s': e,.a, ,I,a t,vo conJi6ntes went before
the people and agreed to discuss the issues.
and that pet question for each other TO
answer, and sir, 1 mast sag here, for 1 WHt
do Justice to all, h0t hare bGen surprised,
tn The crpldn0HonS hare made Of these DIS
cussions, to find that Mr.. Lincoln as a far
more conservative man than I announced hiH
to be, unless he has changed his opImto"S.--
'sE" - T;ncoIn aud tho re-
douglas questions TO i1'"e0'"' """ '"e 's
P"eS Oh Tue i'''ef.
Question l. al desire to know whetner
Lincoln to-day stands MS ne dld IN Io24' i,
in favor OF the lnconultl0h"l rcPe"i VI 'nc
Fugitive 0i"Te LAW. ~. oror ala
Answer. ! do not now, nor ever dld,
stand in favor OF t, 'he nnconuI'ionAi ret'e"i
| of the Fugitive Hi"Ve i"w' '.,..
q. 2. Il desire MN 10 answer "ne,"er ,!s3 .I
nc slah"s P!euseu .oIu"!' 20 Nv w ~ -.
1854, against the admission OF any more
slave States INT inc Onloh' even u 'le Peo-
pie want them -, .,,
A. 90 not now OF uiu' a"tuu p'eIs so s.a
against the admission OF any more slave
Suites into the Union. ~
Q. 3. 81 want TO know whe.neF ne
STANDS pleogeo ns"irs. the "uii!ssLoH y. :"
new State into the Union with such H:. a con- con.
sult9tion as the people OF that state may
see fit to make Z!
A. do not now STAND F.eageG s "g"'use .Se
the admission OF new 2e"'c 'n, mo ,cn sne
Union WIN sucn q. us maEe 'He psO
PIE o' tl''1 .,I Hta.U 49, t' ~ l,ou, U,betber he
Q. q. want TO know % %heIntp Ste,itton re of
stands to-day, pleogeu 70 cIE;a me aH2,','0' u
slavery IN the Distriet OF oolI,lpn i,.,; 81 .,,o
do not stand to,GaS ,1 I,r;", Pleru ~ - Cue Ine
abolition OF slavery !" Tue p'S'f''' u W.
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