The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-09-22
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POWER ATTACHES TO A IEnniToaY A. 4
rEnarToas. bold that ressrssry possesses Whist
ever power it derives from tie Constitution UNDER
fHK ORGANIC ACT. AND 40 MORE -fspeecA II
DOUGLAS II fAe Q. s. Senate, FEB. 1850.
Doxyiss- Baniwo,e Conresfsos Resoissien:
Rssoirsd That II 10 in seresdznce the CinciE-
Platform. thar during the existence Of Territorial
Governments the Of Sessrietios, whatever II
ma, be- imposed sy the Federal Constitusion, the
povsr of fAs Territorial Legisisfsye the subject
OF the doestie reisoss ss the same A4s been
kerssn snsr be daally DETERMINED BY THE sufREAE
COURT of the United States should be respected by all
good citizens. and ENFORCED visA pronpsaess snd
yadeify BY EVERY BRANCH e} sAs GtaersI Govern
m<nf.
Mr.. DorcLAs, in bis letter Of acceptance,
endorses this resolution - follows:
.Upoa . careful sxsmin.tioa sf ~ plssfornA Of
pfnefpsss s3cpted st Cnarieston. and re-snrmed at
Baltimore. with sddifionSI yesofasioa, which u
IN PERFECT HARMONY rith tAe oshers. nnd it
to be faithful embodiment Of the time honored prin-
cipIes Of the Deoeraiic party which we're proclaimed
and understood by all parties in the Presidential
contests Of Is.s, 1854 and 1885 I"
Here is the decision Of the Supreme Cour
which Mr.. DouoLAs says should be respected
and enforced BY every branch Of the Federal
Government:
"TBE MEASURE OF RESTRICTION"
EVERY citizen has right to take with him into the
territory any article Of property which the constitution
Of the United states recognizes as property.
The constitution Of the United States recognizes
slave. property and pledges the Federal government
to protect it''Syia5us of the Dref Scott decision.
"The only poxer Conferred ton Congress. the
coupled with duty of guarding and protecting the
owner in bis risht."-Taas5's opiaion, Houard s5s.
That Mr.. DouGLAs agrees with this con-
struction Of the Constitution, the following
extract. from his speeches will show:
The Democracy 81 IIiinss In the arst place accepts
the decision Of the Supreme Court of the United States
the Of Dred Scott authoritative intfIpre-
iatioB Of the eonsfiiufioa In accordance with that
decision hold that siaues are property and hence
on an equality Nth all other kinds of property. and
iae omnsr Of Stare has The same righito mope into
a territory and carry his siare property ,ci!a him
! The opner Of any other property has 10 go there
and carry his property "-tspeech Of DOUGLAS at
New Orleans, Dec. 9Th, 1858.
"wc" (Senator Brown, Of Mississippi and Senator
Douglas OF lnoisl asree that, under the dccison Of
the Supreme Court Of the United States, slaves are
property standing equal footing with all other
pruperty and that consequently the owner Of slave
right TO emgrate To territory and carry
his slave properly With him the owner Of any other
species OF property has to move there aud carry his
property with him." Again: "7hus far
the Senator from Mississippi and myself agree, that
Stare property in the territories stands on an equal
footing Nth every other species Of proper'y.'-
Speech " DOUGLAS in the U. s. Senate, Feb. 1859.