The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-12-29

words, but believe have them here.
Mr.. I've. son.--The Senator liz mistaken. /
made no saoh remark.
Mr.. aTe.-Then / would thank tho Sem
ator TO repeat what HE remark Was on that
point, for understood him AZ have stated.
MIR. Iversnn.-l refer the Senator to the
record of my spesch.
Mr.. Wa,e.-I think it is there. UNDER
stood the Senator 10 say expressly what
have s.ated--I will look up the sentence
that be had not any apprehension ~that MIR.
Lincoln weula do anything in violation OF
the Constitution Of the United States; but
the Senator'S grievance, as understood IT,
was, that q hostile chief magistrate might,
within the power OF the Constitution, so ad-
minister the Government as TO do away with
slavery in ten years. That is what under
stood him 30 cay.
MIR. Iverson.-I did say, in substance, that
the Republican party having the power OF
the Govern ment, without any palPable yio-
lation Of tie Constitution, might so operate
nunn lha institution OF slavery as to affect it.
aud probably extingush it; but did not say
that / did not spprehend from Mr.. Lincoln
nny vlolati IN Of the Constitution Of the Uni
ted States. do npprehend that he will vo-
late the Constitution whenever be can with
| impunity, wherever he Gun affect the lnstitu-
ton Of slavery by such violation.
Mr.. Wada.-lt il Of no great consequences
wha. the Senator said on that subject.
will only sny that from MIR. Lincoln's char
acter and conduct, from his youth up, you
have no RIG hit To draw any inference that no
will trespass upon the rights Of any man |;
! and II YOU barber any such suspicious, 1t ls
! in CONSEQUENCES of an unwarranted prejudice,
and nothing else.
/ Now. sir, | should like to have the Sena-
/ tors on the other side tell me whenever Re-
nnbhcan has violated, or ever proposed to
violate. a ght of theirs. have llstcDed to
your arcum snts here for about a week. They
are all in very general terms. They are very
loosely drawn indictments, and do not know
where to meet you at all. IL there anything
in our plati ,rm detrimental to your rights,
unless in modern times you have set up
construction OF the Constitution of the United
States differ ent Fl ON ours?-we following the
old beaten track of every department OF the
Governments for more than seventy years,
aud YOU switching of, as IT were, upon An
other track, and setting up yours as ortho
dox--that il all. Lauzhter.1 You say thar
we muat follow you. We choose to follow
the old Ian lmarks. That is the complaint
, against us. ),
AIR. powel.-The Senator from Ohio vii
allow me. lie seems to assert that we have
made no specific charges against the Repnb
lcans. Nhy, sir, in tho very few remurk'
which ma lie in the running debate lev
DAYS ago. called the Senator's attention &
, the act or the present Governor Dcnnison
I az Ohio, who refused to deliver up fugitiv
from ius,ise from the State OF Kentucky
. CHARGED with the offsuse Of negro stealing
T wish 10 know from the Senator, whether Q
/ not be iastiies or approves OF tue action
{ Governor d ennison Ia taat ease? That 10
specific and direct charge upon the record
have the record before me. / have th
oninion Of the Attorney General and IN
| Governor of Ohio setting forth DISTINCT
a that thew refused TO deliver The fugitive iron
. Justice. hecause he WAS not charged with a
/ oiiense tina, was crime under the laws 9
Ohio, or the common aw. ! wish TO kno'
!. distinctly rom the Senator whether he Justi
y fes his Govern in that act?
III Mr.. WADE. The Senator has asked me
question TINT is u little difficult; II Is snh
. lection which LAWYERS and judges may difei
II IL question that have investigated
I little since it was up neilentally before.
know that the practice OF the different Stat,
/ has been variant upon Il; but MIR. stanberr,
. now citizen Of the Senator's own Stat
and. | believe, one IF the FIRST lawyers in j
j gave an opinion precisely like that II NJ
Dennison, upon which tie present Attornt
. General or Ohio founded his; and he says |
!. got il from decision in Kentucky upon Il
!. same subject. do not know how that Is |;
!. have not re sorted to all these old recosdl
but believe, from ell | know. that he ",
following The precedent set by your ov
J. Governors: hut whether he was or not, the
ALWAYS has been difheulty upon that SUI
iect. | know very well that when stat
have created crimes Of acts which are n
is maid ia Sc, when they have passed laws bar
err lv prohibitory of acme act which is n
u deemed immoral, many of the States ha
3. refused TO surrender fugtives under su
eireumstane as; and an lar from saying th
OF they nre not right. How ever, it is \ que
he ton OF lag about which leave legal gcntl
h. men TO their own opinion. Certainly, y,
nv can draw M inference aganst the Govern
nd OF Ohio for following rracedents that b.
1t. been set, il | am rightly informed, by 20
n own Governor. and especially when one
Of the most conservative ncn that know, M
DO q resident OF your own State, and one Of /
at best lawyers, presume, either in that STU
OF or Ohio, laid down the rule as precede
at on which Governor Dcnnison went.
e. this is entirely aside from the isauc; il is
so question affecting the return OF fugiti,
" from Justice, of which lheard no eonpla
its until the other day.
ire Mr.. Powell. The Senator will allow
Az to say that do not think he has answ or
he nv question. | wish TO know whether
Senator justifes and approves the act OF
tal Governor? So far as the precedent OF I
re- Governor of Kentucky ia concerned, shot
,es be obliged 10 the Senator II he would n
os? duce is; but do not believe that any gu
To- precedent exists. wisli the gentleman
'as say directly whether or tot be approves
in act Of his Governor in this case.
,tv Mr.. Wade DO not csrc TO be catechi.
- on question OF Iaw arising incidentally be
is and the reason 10, because l should want
as- 20 more deeply into the presidents and b
ing tory VI that kind or -adj u location than