The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-01-21
NO. r.;

their property into the territories, Ard .
hold them there, il necessarily folsows
tina. they are entitled to protection in the
exercise of this right. This !. the POSI-
ton Mr.. breckenridge takes, and he MT
only says that se 'nust insist on dis,
but very positively. and very correctly,
declares that our government ID fail
urcT If This protection be not givan:
"Sp that in regard to slave property,
az in REGARD ~ any other property re-
cognizcd ard Guarded Ly the Constitn-
ton, it is the dnty, according 10 the Su-
prcme Count, 81 all The courts Of tho
country 10 proicc, and guard il by their
decision Whenever the question is Drought
before them To which only add this,
that the judicial decisions in our favo:
mus, be Observation-Disclosures judicial DE-
cisions in our favor must I've sustained.
III present remedies are adequate 10
sustain these decisions, ! would have
nothing more done ], with many other
pGhlic men in the country. believe they
are adequate. II they are no,--if they
canno, he enforced for the want II proper
legislation to enforce them, sufficient 'cE.
islatir1 must be passed or oar govern
f1on' "a faiirrc Gentlemen. ! sec no
escape from tina, conclusion.
win add this: VIC must never give
up the rrineiplc--w We must never give
mp tie question that has been iu*cnllT
decided, that this constitutional ritVn e,.
lists We must stand by that dccision---
we must bold our constitutional rights;
but ] would never, prcmaturely, raise
the question e. dis,rac, the country when
there is no voice calling for it, North.
East, south. or West. | say We must
hold To- the principle, we mus, s,a'd by
H. We stand in good position. We
have the Executive. we have the laws.
wc have Tie decisions o' the courts. and
that Is great advance from where NO
stood ten years ago
Having taken this position, "a sue
s, .Hcnt paragraph he uses still stronger
language ~ sAe same subject
'Sliil, ! woii'd save the question and
tie principle and never T., 60 the con
s,ifli,tua' figlas, because cur Protection
In the lr'en cons. >is II a strie, adne-
renee f. il.c provisions .! The tonsti,G-
ton When We show an iniraetion IL
ftf 'fH~tANtl''b 'fi pi' EN'"'s wv
losc our claim to the observance 81 the
wielc We should ins.s, 10 the las. that
the Constitution of IT,. country shall be
sustained IN every particular
The sentiments thus oauncia,ca will
we arc sefe, command tao Hearty APP
prval % every kcn,rckisr. All will
tipiro with ~, not culy that he. whose
position has been SO much n,i.rerrescnt.
-, has put himself right on the record,
as iag as principles arc concerned, but
because ho has thus taken a stand that
commits him against the support 81 Mr.
Douglas, the most dangerous man in
America, for the Presidency under any
circumstances. He asserts thu, Tic
people Of the southern States have tn
I'll, e. take their slaves into the Terri
tories; ilai they have RICH, 10 hold
them there aud use them that neither
Congress nor the Territorial Legislatures
hiN, Tia, power to impair or abridgc this
right that i, is the duty 81 the Federal
Government to protect the inhabitants
4 the Territories ia the exercise IL this
right against al "unfricndly Icgisla.
ton :" aud that if the Federal Govern
ment doe, not discharge this duty, tho
vcrnmcnt itself would lie n failure
And occupy iny this position, he cannot.
without treason u his Government and
his country. vote ,or any man fer Prcs.
dent who is pledged IL refuse his sane.
ton Ia such Congressional legislation =.
may become necessary g. thus end. ~
win never DO il and. in refusing 10 sup.
port Douglas Coz lhat position, Kentucky
l.. III. tf., fa..ss-,I.