The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-09-19

tut,on.S These are my doctrines, and tho
Of our platform and what b more, they q
the doctrines q he Constitution itself [Gre
- spnIas1ze - Ter Ca J 4ysisS 80
Now. fslIow.c;tizens seainst the stasemel
ofthat distinguished Senator IN which
undertakes to prove allegations againstmy
by himself, thus oppose my own statemen
Ioppose the proofs ! read you from the speec
made In 1854, pending the passage Of Il
Kansas bin IN Congress. Ipresent to youth
article to which I have alluded, published
the Lexington paper before the election.
present the testimony Of Gen. Miles, q
eminent citizen of Louisian. present m
letter to him antecedent to the Presidents
election Lastly, present the whole teno
of my declarations and opinions before an
ever since. Think have proved as fully
to as reasonable acertainty as the question al
lows within, the limits Of . speech, when
have many other things to speak Of that thi
accusation Is untrue IN fact
I viii add here that the position assumed
was he position taken BY all the Southern
friends ofthe Kansas Nebraska bill, and by 8
portion Of the Northern friends of that meas.
ure. sThesewefe our own private opinions
These were the opinions we uttered. We
did not undertake 70 force them upon other
men, because we had agreed to leave theques
ton to the court, and court had not decided it.
Hence We said that the people should BE- al
lowed to form or regulate their domestic insti-
tutions IN their own way, subject only to the
Constitution Then we awaited the judg-
ment Of the Supreme Court of the United
States IS 10 what the Constitution would say
on the subject. =. .
Having vindicated myself and the Constitu-
tioual Democracy from the charge Of having
aoanaoned me poslslon lney teok Y ioof anu
1891, l turn upon my acc1ser and undertake
70 snow that u. Dougias nimseh aoa 81 ,
the agreement ne solemny maze ~ me ume
the kansas-N ebraska 1lll passed the congress
of the United States. Great applause, and
voices aThats right ssGood.F and That's the
talk.p won't make myself the witness
against him to do It; viii prove It by him
SELF Renewed applause.
Gentlemen, IN the debate in the Senate Of
the United States on the I'd of July, 1856,
upon the bill 10 authorize the people of Kansas
to form Constitution and State Government
preparatory to admission INTO the Union as q
State, . discussion arose Is to what the true
meaning Of the sas-Nebraska bill was,
touching tie power Of the Territorial Legis-
lature. For the purpose Of ascertaining the
sentiment of the Senate, Mr.. Trumbull, a
Republican Senator from the State OF Illinois
offered the following amendment to the bill i
sAnd Be It further enacted that the proyis-
ions in the act to organise the Territories Of
the true latent and meaning Of said act not to |
legisiate slavery into any Territory or State, |
nor to exclude it therefrom. but to leave the |
people thereof perfectly free to formand regu-
late their domestic institutions in their own |
way, subject only to the Constitution of the |
United States, was intended 10, and does con-
fer upon, or leave to the people of the Terrific. |
~ Of Kansas full power, ct any time, through |
its Territorial Legislature, to exclude slavery 1
from said Territory, or to re.oreanize and re- |
gulate It therein.p
That was Trumbulps arncndment. Against
that amendment an Overwhelming majority |
Of the Senate voted intending Gen, Cass and T
Senator Douglas. Let me, however, do Mr.
Douglas the justice teszy that he voted against
it, not because be did not believe the Terrific
rial Legislature had the power to exclude
slavery from the Terrisery, but because be
did not believe Il was consistent to decide the
question legislatiyely. which they had agreed
to leave to the Court
Gen. Cass said - 80
"The South consider that the Constitution
gives them the rigA Of carrying their slaves
you can give no power to the Territorial Leg
islature 10 interfere with them. y
Remember that proposition. because after
the q. s. Supreme Court declared that the
Constitution gives rs the right to carry our
property into the territories Gen. Cass stood
By the true logic Of his own position, and by ,
he decision Of the highest tribunal in the I
country. 80
The major spart Of the North. sid General | :