Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-08-17
Non-Intervenfions

!, 4NOA34ASGA OAAbASA-
: In his very able speech at St. Louis, on the
t 2Ist inst, Hon. Lyman Trumbull made the
following remarks on ''non-intervention
/. Some Democrats say the Constitution pro-
2 vides that slavery can be carried into all the
5 territories, and are in favor of the Government
proteeting it there. Then there are other not
eva,atlq ia favor of that, nor exactly opposed
ia IL F,t for 1en-intervention;- in favor of let
tin1 The neople of the territories do as they
i .,iassa and asa is it not right? And n.any a
man has been misrled BY the fallacy Of such ar
guuaett, while not one man in Aneriean from
4 Douglas down, or from D. aglas up IS for non
intervention they don't b rlieve IL ihey
! arll intervene. They say they are for se'sos'
erp rnent. They cl;!im for the people OF 'e
,errit, eries tie right to govern Themselves and
10 !, ave slavery if they want it, and that g, v
ernino the, oselves is the right to make a slave
of son,eb ody else [1aughter.l 4 few weeks
ago | mel jealous non-interventionist in
Ohio said, my good friend, you are n favor
of letting the pc, pile Of territory do as they
please? He said yes said, if the people of
the Territory were in ia ,Tor OF renewing the
African slave trade, woIld y,Hu go Tor III he
said yes. / asked him if he ". ss III iasor el
enforcing the fugitive slave Aw in >lhe erFlto-
ries? He said yes All, saio L, 0' a. a. ~
favor of the intervention, are you? i4o"e
Laughter.i 1 told him he should not 9tei-
Vene, bat let the squatters have runaway H.
gers if they wanted them. Laughter
| read TO him the clauses in the KansAs-
Nebraska act, which gave the President the,
power to appoint Governor to rule over
i ausas, and inquired if the privilege Of sub I
mitting to be governed by some one else was
what he called selfgovernnlen? 1 then read /
another clause, by which judges were to be l
appointed by the President to pass on the c
rights, lives and liberties Of the people Of the e
Territory, and inquired if that WAS leaving I
them 10 do they pleased? My friend said +
he did not mean non-interyeution, except Oh t
the subject OF slavery. Perhaps some Demo | p
crat here thinks the same-that he is Kan 5
sas-N ebr;lska bill man, and honestly thinks il
there is M interference by that act, with the u
right Of the territorial Legislature to- do as Ii
it pleases on the subject of slavery; but he j
should remember that bill gives to the Cover G
nor the veto power. Is that allowing the C
people the power to govern themselves? Il -.
has provided that they shall elect a Legisla- &
ture TO make their own laws, and provides Y
hat that Legislature is TO be paid out of our II
money. What kind of non-interyentlon IS 81
haG The Legislature Of Kansas passed i
bill that siaEery should be excluded from Kan T
ias and a man from Ohio Mr.. Medary-an
appointed Governor Tower the people Of KAN Is
ils, who were to do as they please, yet every o
,iil was made subject 10 his approval was I
presented with this bill. He locked at it, and
hen turned to the Kansas \ ebrasiEa act and \
cad that clause that stated that every bill er
passing the Legislature should be sent to the G.
Governor for his approval, and if he approved to
t, 1t should become law, but is sent back S.
hat is this clause for? says Gov Medary- in
What did they insert it in the bill for? Did lii
hey not do it to prevent you from doing just ha
S you please am here to prevent you from th
DING as you please unless yon please me, and 81
therefore, veto your bi-take it back. This so
i'll could not be now passed except two tic
birds Of each house voted for it, and passed wi
/. the Governors veto to the contrary not rel
outstanding. in
Suppose the House, consisting of 25 men, VII
ers, had passed the bill unanimously and sent all
to the Senate. The Senate consisted of l3 lin
lembers; consequently, it was necessary nine ins
lould vote for the bill, to pass it over the
overnor's veto. Five of them refusing TO
ote, the bill could not become law RI
hus six men, five III the senate, and the Gov
nor, rule the whole territory. Is that
lowing squatters to do just as they p!ease?-
uch principle is a fallacy and is not believ-
by any one. full