The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-11-02
Dodges of a Demagoguo.


Il ia astonishing how small hole will
enable Squattor Sovereign to escape from
tho "incxorablo logic" Of his doctrine. Mr..
Douglas. vol knowing that tho Drcd Scott
decision snnihilates Popular Sovereignty,
socks to 'tako advantage Of his own wrong
BY denying that the question of the power
of yTcrritolial Legislature over the pccu'
liar domestic relation" of Slavery, was in
eo!ved in that decision. What an artiul
dodge 1t is true. as tho Republicans have
from the first contcndcd. that no such ques-
ton was lcgitlmdtely before tho Supreme
Court in the Drcd Scott case; hot it is also
true that tue majority Of that Court went
out of thoir way tn pass judgment upon that
very question. and that Mr.. Douglas and
his parry. then as now. sustained tbom in so
doing. Tho so called Dred Scott decision
is. therefore. in all its parts, binding on
them. aud thcy shall not DO permitted to
avoid any Of its consequences. In speech
made at Springfield. Illinois. soou after the
decision in tho Drcd Scott case, MIR Douglas
said
"'Chc character Of Chief Justice Taney
and tho associate Judges who concurred
| with him require no oungy--no vindication
| from mo. Thcv arO ondcarcd TO tho people
of tho United Statos bv their eminent pub.
| lie sCrvice--vcncrntod for their great learn
| ing, wisdom aud Cxpercncc-and beloved
for the spotless purity of their characters
and their exemplary livcs. The poisonous
shafts Of partisan malice will fall harmless
at their feet, whlo their Judicial decisions
will stand in all future time, n proud mon.
ument to their greatness, tho admiration u:
the good and wise, aud n rcbuko to tho par.
tisans Of faction and luwless violence.
"Tho Court dill not attcmpt to avoid re.
sponsibility BY disposng of tho case upon
technical points without touching the merits
nor did they 90 out Of their way to dccd'
questions not properly before them and
directly presented 10y tho record Liz,
honest and conscientious judgrs. as they are
thGy decided each point as 1t arose, and
faithfully performed thoir whole duty, and
nothing hnt their duty. to their country
| BY DETERMINING ALL THE CUES
| TIONS IN TIE CASE and nothing bn
what was essential to the decision OF thu
case upon its merits
Could words bo more explicit And viii
any Democrat pretend that Mr.. Douglas
when he said that tho Court did not "go ou
of their way to decide questions not prop
orly before them and directly presented b.
the record" was thinking Of tn single mat
tor of Dred Scott's citizenship Ever,
man who can read aud understand, know
botter. Hc meant 10 endorse all The p0int
irhich The Court attempted 10 decide.
But this is not all. Mr.. Douglas has al
vancod as strong arguments in favor of
Slave Code as any Southern Firo E,ter. l.
debate with jeff. Davis in the Senate, OF
the 23d of February, 1859, he thus pro
claimed the right of tho stakeholder, uudo
the Constitution of tho United States n
cxpoundod by tho Supreme Court, to tax
his slaves with him into tho Territories
~ do not put Slavery on different foo,
ing from other property ! recngnz, it n
property under what is understood to b
tho decision of tho Supreme Court | urgu
that tho owner Of slaves HAS TIE SAM
= RIGHT TO REMOVE TO THE TERRI
= TORIES AND CARRY HIS SLAVl
PROPERTY WITH HIN. AS TIE OWN
, Err OF ANY OTHER SPECIES OF PROF
ERTY. and hold tho samo subject to sue
local laws as tho Territorial Legislature ma
Constitutionaliy puss. and if any person sha
feel aggrioved by such local legislation, h
may appeal to tho Supreme Court 10 ties
" tho validity OF such laws | recognise snv
property to be on an equality Uih 9th,
= e property. and aPplv the same rules to
! | will not apply Quo rule to slave propert
" and another to all orhcr kinds of property
:, Congrrssioaoi Globe, 1859, part 2, pal
1856.
c Again:
=, "Slavcs, according to tho decision, beir
:. properly, stand on ar equal footing wi
-, all other property. THERE is JUST A
MUCH OBLIGATION on THE PAR
II OF THE TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE
70 TO PROTECT SLAVES AS EVERY QTllE
SPECIES OF PROPERTY. AS THEIR
q is TO PROTECT HORSES, CATTL
d DRY GOODS. LIQUORS, &c. Con
y Globe samo VOL, pNgo 1858.
-, Take tho above extracts, and place the
by tho sido of tho following. from Mr Dou
~ las reply to Attorney General Blacks
rs Wow of his Horprrs Magazine essay. a
/" you find him fully committed in favor OF
II Slave Code, if such a demagoguo can
said to DO committed in favor of myth
X but his own soINsh purposes
IN IN that article, without assailing a
n one, or impugning any mana motive.
w. demonstrated beyond the possibility of Gu
cy or dispute. il slavery exists in tho Terri
-ol ries by virtue of tho Constitution. tho c.
clusiou is inevitable aud Irresistible. TIL.
10 IT Is THE IMPERATIVE DUTY
I'd, CONGRESS TO PASS ALL LAWS NJ
m, ESSARY FOR ITS PROTECTION
THAT THERE is AND CAN BE NO Il
ION CEPTION TO THE RULE THAT
IN. RIGHT GUARANTEED BY THE &C
of STIrUTION MUST BE PROTECT
BY LAW. IN CASES WHERE LEGISI
e'r TlON is ESSENTIAL TO ITS EMO
I'VE MENT'
de- Some of Mr., Douglas friends deny
tho Wicklilfe resolution was adopted by
Convention which nominated him, II
again, VIC have tho testimony of Mr., Dou
himself, who, in his lottcr of acceptance,