The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-05-17

crument, they all agree to suomit the
question of power to the final arbltra-
meut of the Supreme Court. Who can
doubt the result! As that court Is at
present constituted, the character OF Its
decisions on the slavery question can be
surnised with us much certainty as upon
the question Of the power of Congress to
charter national bank. | do not speak
disparseiugIy of the Court, for believe
the iudces-all of them-to be upright,
conscientious, learned, and patriotic men
But they are Of like passions with the
rest of us-may be swayed by passion or
by prejudice. They cannot wholly d.
vest themselves of the bias resulting from
long habit, association, or education.
There is no peculiar virtue in judicial
ermine to raise the standard Of human
nature, and to clear the understanding
OF all doubt and obscurity. Independence
Of the legislative branch Of the Govern
meut cannot be safely trusted to IL,
dietary which is not subject at all to the
co; troll Of the elective franchise. If we
assign it such power and position we
constitute it an oligarchy at once, and 1t
becomes an Independent, not coord'-
nate department of the Government
Upon this point | med not dllate, tor
the gentleman from New York MIR,
Conkling) most ably treated that subject
the other day Why, sir, under such a
doctrine as this professcd by the popular
sovereignty, Democracy should the Su-
premc Court ia the Lennon case now
pending, decide that Il man from the
South may take his slaves into free
State, and there hold them for temporary
convenience, the Supposed boast of
southern S,uator that he will yet call the
roll of his slaves under the shadow OF
Bunker H;!l, may be fulfilled and, any
Democratic president, holding the views
of Mr.. Douglas, will be bound to recognize
the right, as Mr. Buchanan did,on slml-
laroccasion, he may ever express surprise
that any. ONE could ever have doubted it.
But let Us come back to the legislation
Of ls5i-the Kansas Nebraska act-this
corner stone of Democratic faith. 1t
says that the Missouri compromise act
was repealed because it does not agree
with the legislation Of 1880. have
again to alludc to the declaration, before
quoted, from the speech Of Mr.. Douglas
in the Senate, "that the owaer of slaves
has the same right to remove to the
Territories, and carry his slave property
with him, as the owner of any other spe
cies Of property Upon this the Demo
cratic party pred;ctates its doctrine OF
intervention with slavery. propose
to show hat the non Intervention of 1890
is prcd:cated upon an entirely different
idea, at least SO far Us Mr.. Clay and those
who sympathizcd with him understood
it, The foundation Of the compromise
legislation of 1850, was Mr.. Clay's cele
bratcd resolutions, introduced into the
Senate by him as the basis for settlement
Of an angry sectional controversy thcr
agita.ns the public mind aud threaten
ing the stability of the Union. The wal
with Mexico was closed, and We wcr'
about to dispose Of the territory acquired
! Mr.. CIay's second resolution atirmee
that, "Whcreas slavery does not nov
exist by law i'll any Of the territory re
Gently acquired from Mexico, aud is no
Likely t. Ks a49FSS}}ufs IS pas! 'ReEES{ 5Y Is
proviso.' | quote from memory. Her,
you see that the op-interveution Of 1886
is prcdcatcd upon the law and the fac,
that slavery does not exist in the Terri
tories ; whils the non intervention of Is
a goes upon the opposite assumption
that slavery does exist in the Territories.
am glad to see present, Mr. Chair
man, member from Ohio, Mr. Corwin
who was an actor in the legislation o
those days, and who can youch for tbs
accuracy OF my position lie know.
that the men who passed the compromis
measures Of 1880 predictatcd their actiol
upon the fact that slavery did no. cxis
by law in the acquired territory, an,
that, therefore, it was unnecessary t
legislate it out. 1t was contendcd, to b
sure, b. a distinguished gentleman frou
the South, that a man had the same ri Oh
to carry his slave into the Tcrritorie
that he had to carry lis horse, just a
, the Democratic party now contend bu
Mr. Clay met that doctrine with his IL,
: qualified condemnation. Ii | rccolec
: rightly, the debates report him to hay
SAID that it was the most indcfensbl
, opinion ever uttered by man.
But we are not left even in doubt o
: this subject. The compromise of Isl
> did somethin. more it had sou cthin
to do with the territory embraced will
, in the Louisiana purchased as well as wit
the territory acquired from Mexico =
The legislation of 1886, instead of repea
ing: rrat'irmed the Missouri coulpromi.
line Of 1870 and, with references to til
boundary of Texas, Congress propose
I to give that State $4,000, 900, one CO,
: dltlon Of which was, that all that po.tic
: of the territory lying north Of 3jo 3
. Of north latitude, included within the 0
$ lglnal Louisiana purchase, should rc,ra
:. free, and that the States formed out Of
h should be free States. The $1,000 OF
G paid into the Golfers of Texas was a ra
+ som from the Federal Treasury for II
:. freedom Of the States to be formed o.
of that Territory. Yet, sir, the legisl
ton of l>5Owas made prc.cxt in Il:
-, for the repeal Of the Missouri compr
u mise.
: In the annals Of the world there
perhaps, but one parallel for the facli
g with which the Democratic party Of t
p day clothes its nonstrous heresies 10 Il
garb Of truth and that is when Sa,a
e with assembling speech, melted moth
;, Eve to treason against high Heaven, sa