Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-10-17

ttssFt uRdeT Tia SuprHmC t,AFl of
tl,c Vnitri Sta'r .l,all E'nire such
intcrlvssiiinn thai il 4, lbs duty II
Congress Io ,nirrlrrse anu grant
projection" Nobly ani well said
IN language, worthy 81 his exalted
character ami reputation,
Mr.. Douglas SAYS, and to-day
stands upon il, aai claims your
Yates up0n il, tia, u Territorial Lcg-
i.latur, M matter what the dcois'
ian of the Supscme Court may bc,
has the right ta exclude slave prop
erly fiom Territory; that you
may take il there, that IL must la
held subject .o such laws ~ the To-
cal Legislature may make. The
Supreme Caart says the rerr'tori-
al Legislature cannot exclude il,
aud Mr., G, SAYS nothing can strike
/ him as more unconstitutional and
contradictory, than to say that while
yon may 20 there, there Is some.
h0ly stronger or mighiier than the
Constitution that can take away
that which tho CONSTITUTION says
,Ou may hold aud enjoy, Just
what Mr. Do,g,las asserts, iad which
/ IL not recognized, no will rcnd ar'
destroy as no goes, (Applanse
derive some satiSiacuc,s rom
the i,ct that the llnn. job =, 'rn'
nnden, whose name ssa authority
win go far in this oh'oh' has a."
,larei in the Scr..lc, and rccnsniz'
oJ nv his vo,s as Senator, the prin-
cinIc: unor which va stand as the
nrinoipl,, al the Constitution
! (Chcrs)
/ ..nnoi enlarge. appeal Ia you
irl have moi, with reasonable Ger
.Sainiy-i may SAY c0nclusivc'y--rc-
i,cllch the accusation against me I;
IT. ] have not shown that, il IL Meth
or | nor tho party which nomina-
tel mo, but Mr.. Douglas who has
broken filth that by tho agree.
mcnt nj the time of the passage of
the Kansas Ncbsarka bill, the con
stitutional point was TO bc left to
tho Supreme Court.
Have not shown that the SUI
prcmc Court sustained our construc-
ton of the Constitution? Have !
not shown that the agrccmcn, thus
made has been violated by the de-
claration that q subordinate author,
i,y may deny tho constitutional
right to exclude slave property,
when the Court says IL has not that
power 2-who has abandoned the
ground or violated tho agreement ?
have shown that the principles
upon which we stand have been en-
dorscd and sanctioned by the prac-
ticc of the Government, affirmed by
the highest judicial tribunal in the
world, voted to be true by the two
political parties in kentucky in
1859, unanimously asserted by both
branches of the Legislature, and by
an overwhelming majority of the
whole Democratic party Of Ken
lucky, and declared by Mr.. Crittcn-
den 10 be sound md true. Cheers
| think have piled up pyramid Of
facts and argument in support Of
principles which ought to commend
itself 10 the grave consideration Of
every intelligent man. ] have tried
to do it by legitimate facts and ar
gumcnts. ! am not conscious of
having appealed to any prejudice.
Fcllow-citizons, canyon bear with
me little longer?
A voice" Yes, for week !; go
on"
know ofbut one political organ
ization, now bcfbrctl, United States,
which asserts the principles | have
undertaken to cxpound. The Re
publican organization has taken pre-
cisely the same ground from an OPP
positc point of view, and they say
we have no rights in the Territories
with our property. They say Con
gress has u right to exclude it, and
Il is its duty to do so, and they are
willing to see tho Territorial Leg
islaturc do it, if Congress docs not.
In regard to the platform adopted
by the Convention which nominated
Mr.. Bell of Tennessee, and Mr.. Ev-
crett of Massachusetts, have only
to say that, certainly, it announces
no principle at all on this subject
none whatever. Gentlemen tell us
that they are advocating the claims
Of these distinguished gentlemen
upon the principles of "the Con-
stitution, the Union and tho enforce
mcnt of the Laws"
] pres; nc that there is scarcely a
man in this asscmbl y--pcrhaps. no
one North or South, who will ad-
nit that he is against The Union,
the Constitution, and the enforce.
ment of the laws. But yet they en-
terrain the most diverse opposite
opinions as to the hest mode of sus-
tanning the Constitution, and the
character of the laws to be enforced.
Mr.. Seward Mr.. Burlingamc, Mr.
Giddings, will tell you they are for
the Union but it is their own sort OF
Union they want They say they
are for the Constitution, but they
construe the Constitution so rs to
take away all our rights (Cries OF
that's SOY
That, gentlemen, would seem to
exhaust the subject, "Sound men
with Constitutional principles"
which principles l have announced
in the form recognized by American
politics, 10 be rc-asserted by means
of the ballot box.
But word on another snhieet.-
1t is said that, although | am not a
disunionist, and the principles as
scrt are not, yet the object OF the or