The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-09-13
HENRY CLAY ON POPULAR SOyER.
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From the Davenport Gazette. !

Y. y. Cole, il. = Dean and others
says the Cote City, claim that the Com
promises Of 1890 established the doctriu,
Of Popular Sovereignty aud non-atrryer
ton by Congress on the subject Of slave
ry in the Territories. If that be true.
then why was the principle broken down
by Douglas intervention to repeal the
Missouri Compromise prohibiting slave,
ry! But not OH y SO; they usist that
Henry Clay advocated Squatter Sever
eighty aud non-lntervention. How pal,
pable tn, ir falsehoods are on this poiut,
may appear from the following extracts
from the great speech Of Henry Clay in
advocacy Of the Compromise measures,
delivered in the Scoatc in 1880
Mr.. Clay said:
The power, then, Mr. President. in
my oplnlon-and | extend it to the in
PRODUCTION as well as to the prohibiti.n
vi slavery in the new tcrriturn s-,i,t,
"rtst IN Co"yress; ane think there j,
thl- important distinction bet xrrn slave
~ outside of the States and SIAvcry il,
side OF the States that all outside ns the
States is debatsble, and all inside Of the
States is not dcbatabc.
Clay says OF Gen. Cass' oil ginal Squat
ter Sovereignty doctrine, aud Dou.ia,
admits lac stole 1t from Gas. :
MIR. President | shall not take up the
time, of which SO much has been con
sumcd already, to how that the clause
which gives to Congress the power f.
make ncediul rules and regulations res
pectlng the territory ind other property
OF the United States, conveys the power
to lsgislate for the territories. | cannot
concur with my worthy friend-and use
the term in its best and most emphatic
sense-my friend from Michigan (Mr
Cass), say | cannot concur with the
honorable Senator, though | entertain
the most profound respect for the opin.
ions which he has advanced adverse to
my own; but | must say, that when
point is settled by all the elementary
authorities, and by the uniform interpre.
tstion aud action of every department Of
our Government-legslatiye. executive
and Judicial-and when that point has
been settled during period of ftty wears
l think that if We are to regard ANYTHING
as fixed aud settled under the admiuis,ra.
ton OF this Constitution of ours, it is tho
question which has thus invariably and
uniformly been settled.
And further on, in the same speech
Mr.. Clay said
" There are prohibitions upon the
power OF Congress within TIE Constitu-
ton, which prohibitions, | admit, must
apply to Congress whenever it legislatcs.
whether for the old States or the new
Territories; but none of them restrain
the exercise of the P wer of Congress up,
on the subjec of slavery.
l Know that 1t is argued that there !
Is no grant of power in express terms in
the Constitution specifically, over vast
variety OF subjects upon which the pow
''' VI congress are uuquestionablc. The
mayor includes the minor. The general
grant OF power comprehends all the par.
Il, OF which that power consists -
nc power OF acquisition by treaty draws
Win II the power to govern all the terri
DRY acquired If there be power to
c4ulre' there must be power to gov
rn' and think, therefore, without at
resent dwelling further upon this sub
ECU 'hat nom the two sources of author
y IN Congress to which have referred, &
Jay be traced the power of government
'he United States to act upon the Ter
tories IN general" ,
there be anything that renders the s
'ctr'ne of total depravity too palpable n
r controversy, it is this claim Of the !
'e9foeo orators that Henry Clay esdors. a
sq"atter Sovereignty :.