The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-10-03
who illustrated the earlier days Of your history.

Why, how is it with these Territorial gov.
ernmepts? From the beginning they have
been regarded as subordinate and temporary,
without any attribute Of sovereignty. Their
judges and governors, and most Of the other of
ficers, are appointed by the President and Sen
ate and paid out of the public treasury and
even the daily expenses ofthe Legislature which
they invoke to exclude your property from the
Territory, are raid out Of the treasury from
money to which that very property contributes
by taxation! lApplause.l The practice ofthe
government never has warranted this new doc
trine. Take an illustration which has always
seemed to me to be conclusive. The theory is,
that in the common domain OF the United States
the States and their citizens are on a fooing Of
equality and entitled to the protection Of their
persons and property. This sounds like a ma
tional and constitutional doctrine. Now, sup
pose that vessel was going off the port Of Nor
folk for another port, laden with freight, and
having on board also number Of slaves. It is
said that property in slaves under our system is
local, and cannot get beyond State limits with
out special leg station. This ship gets beyond
one league from Shore and is in the open sea
beyond the limits o. any State. Can British
cruiser come up and take these slaves from the
deck Of the vessel aud say they are free, be.
cause they are not within the limits OF any State?
No. What then protects them? Nothing but
the deck Of an American ship and the flag Of the
United States. The property is upon the COM
mon domain Of the Union. and the flag of A.
inerica protects it; and if it does it on the deck
Of ship, it does it in the Territories, which
are likewise the common domain ofthe Union.
Loud applause. o.. -4.@,
One other word on this general subject. |
see in speech made by the Senator from Him
ois, in Petersburgh, Va, he uses the following
language to the people of that State: g..
"You haze the same right. under the Constr.
'ution, to go and carry your property into the
Territories that ] have mine. You have the
same right To carry your slaves, or your cattle,
or your horses, that have to carry any proper
4 ty that possess. When you get there, you
and stand on a footing Of exact .equility un
der the law You bring your property with
you subject to the local law, and briug mine
with me subject to the same local law"
Observe, he says you have the same right,
under the Constitution. to 60 and carry your
property into the territory that he has to carry
his; and / have shown that he declared previ.
ously in the Senate, that il the Constitution
carried it there no power on earth could take
it away. Now, he says when you get there, it
! is subject to local law, made by subordinate
legislative authority, and the sum OF it is, that
the moment it gets there, under the Constitu.
ton, they can drive it out against the Cousti
tuition. Laughter and applause.l Gentlemen,
what is this but the assertion Of wholly incon-
sistent positions? What is II but trifng with
the intelligence Of the people?
Again, says that distinguished gentlemen, in
the same speech: i.,a ''' '
Congress never yet passed law for the pro.
lection Of any mans property in a territory
Every man who goes to a territory with his
wife, his children his servants. and his property
is subject to local law. and relies upon locul law
| for his protection" ...-.
Let us see il that is so. Congress has done
it in many instances happened to meet. the
other day, with striking case, in which it did
se In 1884, when great statesmen were in
the Senate and House, and Jackson was Pre,i.
deni of the United States, the territory Of Flor
ida undertook TO lay tax on the slaves o! non
residents higher than on the slaves Of residents
| rho nan r,p,ja,tc of V;rr;,,;, md othar Ctotay
appealed to Congress to oblige the Territorial
Legislature to refrain from discriminating a
gainst their property. The Committee of Con-
gress say they "think that Congress should al.
wavs protect the property of citizens Of the u
nted STATES when subjected to the operations
Of unjust legislation by territorial governments u
and they reported bill enactng that all such
acts as those complained Of should he null and
void;'' and further, that an attempt by any one
to enforce said acts, passed by the Legislative
Council OF the Territory Of Florida should be
punished by fine and imprisonment. The bill
passed Congress, and was approved by Presi
dent Jackson. Now, would it not be an insult
TO your understandings 10 say that this was
not an interference by Congress to protect pro-
perty against the encroachments OF the Terri
torial Legislature? Yet Mr.. Douglas says tba
congress "ncver yet passed law for the pro
lection OF any mans property in a territory;'
but hat 'lie must always rely on local law
OF course do not doubt that he believes tn,
statement; but believe his truth and integrity
at the expense of his information. Langh
ter,
! A voce--'I wouldn't care to be SO reliev
ed. e- s' '@-
Fellow-citizens, the principles have tried
feebly TO vindicate here, are the principles uroI
which the constitutional democracy stand to
day; and they are the only principles upot
which any hum an being will pretend to charg,
them with purposes Of disunon. II they or,
the principles OF the Constitution and the U
Mon, then are we Constitutional and Unior
men. Cries OF that's so."l And yet, fol
two OF three months back, you have heard lout
and incessant clamor that !, and those witt
J whom am connected, are dsunion organiza
ton, who seek to break up this confederacy o
States. My friends, | hardly know, SO far as i
is personal charge against myself, how to an
swer it. La voice--"Tell them it's lie.',l
The whole stock in trade Of many anony
nous writers and wandering orators all owe
the country is, "Dsunion" -'"deunion." "Thi
man and his party attempt to break up the U
MON of the States" You may appeal to then