The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-09-26
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nuen' w we consutnuonsi streneth OF ner po-
S'''on' she onered 70 rest Il oy the opinion oi
the supreHie Court, and that oiier was solemn
iiy accepted. and the agreement placed on the
reeords n, the co,r,rv - - 2 80.
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anu h'"' na'ihs f'ho'ca'eo mysen ana tne
constitutional Democracy from the charge o.
having abandoned the position se held In "a
,5s ,uro npon nv scc,,xay ana ,,rs,artets to
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ment he soiemnly made At the time the kAh-
sas Nebraska bill passed the Congress Of the
United States: fsreat applause:l and i dS ti6t
make myself a witness AGAINST him 10 do it.
I viii prove IL by b;,ns.,f ,fvoyee.zsGoed.
good !, and spu,auss p is isia
Ina debate n the Senate Of .bs 5y,nasd
States ON tho ed of .tu,v ,ess ,,,.,, ,,;li.,c
author;ze the neop,e az Kansas - for,, /. c,,.
s,;tut;on and State sovernment nran.ra,o,v
10 admission into the t1n;on az ! s,.,s rher
a uues,ion srose as 10 The ty,,a meaning ~ ,bs
Kansas. NebrasSa hi, and tbs l;n,t.ts,r ~, ~
nowsr ostbe tarritor;ai vovs sr,m.n, M, rrr.,,,
r., -or :, '''3.AsH',
oui'onefeo lne 'oilo"ing amenoment, as IN al
ditional section of the bill: aa a&a@s 81
"A,l De IL further eaacted That the pror;sIos
in tho act to orsanizs the Territories OF Ne
braska and Kansas which declares II 20 he the
true intent and meaning OF said act. mot to fer
islate slavery into any Territory or STATE nor
to exclude it thercfrom, but to leave the peopls
thereof perfectly freee to form and regulate their
domestic institutions in their own wsv. subiect
only to the Constitution OF The lJn;ted states,
was intended TO and does confer mon. ar leave
to the people of the Territors az Kansas full
power at any time throttei, lis Territorial Leg
islature. to exclude slavery from said TeYs;tory
or to recognize and reoulate il tbereip !, 81
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"'' sa.' aA0"u'o''' an silo osel ~ W. "he'mlns
majority OF 'ne senate voted including uener-
all Cass and Senator Douglas. Let me, how.
ever, do Mr.. Douglas ths justice to say 10 yot!
ed against il, not because he did not believe the
Territorial Legislature had the right to exclude
slavery from the territory, but because be did
not believe it was consistent to decide the quss-
tion legisiatively, which they had agreed to
leave to the court. General Cass says: 81. s.ss
aThe South consider that the Constitution
gives them the right Of carving their slaves
any where in the territories. Iftbey are riebt
YOU can give no power to the Territorial Legis.
ia.ure to interfere with them. The major part
of the North believe that the Constitution "a.
cures no such right to the South. Tbey be.
lieve, of course, that this mower il riyen 10 ths
legislature. repeat that there IS nothing
couivocal in the act. The different coustruc.
tons oft result from no equvocation ii, It, but
from the fact that here is an important constr.
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preme judiciat authority; and in the meantime.
individuals in different sections of the Union
put their own constructions on il. We are
necessarily brought to that state of things
There is no power which the Senator from IL
lnois can use---iIe words which he can put into
an act OF Congaess, that will remove this con.
stitutional doubt, until it is iually settled by
the droper tribunal" & $500 @as Fes a
Mr.. t]huclas in the s.p,c aahot. l., gs,,asf,s
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sAe'0u0 ''a'o p'op''V oeioio 'ney oecashv
State, SAID: . s.. "a .-s-..s .ses4 sszs aslss.sss
"My opinion in regard to the question which
my colleague is trying IL raise here has been
we'll known to the Senate for years. Ithas
been repeated over and over again. He tried,
the other day, as those associated with him
used to do. two or three years ago, and last
year. to ascertain what were my opinions on
this point in the Nebraska bill; I told him Il Das
a Judicial question: This would not suit them.
Why? Their object was to get me 10 express
ludgment, 50 that they would charge me with
s had snsssa seu .a ss,, VIEW y ions, snouga
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