Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1860-03-07

!, aoysrnmsat migAs atssmpk andaE sh
!, plea Of implied powers, And II lon
1 gress isself eanHot 90 tAis--if IL is be
. EySBd the powers conferred on tue Ksd
: sral 96Taxnmank- k--it vii be ADMITTED
!. Ma presamss thai it aania not authoFax'
) . Territorial GoEegumeas % sxeEcis'
, she1n. - se
Again, Ghis Coars say, in thsir Opin.
} isar[-sa 5a ae
fsThat ths powesof Congress over ths
b persons and property Of citizens can neY'
} eS bs Q mere Discretionary power under
our Consultation and form of govern
meat The powers Of the geSeFnment.
, and the rights and privileges oS tha sit-
iEens, are regulated and plainly dehned
/, by the Constitution itsaIf.0
Tha saTne doctrine Is heid and deeiRr-
sa, In suhssancs, by Chah0elloT ksEas, In
bis oammaasarias, whsn writing Hp0n
slavery In She United States and fhe
powers Of the General Government un-
der she Consultation. This learned au"
thar saysy al 81 ~ "a s@A 5F.aA4
| Ths powaE to iatsEfaxs kop tbs part
Of Congress) with the inssgaal Affairs OF
q TerriEofy Of the United States, 10 not
conferred By aks Conssi itation but il one
.Hor necessity, and aught anly 70 De END
ploysd while shs nsseasity sxissss TO pro-
teef the people from anarchy dning The
tranaition state, aad before thgy haye
Einae to ensst their own laws 20 protect
themselves ea "& @'
/ And here, air, a aay onIy obiaetion to
/ the KRnsss-EehFaska bill IL does not
] 20 far enough. Il is the right sort Of
| legislation, and in the right direction.
| IL should, in my opinion, have gone fur
Ghex, and declared that 80 sDoR as the
people of the Territories b4Ea elsetsd
their Territorial Legislatures, and other
| proper osicUra, and inside laws for their
| own governments, 30 far 80 the same re.
lated to shsiE own persons and propeEsyi
shea the prnEisinns Of the prgapio ast
/ sEouid osAsa to Operate in said Terrific
! ~. The people should be restored 10
their oEigiaal rights Of ciEixenship, and
nes rsuain In q colonial condition to
the Central. GpTerRmsats - Our FakheEa
were 10 sAs British GoVernment bstqFs
the Revolutions. ....
Sir, let ne tell you, when the Demo-
cratic party, in their National Convsn-
| lion in 1856, declared in their platform
that the people Of the Territories, ike
| the States, had the right 30 regulate
/ their Own affairs ia thar own way, sub
/ ieot alone to the Constitution of the q.
States, they suRnaissed great pEinel"
pie, yet not new one. Ii Was rscog-
nixed in the Revolution, and saaredly
guarded by our Fathers in forming the
| Constitution Of the United States MH.
HuehanaR was nominated and slscted on
! that platform voted for him cheerful
| ly; IN doing 90, | bat maintained 3 CREST
/ prineipls Of free government, against
| the old Federal doctrine incorporated
into the Republican platform adopted
| BY that party the sama Yeag, which L.
that Congress has sovereign power over
1.-THE Territories. deny that absolute
sovereignty exists in this government
anywhere bRt is The people, the great
source Of ell power. They have never
parted with this power of self-goyern-
snent, and they cannot have il wrested
| from them, exuops By ths distraction Of
! the fundamental doctrine Of our Rspub-
| Iio, The Republican party Of the NORTH,
and the extremists Of the South, both
stand on the same platform they agree
that Congress can legislate on the sub
/ jeos OF slavery in the TsrrikQElaa; and
| lhey disagree only as TO The EaaansT how
Congress shall legIslate. The true Ma
/ tsonal Deuuoora&io paSsy OF sho Uaian
disagree with each and al! OF them on
this question:. do not say that Ar,
! Buchanan is dishonest yas, sir, be Is
mistake ken, and misled by wrong inter
| pretation Of the decision OF the su-
| rreme Court, in the case OF Dred Scott
90. Sanford. Some Of the ablest law
yars ia the country differ IN kheir inter-
| pretations of that decision Regerdy
Johusou, Of Maryland, one OF the Ablest
lawyers in the Union, differs with Mr..
Buchanan. Mr. johnson was one of the
astorneYs Who tried the ease before che
Supreme Court. He said, in his legal
argument, published in the National In
ssllf0gmesr, that the question whether
the people had a right te lagtsEats on the
subieet of slavery in the Territories, BY
virtue OF their own sovereign power, did
not arise 10 the case, and consequently
the Court did not decide it. He Is de-
oided in his own opinion that they can
so lagislate. This is purely . legal qnes-
tion, and while | admit that Mr. Bu-
chanan is an Sbie statesman, do not
consider him q very great lawyer. Sir,
believe Dir. Buchanan is mistaken in
his construction Of the deaision of tha
Sapreme Court Of the United States
Hence the change in ais opinions aa ex-
pressed in his letter Of acoeptaneeo OF tha
nomination for the Presidency on the
principles of the Cincinnati Platform.
Ia thai letter he distinctly announced
! that he believed that the people Of the
Territories, like the States, had the
right 70 legislate On the question al
slavery, as veil as on all other ques'
tions Of domestic policy. Such, every
bSdyy+ +A1azth- and Sonths know 70 be tht
! tras intent and meaning OF the Cincln'
nati platform, and this construction wa
| neEer disputed, until Dir. Buchanan
. Attorney General, [Btack, aud a few
= extreme men Of she South, thought theI
} discovered Q different doctrine in tht
. decision Of the Dred Scots case, bal
I which in truth never existed, and hal
E never been countenanced by the great
: National Democratic party Of the un
] ion.
, Sir, intend 80 prove 10 this eonmit
| tee. this night, that the great leaders o
q the Old National Wing party Away
e held aud maintained the sane opinio1
= ca this question Of slavery whIch th
: Democracy Of the Union now maintain
r II love the principles Of that Old Viii
3 party. 1 belonged 20 il from my earliss
90 youth, and spsnt nay early mashood /
a lis support. will not abandon It's na
o tionaf principles on this question no
because aEn Irving la Free STATE an
/. | surrounded By NogtheTn AbDlitiunisu
d Sir. aaa great mass Of my fogmsT Psiitl
= sal friends have abandoned their forms
d conversation, and goae over 10 that mti
5 eFabls Eneslen Of Abolitionists, whol
d both the Whig and Democratic paEti'
d lfcrmarly denounced as fanstleals onl
J. iasa partY-yst they say they are Il
a sams 20 dsy as they wsFs toRneEly.
s. Sir, lhis same question AROSE. On Il
,e admission Of the States Of Arkan ~
Missouri into the Union. What wss q
ID course taken By the Old Whig leaders
D. / nov propose 10 read from q speech 4
ae livers On that occasion By The vsnesah
of JOAN Quincy Adams. Is may be fonl
hs in the first volume OF Benton's Thir
sr Years In the Unitsa States Senate, pc
ns 630.
an 81 sannoa 0oaslssankly With the asa
oil OF my obligations - 3 essiRsn Of
ha Uuited states, and bound By my oath
lsa suuport their Constitution ] cann0E Q
h. ieet 10 tka aaniaAion of Arkansas ID
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