The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-08-31

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The charge Of collusion between The
Republicans and Brcckenrid gers fell fiat
NJ pancake. II comes with bad grace
or the friends Of Douglas to speak Of
such things, when their own party has
sold out, body and brtcchcs, to the KHoio
NoihiRqs and urc on terms Of the closest
intimacy with their once sworn enemies
Of the "midnigM ORDER" Tho Judge for
got to tell Us anything nbout the fusion
between the DOuglasitcs and Americans
IL New York and how in Ohio they ure
playing into each others hands.
The Judge said great deal about "my
gredi principle" which Douglas had es-
tablished, "that the people Of the terrific
ries should be loft perfectly free, to rcgu-
late their own domestic affairs in their
own way" as provided by the Kunsas-
Nebraska Bill Wen, let Us look AZ that
Bill. Under il,
The people have not the right 70 o.
ganilc territorial government.
( The people have not the right to elect
their own Governor,
The people have not the right TO elect
their own Judges.
! Tho people have not tho right 10 up-
point their MArshuis aud other territorial
officers.
Tho people have not the rightto estub-
lish courts.
These things are all provided for them
in the organic act, framed by Douglas
nmsrll, and yet judge Plants tells us
that the "gi,a PrmciPe,' Is that uLo
people SHAH be let pen,cty irecl What
The Judge said the design Of the Kan
sas-Ne NebrasRu Bill was 10 give tlr people
,ua control Oyvr the question ol slavery,
.yet he tailed to explain why Douglas vot-
cd against an amyhOmenI, Otitrtu by Sem
otor Chase, that the people OF kunsas
ccu,d, A they saw hl, sXc.udc slavery. 1t
the party was sincere, why did it vote
down THIS umendmcatl
But, says the Judge, should not the peo-
pl, OF kunsus be permitted to say whcth-
or they Will have slavery or mott Why
should they be interlered With Wesuy
exactly 80! 'ohy should they be inieuer-
cd ,eih! For hye years, the people OF
Kansas have been trying to get rid oil
slavery but the Democratic party have
fastened il upon them, The people OF
both these territories have passed acts
abolishing slavery, but they have been
vetoed by Governors sent to rule over
them, according TO Douglas great PriH-
cipls Under the Kansus-NeOrOska Bill,
the people said they did notwant slavery
Douglas says you shall have ii, sac
will tub Mo you"
The Republicans have always been in
favor of letting abe people of Kansas de-
eide the matter fairly at tho ballot-boS
and abolish slavery if they chose, but
Douglps andh his follow crs have steadily
opposed it. kansas would to-day have
been in the Union, as a sovereign state,
had Il NO, been for the faotiOus opposition
Of the Douglas party.
The Judge undertook to say tina, the
Supreme Court had never decided that
slaves could be taken into the territories
in the absence Of law and heldin deli
snce Of the people. Now the Douglas
party accept the decisions Of the Su-
prone Court as OF binding'Uuthority. The
party is committed on this point. There
is no cseupe. The Wickhtie resolution
pledges the party to endorse and sus-
tain the decisions Of tho Court past pres.
ent and future on this subject, What is
decided by that Court in the Dred Scott
easel
In the 10th yslume Of IIowsrds Re-
ports, page S95, il is stated that the SUI
preme Court Of the United States de-
cidcd in the Drod Scott Case as follows,
81. EVERY CITIZEN mas RIGHT 7,
TAEE WITH HIN INTO rHE TERRITORY ANY
ARTICLE on PROPERTY wulou THE CoNsrl-
TUITION Or THE UNlTEp STATES REooaNIz.
rs AS PROPERTY"
/ 4th. "fHE CONSTITUTION OF TIN UNlr
ED STATES REooGNIzEs SLAVES AS PROPER
az, AND PLEDGES THE FEDERAL GOVERN.
NEST TO PRoTEorIT. Aud Congress can
aot exercise any more authority over
property o. that description than il may
eonstitatiOn1liy exercise over property OF
any other kind.
The argument Of the Court is that sla.
very goes into all tho territories under
ne Constitution aud that Congress ha,
20 more power 10 legislsto ii out than :
has 10 exclude other species Of property
Then the Court goes on TO say
sand IL Congress itself cannot do this
(pTohbit slavery in a territoIy),-if il ii
beyond the powers Of Congress aud IN
lGeneral Government, il Will be admitte,
we presume, that il could nOf authorize
TERRITORIAL, GOVERNMENT &
cS,reiss 4sm."