The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-10-13
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"T bold that 80 sreH THING As sOvEREiGN
POWER ATTACHES TO TERRITORY ~ 4
TERRITORY. ! bold tha, Territory possesses vh~tS
ever power IL derives from the s,i,atioa USDEb
THE ORGANIC ACT. AND no MORE -IspeeeA Of
DOUGLAS in fAe Z. S. Sesaie, FEB. 1850.
Douyias- Bsifi-srs CoHrsnffsa Reso'aiss:
ResoIred Thai it is in aecortznee with the ctnein-
Platform tha; during the Of Territorial
Governments the seasure Of ressreiion, whatever it
may BE- imposed by the Feierai Constitution, - the
porer Of fhe Territorial Less!afure over the subject
the domesfie yslafoas the Aas been shall
Hereafter be ansIIy DETERMINED By THE suPRENB
COURT Of the Uaite States should be respected By all
good citizens. and ENFORCED with proaptsess snd
fdelity By EVERY BRANCH tf tAe Gsn<rsi Corsrs-
meat.
Mr.. DoroLAs, in his letter Of acceptance,
endorses this resolution As follows:
a"peoa . aeseful- sxsss4pation tAs pl.ifor. of
psiuepies sioeted 4 chsssessDs. asf rs-sorneA at
Baltimore with an additional resolation, rAieh is
in PERFECT HARMONY nth the oiheys. IND II
10 be faithful emho rnet OF the time honored prin-
eples OF the Democratic party, which we're Proclaimed
and understood by all parties in the Presidential
contests Of 1873. 1854 and 1856 -
Here is the decision Of the Supreme Cour
which Mr.. DorCLas says should be respected
and enforced By every branch Of the Federal
Government
"THE MEASURE or ABSTRACTION s.e
EVERY citizen has right take with him into the
territory article Of property which the constitution
Of the Unite, States recognizes as property.
Tho constitution Of the Uaited States recognizes
slaves as property and pledges the Federal government
to protect it."SyHaous Of the Dred Scott decision
'rhc only power conferred ION consrcs) is the power
eSpsd wit,t,he duty xaariins and projecting the
owrer in his right. -raneys opinion, Hopard 45s.
Tha. Mr.. DorcLAs agrees with this con-
struc,ion Of the Constitution, the following
extracts from his speeches will show:
The pemoerwyof Illinois in the ars, place accepts
the aeson cf the supreme Court of the United States
in the case of Dred Scott authoritative inierpre
fa,ioa Of The consfusiio: III accordance with tha,
decision hold fhcf aarFs ere property and hence
on an equality rRA all other kinds ef property. and
the otra<r slats has hr right to into
q ferrffory and carry his s'are property wsA him
~ lie orHc- Of aay other property has 10 90 there
and carry his properiy."-tSpeech of DOUGLAS at
New Orleans, Pee. stt, 1858.
"we" Senator Brown of Mississippi and Senator
Douglas Illinos) agree that unier the decision of
the Supreme Court o, the United States, slaves
property. standing equal footing with all other
property; and that consequently the of slave
has the same right TO cmigrae territory and carry
his slave property With him the of other
species of property has 10 there and carry his
property with him" Again: -"7has far
the Senator from Mississippi aud myself agree, that
Stare property in the territories stands on equal
footing ,cih srery other species Of properfy.'-
tspeech Of DOUGLAS inthe U 5, Senate, Feb. 1859.
Z e .#@S 2 TF FEFE q E.0E r." -