White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-09-20
Our Special Washington Dispatches.
WAsHlxoroN, Aug. 20.

WAsH1xorox. Aug. %.
THE COURSE OF GOV. LErcHER.
Of Virginia. in sustaining Douglas.
excitss not the slightest surprise. He is
an aspirant for the U. s. Seuatorship, -
against Mason. and has been moreover
very sore in his feeling towards the ultra
Pro- Slavery party of Eastern Virginis,
who violently opposed his nomination.
and came very near giving the election
to Goggin. his Wing competitor. Leteh-
er is not man to forgive injuries Of this
sort. and he accordingly chooses to place
himself in opposition to Mason and Hun.
ter. affecting at the same time desire
for harmony and moderation. 1t seems
now moro than probable that Virgins
will go for Bell and Everett.
TON FLORENCE 10 RUN AZ AN NINDEPENDENT.
The democrats of the First District ol
Philadslphia having succeeded in pack.
ing the Congressional Convention so a.
tn throw the Hon. Thomas B. Florence
overheard, hear that that gentleman
will run IS Independent candidate.
CENTRALLY SPLIT.
The Democracy seem to be everywhere
split up and disorganized. It looks now
as though Lincoln would carry every
free State, leaving the South to be divi-
dsd between Bell and Breckinridge.-
Douglas will undoubtedly be left out in
the cold.
Mr.. Buchanan is expected back from
Bedford this evening.
THE NEW YORK AMERICANA.
The old American organization in
New York has finally disbsnded.
A portion have indorsed the Coalition
Electoral ticket. while another portion
have left each Elector free to exercise hi,
individual opinion. 1t is probable thu
Electors formerly belonging to the Amer
can party intend to do that under any
THE SUNSET IN ECLIPSE.
Letters received here from Columbus. O
predict that Mr.. Sunset Cox will expe.
rience a total eclipse next October.
hope You will have special reporters or
hand to take observations.
Mr.. JANUS DOUGLAS.
Mr.. Douglas is playing the oil double
faced game for which the Democratic
Presidential candidates have been noted
If You will carefully scrutinise his Nor
folk speech. you will find that he there
admits the right of secession in case the
Constitution shall be violated. leaving.
of course. the question of violation te
be determined by those who propose to
secede. He only differs with Boyce.
Keitt and others in not seeing at thi.
time cause of dissolution. Worse than
that. Douglas supporters hold one view
at the South and another at the North
This is the old Polk game Of 1874 re-
vived..
SOUTHERN DOUGLAS oRoAN's VIEWS.
The Augusta Constitutionalist, the
leading Douglas organ of Georgia, holds
views differing not at oil from those ad.
vanced by the Secessionists. Speaking
Of the constitutional limit Of Congress
ional power over persons and property,
it says:
1.-THE powers over person and proper.
ty OF which we speak, are not only not
granted BY Congress. but are in express
term. denied. and they are forbidden to
exercise them. and this prohibition is not
confined to the States. but the words are
general and extend to the whole territory
over which the Constitution gives it pow.
or to legislste. including those portions
Of it remaining under Territorial Gov
ernment as well IS that covered by States.
1t is total absence of po-er everywhere
within the dominion of the United
States. and places the citizens of Terri.
tory. so far as these rights are concerned,
on the sane footing with citizens of the
States. and guards them as firmly and
plainly against any inrosds which the
General Government might attempt un.
der the plea of implied or incidental
powers. And If Congress itself cannot
do this, If it is beyond the powers con-
ferred on the Federal Government, it will
be admitted we presume that it could
not authoriz' Territorial Government
to exercise them. It could confer no
power on any local government established
by its authority to violate the provisions Of
the Constitution. Itsesms, however to be
supposed that there is difference between
property in slave and other property,
and that different rules may be applied
to it in expounding the Constitution of
the United States and the laws and usa-
ges Of nations, and the ritiDgs of emf.
nent jurists upon the relation of master
and slave and their mutual rights and
duties, and the powers which govern
ments may exercise over it, have been
dwelt upon in the argument. But in
considering the question before as, it
must be borne in mind. that there is no
law of nations standing between the peo.
pie of the United States and their Gov.
ernment and interfering with their rela.
tion to each other. The powers of the
Government and the rights of the clti.
zens under it are positive aud practical
plainly written down. The
people of the United States have delees.
ted to it certain enumerated powers, and
it to exercise Others. It has
no power over the person or property Of
Q citizen but what the citizens of the
United States have granted. And no
laws or usa9es of otber nations- or r.s.