Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-07-26

We not somewhsrs. the rovsr - abolish Il.
Sach proposition. - my nisd. 10 perfectly
tscompeehensibls. aed libslOn tas great and
good men TO whom We are indebted for our
admirable political lnstitutions There 10 no,
word in the opinions Of either Of the Judges,
even tending to prove that the Court. or ans
Judge, intended 70 psss upon the question, or
esteemed 1t before them. They examined only
the power OF Congress. the sole one presented
for judgment. Inference for or against the
Territorial power from the Courts judgment
negativirg the Congressional power may be
drawn, but - to these there are honest diner-
ences Of opinion. The passage In the opinion
| Of the Chief Justice relied upon - denying the
power, warranted NO such conclusion lie lie
there dealing with the express restrictions Of
t,e Con Institution on the power Of the govern
ment His remarks embrace every part Of the
United states over which Congress can act at
all. Hi. purpose 10 TO show that although the
Territories are IN some particulars and for
come purposes under the government Of Con
gress. it Is under 1t only 10 subordinstion to
such restrictions. He applies what he says -
well to the District Of Columbia a. to the Ter
rltories generally. And yet, it will scarcely
he maintained that he designed to Assert that
Congress, subjsct to the restrictions referred
to, has not the power to prohibit slavery in
the District. under the authority to exercise
exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever
over such district"
The exercise Of such . power would be 90
rash and grossly inexpedient 10 the existing
state OF the country, but OF the mere Iower
there can be no vel. founded doubt. do not
believe that the authority OF the Territorial
Legislature was in the mind Of the Chief JUS
a;ulu a o " nj hetOr0
nor alluded to, except at an argument against
The Congressional power. Nor was it ever re-
ferred TO- as 10 the case. by anylother Judge.
IL 10. therefore, idle to consider 1t % decided
II this be 60, and those who 60 think, even as
honest, and perhsps ~ capable OF forming an
opinion upon the subject, as gentlemen having
q different view, Why should it not be esteemed
now an open question, as it was whe0 the Com
promise Of "a vas passed? Why should the
South not continue to agree a. they did then,
to abide in good faith. by the words of that
actf OF their meaning. it 10 impossible to
doubt. The question Of constitutional power
is undecided To think nearly oil their asso-
cia,es and friends Of the free Statesmen who
with steadfast 6rmness and unfinching courage
stood by them in oil their past struggles so
thi.k thousands and thousands Of Southern
men, a. devoted to the rights Of their section
common ties Of country, nativity and convic-
ton.
In view of the fact, then, that in the
opinion Of those who arc cminently
qualified to Judge as to the questions
determined by the decisions in this case,
the Court have not passed upon the
question Of Territorial power. We ask,
are there not grounds for saying that at
! asst there must be ambiguity upon this
subject in the opinicn-and does not
a serious doubt, at least, arise in the
mind of every candid and honest man,
AS to whether, in fact, this question
has been decided by the Supreme
Court: This being the case, is it not
the duty Of all to SO coDstrue such
language as may be ambiguous, and to
SO resolve such doubts as may arise, on
the "side of Natural Right and Liberty 2"
Tax Great Eastern is to leave Now
York on the 3Oth inst, for Cape May,
taking passengers at $40 head. This
is what is announced, but under our mar
a.ime laws, can foreign bottom carry
passengers coastwise! The laws have
debarred British vessels from
being engaged in the coastwise trade of
any kind, and we have never heard Of
this restriction being repealed, though
the British government tried very hard
a few years ago to get our government
to remove the restriction. She will re-
turn to England on the 10th Of August,
but what she will do in the meantime
has not transpired. AS she is to be
closed for exhibition in New York on
the 2S.h inst, it is quite probable that
she will visit some of the other CON-
mcrcial ports before she finally departs.
Baltimore is desirous that she should
visit that city.
The wool clip Of Ohio this year 10 over nine
millions Of pounds worth over four millions Of
dollsrs.-Erchange.
How much extra exertion on the part
Of Iowa farmers would it take to pro-
duce the same amount of wool and the
same figures in Iowa? Let our farm
ing population make up its mind, as
sooner or later it must, that wheat and
corn raising is not the only way by
which money can be made. A few mil
lion pounds Of wool raised in Iowa would
at once increase her revenue and home
m manufactures. Wheat makes us bread,
to be sure, but it does not tend directly
to building up extensive manufacturing
interests.
LONDON TIMES OwNkDBY THE Roth
has recently been proven
that the London Times is owned by the
Rothchilds, and the fact creates consid-
cradle sensation in London. The state
ment Of MIR. John Walter, NJ. p, in
Parliament, that he was not the princi-
pal owner, as we'll as the course taken
by the Times for many years, proves
and confirms it all. Not one single move
OH the political chess board of Europe.