Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1860-07-23

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sovereignty in the power 81 the Terri
torial Legislature, % be con6scated a.
their VIII and pleasure. That is the
principle sought TO be established atpres-
emit; and there seems TO be an entire
mistake and misunderstanding in.apor-
ton Of he public mind on this subject
When Is property ever submitted 70
the wnE.of the majority! "Neyer..ll
Neyerr'l II you hold property as an
individual, you hold il independent OF
Cengrsss, of the Sac Legislature, Or Of
the Territorial Legislature. Il is yours,
and your Constitution was made 10 pro-
tecl your private property against as.
saults oflegisiatiye powers. ["Good,"
and applause"
Well, now. any State. [ A voice $50
il, old man, any SET OF principles
which win deprive you Of theperfect con-
troll Of your own property, is wrong
This right over your own property
conceive to be the very essence of repub-
lican government. Deprive you ofthis
and you become a slave; for the man
who has power over your property to
confiscate It, has power over your means
of subsistence. And yet il is commended
that although the Constitution Of the
United .Ssates confers no such power, yet
sw IL IN. called the T.sssss;i " 1is
country, can confscate your property
and send you away deprived Of it,
Cant do it, There is but one mode
aud one alone, By which the citizen can
be deprived Of his slave property in The
! Territories. That mode is pointed ont
ia the Cincinnati platform, which has
been, as you know greatly misrepresent-
ed. That platform declares that when
sufficient number Of residents are leca-
led in Territory in order to form State
, and come into the Union, and when the
people frame a constitution, then they
may decide for themselves the question
whether they will have slavery or not.
! There is no Territorial Legislature mem
! toned iaihe Cincinnati platform. There
is no squatter sovereignty there. Itpfe-
, sents the clear principle, that ar the time
! the people form their constitution. they
] shall then decide whether they will have
] slavery or not. And yet it has been
, stated, over and over again, that in &C
& cepling the nomination under that plat.
form, endorsed the doctrine Of squatter
4 Sovereignty. / suppose you have heard
il all over the country: it has been re.
peated in a thousand newspapers.
!. A yoiee.-We knew they lied.
The President. II am glad you knew
iEit. ILaughter I Now, how well this
i plain principle Of constitutional law cor
: responds with the best interests Of The
: people. Under it emigrants FROM the
Y North and the South. from the East and
! the West, receive their benefit. They
1 carry with them that properly which
4 Ethey suppose will best promote their ma.
] terial interests; they live together in
!. peace and harmony. The question Of
: slavery will become foregone cohclu.
I sion before they have population sufi
/ cient to ask for admission into the Union,
There will be no q bleeding Kansas !" ii
the Territories, ,ha Deople there viii AL
Z lire togv,ts1s n peace ana harmony, pro.
noting peace IN the Territory and theil
Town prosperity, until the time arrives
/ when it bseomes necessary to form 8
State Constitution. Then. The wboit
question will be decided 10 the satisfac.
n lion Of every one. aa
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