St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-02-21
NUMBER 8.

Dc IiIiDScu W CllcCL luiS emu DuI
they agreed on the great principle Of
the RIGHT undcr the ConaIUtior of the
UHuH States TO crciudr Il. The south
ern Democracy, which chiefly cast its
vote for Hon J. c. Breckenridge and
the Senator from Oregon, Mr. Lane
adopted the opposing doctrine. I
cannot state their position more clear
ly than by repeating the language of
these eminent gentlemen in their let
tcrs accepting the nominations.
Mr.. Brcckinridgc said:
The citizens OF the States NAV enter the
Territories of the Union with their property,
of whatever kind and enjoy it during the ter
rtorial condition without let or hnirancc.
either hy Congress or by the subordinate ter
ritorial government
Mr. Lane said:
"Non-intcrycnton on the subject of slave
ry, may cmphatictlly say. is the cardinal
maxim of the aCy-nOn-intcrvention
by Congress and non-intcrvcnton hy Terrific
rial Legislatures, as is fully stated by the first
resolution of the platform as adopted. If the
Constitution establishes the right of every cit
izen to enter the common Territories viii,
whatever property he legally possesses, it nee
esSarily devolvcs on the Federal Government
the duty to protect this right Of the citizen
whenever or wherever assailcd or infringcd.'
On this subject the issue was fairly
Joined. There was no equlvocation.
The Senator from Mississippi, not now
in his seat, Mr.. Brown, stated on
this floor, that on that side they ncith-
or desired t. cheat or be cheated The
people have decided against you by o
majority unparalleled in the history Of
this Government. The vote cast for
/. Mr.. Douglas was over one million.
His friends claim for him four.tifths of
the votes cast for the fusion ticket i'm
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
and Texas, which would increase the
number of ballots cast for him to one
and half million. The votes cast
for Mr.. Lincoln amounted to one mil
lion eight hundred and seventy thou
sand and if You add the vote cast
for Mr.. Breckenridge and Mr.. Bell, and
their fair proportion Of the fusion vote,
as stated 10y the northern Democracy,
Their vote will not amount to more
than one and a half million; one and
half million on the one side, and
three million, three hundred and sew
enty thousand on the other, Of this
great issue of principlc-thc right to
exclude slavery from the Territories
belonging to the Republic. Being
thus overwhelmed, you have not the
grace to yield to the will of the major
E ity like good citizens, and four years
hence go to the polls for the redress
Of any of the errors that in Your opin-
; ion, the people may have committed
but you rebel against the Government
you have sworn to support. You go
home, and by letters and speeches to
your constituencies, misrcprcsentinG
the principles Of the Republican party
stir up nsurrection and incipient civil
war and in the midst of the strife
which Your own hands have stirred
up, you, the vanquishcd, small mi
nority, come to the victors, and pro.
pose, as terms Of peace and compro.
mise, that they shall surrender to you
at discretion that they shall tramplo
under foot the principles which tho
people have approved, and adopt your
platform, and your party dogmas.
which the people have as distinctly
condemned ! Here is the proposition
submitted by the Senator from Missis-
sppi, Mr. Davis, and invite the at
tcntion of every Senator to the char
actcr Of these terms Of peace:
- ReacIrel. That it shall be declared by
amendment OF the Constitution, that property
in slaves. recognized as such by the local law
OF any of the States of the Union. shall stand
on the same footing in ull constitutional and
Federal relations as any other species of prop
crty recognized; and, like other property,
shall not be subject to be divcSted or impaired
by the local law of any other State, either in
escape thereto or OF transit or soourn of the
owner therein and in no case whatever shall
such property be subject 10 he divcsted or i'm
paired 10y any legislative act Of the United
States, or OF any of the Territories thereof
The very proposition on which you
went to the country and were van-
quished Here is the proposition of the
Senator from Georgia, Nh. Toombs
''Reso'red, That declaratory clauses to the
Constitution of the United States amply Sc
: curing the following propositions, be recon-
mcndcd for adoption
Il. That the people of the United States
shall have an equal right to cmigrate to and
settle in the present or any future acquired
Territories, with whatever property they may
possess lincludin- SlavcS.b and be securely pro.
tected in its peaccahIc enjoyment. until such
Territory may be admitted State in the
Union, with or without slavery, as she may
: determine, on an equality with all existing
, States.
= That is but different collection of
words demanding the Breckinridge
: platform as the condition of peace.
Here is the proposition Of the Senator
from Tennessee, Mr.. Johnsonl
.. Rssolecd, That the select committee of
thirteen be instructed 10 inquire into the cx-
pcdency of establishing, by constitutional pro-
vision
. - First. \ line running through the terrific
ry of the United States, not included within
the States, making an equitable and just d-
vision OF said territory, soath of which line
slavery shall DC recognized and protected rs
g property by ample and full constitutional
guarantees. and north of which line it shall be
prohibited
The proposition submitted by the
Senator from Kentucky, now before
me, Mr.. Crittcnden, is on this SUBJ
icct little more modest. 1t, like tho
last, however, proposes COMPRESSION.
al slave code for all the Territories
, south of SO 80 north latitude, and,
5 like all the others, proposes to humili-
? ate the people of the free States by
= requiring them to surrender their own
| principles and adopt yours and this
proposition is proposed as condition
: precedent, as it would seem, to the
peaceab!e Inauguration of the Presi-
dent elect. | ask the Senator from
Kentucky if he expects the majority
thus to humble themselves at the feet
of the minority?
Mr.. Crittenden--I hope | shall be
allowed Il word. | am surprised to
hear the gentleman say that propose
. a slave code. thought | had care
fullY avoided that. | took thinms as