The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-01-03

'HO IeIIltOTlcS from uTBt 70 last were
governedas Congress chose 20 govern
them, intep Dd-ntly Of the Conslita ion. :"
10 show this Mr.. WEB,rER referred 10
the government Of the Louisiana Tenio
ry, AMI thus turned indisputabls history
on his opponent. H. asked:
How did wa govern Louisiana before
1t was a Sta'e? Did the writ Of babeas
corpus existin Louisiana during lis Ter.
ritorial existence? Or the right Of trial by
jury? Who ever heard Of trial by Jury
there bslore the law creating the Terrific.
rial Government gave the rish, of trial
by jury? No one. Add don't believe
there is any new light 10 be thrown npon
the history Of the proceedings Of his
Government in relation 10 this matter.
When new territory has been acquired,
it has always been subject TO the laws
as Congress thought proper to pass Tor
its immediate government during its
Territorial existence; during the prerara-
tory state IN which it was to remain un-
I'll 1t was ready to come into the Union
as one OF the family Of States.
The 'iand" syllogism of CALHOUN was
thus briefly "ground to powder"
The Honorabls Senator from South
Cafolina argues tina: the Constitution de-
clares itself to be the law Of the land, and
therefore it must extend over the Terrific.
ries. "Tbe land," / take it, means the
land over which the Constitution is es.
tablished, or in oth-r words. it means the
States united under. the Constitution.
But does not the gentleman see that the
argument would prove a great deal too
much! The Constitution no more says that
the Constitution itself shall be the supreme
law Of the land, than it says the laws Of
Congress shall be the supreme law If the
land 1t declares that the Constitution
and laws of Congress passed unlerit shall
he the supreme law Of the land.
Mr.. WALKERS amendment to the ap-
preparation bill was offered on the third
day Of March-the last day of the session
Of Congress. with view, Benton says
to slip 1t through quietly: but WEBsrEI
would not give way, prsfsrring rather
that the appropriation bill should be lost,
than to sanction the dangeious heresy
contained in the amendmsAt; and after a
debate which extended into the 4lh OF
March, Mr.. WEB TER triumphed. and
tho appropriation bill was passed, minaS
the cunning amendment.
In the face OF these efforts TO nstionalize
slavery, 10 carry it into all the Terrific
ries. makirg them all slave and nons free
is it marvel that freemen have become
aroused 10 tine dangers which threaten
the very groundwork Of Repubicanismi
The phllosophic observer. carefully re-
viewing the poltca! history of the coun,
try for the twelve years pas, will deplore
the passengers OF Personal Liberty Bills
and the illregula!ed zeal Of those who
worship liberty perhaps not "wisey" bu
"too WE'LL" but be will find ample provo
cation for all that has been dons by th'
free States, and will rejoice that we nov
have President elect who will not be I
puppet in the hands of Slavery. Extension
Disuniouists and who, while he will up
hold all the compromises Of the COns'iIu
ton in good faith. will "set his face like
flint" against the perversiou Of that Con
stitution into a pro-slaverY self-extending
Protectorate yer Free Territory.
We have quoted WEBSTER and BENrol
TO show that they "gave no quarter" t
the monstrous heresy of Calhoun, and th
admirers Of Henry CLAY will not be SUI
prised to learn that he too iepudlated il
In the Senate, iu 1850, he used the fol
lowing language:
take it for granted that what I hav
said will satisfy the Senate of that frs
truth. that Slavery does not exist ther
! (in the Territory ceded by. Mexico) b
law, unless Slavery was cerried there ,h
moment the treaty was ratified hy tn
two parties to the treaty, under the ope
ration OF the Constitution of the Unite
Stales.
Now really, l must say that the ideI
that co Instant upon the consummatio
of the treaty, thu Constitution of the I'm
ted States spread itself over the acquire
country, and carried along with it the ir
stitution of Slavery, is so irreconcilabl
: with any comprehension, or any reaso
which l possess, that | hardly know no
10 meet it.
But he did meet it efectnally, and f
the time, frustrated the designs of III
: lavery extensionists; and il was net III
!. til after he and WEBSTER had been". gait
It cred to their fathers" that the Nilsson
a Compromise act was repealed; and a 81
- preme Com,, travelling ftom the re
. ord" and seizing upon political matte
with which they had no concern, sougl
it to legalize Slavery everywhere. UpC
/. this perversion Of tue Constitution, al
II this usurpatiou Of the Supreme Court, Il
Peo pie have rendered their verdict. Tn,
N will not permit it to be revised or S
s. aside ~ Cincinnati 00zstte.
a MURDER IN CoNNERsvILLE.-Ws lea
lie from a friend just from Connersvi'le th
Is a fatal a,fray occurred in that place