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Saturday 'March 19, 1859.

HMXTEI.i AND' -PUHIJ^IfED KVKKV 8ATURIAV Mo7:Nixn JJV a CllAHLES If. IKlWKN". •.•*•:

£*?~Tlic CnuvfW-viUr Review, fnrni«h cil loSuliscrilwrfiaHlv'iOin niIv«ncc(or S2, not jmiil within the yenr. .-

A I O S

AUGF.K TJiAX ANVI'ATKK PUBLISHED I ("raivfoid-ivillel

of cigars 011 hand. direct from Cuba.

A-lvortifon -nil iiji or.d examine our "lint of 1ST STMSSCKM'.KKP.

8. H. PAisvijr.Soiuh E:isteorncr Colunihiti nnd Main utrectx. Cincinnati, Ohio is our Agent to nrouiire a vcrtiwniuiiiti. ilifl

Notico to Advertisers.

Hereafter nil Ler:il A1 vortisiti^ wiil he olinrired a ii W oh a a

ton lines,) f'-r tlii first insertion: «nl twonty-five. cntH for every BnUt! ucnt insertion. ... C. II, HO WEN, niftv S.'SSl JF-ltE. KKEiNJ-V.

For President in I860,

STEPHEN

Subject tn the decision of thr Democrat ir National Convention., to he hohlrn at Charleston, South Carolina.

N E W A 1 I 5 A N & S A It A O A

I E A E

Tmiiirt leave Ine C'ruwf-.r.lr*viIIc Uejwtus iMlows:

Goin North.

Aocommiiilniiim A. M. Freiijlii l:.r6 I'.M-. .Tlirougli Ex[u oss »»:iJ«j P. M.

Gcin-j r.'o-.S.!)..

Thr»-frli Express 7:2-J A. M.: Freight 0:"»r, A. M. Aecomiiioiliition .1:0.") P.M. fjJfThc Afoomniodiiticti Train ntr North, ennnoots with trains for lndiiiiiaimlis. Cincinr.nti nnd C'liicar". K. E. HKYANT, AIIKST.

Democratic Convention.

The Dcinocniov of Union (ownship will rot nl I ho Court House, on Saturdny Lho ISl.h inst... at one o'clock. P. i'.I.. to nominate enndidates for the several township offices.

CST1 Tiio Circuit-l'i presiding, is now in ses.-

Jud/rc C'bHvnii Lester Finitli,

indicted lor sloiiliii',' cattle, is scntaiicud (wo years imiri oimioiiL .in (lie penitentiary.

CS- Prof. A. P. 31. oilers is at present

Btoj'pin n(. (he Lane House. The Prof. has an infallible remedy for curin^stuttcring and stammering. He conies highly ..recommended.

tS&T 13y the last foreign news, to the Sd

of this month, a general Kuropeati war is itnnii nen t. 11 os iI it fore the first of Mav

will commencc be-1

•SyMarch, with the exceplion of a few davs, has been a most delightful month.

8©- About three weeks ago a man named Garret, a farmer at South Westerloo, Albany Co., N. V. disposed of his farm for $0,000, gave 8:2,000 to his wife

and two children, and with the balance

eloped wi(!i Ins servant giri to California. 1 r. ,..

ttr: t_

8©?"Lynn & Son have a superi )r article I

CETTl

J. V. Campbell

Galey & 1 Tarter, ,on last Wednesd

now receiving daily, their spring and summer stock, and in a few days will have 011 exhibition and for sale, a magnificent assortment of foreign and domestic fabrics, which cannot fail to make this mammoth establishment, if possible, more attractive than evere, preparatory to the great rush of tlieir spring nnd summer trade. The pi easing countenances of their gentlemanly clerks aud the superior appearance

ol the establishment, is a suihcieut guar-1 ., lot our exchanges: antee that this is the "right place to pur-1 ....

do well to give him a en!!.

noi.D Kit now at

Smtlcss gentlesI vlicB^ou find AVcnton fallen—^ndve^jifind!— l' froltf&er d^ryrn! jps jQN ?0P Push her, frown,lk**r oil fr o' the wnj&__ .....HI.-. §8L.f, {Pure as you even yesterday!) iShc's no right mongthe g^}'—• ...

Iloljjler dowu!.Ul ii v)ii

^WliWif"'twas misdeed. *i One sdep will to-another lead—riV Hold her dowil! "T'p.fs by her on the oilier side.".

Stone her with lhe reproach and pndcj 1b she slijipin®-? Let her elide—' Hold her down!

A No. 1 articles at prices to correspond with these hard 1,^ u, n„ ,| /wa?rPijrsons.wlio wish to read the "conrinuation of the Unnmakor of Moscow,"

he first chapter of which wo pubiinl ur outside coluiinis (his week, can obtain

.j at j'tiiiik Iieaton's Jjook Store.

Tho?. of our friends who maybe

.vantiii^nuyfhingin the (Jrocory.line would do well to call, at T. I). lirown's Druir it (troccry .Store on iM iin Street two doors

.vest of the Lane House, where they can he supplied on the most reasonable terms. Good articles at low figures. jj

TOBACCO:-.-—The largest and best selected stock of tobacco in this market is at Brown's Drug fc Grocery store in Crawcord's brick on Main Street. Drop in, you lovers of the weed, and try it. ,,

Ai'ltlli EMOTION.

AVe publish below a list of the vacancies in (lie office of Justice of the Peace, in the various townships of the county, which are to be filled at the ensuing April eioc.ioii: l.'nton Toirnshij,—Vouv persons to fill lie vacancies to be occasioned by the ex-

'liration of the full terms of oiiiee of I'^fjrs. I'ursel, IJiirk, Wilson arid flrav. Jiroirn Toirns/n'p.—Two persons to fill L'IC vacancies lobe occasioned by the exv/i-' I ''Mtion of (he lull terms of oflv.'o of lvsip-s. I i-Miver MtiLemi and Siinosi C. Davi^. .'U u/tic 'Potemhrp.—Two persons, to fill "he vacancies to he occasioned by (he .xpiration of the full term of office of Ksiwires (Jeorgo JiratUm and Daniel 3Ier-

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Sugar Creel Township.—Two persons, to fill the vacancies to be occasioned by

the expiration of the full terms of oflice of

Ksquircs ell.

much may be seen in a night here, of old and celebrated masters, as by years of travel on the continent.

Wo recommend o.ir citizens to patron-

ir.e it, as it is seldom we have anything so worthy*. Notice will be given of the time and place of their exhibition.

a,ul

NEW CLOTH INC. STORK.—Mr. G. Prey' No artist,'however skilled, ed'uld

lias opened a new clothing store on Main suj0T^

.. ov landscapes that wonld .it all compare."in street, immediately east tn tho ranc

attempt was made on last Friday to set a

lts

nstnMS of 1 roJ tion

Honsc. Mr. F. has a fine assortment ol curacy in the delineiftion of the details clothing on hand and our citizens would

wit'*

nivtui|M ito tlidvlL Ull UM 10 »l 1 -i ., e. day for the tral of this cw whiVh r™.l*

beine

not to beat by any- ever brought to this

city—clear, thick and delicately flavored Try it.

r0Tn'

GREJT DERJTE LV

Ci,Vt

(Yoii'hare siried, like her,'! weft).'

fg stISes sen.

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Ripley T-ncnship.—One person the vacancy (o'be occasioned by the expiration of tiic full term of ortice of Kouben J. Pink, Ks|.

Srott Totmship.'—One person, to fill the vacancy to be occasioned by the expiration i»f the full term of oflice of Daniel 11. Cox,

II alnut Township.—Two persons, to (ill the vacancics to bo occasioned by the expiration of the full terms of office of requires Andrew 1. ISouth and Andrew

b|s?!

3IJ,

She was caught, and you were noil)... Hold her down ..i J, I

She (like you!) to sin was prone, j•Stone hor, gentles, she's alone .'1'' {Let the pure one cast the stone!)

Hold her down l-i ."*/"

A WAGON FOP. SALE.—Judge'Riley has bran new wagon for sale.. Persons in want of a vehicle of this description, can,ret a bargain by calling-on the Judge.

SfST "Doing it up brown," has passed into common saying, and if you -want to •know just what it means, call on "Brown in Crawford's brick—price his goods and you will fiud it to mean, in (lis.-Grocery Svay—i

SPEECH or SENATOR DOCGLAS.

full report 6f|tCB 'gr5at debrftepi/the United States Sen ale, on*" the 23(1 "ult.fon

cupias over forty, columns of that-paper.— Ws publish bglow the first specchHif Senator Douglas'on that occasion, in reply.- td Mr. Brown of Mississippi, tne debate having lflsen contiirued Tor-.some .lioui-5 after-' wards by Messrs. Davis, Greep,.Mason, Pugh.^oolittle, Iluntor, Bi oderick, Stuart, •Jwin. Bigler.'IIale, P:ssendeh, Clingham, Smith, Crittenden and Douglas:

Mr. Douglas". If no other Northern Democrat desires tai'e liearii on the points* presented by the .Senator from Mississippi, I feci ifc^ncutiibrint on me to say somothing in vitdicatibti of my ]owimposition rehletaiit'as.I am to" occupy time at.this stagc'of tlie session, in a discussion of this (jtfestioiL1 "I admire the frankness', candor and directness with which' that Senator has approached that1 question. No man can accuse him, none will suspect him, of a desire "to cheat or to be cheated and •I hope that I slih.ll bo able'to put niy opinions on the record in a manner that will! acquit inc of the slightest suspicion of desiring to. cheat or to be cheated. -To.a cer-' tain point, that'Senator and myself agree. Then there comcs divergence, which grows wider and wider the further we travel.— We agree that-, under the decision of tlie S'upremc'court of the United States, slaves .are property and that, consequently, the, owner of slave has the same right to emif rate to'ii territory, and carry his slave property with him, as the owner,of any. Other species of property has to move there 'and carry his property with him.

Mr. Doolittle.Vv'ill the honorable Senator allow me ,, Mr. Douglas. T' am replying to the Senator from Mississippi now, and would !0 pfiU-. -X pretcr, therclore to go on.

Mr. Doolittle. I wish*" t'oJ put a'que's-^ tion to the honorable Senator front lili-, nois on that point.

Mr. Douglas. I desire to deal with this point now. At, another time tlie Senator can present his point. The right of transit to and from the territories is the same for one species of property as it is for all others. Thus' far the Senator from Mississippi and myself agree—tliiit' shire, property in the territories stand on an equal footing with every other species of property, Now, the question arises, to v,'hat extent is property, slaves included, subject to the local, law of (he territory? Whatever power the territorial legislature "ias over other species of property, extends, my judgment, to the same extent and like manner, to the slave properly.— Tlie territorial legislature has the same power tolegishUe in respect to slaves, thai it has in regard to any other property, to the same extent, and no further.- If the Senator wishers to know what power il has over the slaves in the territories, I answer, Ic': him tell nie what power it iias to legislate over every other spccies of proper'3% either by cneouragome.it or .by taxation, or in any other mode, and lie has 1113' answer in regard to slave property.

Put tlie Senator says there is something peculiar slave proper(\", requiring

.dial-in

said

Allen C. Irwin and John Mitch-

TO THE I'llUMC. ilt

I We understand that our city is to rebefve a treat in the way of an Exhibition, in a a 3 a A

It consists ot views ironi lite and nature

01 ,c

noted Statuary of the old world:

in.d

v" -:.'

A iv in a

I 1 heir exhibitions arc no catch-pcnnv

chase the finest and best quality of gnods {C0W(!TT1*, designed to filch money from at thc cheapest prices. The ladies wdl the pockets of the unwary, but are those here fiud thc most beautiful assortment of of real merit—their paintings, &c., conidress silks, of the latest patterns, elegant '"ending themselves to the good sense lace« ed^in'" ribbon* \e kc

Mend-patronage of-an enlightened I you can. eoerc 'public. ."-lard-H' ir.-epass shell a hi

?evbr

p,r=peetive or ac-

ihose pictures.—Green Castle Ban-

All lovers of art should see this cxhibi-

Tuc OWEN'S Mn:m:r. CASE.—Another 5 statuary appekrtiig^s it does to

all the Lions of the day. But few shows possess the claims lipOn thc patronage of the educated aucl intelligent classes that this one does.—Crccnfield\$fntincl.*

fj h^arpeei tic cons

in slave propui^-, retjuiriiig iur-1 pr0pcr'-.v must, look to ther protection than oilier species of prop- !0!' protection. erty. It so„it is the misfortune of t.'io'se }.Ir..Green. The

who own that specie^' of proper 13*. He tells us that, if the territorial legislature fails to pass a slave code for tlie territories, fails to pass police regulations to protect slave propcrt\-, the abscence of such legislation practically excludes slave property as effectually as a constitutional prohibition would exclude it. I agree to that oposition. lie sa3-s furthermore, that it is coiupetcut for the territorial legislature, b3- the exercise of the taxing power, arid other functions within the limits of the constitution, to adopt unfriendly legislation, which practically drives slavery out of the territory. I agree to that propbsition. That is just what I said, and all 1

what I meant ii my Frecpor

speech in Illinois, upon which there has been so much comment throughout the country. *••_

elude slavery from itslimifs. yet it

Put the Senator"^-'?' that while nonaction b3" the territorial legislature excludes slavery and while the territorial legislature may, within the limits of the federal constitution, adopt such a sy^om of unfriendly legislation as in effect to cx-

is a logical one, unless my .position is right.

a great outlay.^! uiyucy.^aiid is the only All men .^ist agree that non-action by "ho has a right to protection. exhibition of the kiud in the world. As the territorial legislature is practical ex-

The Senator from Mississippi says they ought to pass such a code but he admits tliatitis immaterial to enquire whether they ought or ought not to do.it for.if they, dc* not do it, there is no mode IJ3- which you can compel them to do it. He admits tlier

sists

one of those portraits

P^°POM,OTl3 .the original, is wish an answer from me. I am much ob-1

A .. j^ortn ^"^J^^^sion fee.- Places liged to him for taking lt-for granted, from mitthesl'avc to endanger the public safety or

P°stP0"cd to next lucsday, iot importance iHis ~Srtd" the old vyorld !my past record, that I never would vot^-for^ corrupt the public morals Thai i4 what I tpViaIi .1a«* ._:il j. .! 1 in pa nrrtiKm li^i 11c wa pa il 1 .1 1 1 mean by the: power to regulate and not -seeing the point at which a court could intervene and arrest this power, if it were abused, I said I never would, or rarely

Jti

defined. it-Teryjjjgi jmitiMpvas/ttat [FRE HINPKE RIGTY^OL 'or his.flave^oplliy,

^fdid noKofiAl^rnjhradoqqate^o tection. ITedre a disfTnctioh between the right and the fact, and said that the protection,

could

only, be furnished by legislation!

taial legiaatfou ccfeildonly cojnefrom one. tit egis tu re, orthe Congress or the. United.States. He would look to' 'the"territorial1 legisTatur^e* iiv the 'fir^fc instanen. -If le got- adequate Iegis,-latiofl-Cheffr lie was content" btit if 'the territorial legislature failed to act, and give hrtTfl- that adequate'legislation, in"ffie fbrm of what 13 commonly calTed' a slave code,' such iron-action iras equivalent to a denial of his rights andj losing"hlsirights, it was no consolation toPhitii'that lie hit'd'been deprived of"themt-by''-trfe non-action of .a territorial legislature and hence 'lie would demand of Cougress'. the passage 'of' laws' to'-funiish snch remedies^ for tlie violation bf -Iris rights as he thought he was entitled to from the territorial legislature. lie said he would demand this'from Congress.

Mr.-Brown Because thtj territorial legislature was- the creature of Congress, Mr. Douglas. He further said that he would base his demand on Congress to pass" this slave code on the groun'd that the terrial legislature wa3 the cfetHti'rc of Congr"ess 'and, if' it'did1 not ido'-lW* duty,'Coif-" gross should pass such laws as were necessary toprbtcct slave p-opert3' iri the territdries.': ^'Mf. Green."' Will the Senatqr permit me" to^sk him a single'question?1. 3Ir. Douglas. Certainly.

Mr. Green. a'law merely providing

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language of the Senator from. Mississippi, if that is satisfactory All I have to sa3", on the point presented by the Senator from Missouri, is this: while our constitution docs not provide remedies for^tcaling negroes, it decs not provide remedies for stealing dry-goods, or horses, or any other 'species of property. You caunot protect

the M.'iect of property- are beneficial

thcM-111.crests, d.iey id enae. iheni. I',

they «o not think such law, are wise th-y

will refrain from enacting them. 1 hey I

ong will protect

But .the Senatoi

elusion. If the people of a territory 'want, say he has aright to protection/ Tlie man

5. !*r^ w1'1 protect.it.b\' a slave code, dealing,in.hquors may tumk that, insomuch

If they do not want slavery if they believe it is not necessary if they arc of- thc opiuiou that their interests do not require it, or will be prejudiced by it, they will'not furnish the neccssaiy remedies and regulations, usual^- called a slave code, for its protcctiou.

friendlvle i^poweifetdl iSister 's "i^erit^p ag^faoogp it

with reference to' othcr'spccics of proper-j visions of that act, and thought it viol: ty. 'The, Congress-of- the United States! his constitutional right, he could not cc... never yet passed an act creating a crimi- Congress for its annulment, but could rial code for. any organized territory. It

same syr^cni 01 leg. anon,.or protection.

as other pr,p.-r(y. hile all other prop-

erty is cleponue.it ou the ..-n itor.al leg.,-

apjoal

atmc ic.r protection, I hold that slave ,. ,(]

na.or wdl permit

111c stand the point I presentcv fore desire to jiresent 1'' nior The Supreme Oourt having

say tiiat I _think lie does not_ under-

(jVuodoin,

lS] ivc

and 1 (hereexplicith*.— decided that

slaves constitute property, if a. territory, providing that where tiie title to properly

au.'h.orizcd by Congress to legislate for it-.j

Mr. Douglas. If the Senator cannot understand my answer to that question by wliat I have said, and the train of my argument, it is useless for 111c to discuss it further.-'"! say that I. leave all kinds of propert'v,'slaves included, to the local law tor protection arid that I will not exert the power of Congress to interfere with that local law^witli'r'cfer'eiTce to slave projert3-. or any .other kind of property. If the people think' that particular laws 011

from jlisiiismpi says

every other specics of

of every other species of property, may

as biSiStock. ot liquors is property, he has 1

a nght to protection, lhe man dean.ng 111

an inferior breed or cattle may* .thin* lie

est to improve the breed of stpes by. dis-

in at on a a in in or re a

iicnce they may fix a higher rate,of taxation on thc one than on the other.. Mr. Brown. The Senator from Illinois inow makes a point which euablcs me to illustrate whafcl mean. I hold that the territorial legislature of Kansas—that, being

".c.is, no compulsory means by which4.tile-territory immediately involved in this can, coerce the territorial legislature to ,| discussion—has no right to enact thc Maine for that reason he in-

He desires to know of all other Northern ritorial legislature has the rightio-regulate Democrats what they will do he does not the relation between master and slave in

ch a manner that the master sliall notper-

Mr. Maspri. Will the Senator be kind ever, present* case--which- we could getenough to explain what he means by a before the Court, and upon this we could slave code? dentand its^ judgment. By thifrJiunder-t

Mr. Douglas. "Yes sir.'- The Senator stood the Senator from Illinois to'meaii un-

the i^laL.

ctiuilly to exomde

tion. That is what I meant. Mr. Douglas. I am willing to test this duestion 'J»jJ tfcjef illustritiinCthd Senator presin^s xj^" a "Maine1 llquAf "law! I shall -nofc-steprto--«njBireiwhether-th»Maine4iq-uor law is constitutipnal or not first, because Congress is not .the tribunal to docidp it and. secpndly, because, by ,the platforin. to wjiich 'the Senator from Mississippi, and myself both, stand, pledged,.as the rule lor qur.politiccl action, it is provided ^liat that ^question shall, bo spnt to the oourt to- test -,jhe. constitutionality of the law. iWhen the Nebraska bill was first pending in the Senate, it.containedjthe old clausQ that the territorial, laws should be sent.here and, if.disapproved by Congress should Jac void. The discussion proceeded on the basis, that we were conferring the whole jxnvor of legislation on the territory, subject ..only to the Constitution of the United States, with the- right in the territorial legislature "to form and regulate their, domestic institutions in their .pwn wfiy andjiliat* if any man was aggrieved b3*(such leg.islation, he should have a right to appeal to the. Supreme Court of,the United States

iSto

test its validity, but

should uo^come to Congress to, repeal the obnoxious law When, that argument was macle, a distinguished Seuator from Ohio, not now here, (Mr. .Chase,) asked us why wo kept that clause in the bill requiring the, la)V'.s of-the? territory., to bc sent here for approval or. .disapproval? V\"e could not answer tli inquiry, and hence wc.struck

piotection is to be called a sjiavc code, then, gut (}1C provision requiring the territorial I &sk, if larccnV,- in general tcrmp, ore [aws to be sent here for approval:or-disaii-punished by the territorial law,^nd the proval,, upon the avowed: rpund at the

#1 T«. mi «f ^4" I it ,1 •.

whetfler you caTl this legislation a slave Kutionality,- but not to Congress to annul Code, or by any other name. I will call it tJiem. I undertake to say" that this was by any name tlie Senator chooses. I wi-sli the distiuct understanding among the Norto b'c undcrstoocl, however, and to use such thern and Southern Doiaocrats at that time, language as conve\-s the idea. I take the land among all the friends of the Kansas-

Nebraska bill. It, wus agreed that, while we might, differ to the extent of. the power of the territorial legislature 011 these questions, we would make a full grant of legis lative authority to the legislature of tlie Territory, with the right to pass such laws as they choose, and the right of any body to appeal to the court to decide upon the

any property in the territories without laws validity and constitutionality of such, laws, furnishing remedies for its violation, and but not to come to Congress for their anpenaltics'for its abuse. Nobody pretends [nulnient. Hence, if the territorial logisthat you are goiu? to pass laws of Congress iature should pass the Maine liquor law, proit ed

making a criminal code for the territories,

Jlnd

any body was dissatisfied with the

to the Supreme Court of the UniSlates: and if that court decided (lie law constitutional, it must stand, no mat- Mr. Claw AY ill t! lcr how obnoxious it might be t-.i any por- to ask him a question/ tion of (lie American people. If it was' -Mr. Douglas. Cer aiuiy 'unconstitutional, it became void wiih.ml

simply organizes the territory, and leaves its legislature lo make its own csiminalcodc. Congress never passed a law to protect tiny specics of property in the organized territories it leaves its protection to the tM-rivoriai legislatures. The question is. whothcr we. shall make nil exception as to slavery. The Supreme Court makes 110 Siich distinction, it recognizes" slaves as purpose, at (he tins-. -.1' striking out (he I Mr. Douglas. When property. When they are taken to a-ter-:appeal to Congress, and substituting the Ithrough with hN qu.'sfioi rubry, they are 011 an equal footing with appeal" Co "the coiirt .Mr. ('lav. should other property, and dependent "pon the

aiij- interference by Congress, or anv nth- he believe:-, that a eitiz.iii or legislative body. T!i, Kr.iisas Nohras-! Stales lias a right to c:u-i-j ka bill was thus amended for (lie avowed ithe territories under the eo:

t!nt or

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lin flilltoJ ollt

St i!t

granting all rightful power of legislation

011 all subjects whatsoever to the territori-

al legislature, subject only to the constitu-' tiou of the United States, provided they

should not pass any law taxing the property of non-residents higher than that of residents, nor any law interfering with the primary disposition of the soil, nor imjose any tax on the property of the United, States but there was no exception made as to slavery. The intent watf:to

Coufoi ou the

Ciioie and that, we

UUU..TSEH

ituri witii

territorial leg appeal tj-thc

pags ifcj wou Tot|J

lea^i the cout^ tcgdecide alhe^natitutional q^^tions tM th«| might ar^fe, and the 1 Prarfdent to qji^tne decrees of^tiie court v, S im(, i^'case. of remstance to

were ik-» constitutionaf^nhibi-. Jm&authority^t ex®irotingHhe jd3icial pro

j„ the

1)t bi (h C(juj(|

jC to lhe ni|vlne C()U,.t f,it.

,^ ,)iiim tf

the same authority ,r,. 111 conlrovei =-y

ted States tiiilt in coul hence

nor could the owner of a single

,ppCal to the Supreme Cour

iblisli his title, if ights.were violated, lat obiccliou we

slaves','or any question of personal free-' l'a,S:?

self, should pass a law punishing larceny dom was the poiut in issue, the ri'-ht of (here, where is his redress.' The of all property except slave3, would that make slaves equal to other property in the territory? or would it not be a violation of the Constitution?

Thus the Kansas-Nebraska bill siobd,

cess, let him use, if necessary, the whole military forcc of the county, as provided by existing laws. (\f\

I know that some gentlemen do no like Uie' doctrine of«non-intervention as •well as they-once didu It- ia now. becoming fashionable to talk sneeringly of "j-our doctrine of non-intervention." Sir that doctrine Las been a:fundamental article in the Democratic creed for years. It has been repeated over and over again in every national Democratic platform—non-interven-tion by Congress with slavery in the States and territories. The Nebraska bill was predicted on that idea—the territorial legislature to have jurisdiction over all rightful subjocts «5f legislation, not excepting slavery, with no appeal to Congress, but a right,to appeal,.to the Courts and the legislation to be void if the Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional and valid,. no.. matter, hpw obnoxious, if the court said it was constitutional. Let inc call attention to the language of the Kan-sas-Nebraska bill. Its fourteenth section provides: "That,the: .constitution, and all laws of the. United.r States, which arc not loyally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect-in the said territory of Nebraska, as elsewhere within the United States except the eighth section of the act 'preparatory to the admission of Missouri into the Union,' approved March C, 1S2Q, 'which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-in-tervention, by Congress with slavciyiu the Sta the

Mr. Clay. permit me

answer.

r|,l0r.

the amount o£ property was Sli,l)0U in value, and

negro, could not appeal for his

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territorial legislature all the

0wcr wc

had on the subject, of slaverv.

f0 i( tilom iold jL fo,. 0l.J inst

utitutioUB iis tll0 Jje()i)]o tLe

Supreme Court to Mw'

to appea t0 Congr(5ss t() them h)

thc evcnt of our not ikin thcin aif|

rea

'Mls

tcrritorv

lio

to answer the inquirv°of the Senator

frt ni

K#»e vi/vUf fhill', thr* nAftTi .......

has a right to protection Ut the people wrong

of the teirito^ ma3 think it i» their inter-1 i,

.Mississippi, whether, I believed the

Maine ]i( lor law to be nncons itntional an(]

an( a territorial lo slrlt rc

j10re

i(? teI1 him no lf t}]G )e q{ Kan

sas want a Maine 'liquor law Ve? them h,ave ,aCt i'1C

it. If thev do not want it/let then, refuse I

to pass it. If they do pass it, and any

citizen thinks the law violates the constitu-1

tion, let him make a case and appeal to the I

his objection, the decision must, stand until the people, who alone arc to-be affected

but any body aggrieved may appeal to the Supreme Court, and if they arc constitutional, they must stand if they are unconstitutional, they- are void. -That was the doctrine of non intervention, as it was understood at the time1 thc Kansas-Nebras-ka bill was -passod.olTbat is the way it was explained aii'd -argued in the Senate and in the Honse of Representatives, and before tho country It was distinctly understood that Congress was never to intervene for or against slavery or for or against any'o&er institution in the'territories but

1 pleasure.

Mr. Clay. I. ask tlie S

•nator the lii-i .-lave s! tu tion?

jutucru .'e.i into

S'.vcr it, 1. will answer it. I thin i/.en has ihat rigid. When

t-J cs-

iiiou"ht that hi! «'ience lie derive.-- tiie right. I Li order to obviat- 1

!i:e

I !,. 1 1 1 1 1 1

til0

thin:.

l„f requiring categoric-,!a i,w. rs, v.i.,

5 S,„a(or w!io j.u-s the ,r,e,:.V.i h.dd

Wl.-n he g-Mhroegh 1 v, ill

him an answer. Mr. ('lav- If the S'enr.io.-i de.es nc

ktheciti-, A

.-ay fr un Seiialor.

constitution. 'J'hen. 1 ask tie

n-Mided (iie. bill 'lT" the constitution gives

r!ie

right, hov,-can

territory deny ii? and if the (orrilory

appeal to the Supreme Court should"cxist Senator says, in the Supreme Court. Sup without reference to the amount in coutro- P0-*0

inhibitmir lhe introduction of

la cos a

versv. stolen from him, and he brings an action

its

strive tli"re sujipo.se it is

r(lC0VC,7'

!U,fl t!

}nlal

oonrt

d(!-

!l 'e

bring

?dr. Iloiigla I tor's cjuestion. Pir sqintii.r sovereignti stitution. I hold that no such ihiiiL sovereign power attaches to a (errilory iory "om

,v:tnout tli

a territory

no rjf|it

p?s f,° ,1rl asw nbl0 at

ercaf an organic !nw for that people, galleries.

c7jnsfc.itlltif» a"d

lhat the

tion ot

je,ertcr«wh l*si laws as the loctl togislafare msy^consiiiationally esacfc^ C» yon hold -any other property without law to protect it? Noi iWh, caaf jou hold Wave propertyRrlthoi^law to -proiect Noria-.thc_ answer. Then,.-trill Congress pass laws to protect other property in the territories 1. /*I"' jfaswet, i- no. Ve' have created terriorilil legislatures for mat pur--pose.'^Wc^agreed- that this goreraiaent should notryiokto the* principles ,of our Revolution, "by maTcing laws for a'distant people regulating their domestic'coooerns, and affecting their rights of property, without giving them a Representation.—• The doctrii^o that Congress is to regulate the rights of person and property, and the:, domestic concerns of a territory, is the* doctrine of George III and Lord North, his minister. Our fathers then said that

I1C3- would not consent that the British Parliament should pass laws touching the local and domestic concerns of the colo-' nics, the rights of person and property, the family relations of the people of the colonics, without their consent. The Parliament of Great Britain said that they had the po.wer. We said to them, "Tou may have the power, but you have not the moral right it is violative of the greatprinciples of civil liberty violative of thc: rights of an Englishman not to be affected in his property withont his consent, as given through his representatives." Because Great Britain insisted on exercising,, that identical power over these colonies our fathers flew to arms, asserted the doctrine that every colony, evcr3T dependency, cvctj territory, lmd a right, in its own domestic legislature, to pass just such laws as its people chose touching their local and

clarcd inoperative and void it being the igress to regulate the national and federal rue intent aud mcauing of this act not to [concerns of the people of a territory, legislate slavery into any State or territorv, Sir, 1 am asserting, on behalf of the nor to exclud it therefrom, but to leave 'people of the territories, just those rights he people -thereof perfectly free to form

which our fathers demanded for themselves

ind regulate their domestic, institutions against the claim of Great Britain. Bein their own way, subject only to the con- cause those rights were not granted to our stitution of the United States.' fathers, they went through a bloody war of

Tlius in the Nebraska bill, it is declared .••even years. Am I to be called upon to that a Congressional enactment on the'enforce that same odious doctrine on the subject of slavery was inconsistent with 'people of a territory against their consent?' the priuciplc of non-intervention by Con-' 1. say, no. Organize a territorial govern-, gress with slavery in the states

and

ter-' nient for them give them a Ie^.glature,

ritories. This same article of faith has to be elected by their owr, people

gone into the various Democratic platforms, them all the powers legislation on all and especially into (he Cincinnati platform.!questions of a lof 7a and domestic characKvcry Democrat, therefore, is, pledged by iter, subject Only to the constitution and this platform and tlie organization of the I if they Tnakc good laws, let thein enjoy party, against any legislation of Congress their blcsssing and if they niq£c bad in the territories for or against slavery, llaws, let tiiem suffer under them until they 110 matter how obnoxious the territorial leg-1 repeal them. If the laws are unconstituislation may be. If it is unconstitutional. I tional, let those aggrieved appeal to the you have your remedy: go (0 the court and court—the tribunal created by the constitest the question. If it is constitutional, tntion—to ascertain that fact. That is you agreed that, tiie people of a territory 1 the principle 011 which we stood in 1854. may have it, hold you to the agree-' It was on that principle and that underment. standing we fought the great nationhl bat-

his case jcreign State," saying as he said, and

ic Supreme Court by appeal, and the ..said," "it is but the extension of the great 'cine Court decides Ihat the law inhib-! principle of self-government, to the tcrriiting slavery is unconstitutional, and that tories suppos he has a right to hold tho slave, what re- proud pcojile, dress is given him if Congress will not secure his rights! The result is jmd this: that if the Senator be right, the constitution prevails in the Saates, but not in the territories squatter sovereignty is superior

iil anrwer the Sena-j was, that the Auierican citizen had not a !, I do not hold that right to petition for a redress of grievansuperior to the con- ,»e.^ whether white or black.

j^-'on.pton know any other kind. [Applause in the

P«opi«.jgal

1 denied thc validity of your Lccompton Mr. Biglcr. I know that as well as the constitution for the reason that constitu-, Senator, and I ought to have said inhabit— tions can only be made by sovereign power: ants. I and because the territory was not a sovcr-j The presiding officer, (Mr. Iverson in eignty, that was not a constitution, but a the chair.) If there is any more interpetition. But. sir, will not occupy time ruption in the galleries, thc chair will oron that question. The limit of the author- dcr the galleries to be cleared. it a it or a is at re is or 1 as If re is a re is

its

a.h® orS?1",c

It provides, in its sixth section: cleared. Thc presiding officer. The chair will order the galleries to be clcared at once if

rp.

legislative power of the tcr-

rlt°r'.shall

extend to all rightful subjects

Supreme Court. If the court sustains hi=!0^ ^g^tation consistent with the constitu- there is any further interruption, objection, the law is void. If it overrules

t!,'?

UnitC(

tion of the soil," ic. 'V I

.there were exceptions 011 three points J.

n°':

1 s^3 then Jie inteno was to give to he

mg was,, that Congress, would not interfere

wiih whatever legislation they might en-

jt,lrbancc j" ,UlG f:

act of

Kansas move and insist that the galleries bo

States, and the provis- _._Mr^DougJas. I assert that in 1856, du-

ions of this act but 110 law shall be pass-' 6 t^ whole of that campaign, I took ed interfering with th,c primary disposi-'

tbe same

-give

(lc and gained the great victory of LS5G. How many votes do you think Mr. Buchanan would have oota noil in Pennsylvania if lie had (lien said t!::U th consii?uti of the United Slates plants slavery in all nd makes it the duty of eminent to keep it there, there at the point of the federal laws, in opposition lie people How many ,iive received in (Jhio, or ou such a platform ctid not then understand popular sovereignty aud

territories.

Senator

rets

:d maintain it .voJiot-sH.'d )y 1 Lc will of ,1,-j \"0,'. any .taer lVv:u Stal .Mr. ixichnnan the doctrines

will ansv.(he Sena!

If-governiucnt in dial wa3'. Mr. liig-er. Mr. I'rc.-ident— .J!r. Douglas, i. wiii hear the Senator. Mr. Cighr. 1 d»,-til not. attempt -lo answer the, honorable Senator's question but lie will pardon me for asking another which I th.iik quite as significant and quile as appropriate, and it is (his Suppose that 111 tiie campaighii of lyjli, instead of saying, a-j that iionorabie Senator said, and as Liio.-e \siio acted v»it.i him said, and as I said everywhere to (he people of the States, who were about lo emigrate to tho territories, when you go there 3-011 carry with 3-ou all the rights you enjoy in a sov-

we had .'a to thoso when there, aud iu the

natter of changing 3-our government from a territory to a State, you shall have the high privilege of exercising thc right to petition Congress for a redress of grievanecs V' they would have askod that Senjalor and me when it was, and where it

Mr. Douglas. Mr. J'resident, I shall not answer that part of the Senator's inquiry as to whether American citizens, white or black, have not tho right to petition for a redress of grievances, because I do not recognize any black American citizens. I have no colored brethren of that description. [Laughter aud applause in tiie galleries*j I know of no American citizens in this republic except the whitea I in I a

position I do now, and none oth-

cr and

0f ll

fiXCePti0"3"

show that Mr. Buchanan

^Tl.e'^ccent legislation of Congress.

fC Dg doincsti(

territorial legislature all the power that .Jhecni%ow tho original and pure founwe possessed all that could be given un-jtlin

der the constitution and the understand-

of t}jp ina

,/s!avery, derived, as'it

je„itilTiate political power, thc will

joritVl promises ere long to allay

thc daI1(rer0US

act. .,5, .. ij.s 1 as free government itself, and in accordNow, the Senator from Alabama asks ance with them, has simply declared that mc whether thc Southern people, under (the people of a territory, like those of a the constitution, have not thc right to car-1 State, shall decide for themselves whether ry theiT slaves there? I answer, 30s—I slavery shall or shall not exist within their the same right that you have to carry any 1 limits." other property. Then you ask, have they not a right to hold it there when they get it there I I answor thc same right that you have to hold any other property, sub-

excitement. This legisla-

f„,micd upon principles as ancient

This extract from Mr. Buchanan's letter shows that he then understood that the people of a territory, like those of a State, should decide for themaelves whether sla-