Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1854-03-15
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The Star, glimmering in the feeble fickering OF
its "last faint ray," up few ncoherrent glib
behring's in opposition to the Sentinel and its prin-
ciples under the ominous heading which we quote
above.
It first asserts that the Nebraska question Is not
question of popular sovereignty, and why! BE-
cause the National Era, an abolition paper, that
out-HalIs Hall on the slavery question, says it is
not. Now the Douglas bill proposes to give the
people OF the territory their undoubted right to gov
ern themselves. This the Star opposes, and then
asserts that the question of popular sovereignty is
not raised! Now we are not disposed to argue,
that the Star, in many questions, has been on the
side of intelligence and right; for there has, we
believe been no issue that has been discussed tor
the last ten years, but what it has been on every
side that had room enough for him to obtain foot
hold, and was necessarily, occasionally, on the
white mans platform. But with due respect to
precedent, we would run the risk of insinuating,
that in this position he has most clearly vindica-
ted the bible doctrine that call flesh is grass" and
principle of ethics, that man is liable to err
that is he is wilfully mistaken If it be as proper
as it is polite thus to express it. This is dodge no.
one.
Again Il alleges that "the question does not lie
between Intervention and non.intervention.
The Douglas bill prohibits tho intervention of
Congress in the internal affairs Of the Territory.
Its enemies oppose the bill on that ground, and
thus the issue is made. They say Congress must
say to the people of the territories, you shall not
establish nor prohibit slavery. The Nebraska
bill says to Congress, no Intervention. Is the
sent as dodge nc. two. Thirdly, the Star ayers
that the bill does not recognize the right of the
people to form their own government. 1t is for
the very of this proposition that the friends
of the hill support it-teat it makes the people
their own lawmakers, without adopting the En-
glish policy, of revolutionary memory, OF taxation
without representation, which the Star go warmly
approves. Do lge no. three.
"It," (the bilD "prescribes to them the consti-
tuition of their government" says the Star, This
is dodge no four, for there is such requirement
in the bll as it only requires that their legislation
shall be in conformity with the constitution of the
Tinted States- But again, the Star asserts that
cit determines who shall VOTE" No five. elbow
they shall vote" No six. "When they shall
vote" No oseven. "How many and what officers
there shall be-" No eight, &C., &c. The bill, it
is true, provides for the appointment of Govern
or and Judges like Ohio was officered when a
Territory, but says nothing about appointing the
law making power Of the territory, nor does it
prohibit any citizen of the United States, resi-
dent of the Territory, from voting therein. 1t is
true that without having an eye to the interests of
the strong minded women Of this country, who
wear trowsers and make stump speeches, and to
the welfare of our colored brethren, there is no
provision allowing women or negroes to squabble
round the ballot box, talk politics, swear fashion,
able oaths get drunk, vote and exercise the other
prerogatives of the elective franchise. Hence
this objection of the Star.
But another reason Of the Stars opposition is
the veto power. We have, ere now answered
this specimen of fossil remains of ancient Feder-
Falsm, and will only say that Governors veto in
Nebraska would, as in Pennsylvania, where it has
already existed, require great number Of years
to make slave territory Of either. This we sum
up as no. nine of the lodges, and that too in
ticle that was so short that we had expected to
find some truth.