The daily union., 1854-02-05
she Great Principle or the new Territors
BilfS,


she Great Principle or the new Territora
Bills.
Popular sovereignty is the principle which made d,
compromise measures Of 1850 so significantly rumphan
and popular sovereignty s the enduring basis and eli,
ment of the territorial bills reported to both houses
of Congress by Senator Douglas and Colonel Richarl.
had been tried after the last acquisitions Of terrloyhs
South adherng all lheswbe, with tenacious grasp to
the Missouri Compromise. and insisting upon the formal
and positive recognition of her constitutional Iishls-the
agreement before which least all other measures were
yielded the agreement which asserted that The people
of the Territories should, in their way, manage and
control the question of slavery within their limits consist.
with the constitution OF the United States Before
this great principle The waves OF fanaticsm subsided
Those who could not approve did not long hest
tate 10 acquiesce Both the great parties IN 1852
rallied upon this great idea. The leaders of both en-
dea yored surpass each other in the illustration ana
support OF it. The balotboxes in the same year affirmed
the wise and patriotic settlement Of the Congress OF 1860
and franklin Pierce found himself power in 1853 sur
rounded By popular sentiment in favor Of popular SOY
ereigny as the only true aber of the yexed question Of
slavery-such as had been made manifest in lie
ending with New Mexico, the South saw this princre
aiding in the creation OF free State and free Terito
bat HE bond was conpls,e the compact ratified, and The
gallaa, Of that region consented to an arrangement
which, however il may have operated against Them re-.
moved all mere expedenis to temporary Tranquil
y. and recognised in their stead the doctrine that gave
liberty 10 the New World, and now convases the decay
ing dynas,es of the Old That doctrine is the right Of
the people TO govern for themselves
Il fact OF memorable significance tina, those who
claim to be the exclusive friends OF freedom on these
shores have always been the volen enemies Of The pn
teal right OF popular sovereignty. We aude, of course
TO the abolition leaders and their confederales. Their
present position shows how consistent they are in then
Inconsistency. For thirtyihTee years the foes OF hs
Missouri Compromise, and during all that time labor
ing TO show that il the bnwark of southern slavery
they suddenly become it's champions, and with si
fronsty, camor against The doctrine OF allowing the Ieo
PIE 10 conol their own domestic affairs, even in ihe
face OF the fact that the South suuendssed tts
Missouri Compromise with the Certainty hat Ia
doing so they contributed 10 the future cielucn
OF free States Abolition can add hypocrisy aid
iaisebood 10 its other virtues with eninen, consssn.
cy. There is sort OF poetic prooriely in the SPEC.
acs of parry pledged destroy great republic, nh'
name Of creed based upon The preencc OF liberty, ns
ting heir aid ihe worst passions Of nature and
publicly sloryrng in the employment OF arguments and O
of which despos alone have heretofore claimed h
monopoly. To find them srrsyed against q liberal con-
.iiluton which. with OF moral baseaess they have
sworn 10 supporto hear them vaunling their attach
ment TO the Of The people in the Old World and yet
siding The oppressors OF those people in their wal upOn
American lnsilu,ionsis no, less agrsnt outrage upor
their professions than 10 them marshang themselves
against The sacred principle OF popular sovereignty upon
these shores.
We did not however intend 10 repea, The old s'ou oi
the proaisacy OF the poisonous element OF abolition
It's opposition is indeed. always valuable, because pou
lar Instincts lead 10 avoid the paths midsged and
blasted bg The foes Of institutions. lie corrup, in.
constituencies are happily notorious the wickei
tnjs & seeks 10 accomplish. We speak to the masses
oi our tounymen. Their last decree in favor OF ID,
great prncpe OF popular sovereignty was most majes
ue AID sweeping expression Of pnbe opinion That
cree, confirming the application OF that principle lei u.
hope established for centuries The conservative and con
sulional remedy agains, the agitation Of the slavery
question. 1t was accepted North and South Those who
baye The consequences OF that just abd patriotic
remedy will be mslsd by the customary csumnies
aod islseboods OF who slweys predicting ID,
overthrow Of republic which aourshes in despite Of
their malignues and who rejoice in The ISOLATED itsry
OF pretending support the OF human FRI eom,
while their daggsrs are publicly and constantly ready to
destroy it,