Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-10-23
Popular Sovereignty.

establishment at their dexterity and impudencc will
be wonderfully augmented!
Popular Sovereignty.
We find the following precious paragraph quoted
from that sterling Democratic paper the Ohio States
man. 1t was written after the late manifestation Of
Popular Sovereignty in Ohio.
I'VE have a warrant from as true and as honest De-
mocracy that Of Virginia to repudiae its solaed in
science We speak for the Godgiven right of the Wes
tern pioneer, who the he drives his stake Kan
sas soil makes himself voter aud thereby arbter OF
the destiny OF that embryo State. Hcreon stand.
ave stand unbroken, and ready, we have all a.
long conended to brave every conumey for the behoo
opioneer rights aud popular Sovereignty We
recognize no power in Congress to bind down the
| hood OF America wherever it emigrstes."
Here we have it,-Popular Sovereignty with VEN
gance from who has "a warrant from rs true and
as honest Democracy as that Of Virginia to repudi-
ate its isolated nsolence" And Unrestricted popular
sovereignty at that, which means, in the language of
q Democratic fugleman, who speaks "for the God
given right Of the Western Pioneer" that "the mo
ment he drives his stake in Kansas soil he makes
himself voter, and thereby arbter Of the destiny
of that embryo State" This has an awful squirting
towards sqndtter sovereignty, it seems to u.s. We
should like to hear a Northern and Southern
Democrat compare notes to what is popular sove-
reisny. We have n very strong suspicion that the
Interpretation put upon it by every Democrat in the
| North and North West, would make out the much
boosted Democratic doctrine Of popular sovereignty
| nothing short Of that "odious" and ''infamous"
doctrine Of squatter sovereignty,-the very same
which leading Democratic journal, not an hundred
miles from this place, has avowed that 1--WE Of the
| South can never submit to-"
The result Of the late elections will, perhaps bring
| the Democracy North and South to something of an
understanding this vexed question as TO what is
popular sovereignty. The Democracy of the North
have taken occasion, recently, to give their friends
| South specimen OF popular sovereignty, which we
do not think the latter fail to understand, but
they have still in store for them lesson on popular
sovereignty, ms applicable to the Nebraska bill which
they will take the earliest opportunity 10 impart
| Gen. Cass, the Washington Union, and several other
shining Democratic lights, ave already commenced
course Of instruction the subject. we believe-to
say nothing Of the teachings Of President Pierce
through his "private and confidential" friend, Jerry
| Clemens 1t will become necessary to speak out
more plainly to the Democratic sovereigns Of the
the Northby the time the elections come around
to prove, their satisfaction that the Nebraska bill
is, to all intens and purposes, "a proposition in favor
| Of freedom" and then shall have it.
For the sake Of sparing the feelings of their South
Urn allies, the cute Yankee Democracy were rather
too much gagged in the late elections; but they will
not bc likely to play at that game again 1t cost them
n little too dear think Of repeating the operation
TIE indignant Democratic soycregns of Pennsylvania
Ohio Indiana, and elsewhere, ut the North must be
pacitc1. The Nebraska bill must be more fully ex-
planned to them upon he NOrthera interpretrtion
| and 10 do so, the blind used for hoodwinkinp the
South must be cast off TO initiate the doubling and
unbelieving ones into the secret that the great Demo-
cratic larty of the North hold the opinion that the
Nebraska bill simply means squatter sovereignty
lei their Southern brethren protest as much as they
like, and vow that they will submit to it," The
Virginia Democracy must be told by las true and rs
honest Democracy" as they that their 'isoated
insoence" must be repudatcd. Alas for such
friends They are not much better, after all, than
those "abomnablc Northern Wings"
The Southern men 10 learn from the Washing
ton Union tina. they supported the repeal of the Missouri
restriction with no prospect expectation that slavery
would be established in either Territory Would tbo
Union have dared tell them before the passage Of tho
Nebraska bill? We quote below a paragraph from the
Union which will show the adroitness with which this,
paper is trimming its sails for the breeze The reader
will not fail 10 cote the sgnfcancy OF the expression tina,
slavery s governed by certain laws which cannot be con-
an' '"as aence tue allegation
"a' o h's'o"r' reS"e'0n was repealed with the eIpec
tson that slave States od be formed ey,Jy IN tho ,er
ritoy north of the line is overturned BY facts tina, ara
incontrovertbe" Certain ii Is then we have il tina, Tho
Administration never went Tor the Nebraska bill with the
north Of the Missouri line. The Union says:
"No fac. is better established than that soubo,,
supported the repeal OF the Missouri restriction rb No
or expectation that slavery would he rn no
in either Territory To prove he- csndor on bis non,