The daily union., 1854-02-09
From the Boston Post, Feb &.
senator Douglas's speech.

Immediately on receiving the able and conclusive
port of Senator Douglas the Nebraska bill, laid
il before our readers It's object to show that this
bill carried out the great principle oil congressional non
Intervention 10 the slavery question in the Territories,
settled by the Compromise OF 1850, and asserted the fun
damenal principle of the right Of The people OF
muny to determine for themselves their laws on this
question Tnese the positions laid down by Lewis
Cass in bis letter Judge Nicholson in the canvass OF
ls4s and be sustained them BY the argument that the
constitution conferred Congress no power to impose
such prohibitions the Wilmo, proyso in the Territories
This is the principle have advocated for years and
when we found in Judge Douglass report we welcomed
The document and commended il TO our readers We
have amos, daily sustained this repor, since Ia our
article Of the 2ls ut we remarked that the democracy
stood pledged before The country. party, to a nom
n,erleence policy The slavery Issue, out and out as
il regards territorial and State action and adherence
10 the obligations OF The constitution. The right of
people OF Territory inchoaie Stale, well those
OF sovereign State to establish their local poIy pro.
vided il be republican and harmony with the federal
constitution, is the principle We advocate.
Ga our outside to-day we print the great argument of
Senator Douglas in the Senaie developing and defending
more fully this Nebraska bill !, will speak for itself
in the hoFougbness OF its research the clearness of it's
language. the power OF s reasoning and the soundnexs
OF its conclusions. We have already given an abstract
Of this remarkable effort We commend the whole OF
il TO the consideration of all Let the candid the intel
ligeni, and the patfiohcthose who place high above all
party the policy OF Cancellation and harmony, and
mante OF the laws, The constitutions and the Union
examine this subject in all the lights which the past and
the present have furnished and with all the high hope.
which The future OF our country inspires
II was the bold remark OF the amenied Woodbury.,
that he not afraid to 80 where democratic principles
led Let this be the touch stone to try the policy in
voved in this Nebraska bill II the right OF commu.
nifty 10 establish its own iotm Of government il not
sound, democratic, and constitutional then no principle
has these characteristics II this principle doe. not lie
at the basis OF our nstutions--of our federation and
our Unon-tben they have no basis. We 20 for es,ab.
fishing this principle let lead us where il nav IT. to
esabshil, an unconstitutional law, passed thirty years
ago, requires 10 be superscdedi an artificial sectional
line requires TO be obesied to make way for the policy
that knows no Noth South, no East no West under
the oops,iiuon--ihen so be it, We stand on the gen
sal Compromise Of 1850, rather than on the sectional
division line Of 1890 1t will be the substitution OF an
original and fundamena American principle for dIvd-
ing wall OF partition, And this in lis results will har
monze with the grea, objects OF our Union. This will
contribute to keep this people, of many States, and OF
antagonisuo Interests, in the bond OF country, one
constitution, and one destiny.
We are neither alarmed moved by the wanton mis-
representations OF The opponents OF this bill They rep
resent 1t TO be bill for the extension OF slavery. and
the advocates OF it are held up the advocates of slave
ry This allegation. made by free. soilsm n all its gus-
is bold fslsebood, and those who il we'll know
], TO be so There is syllable in the bill to legalize
establish. OF extend slavery We call attention to Judge
Douglass slrong and Justly indignant language on ih.
point lie does well TO denounoe this falsehood 1t
should be charged home upon The whole abotonst
erny such. The should be carried into Africa
The Opponents Of this bill opposing the funds
principles OF selfgovernmen that lie at the bass OF our
whole poiiy, and they should be held up as such
bul we commend this mas,erly and unanswerable ar
gupent TO readers We repeal, il advocates ad-
hecnceto the fundamental principle Of the Compromiss
of 1850 In doing this II goes back 10 the original prn
cple of our government This in crisis, IL
always the path of safety and Of ugbt How simple
aud and how applicable to he present occasion and