Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-09-21

NJ least, " not the cxplieit apahuohn''h'
of this issue.
know how hippantly iii said. that
aboliiionIsm. know nottingham, fanat.
ieism. priest. craft. and the hg ends oil
whiggery combined. have defeated us.
Bat whence would any or oil OF these
isms. and mere auxiliary influences
have derived their powerto work out
such stupendous mischief, had u not
been for the vitality breathed into
their fetid careasses, by that spirit Of
restless ambition. which must needs
be externally mounted on the slavery
extension nohby. and yielding up the
rights OF the North. which the South
never demanded. aud has no right Ia
demand. -by opening 10 the spread
OF slavery. territory which was free by
The indisputablc law Of the landl
6 I am amazed and disheartenod at
the tenacily, with which leading Dem.
oerais persist in throwing aside. our
old platform ofprinciples for lhis one
natal issue. rEfIN t"
Let Us return TO our principles. and
the, victory will return 10 our banner.
What has become Of our motto.
"princioles and not men?" Is Il OF
more importance that Mr.. Douglas. or
somo lesser man than he. This Is
thoaght to to be thrust at Hon. ]. ID.
Bright. Ep. AN. should be sustained
upon is cherished and time-honored
platform OF principles? Mol Aud IL
Is the duty OF every true Democrat, to
scout the heresy nj once.
Desperate and gloomy as the pros
pect Of the Democracy Is, there is no
difficulty in determining the remedy.
II we viii but look back 70 the cause
which produced Il, and act according
ly.
II Is said In defense ofthis fatal act,
that the doctrine OF the law organizing
the territories Of Kansas and Nebraska
has been recognized and defended by
the ablest statesmen and jorists Of the
country. ---among them the great ora.
tor and cage. who now sleeps In the
honored grave OF Ashland"
Shades Of MonlIcellol And has Il
come to this? that this invocation 10
the ashes Of the great embodiment OF
Whiggery' is demanded for the yindi-
cation Of Democratic principlesl
Fitting appeals these. admit. Ia
rally numbers 10 q Convention OF
"men of every political creed and boz
lief" But in the name Of the Demo
cratic party and lis principles, protest
against this desecration.
Nor Is this ALL In a late number
OF the Review. Ia which this champion
Of "a principle which is right" thus
yindicates the doctrine OF popular
sovereignty" as embodied in the Kan
sas Bill. and Of which the world II
even new Witnessing such lively and
fitting illustration in its practical wor-
kings, in the Territory on which II
has fastened It's IRE, ocable curse, he
goes to the length ofavowing. and this
too IN tho name OF Democracy, las n
cardinal principle Of tho Republican
creed. the right Of the people to make
their own laws. and TO regulate their
own peculiar institutions-be this sla-
very or polygamy
Were Mr.. Buell. alone in the enun-
citation of these abominable doctrines.
and this still more abominoble ayowal
of them in the name of Democracy,
should not regard the outrage as wor-
thy ofspeeial notice. But this mon
strous avowal Of the extent 10 which
the doctrines of the Nebraska Bill nc
cessarily reached. have heard made
by the partisan champions Of that
measure ON the floor OF Congress-
Aud this sequsnce, which ourages
civilization itself. necessarily follows
the abandonment OF the justly Con.
stitutional limits Of the slave power.
Slavery is recognized by the Con
stitution. II was necessity which
gave rise to one of the Compromises,
which resulted In the adoption Of that
instrument. And this very recogni'
ton, which resulted from necessity. IT,
sells establishes the fact. Of the broad
distinction between chattel property
and the right Of property in Negro
slaves. And this distinction has been
uniformly carried into the decision Of
all the courts. Excepting the RICH,
OF recapture Of escaped slaves. the
constitution affords the stakeholder
no protection. to his slave property
excepting on slave territory. Thi,
limited protection, then. Is the excep
ton. and not the rule, Of the Constitu
tioa.
The doctrine, therefore, which break,
down this barrier to the protection o
the free rights al the North, either di
rectly OF Indirectly. is just AS great M
outrage upon the Constitutional, to SAY
nothing Of the natural rights Of th,
North. rs is the most Il sndish and in
cendisry aboliiioni,m. upon the Con
stitutional rights ofthe South. Their,
is no ground for excuse or palliatlor
tor either. To the unhallowed ambi
ton of demagogues. is to be ascribe,
the misceief OF both.
But IL "thc doctrine of popular SOW
creignty" Is to be carried to the exten
Of adding whip and spur to unbridl
passion. then there is one phase Of tn
"Cardiual principle cf the Republican
creed" as embodied in the doctrin
of the Nebraska Bill, which in escap
ing public attention, has also escape
the merited scorn and contempt Of th
civilized world. And the man mus
be lar gone in political madness. VIII
sees. and draws no distinction betwee
the constitutional rights and limits ,
the constitution Of Slavery" and III
Constitution Of Polygamy."
The Constitution recognizes. and
a limited extent protects Slavery.
! Polygamy on the contrary.
against civilization, and is an outla
In every civilized land AS we
might the "dbctrine Of popular sovel
'.leignty" be carried to the extent. an
prostituted t. the protection Of Til
Other heather rIte,-th9 sacrifices
children to Moloch
But what is the object Of this col