Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-01-26
WASHINGTON, ID. G.
SATURDAY. JANUARY %. 1856.
VESPAsIAN ELLIS, pa;,o..
SAMUEL G. BUsEY, Hui'ors'
squatter soyereignty.-Tho Prospects OF
the south.

lctItr LOT pOTuOnS Ol IettciJ rum AAoii' ~ ~
Cambreleng, formerly the right-hand man of
Martin Van Buren,, and still one of his politi-
cal friends, to which we invite the attention of
all Southern men, who have consented to swal
low the Kansas-N ebraska bill "as final and
conclusive settlement of that subject Slavery
in spirit and in substance" The letter was
addressed to w. II. Ludlow, ESQ., President of
the Democratic State Convention of New York.
held on the 10th of December last and it no
doubt had the effect OF rec0nciling the Free
soil Democrats Of New York to the Gerry meG-
sure, which the ultra men Of the South, have
been so rery eager to accept nay, to rejoice
at the adoption of and to maintain which, they
"pledge their lives, their fortunes, and their
sacred honor"
We hope that every sentence of this letter
from Mr. Cambreleng will be read, understood,
and pondered upon by Southern men, who
will, in due time, ascertain precisely hoso much
they haze gained, by surrendering the Mis-
souri, Compromise line, as the boundary be-
| tween the free and slave-bolding States, and
accepting in its stead, the "squatter SOW
creignty" measure, which rcjoices the hearts
of the Cambrelengs, Van Burens, Cochranes,
ct I'D omae genus, and which Pierce, Douglas,
Shields, and others declared, would result in
benefit and advantage to the North The wri-
ter of this letter, to which we now invite
Southern attention, is one Of those keen,
shrewd, and willy politicians of the Van Blu
rem school, who perfectly understand not only
the certain effect, but the original design Of
the measure which he urges his friends to sus-
tain.
And what do we now see? Why the men
who have been uniformly hostile to the South,
are now uniting throughout the North and
Northwest, to prepent the restoration OF the
Missouri Compromise the Free-soil Democ-
racy Of the North are resolving to sustain the
"Squatter Sovereignty" doctrines of the Kan
sas- Nebraska bill, on the ground that 10 scatI
exclude SLAVERY from all the territories -
whilst the South, vainly hoping that Kansas
will be slaveholding State, under this doc
trine, threaten accommodation against all
who utter word against this " final and con-
elusive settlement" of the slave question !
Well may it be called "a final and conc1usare
settlement" of the sla0e question: for it final
ly concludes-aye, shuts out all hope of the
admission into the Union, ofslaveholding States
henceforward and forever!
Well might Mr.. Cambreleng express his sur
prise, and declare that it is question for the
| South themselves to settle, why they voted for
the repeal of the Missouri Compromise line -
ave, and it will be hard question for South
ern politicians to answer, ten years hence, if
stituents, What has the South gained by the
Kansas Nebraska bill2 We are most fully
aware, that at the present day, no time-seroiag
| politician can be found, to raise voice of
warning to the South, and especially to the
american party !" of the South, against the
suicidal course it has pursued, and is now pur-
suing, in relation to the Missouri Compromise,
and the doctrines of "squatter sovereignty"
Amid the tornado which is now sweeping over
the land, on these questions, we do not expect
| our feeble voice to be heard-6uf the record Of
our opinions DiU remain, as proof that we
yielded neither to political phrenzy, nor cater
ed to popular prejudice
We would not exchange this record even
"to ride upon the whirlwind and direct the
STORM" We warn the South, that the princi-
pies Of "squatter sovereignty" will be found
to contain no element of protection or of safe
ty to their interests They contain the ele-
ments of destruction, not only to the rights
which appertain exclusively to the South, but
to peace, order, quiet and good government.
This "squatter sovereignty" doctrine, unless
checked, will undermine and overturn every
thing valuable in our republican institutions.
Under its operation, constitutional laws will
be set at nought, and the laws of mobs pre-
dominate. Kansas is now cursed with the
first consequences of this doctrine, and it will
be fortunate for the country, IL they shall be
confined to their appropriate locality.
But if the South at large, will not heed our
warnings, we may appeal to the American
party" and inquire wherein this "squatter
sovereignty" doctrine, advances the views and
objects which this party seeks to accomplish?
Under its operation is Americanism promoted?
Look at the Kansas Nebraska act 1t declares
in section 9Th, that the right oftsufrage and
Of holding office, may Do exercised OF only by
citizens Of the United States, but also By
''those toho shall hare declared, on oath, their
intention to become citizens, and shall hare
taken an oath to support the Constitution of
the United States" Instead of charging the
term of APPRECIATION for foreigners, before exercis-
ing the right of suffrage, as the American
party" propose to do, a foreigner who has been
long enough in the country to reach Kansas,
by railroad and steamboat, may not only vote,
but even hold Office, and claim lands in that
Territory and under the nrnYisions Of this