The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-08-13


Dir. buchanan Of the charge Of squatter SO,
treigniy. The Washington Sentinel gives i
II leadef, % near four columns ii length, On I'll
subjeet, gong into an elaborate analysis oftl,
democratic platform to show that it recognise
no such doetrine, and, as consequence, M
Buchanan does not recognise II. III tile cours
ct its argument the Sentinel says:
Mr. Buchanan could not fail to know tha
n passing law organising territory, congres
could notdelegate either to thepeoplssof thotte,
raorys OF to the Legislature to be elected b
them, powers which itself did not possess; an
when be was told that it was one of the fun
dauaental doctrines of the democratic party tha
the constitution ought to be strictly construe,
by all the departments and agents the gov
enmenf, he could not but perceive that th
people and she legislature Of a territory wer
but tie sgersts ofcongress to execute the rule
and regulations it adopted respecting the ter
ritones, and that therefore they these agents
could not possess powers not granted 10 thos'
i who agents they were.
\ He could not fail to see, s.if every either
and every section Of the country has a right Il
\ demand and insist upon an equality OF right:
/ and privileges that the citizens of the south
have the same right to take their property tc
one Of the territories that citizen of the north
has t., take his property there, and if congress
cannot exclude them from the territory, its
agents the people and territorial legislature
cannot; and if they have right to demand
ard insist upon this right and privilege, they
have the correlative right to be protected and
defended ia its maintenance
This is the very doctrine that the south has
ever advocated, and which we presumed the
democratic national convention fully endorsed;
but the hon. James Buchanan, in his letter &C.
cepting the nomination for the presidency, as
sumed. q position Numerically opposed 10 this
principle, and declared in the most plain and
emphatic language that, ''the people Of terri
tory, like those of State, shall decide for them
selves whether slavery shall, or shall not, exist
in their limits = The Sentinel, and all the mi
nor organs of democracy, may employ all their
logic and sophistry and exhaust the language
il attempts to explain away and smooth over
Mr. Buchanan's letter, but they cannot make it
appear that he has not officially pronounced
himself to be in favor of squatter sovereignty. /
In The plainest language be states the fact, and
40 one las right 10 doubt or question his sin
,erity.
Dir. Buchanan's partaity for squatter sover-
.ignty can b. proven by "Old Buck himself
y his own words, quoted above, written and
igned By himself not two months ago-and the
My way the democratic organs can get over
his testimony, is to impugn the credibility Of
he witness, and this they will hardly do just
t this time.
To show beyond doubt that Mr.. Buchanan
as taken the anti-southern side of the slavery
uestion, we will offer another witness whose
ltin1ate knowledge OF the subject, and great
we for ffeesoilers and freesoism, makes him :
ompetent Judge on anti-slavery questions ;
he witness we allude to is an old friend and
nee upon atime great favorite of the demo-
'acy. Heis nc less parsonage than Martin !
an Buren,, the original northern man with {
outhern principles In the letter published S
J ex-president Van Buren, announcing his in I
.ntion e support Mr.. Buchanan, after express
g his admiration Of that gentleman, lie SAYS: {
"Not having copy of the Nebraska Kansas l
It, take its provisions in regard to the author
7 it processes to confer from Buchanan's adj r
ira5le letter Of acceptance, where the subject
/ doubt not, fairly presented. He thus de- 5
RIDES it--''Ihis legislation is founded upon L
inciples as ancient as the government itself, n
I'd, in accordance with them, has simply de- a
AIRED that the people of a territory, like those q
State, shall decide for themselves whether =,
avery shall, or shall not, exist within their II
nits; declaring it to be the true intent II
d meaning of this act not to legislate slavery B
q any territory, nor to exclude it therefrom, W
i to leave the people thereof perfectly free to
m and regulate their domestic institutions in '
cir own way, subject only to the constitution 1
the United States II
"From shese terms it is too clear to admit of Co
'pute or cayil that II acas the intention Of con- st
ass to clotte the people Of the territories oah 81
.pte poacer ~ EXCLUDE SLAVERY from uittin
u respective limits, as ace2z while they continued :
ritories as in making provision for its exclu- CT
n from the State when that transition shall m
,e place" st
Here then We have the chief leader and father
freesoilism endorsing and fully explaining
sqaaster sovereignty dogma advanced by ~
!. Buchanan The principles advocated by "
!. Buchanan, in relation to the territories, SO II
npletely coincide with the anti slavery pre- ~ =,
ections and tenets of Martin Van Buren,, that II
pronounces them to be admirable" and ~
'claims that be intends to vote for them and III
MIR. Buchanan to carry out his new method ~
slavery from the territories. Can ve
: southelner, any true southerner, conscien- tic
lsly support any man for Office whose SEN fu
ents on the slavery question meet with the ao
rty appreciation of Martin Van Buren,, the h e
st notorious and unprincipled freesoil agita- ic;
in the Tnione fol
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The DEaocRATIo BARBEcUE-The long pr
ed Of barbecue and ratification meeting to va
given BY the democracy of Caddo parish,
lie off OH Saturday last. Judge Roland II
es, was appointed president; doctor A. Flour b.