Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-09-17

They melt before the strong mans eyes,
And fly the true of heart.
MIR. Breckinridge for Squatter Sovereignty.
We have already noticed the fact that Mr.. Breck-
inridge, the Cincinnati nominee for the Vice Pres
idency, had mounted the stump. He, Gen. Cass,
and John Van Buren, al made speeches at a mass
meeting, held at Tippecanoe Battle Ground on
Wednesday, the Sd instant when Mr.. Breckin-
ridge took open ground for Squatter Sovereignty,
as appears by the following extract taken from the
sketch made by the Louisville Courier, a Jealous
Buchanan organ: .....
"Tbe speaker had heard it charged that the fiji.
teen slave States were conspring to obtain entire
possession of the General Government, with view
of bringing its powers to bear to extend and per-
petuatc their peculiar institutions Gentlemen,
there has been no such attempt. / am connected
with no party that has for its object the extension
of slavery, nor with any to prevent the people of
State or Territory from deciding the question Of ts
existence or non-existence with them for them
selves. It.@ .
"The speaker continued happened to be in
Congress when the Nebraska bill passed, and gave
it my voice and vote, and because it did what it
did, viz: 1t acknowledged the right of the people
of Territory to settle the question for themselves
and not because supposed, what do not now
believe that it legislated slavery into the Terrific
ry. The Democratic party is not proslavery
party--it is neither pro-savery nor anti.savery."
Mr. Breckenridge here declares that he is con-
nected with no party that desires to prevent the
people of State or Territory from deciding for
themselves whether slsyery shall or shall not be
introduced into the Territory, and that he voted
for the Kansas-N Nebraska bill because it acknow.
lodged the right of the people of the Territory to
settle the question of the admission or prohibit
ton of slavery themselves. That's squatter SOW
eregnty
General Cass, who congratulated the Senate on
C the triumph of squatter sovereignty" on the
occasion of the passage of the Kansas Nebraska
bill, was the next speaker after Mr.. Breckenridge,
but Of his speech we have as yet seen no notice.
If it be published, we undertake to predict, says
the Nashville Banner, that the Kansas-N Nebraska
bill will be highly commended, because it recog-
niscs the doctrine of squatter sovereignty.
Of John Van Buren's speech, also, we have as
yet seen no report If published, we venture to
predict it will contain no retraction or withdrawal
of any anti-slavery sentiment he ever uttered-no
retracton or withdrawal of anything contained in
the following extracts from the Address, which
he prepared and presented for adoption, of the
Radical Democracy of New York, assembled in
State Convention at Utica, In February, 1S4S. In
that Address he says:
Thirdly, The Democracy of New York do now
and have always heretofore believed in the wis
dom, humanity, and constitutionality of the policy
of endeavoring to limit the evils of slavery, by
protecting the unsettled territories of the United
States against its introduction while they are
under a Territorial Government. SO believing,
they will, when any such Governments are estab-
lished by Congress- either for the territories We
non possess, or for srAh as Ne may acquire from
Mexico insist, as far as we have the right and the
means to do so, that this ancient, successful and
time-hosored policy shall be applied to them"
We have itacised one of the clauses, as also
one in the following extract from the same Ad-
dress
"But to demand of the citizens Of this great
State that after we have, by seasonabIe action and
what was at the time, though crroneously, re-
garded as great sacriice, succeeded in abolishing
slavery from its borders, they should at this day.
in the middle of the nineteenth century, in full
view of the improved opinion of almost all man
kind upon the subject~-of the inestimable and in
calcuable advantage in the increase and prosper
ity of our State, in no small degree attributable to
this very exemption-make themselves parties,
either expressly or Uirtualy by action or inaction
to the original institution of slavery by force in
Territories which are now exempt from It, Is most
unreasonable indeed"
Further on in the same address he says:
"Nof Is il true in any sense that we are introdu-
cling any new principle The principle OF resistance
to the institution of slavery is as old as the prnci
pie of The existence of man. There is not human
being, whatever he may say, whatever may be his
local or sectional prejudices that does ot know or
acknowledge that the traffic in human flesh is
disgrace to any people claiming any particle of
civilization or Christianity. The address had the
honor to report goes on to show that this common
principle of humanity has been the acknowledged
rule Of action Of the Republican party of the Union
until very recent time. That while the Democ-
racy of this State, under the lead OF the patriot,
Tompkins, decided to abolish slavery as an evil
and disgrace to the State the patriots of the South
heartily and cheerfully united with them in all
measures which had the limitation of slavery for
their object and the melioraton of that institution
for their end. 1t has however, suited the purposes
of politicians Of tie present day TO set up new
test and to declare that this great principle shall
be abandoned at the approaching Presidential cleo
ton, and they calculate on the love OF office TO
sway the Republicans Of this State, and to secure,
by the exercise of the patronage Of the Federal
Government, a majority in the National Conven-
ton. who will nominate a candidate in accordance
with their views"
Here Is another "elegant extract from the
| same address: :
"Now | am free to say for myself and as
have already said to the members of this Conven-
tion saw 40 with the more freedom because il is
of no kind of consequence what my action NAV
be. that have never entertained bat one opinion
in regard to the traffic in human flesh, and buying
and selling live bodies and that is an unqualified
aversion and disgust for IL and while | would
give to those States where it exists the security
which the Constitution has given to it. the mo
ment they step an inch beyond this, they attract
tho nnhlir attantion and invita- diacuaaion of the