Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-07-09

ture law, containing on its face provision,
declaring, that, "aU laos passed by the Legis
latiye Assembly and Governor (of Utah. SHALL
BE SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS-, &C., &c, and if dis
approved, SHALL BE NULL AND VOID" Thus was
that miserable and contemplate doctrine, (Which
was pronounced an d6surdity" by Mr.. Blu
chanan in 184S, and swallowed by him in
1856. } thus 1--WE say was that doctrine mega
lived, disowned disavowed, denied, disclaim-
ed, rejected, and repudiated under the wise and
conservative administration Of Willard Fillmore,
Mr. Fillmore thus stands fully committed,
| by his official acts, against that odious and
damnable heresy. We repeat that the legisla-
ton of 1860, under the auspices of Mr.. Fill
more presents a pleasing contrast to that of
1854, adopted under the auspices of Forney
and Pierce, Douglas and Cass. We have shown
the legislation of 1850; and we will now con-
trast with it that of 1864 on the point referred
| to-
| And first we remark, that in the Kansas
! Nebraska act of 1854, there is no reservation
| Of potoer on the part of Congress to reject,
modify, or an any manner supervise the legis-
lation Of the Territories. 1t may be answered,
that such reservation was unnecessary-5e 10
so-the failure to reserve the power of revision
nevertheless shows the design Of the authors
Of the bill.
In the Oregon bill of 184S, and in the Utah
and New Mexico bills of 1850, the power had
been retained, as it usually had been in former
| legislation, -and the omission in 1864 was in
tentional--it was the purpose of the authors
of the act of 1854 to inaugurate new doc
trine, to-wit the doctrine of squatter SOW
ereignty." General Cass openly auowed the
! doctrire and the purpose to indugurate 10.
But not only was the power of revision
omitted, the. act declares the purpose we
have indicated, in its 14th section It says,
lit being the true intent and meaning of
this act not to legislate slavery into any Ter
ritory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom
but to leaoe the people thereof (to-wit, the
people of the Is711torg,) PERFECTLY FREE to
| form and regulate their domestic institutions in
their o,on eoag, subject only toTthe Constitu-
| ton of the United States"
This declaration, that the people of the Ter
rit0ry were to be "PERFEcTLY FREE to form
and regulate their domestic institutions, ain
their oson aoay," distinctly manifests the pur-
pose of the trainers of the law--the authors of
"squatter sovereignty" to surrender all Con-
gressional control over their legislation How.
could the people of the Territory be "peJsct-
| yJree to regulate their domestic affairs I" in
| their own mode if Congress should claim the
power of supervision Perfectly free /"
means totally, completely free. 1t was the
obvious and expressed design of the authors
of "squatter sovereignty to leave the people
of the Territories perfectly, totally, completely
free, to admit or to exclude slavery by Terri
torial legislation They meant nothing less.
| 1t is no merit of theirs that the "squatter
sovereignty" advocates, granted powers to the
people Of the Territories, which Congress may
withdraw at their pleasure. 1t does not change
their design, that they may be foiled in their
attempt 1t reflects no honor upon those men
that the Senate, aye, this present aati-Ameri-
| can Senate, has been compelled, in Difference
to public opinion, to modify the Kansas Ne
braska act in some of its important provisions
The contrast between the legislation of 1850
under Mr. Fillmore, and the legislation Of
| 1854, under this "squatter sovereignty" dy-
| nasty, remains, and the statute book will man.
fest that contrast, whilst the record of this age
| shall be preserved. We earnestly invite the
most thorough examination of this record, and
| the most mature consideration of the contrast
| which it exhibits, and of which we have spo-
ken. 1t will vindicate the truth of all the posi-
| tons we have assumed.
We must bring this article to close, as is
too long already.
James Buchanan stands FORTH a candidate,
placed by the wire-workers under Forney, on
the platform of general filibusterism-the alien
suffrage'and "squatter sovereignty" principles
of 1854, with multifarious and incongruous ad-
ditions thereto, to meet the supposed emergen-
cy of the anti-American party. Willard Fill
more stands upon his unstained national roc
ord as President, the advocate, supporter, and
maintainer of the Constitution, and the equal
rights of the States adopting as his guide
the conservative doctrines of the fathers of the
Republic-repudiating the modern heresy of
"squatter sovereignty" and enforcing those
national American principles upon which the
American Reformation is based. Which of
these candidates win the Union-loving citizens
Of the country select?
rE- An inspiring Political Song for which we
have no room to-day, will be published tomorrow
PENNSYLVANIA FOR FrLLMoRE--Dr. @. II. Bress-
Ter, who was delegate to the National Republican
Convention, has openly declared in favor Of Fill
more. His card, which will be looked for with |
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