Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-05-09
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE SLAVE
HLALES.

The administration prints insist that
in revising tn, creed of their party at
Ci,cinna.i next June, decided ground
shall b. taken in f,vor Of thu nationality
Of slavery. The Rich,aond Enquirer i!
yesterday s,ys:
1--WE must, in the Cincinnati platform,
rcpad att Sa,lait.r Sovereignty and ex-
pr.ssly assert state equality. We must
da.larc that it is tn, duty Of the general
soscrnmcnt to Sc; that no inviiious or
injurious distinctions arc made between
tn pa pie or tn, property of different
sections IN tn, territories. We do not
,ssan - dictate. 1t may be that the as
ssrtion in The Platform Of the abstract
Proposition OK state equ utility, may suffice
- carry atoag with il the consequences
waich'w, desire. BE-. it is. often charged
TIA. tbs; Kansas Ncbraska bill contains
III, doctrin, Of Squa,tcr Sovereignty.
and that So latter Sovereignty is The most
Efficient agent OF .rce,oilism. Some
.,orth 1rn deui ocrat, have m .intaincd this
Xroaad NV this gan must b. spiked.
II must APPEAR tror!our platform that We
ri=ipt;,ili practical state quality and rcpu-
dat, that Construction Of TIC Kansas
N:brasss act which would defeat it
Tbs South. only demands equality OF
right. Tie more clearly it Apo that
Ia, northern dem ,cracy is really to con-
eeie it - her. tao more certain is our
candidate OF Success
NJ. Gushing, the oth,. dry, in .
speech mldc a. TIE Slash Co..a:e, en-
pass ID his vii in5ness to co1c.ac VIII It
the Eaguirer calls the equality OF the
states. BY this equality of states is
.a,ane that the right to hold saves ac-
companies IT,. Shareholders IN their mi
i,ra.ioas, tina. their local institutions pass
ls::a them into all the regions which are
aeli 4: the territories Of thu conicdcrscy;
aad that finally. when the territories are
crcctsd into states, thc country should
Dc Divided between them in such 4 man.
aor that for every free state admitted in
to the Union, slave stale sh II be a Init
ts3 at tic same tina. T4i5 was Mr.
Cushins's schomc: this is the plan refer
red to by the Richmond Enquirer. The
territory Of the United States is to be
equally Shared between the oliyarchy Of
tac South and the rabble of the people.
For every new state settled by the peo-
pie We mast have new state possessed
by the dig archy. The few are tc receive
us largs division OF the great pa;simoay
Of the public lands as the many.
Tbs doctrine of popular sovereignty in
the territories would conflict with this az
lang ,in,n.. and therefore it oush. TO De
abaa ion,d I. answered the purrose Of
bait to erl::cs weak minded persons 70
,ac supper: Of the Nebraska bill ard o
l. coavenien: excuse for the corrupt, who
wanted 4 plausible reason for giving ii
.har ties but it is No longer Of any
VS. IN either respect. and it is therefor.
re,ounced. According TO :lIo present
doctrine o. he ADMINISTRATION. neither
congress nor tac people arc sovereign N
t.o territories. 1Ae aI,ho ri,y G. Con
.,rcs. is denied as poremptorlly As the au-
:hori.y Of the people. Neither tho ma
.ional :egislatu nor the colon;s.s who
80 on. from he ID states havea RICH: -
s.y VIA: shall be the institutions Of G
territories. On TIA, point !: is the >l.ve
s:::es AMI the Shareholders who are SOW
ors:sns. All tina: the general govern
.acn, las to do in the matter IS to see that
they are protected in the enjoyment. Oh
,his pra.osa.:ve. Evcn.ng Post.