The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-06-28

tent. defend such sentiment, but are nj
ready getting to deny and to scout it. Blu,
the Northern demngogucs needed it to pacify
and hoodwink their people. The South con-
scented to its use for that purpose, giving no.
tice on the passage Of the bill that when tbs
storm was blown over they should assert
their own doctrine, and claim the assent and
championship Of the party. The first ex-
element had subsidized. The Convention
that was to nominate President and make
platform for him was approaching. The
occasion they sought was Ut hand They
confessed the right of no man nor no num-
Der of men, of "popular sovereignty" how.
ever overwhelming, or of any thing else, to
exclude Slavery from the Territories Their
doctrine had come to be the Calhoun one,
that the Constitution itself carried Slavery
into all the Territories, and neither the peo-
pie resident nor the Congress could exclude
it. And the recognition Of this doctrine
was the demand which they decided to make
upon the Convention. We cannot state the
case or the demand more clearly and forci-
bly, than it was stated by the Richmond En-
quirer (whose high authority as Demo
cratic organ is certi6e. to by the Kcokuk
Tines previous to the holding Of the Con-
vention, and whose words We have once be-
fore published, to wit
We must, in the Cincinnati platform, re-
pudiate squatter sovereignty and expressly
assert State equality Wemu declare that
it is the duty Of the General Government to
see that no invidious or injurious distinctions
are made between the people or the property
| IN different sections in the Territories. We
10 not mean to dictate. 1t may be that the
assertion in the platform Of the abstract
proposition OF State equality may suffice to
carry along with it the consequences which
We desire. Bat il is often charged that the
kansns Nebraska bin contains the doctrine
OF squatter sovereignty, and that squatter
| sovereignty is the most efficient agent of
'rcesollism. Some Northern democrats have
maintained this ground. Now, this gun mus,
| te spiked. II must appear from our plat
| form that We m aintain prnctic Il State equali-
tv, and repudiate that construction Of the
Kansas Nebraska act which would defca, it.
The South only demands the equality of right.
| The more clearlris appears that the Northern
democracy Is ready to conccde it TO her, the
more crrtaa is our candid Of success.
| The Conv ention was in their hands and
under their management. They dictated for
rs platform resolutions identical in senti-
ment with this edict Of the Enquirer, reso-
iutions inserting non-interference by Con-
gress, implying the State cquality' which
ii contends for, AID confessing no power Of
the people over the sublec Of Slavery, until
they are invested by Congress with the SOW
e:e'gn authority of a State. Popular Sow
ereignty," the will of the people while they
maintain Territorial organization, is abro-
gated, the sou,h is triumphant, and The
humhao Of "sqaatter sovereignty is effec-
'ual,y exploded; more than that, it is re-
placed b. nm equity unconstitutional an
,till more hateful doctrine. Well may he
Enquirer now speak rs follows, FIR il can
80 speak with ample reason and without dis
pute
= With the utmost possible precision and
emphasis of language, these resolutions az
hrm the great vital principles, first, Of the
constitutional guarantees Of slavery; and
secondly, OF the equality Of the States, in
respec, OF their sovereign dignity and pol,i-
cal rights. In equally clear and conclusive
terms the doctrine Of Squa,ter Sovereignty
is renudlaied by the Platform Of the Demo
cratic party
And even the mouth of Douglass is shut.
Tor now, when the question is publicly put.
whether the people can exclude Slavery by
Territorial enac,nents. he says, 8. that is
question which | leave for the Supreme
Court Of the United States TO decide" So.
"sluatter sovereignty" has dwindled down
to the right Of the people, ,rhen State, TO
10 as they will in the matter, rs no body de-
Mes, for, all States having that power, they
have the same privileges that all the rest OF
the States have. Is not the demagoguery
and wicked use OF this humbnc now suf6.
centiy apparrentr And is it not utterly
unden'ablc that the Democratic party hrs
sunk into mere tool and unscrupul ous agent
OF the Southf-that it is in the hands If
Slave Propagandists to mould and fashion
and employ rs they will.
4 sics.-Subsequently to the nomination
OF Fremont, member of the Convention
from pennsylvania stated that q gentleman
N the city who employed large number OF
hands had sought an expression of their
sentiments, and found that among them were
thIrty one Democrats, who were unanimous
Tor Fremont! In the workshops of labor ard
the houses OF honest Industry, on the prairie
ami IN the city, viii be found tie strong
arms and brave heass. OF that c9aauerinc
..ost on whom the hopes of the nation rest.