Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-10-01

time, in order that the youth Of the Enquirer
may understand the subject and not commit |
any further blunders by misleading important |
declarations and resolutions, We commend to
his careful perusal, letter written last spring,
by Charles Irving, Esq, originally appointed |
one of the Democratic electors for Virginia |
and who declined, and also pamphlet lately |
rsissued, written by the Hon. VIM. l.. fancey |
of Alabama, now Democratic elector for that
State, and who in 184S, spoke after this FASH
ion, to-wit: (See page 8 of his psmphlet)
"To Mr. Buchanan therefore is due the credit
for giving the first go-by to the Wilmot proviso,
as means Of excluding Shareholders from our ,le0
Territories, but, at the same time Of pointing out
to the North, how much more effectually the great
end OF the provisoists-fhs keeping these Terrific
yies Exclusively for the settlement of northern I'M
nigrants-could be obtained by advocating the
,seso doctrine, that the Inhabitants Of Territory,
hiis yet in Territorial state, could prevent the
emigration thisher Of shareholders"
"Lest this should startle the South, however,
and thus leave him (B.) between two Ares-one
from the North, for opposing the Wimot Proviso,
and one from the South, for throwing her rights
upon the tender mercies of the colored population
(Mexicans) of these Territories, Mr.. Buchanan pro-
posed to both the alarmed sections TO unite on the
Missouri Compromise compromises which ad-
mits the power Of Congress over the matter, and
derives all its stability and force from an act of
Congress !"
Thus said Mr.. Yancey in 1s48.
We hope that General Cass, who claims the
paternity Of the "squatter sovereignty" doc
trine, will wait till after the Presidential cleo
ton, before he denies Mr.. Buchanan's claim to
be its author, as it is thus distinctly declared
by the Hon. Mr. Yancey, who, hitherto as an
insider, now friend and advocate Of Mr.. Blu
chanan, has thrown much light on the subject
Of the movements of Cass, Buchanan, and Com
pany, to bring about the establishment Of the
doctrine of "squatter sovereignty"
We readily acknowledge that down to the
time we read Mr.. Yancey's pamphlet, "a week
since, we had no idea that any other man but
Lewis Cass had any share in the authorship
of "squatter sovereignty, "-on the contrary,
the reiterated appeals Of Mr. Buchanan in ia
vor Of adhering to the Missouri Compromise
had led us to the belief, that he nsper counte-
nanced squatter sovereignty" until that in
famous doctrine was incorporated into the Gin
cinnati platform, when he ignominiously sur
rendered his own identity, and abandoned his
long cherished policy Of maintaining the
principles of the Missouri Compromise! Mr.
Yancey, however, (and he is good authority
in his pamphlet, published in 1s48, at pages
nine and ten, discloses the "rssults" of the
contest which had then been going on for some
time, between the Democracy of the North
and South, on the question Of slavery in the
Territories, and the agreeing therein Of Messrs
Cass, Buchanan, Walker, and "th6 majorsty
Of the Democracy Of the NortA," in the fol-
lowing very interesting statements, which we
hope our young assailant will carefully ex-
anime
Mr.. Yancey says:
"These results may be thus briefly summed up
al. Mr.. Wilmot, and his co.adjutors, had
sought to obtain the aid of Congress to establish
this principle, viz: that there shall be neither
slavery nor involuntary servitude In any Territory
on the continent of America which shall hereafter
be acquired or annexed
90. The provisoists succeeded in passing 1t
through the House Of Representatives at the first
session of the 29th Congress, and Gen. Cass and
every Northern Democratic Senator had agreed
to vote for it, but very much to the regret Of
Gen. Cass, he was deprived Of the privilege, by
Mr.. Davis speaking out the last moments of the
Senate.
"3. The South, without distinction of party,
through her primary meetings, and in the legisla-
lures of the States, took firm, united, and concen
trated action against the proviso, and declared
our Territories to be common property, In which
the citizens of each and every State can reside,
with his property, as long as such Territories re-
main under the jurisdiction of the United States.
"a. The majority Of the Democracy Of the
North, with Cass, gave up the idea of using the
power of Congress to effect the exclusion of sla-
very from the Territories, but took two new posi-
tions, showing how the end could be more surely
attained, to wit
"lst. The Mexican law, abolishing slavery viii
remain in force until repealed by Congress.
"2d. The inhabitants of the Territories we may
acquire will have the right to regulate their inter-
nal concerns in their own way, and as the colored
race there prcponderates in the ratio of ten to
over the whites; and holding, as they do, thego
eminent and most of the offices in their posses
sion, they will not permit the enslavement OF any
portion of the coored race, which makes and exc
cutes the laws of the country ! for among Them,
as we are assured by the letters Of Gen. Cass and
Mr. Buchanan, the negro does not belong s0ci-
| ally to degraded race
's5 These views, first suggested by Mr. Buchan-
an and Mr.. Walker, were only compiled, endorsed,
and promulgated as one complete basis of politi-
car dcttoT, on Mss issue, 0y 6en Cuss IN MS let
ter to Mr.. Nicholson, dated Gath December, l847,
from which have freely quoted"
Here then the charge was distinctly made by
the Hon. Mr. Yancey, of Alabama, in 184s,
(who is no,o Buchanan elector in that Sate,)
and published to the country in pamphlet,
that Gen. Cass was merely the compiler-en-
dorser-and promulgator of the doctrines he
advanced in his famous Nicholson letter" of
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