Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-08-02

extract. as our Opponents deny, that II con-
t,ins anv endorsements of tue >Ilatter So'-
%elignty principle. Can anything he palmer
can anything be more direct and emphatic
There is 10 ambiguity IN the l1'sta@c 70 o.
ford a chance for soplistry to creep III, anu
explain its force away. The gr'matiral con-
,truction of the concluding three lines admits
oibut a single Interpretation. and tEAt 4s-''''
the people Of a Territory are sovereign, as are
those yt a State, and consequently have t"c
rjuht IL admit OF exclude slavery while IN a
territorial condition. as they may deem pro-
per. Unless Mr.. BrclANAN. here, refers 10
the territorial condition. prior to any State
organization, how shall we explain the last
three words o. The paragraph-"wlthin Mf"'
imits.H Whose limits? The limits Of tAe
people of a State BY no means, but, the
limit, oi'the people OF aIerritory," previous
to any State organization. Bat to ai1ay doub.
all as to his meaning, Mr.. EucnANAN puts II"
the following "clincher":
Besides how vain and iliusory would any
otltE f!iltItiit kAHt "I4 ~ ~ 'Ii
prove in y actice III regard to the Territories
| This is aolrert from the tact admitted by all,
iku nfcru Trtrory >! IT here cnirrrd the LIMO"
uma j.con,e u Stale, 10 Constitutional power
would then exist which could prevent It
from either abo. lsElHg slavery, as the case
may be. according 70 It's sovereign VIII and
pleasure.
Now let us analyse the above. and see
what il mea:.s. Diycstcd OF all SupcrIuouS
words. it would rcad-tAcre is TO c~onstltH-
tionaI power, which eau prevent the people
of a State from abolishiug slavery, as the case
may be. according 70 their sovereign VII
and pleasure; hence there is no c~onstitu-
tlonaI power which can prevent the people
OF a territory from abollshln, slavery &c
However illogical such reasoning may be, Il
fully explains, were any exp'ans;ion Mccces.
sary. the meaning Of our first extract from
Mr.. BycuAxAN's letter.
We might offer any amount Of corrob orat.
ing testimony. but we do not deem it neces'
sarv to call but a single witness to the stanc
and that witness'is Mr.. BccHAHAN's right
bower ex-Gov. Bigler Of Pennsylvania, nov
d u :. "ela'o'' ''''l ''''' ''A'E ''7'
0"' 'e'ee'S '"e oE'n'o"' ''c"
upon the question Of "S1Iattec So"ere'gnty.'
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si"'ef:' " io iIa'eIy exclusively, 10 tn
people Oh d 'eii''o'1' ne says
1hat as me people OF a >t''e can al al
far thsnsalvss Cnnyrass w;!i sares +i,,t ~
people of a Territory shall have the sam
opportnnity-fh" that P""e(, "'"h IS to be rom
pee an" s''|'' S'e' I't" "S ts1I"s 0e'VA"
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S,ch ,rs ,,s oc;,i,,S ,ot or NJ r,.ru.v
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perosvIv,r;, Deo,o,r,cv n,,, .his sol;.c,
S,w what evidence Il, oar onnocao+
hr;cr ~ relnt those d,n,;,g nro,s If n,
n,.rn,x,s m,.o,.hirs.. =. s,,t.a ,,
MORT, Wbv, 1et.sr verified, IL. him ,
,.,o,. ,ro If, w,,ch ha ,ssarts .b,s a.. w.
.. ConoIess ovar tla s,,hioct oe sr,,.rv ;
,ho +ar;i4or;os i .ar,n,aoa ..
=, doctrine quite as moo,+roYs and 1snrprons :
the contb as that Of :" Sona+tor Sovareiy,tv
Awav with such fitnsy at,c,opts to hood
wink the p~eop.e: the, are unworthy Of
serious notice.
= We haze thus as briefly as possible, trace
: the political history Of Mr.. BUCHANAN. fror
the commencement, up to the present tim,
$ 1t is true, we ave omitted to point out man
t inconsistencies he has been guilty. of. durin
4 that period. our object being simply to civ
y an impartial review Of his acts and oniojon
: in referenceto the leading questions that hay
: divided the different parties. and partjcuIarI,