Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-08-15
'omnaa;aa,ed for I'll. Lew.sburs chrcniel.
Squatte- Sovereignty.

eeouS hoax npon popular creduli,y. Than this
new-fancle6dOctrine of..Squa,ter Sovereign
ty!" The Territories are the property oe the
people Of the United States The political
Sovereignty of the Territories is in the people,
the ownership Of the soil is in the people and
the peoples Representatives in Congress are
plainly required 10 exercise the said political
Sovereignty, and to manage the said property
according 10 the wishes and the true interests
Of their constituents,
Now has Congress the right TO abdicate the
Sovereign power of the people in to and over
vast region like Kansas. to the few emf.
grants who NAV chance TO re first on the spo,,
How many people does it require, gentleman.
10 exercise your glorious prerogarve of Sanat.
ter Sovereignty Can three men do i'll Can
, three dozen do it Can three hundred do il
Or, does il take three thousand, Does not
/ every body see that 10 leave a mighty question
like Slavery or Freedom 10 he determined by
the first few settlers in Territory large enough
For great Empire, is Piece of sheer folly
The whole peop'e of the United States have
an interest in this great Question and The
whole people of the United States have a right,
through their Representatives, 10 take par, in
its determination. True, Mr.. Kent M'Cav
I tod US ip his speech that we the people Of
"Oid Tarstown" had no right to medde in the
mailer. But even Mr.. Kent MCsy was too
( well informed Ia believe his own assertion
He knows better. He only intended to fool IA
/ few spoony Democrats of Pennsylvania. The
| doctrine of Squaijer Sovereignty was first in
vented by Gen. Cass in 1878 The only use
/ that CaSs wished 10 make Of it. was 10 enable
him 10 dodge the mighty question Of Slavery
extension. and thus get votes for the Pres,d-n-
cv, both in the North and in the South. Squat
! ter Sovereignty VS. 4 very Young and very
| feeble hobby at that time, aud It broke down
! with the great MIchiganaer on its back. The
Old General took sucn a bad cold that ne has
never seen well DAY tpoilrcay)fromt thaltme
10 this. But though Squsiter Sovereignty had
! failed to answer the purpose OF ten. Ca-s,yei
Il was his own invention, and he loved II with
/ a very constant love. He stabbed il, and fed
I II, and rubbed il down. and even led il out IN
Ia the street 10 show 1t To the public. And
what sight. Lean, consunp,ive, spawned
ringboned, blind, and wind-broken. Why
with such a carcase, even our keenest jockey
couldn't have cheated the most un ophistic a,ed
city clergyman. Squauer Sovereignty was
carefully avoided by all political jockeys, and
laughed al by all sensible people. until very
| brilliant thought found lis way into the head
Of Stephen Arnold Douglas. Kansas lies close
uoon Missouri. and Douglas and his fellow
conspirators, conceived The plan of organizing
Territorial Government, leaving the ques-
| ton Of Freedom or Slavery ostenslby for the
| people 10 decide hut thea part Of the plan
was. TO throw into Kansas sufficient number
/ of MisSourians TO make the establishment of
! slavery absolutely certain.
! But how was this holy enterprise defeated
/ by the perverseness of the children of men /!
b. The people of the North, and of the East.
anu u! tiiC --=---.c.ll.
that they preferred Freedom 10 Slavery. Bv
individual energy and enterprise, and by the
help of the awfully wicked "Aid Societies. ~
when the first territorial Legislature was To
be chosen. there was in the territory of Kan
sas clear majority Of the actual seulers
who were IN favor of making it Free State.
What now was 10 be done, Pierce. Douglas.
SiriDsfelluw and Atchson, were not long in
deciding. Their great paramount aim had
been from the beginning to introduce slavery
| into the territory. So noble and pure was
this deed IN their eyes, that they concluded
that the lend jusiiies the means" The Blue
Lodges were organized. Men were sworn 10
aid IN the propagation of Slavery, and on
the day of election. the polls were overrun
by armed Missouri bulles. and a Legislature
was chosen by this Missouri mob, who were
men after Atchison's own heart.
The laws which were passed by this mob
Legislature, were worthy of such pa,erni.
! ty. None so Infamous, that know Of, have
been enacted IN this age Of the world. They
would disgrace even The Despotism Of Aus
una; and their enforcement BY Pierce and
/ his satellites, would disgrace that Haynan.
who for his teas,ly cruelttes was beaten half
10 death by the laborefs in a London brew
cry. And, fellow cilizens, the sustaining of
these laws, and of the Legislature which
/ passed them, is part and parcel of rhe Gin
cinnati platform-ihat platform into which
James Buchanan has merged his moral po-
liucal and persorai identity. Any opronen,
oI Perce's Administration, is also the oppo-
neat of Squarer Sovereignty, AZ explained
! BY the great H Oh Priests Of the Sham Dem.
ecracv. squatter Sovereignty being inter-
( preted by nigh, infallible Democratic author.
/ ity, simply means Slavery Propagandism.
OLD DEMOCRAT.
/ MoSIouR-V. BEST, editor Of the
! DAnville Lteiiycpcer, will be a candidate