Washington telegraph., 1856-09-03
Squatter SOVEREIGNTY. Again.

In connection with the luminous expose
of the character of this nefarious scbamo
of Northern aggrandizement to be found
on our first page from the pen of judge
-Grinsted, read the following bold declara.
ton of the reason mhy Northern men are
SO clamorous for its adoption as a perma-
nent element of policy into the general
principles of the government. 1t is from
a speech delivered by Senator Bigler of
Pennsylvania, on the LIST day of July, 1856
in the Senate of the United States. Mr.
Bigler is, the Memphis Eagle and En-.
quirer says, 'sthe especial political and
personal friend of Buchanan Southern
men, are you prepared to swollow this
doctrine?
MORE SQUATTER SOVEREIGNTY
BUCHANAN'S FRIEND TAKES THE FIr,n
HEAR SENATOR BIGLER OF PENNsYIyaN1,
The proof of the utter corruption ard
Generalization of the so-called Democratic
party, by the infamous doctrine of Souatter
Sovereignty, is now Overwhelming.
Douglas says Squat! and the Southern
Democracy haze to SQUAT!
Buchanan says Squat! and the South
ern Democracy "come down to their hun
kers p'
And lastly, on the LIST day of July, 1856
Senator Bigler, the especial political and
personal friend OF Buchanan, in the Senate
of the United States, repeats the order to
Squat! in the following words:
In 1850, when the peace of the country
seemed to be in eminent danger, the ex.
perlenced men of this body, such as Mr.
Clay and Mr.. Webster, and the venerable
Senator In front of me (Mr. Cass) and
others, conceived and presented a new
mode of adjustment. That was simply to
take this question out of Congress and
confide it to the people Of the Territory
to submit it to their judgment and their
Will. For one, | thought the principle an
admirable one. 1t seemed to me that if
ought to give entire satisfaction to tho
country; and that it would have salutary
influence upon our national relations
principle so perfect in unison with cur
whole republican system of government:
d utic IccOSHltlOu anu cXtenSlOn to the
Territories OF that vital principle of self
government; principle suited to all times,
all occasions, and all Territories, and as
imperishable as our mountains-no tenn
porary remedy, no arbitrary rule, no per-
ishable .expedient, but simply this, that,
as the people Of a State can at oil times
settle this question Of domestic policy tor
themselves, Congress wiW agree that tie
people Of q Territory shall hare the same
oPportunity; that that poacer, rhich is to
be complete and conclusiUc achen the people
become State, should operate during tie
Territorial existence. Not only because
it was perfectly right in principle, pre-
ferred it to any which had previously been
praetlced in the government, or any other
| idea presented at the time antagonistic to
it. 1t seems to me that the reasoning up
on the abstract beauties Of this principle
ought to be conclusive Nor should it be
argued that a single instance of difficulty
is to destroy the theory of the law or sat
isty the country that it will work well
We have difficulties in reference to our
whole theory of government, but we are
not to abandon this republican system on
the first show of resistance or trouble
trust not and SO feel in reference to
this great principle, which l have no trou-
bic in discovering, however much my friend
from Connecticut, (Mr Foster, may have.