Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-07-17
Squatter Sovereignty abandoned by it's
Friends---The next duty of Congress.

! Never doctrine thoroughly and completely
abandoned than has been that of Squaer Sovereignty
by the who invented it, The Missouri Compromise was
repealed and the whole country plunged the unortu-
nate difficulties has experienced vndicate doctrine
of the right of the people of the territories govern
selves independent of all outside foreign influence au-
thorityat least said those who procured repeal
What is the action of these The very Ste
phen A Douglass who thered the squatter Sovereignty"
Kansas bi and who has declared time and again that it
was necessary vndcate the constitution and save the Un-
ion, now introduces and has succeeded in forcing bill
through the Senate which ignores the whole sqaaer Soye
reignty theory, follows:
The whole work of preparing for the organization of
State from the first step to the meeting OF the Convention
TO form Constitution proceed under the enabling ac-
ton OF Congress and the direct indirect superintendent
the Federal Government nothing being left 10 the action
or supervision Of the territorial authorities Congress
acts that there shall be census apportionment
venon Congress fixes tbs times for taking the census
making the returns for determining the apportonmen for
holding the election for the meeting the conventon Con-
gess prescribes who shall be enumerateds who shall
who shall be eligible seat in the Convention, what
prcpe shall determine the ratio of apport onment and
Commissioners appointed by the President by and with
advice and consent of the Senate empowered and dec
tea 10 carry out the viii OF Congress thus expressed
rating the People apportoning members of the Convention
prescribing the rules appointing the judges determining
places Of election judging of the returns deciding who are
elected, and issuing certificates accordingly"
This is the last shape which Douglas Squatssr Sovereign
y has assumedan act more closely and thoroughly inter-
fering with the sovereignty of the peopeo Kansas than the
people Of any territory have ever been nterfered with
The New York Evening Post which calls Cass the father
OF the Squater Sovereignty doctrine comments as follows
his position this b and what admitted in regard
! to the authority of Congress
sit is remarkable with perfect ease Mr. Cass here
enonnces ms fgyorite doctrine Of suatter sovereignty
put on and on comfortably old pair slippers
lie holds that the territory has dsgraced itself by laws
setng freedom of discussion therefore
gate these laws altogether. He thinks it has III in
posing test and he votes for deprvng the of all force
lie holds the Kansas law respecting suffrage to be unjust
and gives his voice for repeating it, In short he totally
MES the doctrine of squatter sovereignty and gives
understand both by his vote AID the remarks
| his vote, that he thinks it hambug.
Now, is clear that if Congress restrain the ega-
ure Of the territory from passing to limit the freedom
OF discusson by the authority restrain from
passing laws derogatory to personal freedom may pro-
VIDE Tor the free expression Of opinion in the territory it
may provide for the freedom Of labor may declare
no shall be hndered from voting by any test it may
declare what Of far greater Importance question OF
liberty that shall be bought and sold may pro-
VIDE against the lesser nfracons of the great principles
freedom it may by stronger provide against the
greater To that there shall be slavery is
no greater stretch of authority in the federal government
than TO that there shall be upon freedom
discussions and the assertion of important maxim
of human rights"
Squater sovereignty thus abandoned, and the right
Congress to egsate for the territories admitted This brings
the contest again upon clear and rational grounds And
the SOUTH be it understood has been very much
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Congress has right to eglae fer the territories favor
of slavery but not against it. and they demand that Congress
shall so egsate and in all probability this position of the
south what has led to the abandonment Of the doctrine by
Douglas Cas-, Co. The question then presented dis
tncy shall Congress egislate in against slavery
By common consent all constitutional objections are waived
it has become simply question Of numbersof majority
and minority Certainly then the people of the north will
only approve of the Of the Republican. the Sc
tnae against the ToombsDougas bill, which beyond ques-
ton in favor of slavery than freedom but will ex-
pect the House to stand by the position taken in pas
sing the free Kansas b and permit legislation even OF
doubtful character slavery, with reference
ory There is objection whatever urged against the
Kansas Constitution made at Topeka 1t conserves all the
interests of the state and the investigating committee say
sanctioned by majority of the real settlers. oppo
sed in the Senate for one reason and onlybecause
makes Kansas free And opposing for that and
that alone it is preposerou suppose that Tocmbs' bill
which the Senate has passed. intended help freedom d
recy or indirectly 1t is not and if it has any pecious
features of that character beyond question has others
an opposite character which will swallow them up 1t is
fair fight between freedom and slavery which the freeen
of the north expect their representatives yield nothing
the enemy And it fight which apprehend will not
be decided by this Congress but will remain to be determ-
ned by the people at the coming election fair issue
whether Congress shall egate favor and extend slave
ry, shall gslate for freedom and refuse recognize
very beyond its present limits Squatter sovereignty
abandoned and the right Of Congress egilae acknowl-
edged Is there, them in the whole north who will
in November deliberately vote nsructing Con-
gress legsate strengthen slavery? 1t
would hardly possible and yet beyond dispute every
vote cast for James Buchanan will be Of that character