Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-10-10
From the Memphis Eagle.
Judge sharkey on the Kansas HSEI.

The speech of Judge Sharkey in this city on Sat
urday night was of the events of thepresent cam
paign that has left wedefined and indelibie mark
It was the contact of great mind with momentous
subjects. The jurist and the statesman were display
ed in that effort and man uninfuenced by the
outside pressure of pre-conceved opinions, could
hear his mastery exposition of statutes, policy, and
principles, and not be borne along by the force and
truth Of his argument His dissection of the Kansas
bill must have been terrible to the of the De
mocracy present. Ifany man can construe statute
correctly, that man is Judge Sharkey. Well, he did
consrue that BILL and deduced from it the monster
squatter sovereignty We told that the bill re-
peals the restriction of slavery placed upon all that
portion Of the Louisiana territory lying north of 86
80. When that restriction was adopted the whole
of the Louisiana territory slave territory by the
law of Louiiiana that the Missouri restriction re-
peaed so much of that law covered the territory
lying above the line of SO 30. If the Kansas bill Ind
done nothing moro than remove that prohibition, the
result would have been revival of the Louisiana
law. But ii was not the purpose of Douglas and bis
supporters to restore that territory to its former con-
dition. t4a
The bill contains provso that the removal Of the
restriction shall not operate TO revive any previous
law applicable to that Territory If the restriction
wac wrong why not place the Territory back in its
original conditions That would be fair to the South
be the object Of the bill The non-inter Yention can
not be complete without restoring the former law
The Kansas law Ia just as much intervention lust as
much restriction as the Missouri act for the wrong
vs.
ed So that the whole truth Of the matter is the old
Law of Louisiana was repealed by the Missouri restrc-
ton, and that repeal is kept and confirmed by the
Kansas act. Whyf That the people may go into the
Territory and make law for themselves. The peo-
pie OF Louisiana made the law applicable 10 their ter
ritory but the Congress of the United States inter
venes and that law that another people may
make different law. The law of the STAKEHOLDER Of
Louisiana mustbe repealed 10 give the abolitonists,
aud Aliens and free negroes opportunity to set mp
ADMINISTRATIONS It's stead. II is the boast Of the
Southern advocates of that bill that il opens the
r'tory TO the STAKEHOLDER.
That is true, but when be gets there he finds no
Jaw TO protect his property He must make il after
ne gets there provided he outvote the Abolition
ses o. the North, who constantly recruited from
beyond the seas to assist in CARRYING out the princ
pies OF the bill Ifthat bill had not provided against
the restoration Of the old law the STAKEHOLDER dis
posed 70 60 there could have safely sheltered himself
beneath it and bud defiance to Abolition We do not
pretend to give Judge Sharkey's language but such
were the reflections suggested 10 us by Bis great ar
Rument
Every other subject that engaged the learned
Judges attention Invested OF its intricacy and
stood forth clear and distinct lie has little preten
sion 10 what the world calls oraory, but talks like a
who knows the truth, feels the truth, and makes
the truth the business Of bis life No man win ques-
ton that his Judgments convinced of the correctness
Of all he teaches that that judgment IL one Of the
most enlightened on this continent or In the world
and that his opinions ought to have great weight In
determining the political action OF his fellowctizeDs
EAST TENNESSEE. Fillmore will gain at least 800
votes 10 East Tennessee over Gentys vote last year.