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of a positive assurance in the bill that
the people should be invested with the
privilege of choosing between freedom
and slavery.
The bill was passed-enough traitors
to the free North having been bought and
paid for-snd without deloy, the Democ-
racy commenced the work of clarifying
themselves for what they had done.
Representatives from the North. who had
lent their aid to the passage Of the bill.
endeavore 10 excuse or palliate their
conduct by declaring that |" ,he people Of
the. territories should settle their own
affairs in their own way" strangely for
getting that they had refused positive
sanction 10 their so doing. But the dose
was too strong. Heaven has blessed the
members Of The Democratic party with
remarkably strong stomacks; yet they
could not quite swallow this dose and
to many who did ge, it down, the task
Of keeping it there proved very difficult
matter.
Affairs thus progressed until it became
necessary for the Democracy to make. ar
rangements for carrying the Presidential
election in November, 1856. Beaten to
death in every free State. without! sim
gle exception, and also in minority in
more than one locality in the Sodlh, the
administration saw there was no hope for
its own miserable carcass. or for its i'm.
mediate friends. Neither Pierce nor
Douglass could. it wos conceded. carry
single free State, unless. indeed. the little
giant might receive aid and comfort from
The Pharaohs who dwell in the Egypt Of
Illinois. Something was TO be done.
Squatter sovereignty had not begun 10
pay expenses in The North and the edict
had gone forth from the slave drivers Of
the South, through their newspapers and
orators, that squatter sovereignty must
be repudiated. The thing did not work
we'll enough TO suit the interests of sla-
very it was not entirely safe with such
a doctrine. The Richmond Enquirer.
the organ Of the party in the South. thus
gave the southside view Of the question !:
Among the fair but false and fatal
theories of the day. none attracts so much
homage as the 'Squat,er Sovereignty
courtezan. There ore none so radiant,
with meretricious charms, none SO ready
with Gersiifal promise. and none so sure
to cover their vir..:::n with shame and re-
proach. The sovereignty of the people
is noble principle, and should COMMAND
universal homage. Squaiter sovereignty
is an imposture. counterfeit copy, On
ugly Idol wrought by mans hands, and
should be kicked off the pedestal where
it sits in mock majesty. and courts the
alteration of fools end drmsgogues.
The same paper. also, in long article
called upon :" the Cincinnati Democratic
Convention to boldly come forth, and
trample down this dangerous and absurd
doctrine of popular sovereignty. The
Convention met and obedient TO the
will of their masters. northern delegates
Joined with the South in this congenial
trampling down process. The platform.
it being necessary TO gull the North into
the support Of the nominee, was so inge'
niously .worded as to retain the idea of
squa tier sovereignty. while a, the same
time the actual principle was annulled.
That this population satisfied the pro
slavery wing of the party. we here call
the Richmond Enquirer to with less I:
4" With the utmost possible precision
and emphasis Of Language, these resolu-
tons affirm the great vital principles,
first. Of the constitutional guarantees Of
Slavery and of the equality of the States
in respect OF their sovereign dignity and
political rights. In equally clear and
conclusive terms the doctrine of squatter
sovereignty is REGULATED by the plat
form Of the Democratic party"
Thus il will be seen that popular SOW
ereignty in the territories has been repu-
dated and thrown overheard. while
new plank, the equality of the States"
is placed in lis stead. This new dogma.
when rendered into plain English. means
simply~his-thats slavery is national. not
local or sectional !; that wherever the
American flag waves. there slavery goes.
and must be protected-in short, il is an
affirmation Of Cslhoun's maxim. that
wherever the Constitution went, there
slavery followed, on the principle tina.
slavery. being protected by law in South
Carolina, must necessarily be so in lndi-
ana.
And this monstrous proposition, the
off shoot OF slavery run mad. is now
Democratic doctrine! Are the Democra-
cy of Indiana prepared TO yield 20 this.
the latest and most preposterous demand
of the South? II SO, let them vote for
Buchanan and the platform-,hey go to-
gether, and cannot be separated.
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