Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-03-25

Reese Z. Price, of Cincinnati apothsE
lnnale, who inAglnes mself fOP
Cod, md he ri riehtful r5Ier Of tlIs New yS
fslsalssn, Il herr and Z kxtremd an3oYs
y have abearbgA FoFpuk oTa part, Is
consider him, on many subjects, as sane as
Dr.. Curtis; bItke is not Sufhcicntiy demos7
tiSih,his political yieHS 70, haye- ,,pPpyg
followers. Pefhapss some' Of our readers
will-reeolleet- -thasteR- or eleven -yeass-ago,-
he visited Washington, p and undertook to
drive all the i'unrfghteous ruler" out ofthe
Capitol, and assume the reigns Of govern
ment himself. We hSiStsPwnain fofiRbaa3
nv years. On many subjects, he is perfect:
y. .raHQPaE IS9lQng as his mind can xbsa de
verted 5rop Pelilies .aBd srfligjj9pl he is ra-
tional enough; but when either Of these top
s'i iss Is 'btSosshsa, is ps5gsfy s,.a a.Hp y
is immensely wealthy owning very fpc
estats bnearviC Ciboihnaji. hnB sAsb remains
mere 4ohgythersoailfS Se sp6stVrs,s saissiIa
'aoaile at exciting aisedssI6na came ia
.bs Senate on Saturday? SR,MIlli, rissxSOl5s5s xS5s5s
bil,te prevent Iecelesias!isi from haldiag. the
ttletoelmrcA property. siB ut indrd Of this
ooftor .9flFosq
lIB aGoisssa --IsA -sAs%9A44- -sAAsq ehf
lhsssi,gp loa yaap gaaSFor the 5Nelesvhph3Sa
r. 'bns .Y0puIaF S0vereigp.yllnsYi Of
aydFhe dcetpink of ,.'P0pulauESH
rs contained iniehysNebtdska Kansas bn;'
has besehl 3d. much pPt}ttaissd and laaaeaby 1he
slavery press, and politicians NJ par land,
that an examip9sstfiop of it seems 70 be de-
mandcd at the present time. n,,aoaya
m The advocates oftbis, doctrine, are fond
Of referring to he latter clause Of the, i4th
sec. aftlsNaK, bill as, soutaining.theI ies.
lsepce" "toE "pppplarIsoyereigaty.H Il reads
las {pllpws ST bsing the ltruso intent land
meaning Of this act, not 70. .legislate slavery
liHto #py territory Or State, nor to Axclpde i
4 therefrom, but TO leave the people thereof
leeyfseilgfrssgto fprm spdgsgpla,s.tlaeir ewr
domestic, institqtionsGiD their sowns way
1spbject only tothe ,Gonsttution,ofthe u. 81
4 AslOongEesS never interferea WithUthe lido
nestle institutional lofs the .tsuFtoriest far
thar .tAsnd the NsKo bil-rexpeptinFe
lationatps slavery. thsg@t efthislslavss ist,
Iithe people,, ,of fithetsrritery,Ah Ahe poWer 4
!. establish. .slagery thereips ri eamoa s,n "a
lni But theasestion now arises as tq Tho ar,
.msaatbyiait apeople, e,tsrefrTed. to.nt .dI
lJ4h,9see odHappily tsee,sd6sh tcepaes to iqls
aidS end elearHsxplansi this question. j
says; HAnd betitturtherfenacted, tbateye
Iwfres@aassmala iabRbitantoaboys theag'
Iofi9 hyeMsa ghosbalt be AN, actual yesiden
&e4 Al,all be entithd tsbe eyotes ,atithe frs
eleetinDs and shall Ressligiblse ta,anya ofic'
wihiaosaidbteTi'olgs&eH lIlere Melhavl
| ihe@beae matter ms satshslkx aThspee
ple2o thesteRit0rynaTeithe, ..ltee p5gts pnal
inhabitatsrs above i4b, years of age," yd Z
them aAiyep full power to establishes slaye
r5--rto 5saya that the1 cdsrkreyed, dark
skinned jphahitants,ef the terrttory,i shal
be Goods d,sGhattblsYrHdspriyedbio bio
9ibeftrahdothe pmsat Of ihappinessd3
hero callntbeiattentionno5 5tbe,people to tb
fact, that them. H. bill gives the same pow
en Ia enslaye the s0hites, that it, does. to en-
slavefhe blacks; inasmuch as it makesu,,
! disiinction-tin tltat respect-z on, aeeount q
coiof! This then (the1 power to- enslay
,chites as we'll as blacks, is the much1laud
ed, far famed, doctrine iof Hpophlar nsoyer
eignty2 as icentainedlinstlie MfKs bill, AN
advocatedlbyo Pierce, Atehison,i Douglas
&lCo5 Having shown the, character oflth
> s'popularsoyereign contained iRthis bill
it may be well to compare it with the doc
: trines of our falhersr-of'iW ashington, 1Ad
: ans ,Je efferson and FrankHn. a The "p6pu
. larsovereignty3 which tlieF adyocaed,a
r tod whichlthey pledged their t'livGs, the
8 fortunes, and their sacred honorss Plmayob
. foandinthe HDeclaration of Independence,
: and reads as follows: 1--WE hold qthes
q truths to be salf euiaeni thatah mensreCcr'
4 aied bt their Creator with certhin inalien'
Z blerights; that amongthese ardlye,1lidsrt!
2 andthUputsuit ofhappinesss THAT ossdiA
= theses rights guverhments are insiitut'
! among'rienp deriving theirJast powersfroi
b theIeoasem1of Ahegnfernsda''JThis vast til
& |..populHt sseSereigniyis Of our fathers
2 that inIsrightss all areqequal +thatqgoyerl
y ments are reIs'institutedi. to t'securep .equ
. rights lsthat no man has any rightltolel
q savephis fellow and atonaturabl libert
d islheigiFt, Of The beds6cent Creator tostl
# whole human raceG and tthatlciui liberty
!, founded on that" .bAiexandeF Hamilton
! see his aworks 'on vol 2Ipa8I--O. 49, Ere
q man's Letters on Slavery plI00Go What
u cohtrastis here presentedi Hhe.Hpopul,
d sovereignty si6f.the MIX. billais slaesr
= Arfayed fits favonstand pierce, Atchiso
: StfihgelloR, aadatheis miiions the Hbotd
Y suffianss's eThe leadefs'ofi the Ohio Den
= ocsacy iiaseidentifed themsoiTes witlrt Ill
7 doctrine, and oits celebratedsl} champion
J, \ lThelhpobuiaf e0Jsfeignty'e ofthel s. Decla
" alton OF Independence "Gisg ffeedomsd "A
u rayed ih,is favoa'standtlie names Of Was
y ingtoh ADAMS, ? Hamiltons Franklin Ia-wi
Z AL the worthless iof the Revolutlonym I'll
! leaders7of tke Republican party hateide
y tilted themselves with thisdoctrine e'offrs
!; dom, and sitgillustripus advocates; gWbe
stand the psoplea awih the Republicans az a
y fEeedqmg or yith4hessham Democracy Al
I. slayeIy,esTlersis sng middlei grounla;; Y
le ;scua 10 foirIu hafara ma -ttuho il not (