Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-01-12
eoustter Sovereignty, again.

western members we're compelled to the confess
ion. that The Kansas Law was defended byii,
Northern Democratic advocates on the ground
that il established 1.-The most nonstrous doctrine
ever advanced by an American statesman 1--WE
quote the language of Mr.. Calhoun)-the doc
trine Of squatter sovereignty. Reference was
made in that debate TO the opiuion' Of Messrs
.Cass Douglas, and other leaders Of that wing
Of the Northern Democracy, claimed by th.iI
Southern allies to be sound and conservative
The former Of these gentlemen lthe latter has-
ing not yet taken his seat in the Sena,e) has
felt called on to notice that debate. and TO make
distinct declaration of bis sentiments on the
question at issue. The 3rd ofJannary. he made
a speech in the Senate, in which he referred TO
former exposition Of his opinions. to be found
in the goth volume Of the Congressional Globe.
page 270 and spoke as follows:
The curious inquirer after the truth histo.
RI will find that there maintained that the peo'
pla of every organi sed Territory possessed of
Legislature hare the right. through such Leg
islature. to regulate all the relations Of domestic
life. those Of parent and child, of husband and
wife, and Of master and servant. and ct oil sim
liar conditions and 10 Introduce or abolish sfore-
~ as fully as the people Of a State; and that The
change from Territorial 10 a State Govern
ment does not enlarge. Or diminish or change
this power of legislation. | consider il an es
sential attribute of the right of man to govern
himself without interference elsewhere. that
grea, American principle. human indeed, nick
named, in these days of progress. not always
forward, sauatter sovereignty which neither rid
icule nor reproach. neither hard words op-
probrious epthets can drive from the hearts OF
the American people, enshrined as it there is by
all the gories Of the past by all the blessings
of the present and by all the hopes Of the future.
shall take the first opportunity which presents
itself TO the Senate, as it no doubt will before
long. to express more fully my sentiments upon
this interesting subject. As to my colleague,
the Senate and the country know that he fully
competent 10 define and defend his own position.
There il the whole ''monstrous doctrine'-a
doctrine which the Virginia Democracy once
declared by resolution was las indefensible in
principle and dangerous ia practice as the vii.
mot Proviso, land which the Richmond Enquirer.
no longer ago than last summer, declared I'VE
of the South will never submit to-" This is
the construction placed upon the Kansas bill by
he whole Norhe and North western Dcmoo-
racy, with bu, here and there an exceplcn-and
for their supper, of iha, measure, with this inter
pr citation Of its import and effect, we of tho
s outh are called ON to take them to our bosoms.
This is the construction given 10 the Kansas
law by Mr.. Richardson, unless he is grossly |
sented- and yet we see Southern Demo
Gratis voting, continuously for six weeks TO make
him Speaker OF the House, on the delusive pre-
ence that he holds sentiments favorable to the
Institution of slavery. This is the construction
given TO it by the President. when be signed tho
aw-he then believing that uuder that law mo
more slave States would be oddeo to the Union,
hough we should acquire the whole Of Mexico"
= and yet Southern Democrats demand that we
hall take his approval of that measure a. proof
hat he is willing to see slavery extended-
Stranger and more omnious still, we find This
bsurd and destructive idea beginning to invade
sven Southern Democracy. The 2sth of last
month"; Hon. George w. Jones, leading Demo
ratio member from Tennessee, spoke as fol
ows:
Mr.. Jones, of Tennessee was one Of those who
believe that all power was in the people: that NIL
power not delegated TO the Federal Government
vas still in the people and the States. IT, then,
he people and the States had delegated to the
Government the power 10 egislate upon the do
nestle affairs OF the Territories. the Government
y the Kansas and Nebraska bill had delegated
s FAR rs it could, that power to the people of the
Territories. If, however the people and the States
ad never delegated that power to the Government
hen 1t rested in the people and in the States. In
lis opnion,the Kansas and Nebraska act recoc
'ized the full force and power in all its viror of
he right OF the Territories to legislate over this
subject prior to their organization as a STATE
Government, as fully and as completely as WINS
recognized the power of the people of the States
over the subject of all domestic questions no,
delegated 10 the Government. Gentlemen might
call 1t what they pleased non intervention squat.
ter sovereignty. or popular sovereignty, it was
a power Of the people which they had never del
egafed to the Government; and, in his opinion.
they, and they alone, should exercise il as trtU
,ohile in Territorial condition as in a STATE
Government"
Since the establishment of Territorial Govern.
ment IN Kansas. the nbolitionists and free sellers
have been sending hireling hordes of their men
there, to outnumber the settlers from the South
AS soon as they arrive--whether native or for
elgn they become voters and it is believed u +.
this time considerably exceed in numbers the
emigrants from the slave States. Under the in.
depreciation of the Kansas law. given it by the
Northern Democracy, the President, and thi
Tennessee Democrat, they have right, by a
simple vote of their Legislature, to declare tina,
slavery shall not exist in Kansas-and TO say +,
the people ofthe South: "If you bring your
slaves hither,they shall be set at liberty" And
this is the boasted Fidelity to the South OF
Northern Democracy! These are the men Il
whom we are entreated to confide the interests
OF slavery! Shall we do III VIII Virginia De-
mocrats 60 into convention with nen holding
such views, without first requiring renuncia.
ton Of themi We shall see.
AT q meeting Of Democratic members of Con.