Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-03-14

demands 1t. We tell them in advance that
the endorsement Of the Kansas legislation
Of 1854, will not be sufficient. The South
demands an explicit construction of the
principle involved in it. 1t will be satisfied
with nothing less. The South knows that
the prominent northern democratic support
ers of that act place most violent and for
the South, most dangerous construction
on it. A construction, which, could it OBJ
tain and be put in practice, would effectu-
ally prevent the extension of slavery in the
new territories. They have not only done
this, but in justifying themselves before
their Northern constituencies, have declar-
ed it, the Nebraska Act, was measure
for freedom" Among this class we find
the imposing names of LEWIS CAss Senator
STUART, Isaac ToUcEY, WV. A. RICHARD
son, FRANKLIN PIERCE, STEPHEN A. DoUG-
LAS, and Gen. SHIELDS, one of whom de-
clared it was the sentiment of the entire
Northern Democrcy." We have lately
discovered another distinguished champion
of squatter sovereignty in JAMES BUCHANAN.
We quote from the 18th page of PAM
phlet, published by the Hon. w. LYANCEY,
now Democratic Elector for the State at
large, in Alabama, in Is4S. He refused to
support Gen. Glass; and is giving the views
of the Northern aspirantS to the Demo
cratic nomination in lS48, on the slavery
question. He quotes from letter Of Mr..
BUcHANAN's dated Aug "a, ls4T, and
draws the following inference
$50 Mr.. Buchanan, therefore, is due the
credit of first giving the 90 bye to the WilmOt
proviso IS q means of excluding shareholders
from our new territories, bnt, at the sametime,
of pointing out to the North how much more
effec tually the great end of the provisoist-
the keeping these territories ercLuSireLy for the
settlement Of Northern emigrants-could be
obtained by advocating the new doctrine, that
the Inhabitants Of a neao territory, White get IN
its territorial state, could prerent the emigra-
tion thither Of Stockholders"
YANcEY says that BUCHANAN is the faith
er of the Squatter Sovereignty doctrine,
and YANcEY is high authority. BUCHANAN
is one of the foremost names on the list of
Democratic Presidential expectants. He
is the especial favorite Of some of the most
knightly champions of Southern Rights,
the Richmond Examiner for instance.
Will the South allow itself to be tricked
into the support of one of these hollow and
treacherOus friends ? We cannot think it.
If the Southern Delegates go to Cincinnati
and betray the South under the semblance
of a sound platform, and with Northern
sub silentiO Squatter Sovereignty candidate,
we mistake the intelligence and temper of
the Southern people if they do not uufetter
themselves from the party chain-gang, and
rebuke the treachery. In the platform
which is to be put forth on that occasion,
the South wants something more than fair
and seemly, but empty words. The twat-
tie about defending civil and religious lib
erty, and abuse of the American Party,
and a general endorsement of the principles
of the Kansas-Nebra act, will not be re-
ceived as a candid declaration of views
from party challenging the suffrages of
the Southern people. 1t is suspected that
the phraseology of that bill forms hiding
place for the monster Of squatter sover-
eighty. We demand that search shall be
instituted, and if it is there, that it shall
be dragged forth and throttled before the
the eyes of the nation. If it be not done
we shall take it for granted that its pres
ence is connived at by those who, for the
Presidential "mess of pottage," would sell
the South to its enemies.