Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-02-13
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Friday Morning, February I3. 1851.
The uaisy Of the Democracy.

lFpSANIitf>, uthAfith sIte1h W III
House OF Representative the 9Th ult, in which
after severely eritiesing the Presidents last an
nual message. he exposes thoroughly the falsity
Of the pretence that the Democratic party of the
North agree with the Democratic party of The
South upon the constitutional rights and rela
tions of slavery. aud demonstrates the uiility ant
faulty Of any reliance upon the former 10 main
tain the equality of the South and the equilibrium
of the Union. by means of the extension of slave
nv. The folio wing extracts will suffice to show
the character of his argument and proofs:
The doctrine that the Constitution. proprio M
gore carries slavery into the Territories and
that the people thereof have no right to exclude
it through their Territorial Legislatures. was de-
MED to be the Democratic creed. IL was denoun-
ced as IA Islander upon the party; and | here un-
dertake tn say that no Pennsylvania Democrat
yentured its assertion III unmisakeaee language
TO a PENNSYLVANIA audience. The people OF that
State were told that the Democratic party, IN
stead of being in favor of. was opposed to the ex
tension of slavery. II alleged by my col
league in the Senate. tMr. Bigler)
Do not deceive yourselves The construction
which the Democratic party OF the South give TO
the Kansas Nebraska bill is directly contrary 10
that given by the mass Of Northern Democrats.
You say that the people of a Territory, under the
operation of that bill can only exclude slavery
when they come to form "a State eont tuition. until
their population equals the ratio fixed for reprcscn
tation u Congress; and that. I'LL that time
arrives, slavery may oonsttutionally exist IN the
Territory and that any law passed by the Ter.
ritoria Legislature excluding 1T would be. 40
initio void 10 short, the Southern Democra
CIV DENY the correctness of the doctrine Of pop
ular sovereignty and utterly repudiate it
But sir how is IT with their CO lh6orers in the
North This doctrine. which is so odous at the
South those Of the North cherish a man does
the apple Of his eye. Hear my colleague mir.
Bigler) in the Senate:
y am of opinion that lie people, through their To-
cal Legislature have thai power ! arrive Mt this
conclusion because can - bat Two sources Of law
making power for "a Territory the one Congress aud
the other the people hold Hint. When Congress
has conferred npon the people Of Territory all tie
law-makiug power which it possesses under the Con-
stiiu,on the power is complete II The people equal
TO the question Of domesc slavery or nnY other sub
iect but this Is legal question. aadi for one should
be gratihed to see +, DC eced'
The Senator grows eloquent over the beauties
of this doctrine:
"Ifthe rule of decision by popular will be slavery
rule as alleged by some, how To get Gear Of
it2 1t makes the very foundation Of our whole re-
publican system; II undofies the institutions Of each
and all of the States il Is the very essence OF true re-
publieanism; it is neither more nor les than self
government
II This he oorroct then wharei. vaur Democ-
racy, gentlemen of the South New, although
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