Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-05-16

Southern Rights In the Territories.


free, full and equal participation in, and
enjoyment Of our territories, is question
in which she has an immense stake Both
pecuniary interest and republican principle,
concur in giving this question great impor-
lance. Under the operation of the Kan
sas-Nebraska bill properly interpreted, ana
so construed as that the people residing
permanently in a territory, and being eiti-
zens of the United States, shall fashion
their own institutions without interference,
the South would have an fair chance with
the North. But if, instead of this inter-
probation, that bill is to be made, the door
BY which emigrant aid societies are to ex-
press through to the territories, car loads
and steamboat loads of persons for the
single purpose of voting and establishing
institutions to suit fanatical section, rath-
er than to express the wishes of the per-
manent citizen and settler, and who may
turn about the next day and abandon the
territory; and if added to this sort of out
rage the pauper hordes of the old world,
arriving daily in the Eastern and Northern
cities are to be shipped, as SO much
luggage or plumber, to the West, free
of expense, and who know absolutely
nothing of our country and its insti tutions,
and if such as these are to have voice
and vote in the formation of States and
new institutions, then indeed, it becomes
the South to raise her voice against such
violence to right reason and right principle,
aud to put the seal of her adherence and
condemnation upon the monstrous injustice.
By this sort of process, she will be cut OF
from all hope of over sharing in the oc-
cupancy of our rich and inviting public do
main. 1t has been the prime object of the
abolitionists and freesoilers of the North
to bring about just such state OF affairs
as this. This has been seen by the whole
country in the discussion and vote in Con-
gress on the recent bill providing terri
torial government for Minnesota. This
was the construction which was placed upon
the Kansas n ebraska bill at the North, and
on every occasion recorded of a test of the
abolition sentiment and desire upon this sub
ject, this has, been the evident object. A
single moments dispaSsionate reflection
ought to convince. and will doubtless con-
vince, the majority Of the southern people,
that these doctrines, practically executed,
will result in the total overthrow of South
ern rights and interests in the territories.
1t narrows the contest down to the simple
question, which section can and will throw
the greatest number of people into given
territory within a given time. Who can
doubt the result? At the North, there is
a very large native floating population,
which together with the constant influx
from foreign countries swell that class,
which is tranSitory in its character and
ductile in the hands of fanatical leaders, to
vastly greater number than all the
unsettled classes of the South put together
BY this means the North is enabled to peo-
pie territory with race Of Squatters in
a few DAYS or few weeks. When, how
ever the people of the South desire to
emigrate, it takes them months to wind up
their affairs and transport their families
and slaves to the new territories. 1t re-
quires no knowledge of metaphysics to COM
prehend these facts, the South already feels
their depressing weight, in her efforts to
share the settlement of Kansas.
We have charged the leaders Of the
present democratic party, many of them
even at the South, and all Of them at the
North, with holding to and advocating
precisely these rules in the settlement and
government of the territories. We now
present from the record, proofs that the
northern wing of that democracy which
processes nationality and an especial friend
ship for the South, and the freesoilers, hold
the same opinions upon this subject, and
construe the Kansas Nebraska bill as en-
acting this policy. During the discussion
Of bill "to authorize the people of Kan
sas to form constitution and state govern
ment, preparatory to their admission as
one of the States Of the Union," in the
Senate July 2, 1856, Mr.. TRUMsULL, of Hi
nois, black republican, submitted the follow
ing amendment to the bill (see APpendir TO
Congressional Globe, lst Session SAN Con-
gress, page 1867:
And be Il further enacted, That the provision in
the act to organize the Territories Of Nebraska
aud Kansas" which declares IL to be 'the true in-
tent aud meaning" OF said act mot to legslate
slavery into any territory State, to exclude
IL therefrom but to leave the people thereofper
fectly free form and regulate their Domestic in
stitutions 10 their own way, subject only 10 the
Constitution OF the United States" was intended
to, and does, confer upon, or leave TO, the people
Of the Territory Of Kansas full power at dny time
through its Territorial legislature to exclude slave
y from said Territory, or to recognize and regulate
iI therein.
Upon this amendment (same rol page 1879
Mr.. DOUGLAS, said.
The reading Of the amendment inclines my
mind TO the belief, that ia its legal effect
Il is precisely the same RITA tie original act and
almost "a Gle tpOrds Of that act. Hence should
hare NO ksstaney ia rOt"g for t. except tLat IL Is
putting oa this bH matter Shieh doestot belong to
Il. know very well what the object is. IL to
figure on the stump this summer 20 make the peo-
pie believe that IL is something different from what