The Feliciana Democrat., 1857-09-26
NO. g..
Gbs feIitiann 1en1otrat.
THE KANSAS ACT-sQUATTER SOvERE EIGHTY ,
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

IllE DEMbLRallJ ILAJfOhM.
Y i, fayoritc charge of the opposition against
the Democratic party, that according to the Demo
cratic platform and Mr.. Buchanan's inaugural. the
Kansas bin contains the doctrine Of :. squater
crcgaty." As defined by those who make this
charge, "s1uatcr sovcrcignty" is the exercise of
power by the territorial legislature, or the people of
the tcnitDrc. while territory, to exclude from the
settlement IN any territory any portion Of the citi
2eus of this republic with their property legally
hcll IN the state rom which they omgrotc.'
The Gltrr grounhcesncss Of this charge is expos
ID ~ tie Augusta Coustitntionalist. whose com
ncut wc transfer 10 our columns, and submit to the
consideration Of our readers.
The resolution of 4hc Cincinnati platform, upon
the subject Is rs oows
RcsDircl That we recognize the right OF TIE poo.
ple Of tile Territories, including Kansas and Ne
hra.ka, acting through Ne iegh and Jairiy oppressed
mW III njorty ef actual resiients aai whenerer NE
number Of their Inhabitants jaaifies 70 form Coastit,
Hon with or without slavery. and be admitted into
the Cnion upon terms Of perfect equality with The
othyr State
The language Of Mr.. Buchanan's letter of acccep-
tanec. upon this uiicct, is as follows:
Tht legislation (the Kansas and Nebraska acts)
isounded upon principles ancient as free govern
N u, t.nli. aud in accordance with them has sim.
ply declared that the people Of territory like those
Of State, shall decide for themselves whether slni
very shall or shall not exist within their limits
=" The Nebraska Kansas act does no more than
give the force Of law TO this elementary principle
Of ri-govprnmcnt; declaring il to be the true in
tent and meaning of this act not TO legsate slavery
into any Territory or State TO exclude it there.
from but to leave the people thereof perfectly free
t. form and regulate their domestic institutions il
their own way. subject only to the Constitution OF
the United States. The principle viii surely not be
"a lr Itfif nj gfa
Tossing devotion 70 popular government"
ln h- letter Of acceptance, he further says
\ accept in tile same spirit the resolutions con.
s'tHiing the platform Of principles enacted by the
Convention"
i The language ofMr. Buchanan's inaugural addres.
upon :hGsnlject is as follows
! :" A different opinion has arisen in regard to the
point Of time when the people of Territory shall
decide the question for themselves.
THIS Is, happily, matter Of but little practical
Importance Besides, ID is.n judicial question which
lcgimately bolong4 10 the Supreme Court Of the
United States. before whom II L. now pending and
will IL is understood be speedily and finally settled.
To hcr decision, in common with all good citizens
shall cieecimtg submit whatever this may be, though
II has ever been my individual opinion that under
the Nebra-kahonsas act the appropriate period will
be rhea he number q act4at residents in The 7uritory
phall justify the formation OF a Constitution with
view to its admission into the Union.'
4 We have thus given the portion Of the Cincinnati
nla,ror, - NJ. p,cr,nnn., ,o,.on - aoaa,,,a"aa
ma of NJ. tnaoal a1,r., ro,o,in, - iahio..
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the right If ihn people of Kansas TO determine the
question of slavery for themselves, and specifies the
time and the mode in which this right is to be cxer.
nig H. IA sd a.
EXPRESSED viii or majority or actual residents ".
rlo time is wien lhc number IL inhabitants II tho
Territory shall authorize r,em 10 meet IN Con-
yent'on 10 f.rm 4 SDto Consultation Mr. Ruchor.
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