The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-02-07
LETTERS TO DR.. o. A. BRowNsON, ON THE IN
COMING ApMIyISTRATION.-No.s 8.

COMING ADMiSIsTRATIoN.-So.s.
DrAR sin On pagrs ninety-four and ninety-x of your
January number End the following Suggestions in re-
gard congressional power the Territories Of the
United States; Vi
aSquattar sovereignty is an ahsurdiy and repugpani
70 the frst principles all legal order. Under System
Of government the people States possess original snd
undeved sovereignty and sovereignty under God In its
penude save far by their free aud rreveeable
they have delegated lis exercise the Union Bat the
inhabitants of Territory have original and underyed
sovereignty all they have existence sovereign
people and inherent political civil rights and powers
Whsever legislative authority the territorial legislature
may have IL holds il grant from Congress To rec
ognise in tie people Of the Territory original and unde
rfTed legislative powsr Is contradiction in terms for il
them Sae while they only Territory
When they receive permission from Congress organize
themselves State, and form State constitution
preparatory admisson into the Union, they may
thorize slavery not II seems TO them good for
then they act State from their inherent SOW
ereignty, but not till then, for till then they SCI
only under the authority of Congress The clause in tbs
bill renting the decision of the question of slavery
to the territorial people in therefore, in our Judgment
totally unconstitutional and all acts done under null
and void from the beginning Congress neither legis
late slavery into Territory out OF it, because slavery
is not within the scope Of s constitutional powers and
sive jurisdiction This understand ii, s southern
doctrine and we believe it sound at
1.-THE Kansas Nebraska bill was attempt to impose upon
the demo by confounding the people Territory
with people State although by the first
attempt Of the kind. II hoped, because the people
that they sovereign Territory or have as Terri
tory Inherent and underived legislative suthorrdn ab
sury egu1iled only BY The socailed Missouri Compromise
Thiea gsad q see struck from eur aatHsebooha
have quoted freely and given you the full benefit Of
your special pleading which, be permitted TO
mark reminds me more Of la wyer Of the time Of Adelaide
thaa of editor of The age Of the telegraph Il is plain
that Jou Eufering under the difficulties which
surrounded the poet Milton after be had written the first
book of Paradise Lost who finding that he likely
to run out Of devils he condasd himself those Of
legitimate and sacred memory, commenced sppropratng
those of heather antiquity lest he should M below the
dignity of Homer and Virgil You have planted yourself
upon the abstract ground Of nthes and every PROPOSE
ton in analysis bend, and every edict of
be revoked for the special accommodation Of
your philosophy cannot help thinking, sir, you
treadng patented soul for had supposed Col Benton had
exhausted the entire theory and practice Of special plead
ing in his gigantic efforts before the jury of the
people relieve himself from the crushing weight of
Indictment founded upon his unfortunate assertion that
the word @ady is not TO be met in the Greek Hebrew
Scriptures Should the agonized aud excited mind Of New
England within the years ask temporary suspen
sion of hoses the part of distinguished lecturers from
distance thereby enabling the latter TO look after their pr
vste interests you viii certainly be in danger literary
initiation at fhe hands Of noted gentleman who ary
years in the United States Senate" You have within the
limits of dozen pages successfully apoogzed for ably
defended and utterly demolished the territorial act Of 1851
plain however that your main object Is urge
sort Of Of the Cincinnati platform in the policy Of
the next administration and fearing, ycu have good
ground to fear the result Of plea Of the general issue
yoz have as the old lawyers would say provided an i'm
nense number OF technical avenues through some OF
WHICH in Of desperate necessity expect TO es
cape This does look like fair dealing and those Who
Planting themselves upon the Kansas PLATFORM have toiled
rough the heat Of the battle against those open enemies
OF the Constitution, aboonism and nottingham
have right 10 call you TO account
AS for sqsazr sereregag--I mean, proposition sus
gnIsit is moral social and political bumbug; in theory
HWs simple error in practice has proved crime
Asquatsr de Ers animal unknown the natural his
oy Of Kansas and Nebraska and such squatsers the
Massachusetts Eniersnt Aid Society TO the West
Tmed with such weapons Beechsrs Christianity
shsrPes rifles and New England ruhad been strangers
IN our territory the time Of The defeat Of the British
troops at New orleans am that this political CHI
mra deuominaed Asqnstsr sovereignty has been ably
ssended BY Of the leading democratic statesmen Of
Ae land; but northern man, have no hesita-
non in saying IL incubus which the democratic party
strong asst is and sashed with recent victory is not strong
s00ags TO support Il political nuisance, which win