The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-03-26

country for the last two years. The
whole thing sticks to him and his aiders
and abettors like the leprosy of Naaman,
and not all the waters that run upon the
face of Gods heritage can ever wash it
out. The impartial historian, as he re-
cords the events of his administration,
will write it down against him; and in
the invisible future. like spectral ghost,
it will travel with him side by side down
the tide of time, until both the man and
his acts are blotted out from the memory
of mankind.
The President, in his labored argument
in favor of the repeal of the Missouri Re-.
striction, says:
Congress legislated upon the subject
in such terms as were most consonant
with the principle Of popular sovereignty
which underlies our Government"
And then substantially AYERS that the
people approved the repeal and adopted
the principle embodied in the Kansas
Nebraska bill in the recent Presidential
election.
So far from this being true, the Demo
cratic party has no settled opinion as to
the extent or limitation Of the principle"
of squatter sovereignty; and its leading
members are to-day at loggerheads all
over the country as to what the section in
the Nebraska bill means. Squatter SOW
ereignty North is one thing, and squat
ter sovereignty South is quite another;
and they are SO Numerically opposed to
each other that they never can be made
to harmonize. To place this matter
right before the House and the country,
I desire to read from several speeches
made during the present session by lead
ing members in the Democratic party, in
which this question of popular sovereign
ty is fully discussed. I will first quote
certain extracts defining "squatter SOW
ereignty" South.
An honorable Senator from Tennessee
(Mr. Jones) in recent speech in the
Senate, when speaking of the doctrine oi
squatter sovereignty, says:
81 regretted, Mr.. President, th at the
Senator from Pennsylvania Mr.. Bigler,
who addressed the Senate at length on
this subject, felt it to be his duty to take
up tn at question and bring it here, know
ing, as he must have known, that It's one
about which there is great difference"
Another honorable Senator Mr.. Ma
son of Virginia, in speech the present
session. said:
"The Kansas bill was intended to dele
gate to the occupants of the Territories
whatever power Congress possessed over
all subjects of rightful legislation /; but o
course it could delegate no more !; and
when we denied that Congress possessed
any power to legislate on the subject o
Slavery, we of course denied that tn,
Territorial Legislature could have it, be
cause Congress could not delegate wha
it did not possess. -
Another distinguished Senator, Tex
Gov. Brown, of Mississippi in an elabo
rate speech in the Senate, a few day
since, said:
"In my opinion, Squatter Sovereis Mt,
is misnomer, and Territorial Sovereign
ty humbug. I understand, Sir, wha
is meant by State Sovereignty and il
my opinion there is no other kind of SOW
ereignty existing in this country. Squat
ter Sovereignty, Territorial Sovereignty
and Popular Sovereignty, (when applied
to the Territories all belong to the sam
category. and they are all political absurd
tiles, in my opinion"
In this body, since the present session
commenced, distinguished gentleman
Col. Orr, of South Carolina, in def
ming his position. said
81 am one of those who do not believ
in the doctrine of Squatter Sovereignty
l do not believe that the Kansas Nebras
ka bill establishes or recognizes Squatte
! Sovereignty within the limits OF the Ter
: ritories of Kansas and Nebraska and tn
!, process of reasoning by which I reacl
that result is, that see no authority il
|, the Constitution of the United State
I which authorizes Congress to pass tn
7 Wilmot Proviso or any Anti Slavery re
a striction in the Territories
An honorable Member from Georgi
0 (Mr. Crawford, in a recent speech, said
0 q hold that it is important that a Tel
a ritorial Legislature shall not exercise
power which is both unjust and uneon
: stitutional. The only time at which soa
: ereig,a power can be exercised by the pee
6 pie OF Territory is in the formation {
; State Government, and at no other"
# Another honorable gentleman frol
II Virginia, { Mr.. McMullin, in colloqu
;. with the Hon. H. Marshall, Of Kentuck!
1t when speaking of the opinions of Senate
5. Mason, of Virginia, said:
IS He and every Member from Virg
). MIA upon this floor repudiate the doctrr
. : of Squatter Sovereignty as promulgate
d by Gen. Cass.''
u will now call attention to the defn
5. 5. ton of Squatter Sovereignty North. I
:, given by two distinguished Democrats
u the present session, representing Il
Northern wing of their party.
n First. will read colloquy in the Sc