The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-10-07
Democratic sauatter sovereignty

Every man Of sense knows that the demo.
cratic party, BY its leaders, is pledged to the
docttine that Slavery is carried into the Terri
tories belonging to this governm mt by virtue of
the Constitution; and, this proposition being
accepted, there is no room left for dodgins the
conclusion that the people of a territory have
no power to abolish it. True, northern dough.
faces, - cowardly to deny submission to the
odious requirements of the Southern oligarchy,
90 before the people with all sorts of excuses and
sham pretences to apologize for their scrvitude to
the Slave Power. Bat this is not the case with
their Southern masters. They speak out honest
ly the true and legitimate results Of the demo.
cratic doctrine that slavery is carried into the
territories by virtue of the Constitution, and
that they are as essentially Slave States as Geor-
gia or South Carolina. We regard the follow.
ing doctrine, laid down by that able exponent
of democratic principles, the Charleston Mer-
curry as the very substance and life of locolo-
coism. For, if you take this doctrine out Of
the democratic creed, the South will desert the
democratic party, and what would the demo
cratic party be without the South9 Read the
extract from the Mercury and then ask yourself
whether you think it your duty to vote for Nun
gen for Congress, who must sustain the doctrines
therein taught or for Ashley, who be eves that
Congress, and the Territorial legislature have
alike the power to prohibit slavery in the terri
torres:
cit is not necessary for the existence of
Slavery in Territory that there should be spe-
cial laws passed for lis protection. Slaves are
lNr t,fAn
The Courts OF the United States in "a Territory
have only to administer the laws protecting all
other property, i'll their application TO slaves.
| and the protection will be sufficient, For in
stance, it is felony to steal horse or watch.
Let the same law De applied to stealing slave.
1t is criminal oiisnce to beat cruelty or to
Kill wantonly any animal. Let the same law be
applied to the protection OF the slave. If
man keeps and uses his neighbor's animals he is
amenabe to damages, and 50 would he be in
harboring a slave. All the Judges of Terri
tory are appointed by the President OF the Uni
ted States, by and with the consent of the Sin-
ate and not BY the people or the Legislature Of
Territory II Territorial Lagisa lure should
pass laws prohibiting or abolishins Slavery in
Territory the Courts in u Territory would de-
clare them void. If they shoald pass laws de
cariug that the laws projecting all other kinds
of property should not protect Slavery, they
as Territory is Territory, Slavery under the
Constitution Of The United States must be pro.
lected as property, and the Courts of the Terri
tory. under the appointment and control of the
head of the Federal Government, must enforce
the protection, if the decree OF the Supreme
Court Of tha United States is inforced. When
Territorial government is organized in q Ter
ritory, all the principles Of the Common Law
are either put Ill force by the act creating the
government of Territory, or they enter the
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