The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-02-17

The Recommendation in the message
goes out as 80 forlorn hope" against what
has heretofore been supposed to be the
strongly intrenched doctrine OF popular
sovereignty. What win the country do
is the question. Will it defend this great
principle in the hour Of its severe triali
Or win it allow the right Of selc-govern-
ment to be successfully assaulted! Has it
already become an obsolete. worn.out
thingf But two years ago expressed the
opinion that those most prominently IN
strumental in causing the Democratic par
/ ty to be pledged to maiatain the doctrine
of popular sovereignty, in the organiza-
tion Of our Territories, would deeply re-
gret it. I never doubted that it would
operate against the growth Of the South.
On the 18th of March, 1856. when insist
ing upon an investigation into alleged
election frauds in Kansas, had occasion
to use these words: ~ y Hs
"Sir, the supporters Of that bill lths Nebras-
ka Kansas bill] have proclaimed to the natisn
CONSTITUTE "a fair field" and that there is to
be "frse fight, there, between the North and
the South, to decide whether slavery or free
dom shall rule them. If the energy, the en-
tsrpriss, the active msdss Of life, the available
capital, and the numbers Of the North, shall
not bs able to compete successfully with their
oppesitss in the South, and secure freedom to
the Tsrritsries, then will adnit that there Is
. vitality and power in slavery which We Of
the North have never dreamed Of. In my
opinion, the Representatives Of the South in
the Thirty Third Congress have sown the frs,
and they win gather fre into their own gar
Iqsrs.f" ,eEaie7 ie eiB eR 9as f9sl
The prediction is fulfilled; fer nov, like
Pyrsnea the Iberial princess. they 6y in
fear from their own child; it is = serpent,
and pursues them. The DAY of repent
slcs has come upon them much sooner
than anticipated. Instead OF decades,
| it has required but brief months to inculate
the lesson which should never be forgotten
that weakness cannot long triumph over
strength, nor ninorities. in this FREQ land,
trample down msjorities. If what We
have esteemed the great truths Of repub-
liean government are not sheer lie, then
squatter sovereignty, adequately protect
led, win give the virgin lands ef our Con.
fedsracy to the free white man, and net
the negro slave. This is now seen, and
sovereignty is not to be protected; it Fis to
be crushed out; by unwarrantabls, illegal
interference lit ID to be crushed but; and
tho hitherto pliant North ID expected to
acquiescs. Ifit submits, be it so. will
neverl no, neverl y
A southern writer in De Bows Weekly
Press exhibits ina striking light the i'm.
perativs necessity resting upon the South
to make Kansas slave State. It is de-
clared to be the necessity arising from self
pressryatios, and such a. originates the
highest law. 4 read an extract from the
article referred to. Of the date of January
lis, 1858:
! aThs surrender Of Kansas to the operation oi
1.-The majority rule, under the cry Of popular
! sovereignty in the Territories, without censti-
4 tutional warrant, and her absorption By the
nom -slaveAelding power Of the country, would
make,ths evil Of the times ne longer prospec.
| tive, but instant and simuinent. BY the fact
of this surrender, the South would become
subordinant, and the North predominant, In
+ the Union. Never again, in the Unien, could
1.-THE equilibrium of State sovereign reprsssnts-
tisn betwesn the South and the North be 9th.
or maintained in or rsntorsd to the Senate
Never again, in the Unisn, could the equality
iof the South with the North be either main.
4 sained in or restored to tho Heuss Of Rsprsssn.
Itativas. No further barrier could be construct.
cd between either the aggressive territorial ol
political rapacity Of the North, and the weak
ened and diminished South. No ether bull
wark could be raised to guard either the moral
or social integrity Of the South against the dis.
rupting and destructive legal and social avs.
! tens Of the North. The South, like Hector
bound to the car Of Achilles, would soon be
dragged by the triumphant North around !
ruined possession, quickly TO be followed nv
the eraaivs plswshare Of the invading cen,
Qusror.
| sFrhe loss Of K.nsas TO the south would in.
|volys the less Of Missouri: and the loss Of Ma
tssuri wslld destroy the moral q we'll ~ polit-
ioal prestigs Of the South, and invade the in.
ltsgfity Of their institutions. The neral prss-
ttigs Of States, like that Of individuals, enes
destroyed, no earthly power can rssters; and
the integrity Of State establishments, like the
chastity Of woman, onos subjected 70 invader,
continues At the win Of the dsspoiler. With
abolitioAised Kansas covering her wsstarn
boundary, whilst there poured int her bosom,
through Iowa and Kansas, from the more iahea-
pitabls lake and northern Atlantic regions, :
continuous strsam Of agrarian radicals Of any
and all parties in those regions, alike dstermin.
Cd "a obtain control sf her government, aud 10
assert the rule Of the majority in the line OF
smanoipa ation, slave property In Miaaeari would
become too pseoarieus IN its tenure TO bs hold.
en-, and the Nsesasity for its sale or removal
would at once Ariss. u may BE- sonhdsntly
asserted that, under these eircumstanoss, in
| avs ysars Missouri would cease 70 Be = alavs-
heldiay state. Already. IN view Of The anti.
lcipatsd result Abolition Journals have been
stsrisd In Misssuri, and candidates for Con.
grsss have uufurlsd tAs banner Of smaneipa-
tien.
aNew sAs los. Of Missouri 70 the South would
involve shs less Of the Greek and Cherokee
IdsnAin, the Cheotaw and ChiokAaAw domain,
New Mexico, and ArisoMa, wh,oh olhsrwias
could BE- saved Ia The slavsA ASldlng interests ot
I the country, and thu harmSAieus naflidrian
Ief the Union. " 10 known that the Creeks
and ChsNksss number from thirty "a forty
thsssAud trse Inhabitants, holding at lsast ton
thsssand negro slaves. The fAots .as ts the
lChoctaws and ChickasNwa stAnd In 4 similar
rata. The vhtta mana hleod In both nstions