The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-11-06

Lbe felitiana 1emotrat.
JUDGE DOUGLAS POSITION.

Although the elect on III Illinois. Is over yet the
questions which nro4n IN that canvass are not dead
Tho en- mics Of Dou glas, both within and outside Of
ilmt 'tltc have been too violent and yindictiyc IN
III warfare TO b, soon forgotten The foul asper.
sions which they emu .catcd are matters Of record.
which will rise against them In judgement whenever
they appear before the people. either as applicants
for place. or attempting odrcct their course Their
attack upon Judge Douglas position have been ably
m aid their arguments rciuicd but in no instance
we think. more conclusively than in u communication
published iil the Richmond Enquirer. from which we
@uhjon an extract It is well worthy of preserving
Nobody. presume will deny that Judge Doug.
Ia is right in his opinion that slavery may b, inu
iioi'ly or bencicially operated upon. the local le
gslatiOn may he in avOr of or opposed that in.ti
tuition. viii not such local gisatou, # adopted
be carrying out ih wishes of the people Of terrific
rH. n ID" majority may happen TO h. in favor of or
og'in-t ,lnvrry! Judge Douglas Messrs. Orr. Ste.
pm Us aud smith not onl, kn ~. but every member
oi Congress knows il, ana - d the Washington I'm
lon.
/ +" AZ conclusive proof % thi ~ ~ | viii quote
section from the territorial laws ~ kaI.a- passed IN
1888. by the pro.sia,eyy |. gsIanr winch was elect
cd March 80 sjj II will he iound l., the God or
Kansas. ~ pag co., ction II II any FREE p,rso .
\ by speak ng or by wf ing, assert or maintain that
persons hnvr n0 w right tp hold slaves IN h Terri
| tory. OF stall i,troducr into tbs Tclfitpry pript
write PUBLISH or circulate or cals to be- Introduced
into fhi. territory written. printed published or cir.
culaicd INTO this Territory. any book. paper maya.
'zii" pamphlet or circular containing any deajm of
tn right of persons to hold slaves in til Territory
such person shall bc dcencd guilty Of felony and 6e
pun shed by imprisonment at hard labor. for term
oI not less than two years This section il proof
positive that prosi,Uery Legislature will 50 rgs.
lat" as TO make the territory fill up with Shareholders
and their Station. in the words of Judge Douglas
will favor It's extension
The object OF this section was to exclude all who
did not believe. or dard 20 express an opinion that
prr.ons have not III" right 10 bold -lave in this Ter
riory. II Is np necessary 10 ask TO whose exclusion
this section W III and Il Ste d. Under this sec
ton Gc' rl CAS-. now Secretary Of State. could not
have 2"n lnr 40 '!ard 70 "xpr' : his opinions
And why? u cnls, III his speech at Rome in Mich
"al IN w h, sad .!uf yon cannot put your
.ing"r "n nv pos rr " 2 hy dcd To carry slavery
inio 90" Ten lorS Does the Constitution give the
POS 4 70 intcrir,: NJ TIL word slave is not to
hr found IN that instrument There !, nnpomrr OF -.
lrfr nee recognised ~ st"tot looks, except in
cas- Of imgltivrS. Go 10 the Constitution and If i'll
n'h"rz :. II, ritrc but otherwise. touch not the
sliin. W Again 1t has been said thai the
passage "t his hill opens Kansas and Nebraska to the
slave power Th"r, never was 4 worse msrepresan-
tatiol. These opinions. thus publicly ayowed hy
G"ura' ass IN 1854, after the passage OF the Kan
sa bill wpuld if uttered hy him in Kansas, or circu.
lat d frrdnc"d 10 writing, by himself or anybody
US Win " Tue I'm " nl hhllNds. nave
to Imprisonment at hard labor .or term of not less
tha Two years,
"Y w.thn knowledge of these fact the pro-shircry
lie 'Ellnre o! Kansas, n its session in July and Alt-
ISIS passed the l2th section. a.id further with
n' kuowlcdgr of the difference exist. nj the time
moIg gst distinguished Democrats throughout the
whole North. General Cas- was selected hy President
BHchana TO thr chief position in his Cabinet. Just as
Pre- dndl Polk honold james buchanan with the
am Ollie. he occupy NJ a somewhat similar posi-
tia. IN lS4j o. another question. the tariff of 1872
no. n'l VII ch the y mocrae party voted in the Sen
ate of the Initrd States. with tn two exceptions Of
Buchanan and S.lr Wrl.ht, yes h. SGHlcra Cass)
could not express hi, opinions after thu passage Of
this act IN 1888 on cna-titnt annl question Ii Kan
sas Int could b" made Secretary Of State. with
knowledge that he ent rlnin, d th opinions which he
did u, thr me OF hi appointment. hay not allud-
"d 10 q neral Cnss to aroll-a old pr nl e. against
him. or 70 cona mn Mr. Buchanan ior his appoint.
mr--ftr from It-b lieving him 10 be decidedly the
mos IN H"ni statesman HOW I'll We who ought Ia have
been elected Pres delt in 1915 and who d falel
by the same class OF polite ans who are now lryingI
III II vry best to defeat Jndge'Douplas. will doI
Gen "ass the further justice 10 say, that he carcd
such Legislation rs Kansas rrsored to. 10 be- dis
grace to the age, to he unconStin 0nal and trrr
fore not only Gen. Cass would mye been made ii
on for expressing his opinions. ant Jndgr Mclean
ana he other Jud Of the United States Supreme
Court who diss"ntr1 from tn decision in the Drtd
Scott case. would have lee made icous if they had
expressed thcirds- NJ in Kansas and their opinions
If read or crcnlNtcl nyaly persops in Kansas. would
have made such pnrs also fons, Thus il will he
seen that these eminent men could not. nor could
any other upon pin Of penalty express their opion
lows this grrnr alsntio al question. because OF
this proshtrTg esi,lai on 10y Kansas July, 1850
have salh enough | presume to convnc" all
that If the majority of tn ople Of Terry are in
favor Of slavery, Jnd q Douglas was right in saving
that they would elect representatives who would ie-
gslatr in lis favor and lor its extension lie knew
that an anti slavery Legislature would pass such laws Il
he knew that If majority OF the people OF a Terrific.
ry were opposed to slavery extension they would GER
tnIly elect representatives who would pass such
laws rs to make slavery in snch Territory, in the
words OF Mr. Orr, of no value. He knew this would
be DONE and like n statesman gave direct answer to
Lincons question and achieved the victory over his
compel tor.
Il repeat, Mr., Editor. you are right when you say
hat Judge Douglas was stating an eristing fact and
not enunciating principle or laying down policy.
have shown thiseXisting fact on the part of pro-
slavery Legislature, and Judge Don.lls might with
great propriey have held up to him this famous 18th
section, and said to him. here is what pro.sayery
Legislature did for the extension of slavery, and he
li"ve. if you Black Repub had majority in the
IL gslaure that you weud TAXI that same 18th sec
tion and strife out the NOT wh,rr ii orcnrs in the
cond line, and for the word denial IN the 4ih line
from the bottom you would substitute the word 'aa-
mission in its place which would make the section
then read ctecunl for prohibiting slavery as II be-
q onI r, ;toa