Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-12-07

ffweel5 seem 10 be unne essary ihat wsrhould
speedily reaark upon the speech ofthe distl6guish-
ed SedetoF Of Illinois, delivered in This city. AZ
far rs he principles Announced and expoun6ed are
concernsd there is no difference in substances, be.
tween lie ienor and he speeches Of Judge Douglas
made in Illinois, during the late exciting canvass
The doctrine Of the Ereeport speech is somewhat
more explicitly stated and the srgument more sabo
rated and yet, although it may practically appear,
from the mode Of reasoning that the doctrine that
Territory may omit to egslate for the protection Of
slavery and thereby fail adequately to protect slave
rroperfv and there ig no remedy for IT, there being
10 eonetitutional power which can compel Terri
torial Legislature to act yet We would have been
better satisfied with Judge Douglas position il be
had declared that the Territories being the common
property Of ali the States adequate protection to the
property Of ell is what they have right to expect,
vile they remain Territories. We hold il to be
The right of the people Of the South to carry their
sves 10 the Territories Of the United Ststes and to
demand that they shall be protected in their posses
si5Ee The illustration furnished BY Judge Douglas
relative to the taxation Of horses The license upon
merchants, and the prohibition Of the sale Of IL
uuors undoubtedly falls within the province Of To-
cal legislation in the Territories. Aad 50 would
taxation upon slaves license for the sale OF Slaves
But p0sssssion and 7ysy#eHi OF private property Is
anetber question ana IN order to possess aud eUjoy
il ID Is necessary 10 pass laws 70 prevent the tres
mass mon private right to all species Of property
That kind Of protection ought to be adequate and
not a mere mockery. Our admiration for The char
acter, services and general soundness Of Judge
Douglas cannot blind to the fact thst he does not
come up to The standard which has hitherto been
approved BY the State Fights Democracy on this
point
one siep further and sanction The doctrine proclaim
ed nv Senator Davis Of Mississippi, that The right
exists in the protection of slave properly by virtue
Of The Territories being the commoa property Of all
the States and if unfortunately that right is denied
before Territory comes to 70 m her sac Consti-
tuition, or the local law Oms adequately TO protect
the owner Of slaves, it arises from the failure to
provide 9 remedy for the evil Unfortunately for
us there is no remedy for such condition Of things
but revolution and it would be for the people Of the
South themselves 10 determine the occurrence Of
such an event, whether the evil is Of sufficient mag
nitude 70 Justify c resort 70 the remedy. In other
respects, Judge Douglas speech was unexeeptiOua-
Bile if We except his views concerning LeeomptOn,
with which it is well known edO not agree But
here he has gone very far towards disarming the
special opposition Of Southern Democrats when be
frankly declares that his opposition to the LeeOmp-
ton Constitution did not arise from the slavery
olsuse but from the conviction that it was not the
act and deed Of the people Of Kansas. He even de-
clared that if he had been satisfied that 1t embodied
the will of the people concerned, he would have
cheerfuly supported its acceptance, thus showing
conelusively that he has aim or desire 10 court
fne favor OF the abolitiOnists, indeed his WhOle
theory Of our Federal Government evinees most
clearly His theory is that Of the Slate Rights and
Strict Construction School Of the Seulh headed by
Thomas Jefferson james Madison and John G. Cal
houn, and too much praise cannot be awarded him
for his bold avoWsl and clear exposition of its pin-
ciples. 1t is the only theory upon which our govs
eminent can be preserved and perpetuated in its
constitutional vigOr and purity, aad in itself to be
studied as one Of the dearest most foFeible and
eouivoeal expOsitions of the true doctrine Of State
Rights that has ever come under our eye We
commend il to the study Of al who regard Judge
Douglas as radically unsound, and ask them where
they can find better srsgts Of our principles p
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