Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-12-13
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Ibe speeches now being delivered by Senator
Douglss ION the Southern tour he has undsr-
taken in order 10 escape for the time heinz tho
cross examination to which he would be in.
stantly subjected On appearing in the Senate
ehamber) are attracting no little attention
among public men here especially because.
"hle involving most fagrant bids for Southern
Ponueai iaVor, they are also characterized by
manifestation Of no real disposition to at an
don hls eHteHfs coTdIale with Messrs Seward,
wade 20 with reference to his doctrine that
the first emigrants into q new United States
Territory may eonstitutionally Iegislate, from
Tho start, to prevent the owners Of slaves from
carrying them into such common property Of
the sovereigns Of the COnfoderaey. Upon this
dOctrine-thc supremacy Of which is all thcv
AK L" insure the triumph Of their desire 10
prevent the admission of another slaveholdinp
State into the COnfederacy they stand az
maniully by Senator Douglas, rs, last wintcr
DC and his stood by them in their war ON tho
position Of the Democracy Of Congress and the
Democratic National Administration with rer-
erence to Kansas affairs.
Ii strikes US that the platitudes of Mr. Doug
las IN those speechcs-hls vehement protesta-
lions ot devotion to the hts Of the States them
selves, within their own limits, to immunity
from interference in their domestic affairs from
beyond their own limitS-are properly appre-
Grated here. Thus, he is profuso in hi, pIores-
slons on questions upon which none but intsrse
AbOlitionists Of the Senator Seward and Ger,it
smith school differ from the Democratic doc
m'ne' which amount to just nothing at all
heaiiy' ne mus; fancy that the Southern people
alI f..oHS
ne can tickle many other Southern ssDemo-
crats tnan those Of the Governor Jas. C. Jone,
or Nh Knox w alker schools, and those educated
In Democracy under the immediate teaching of
MI Fred p. Stanton, into the belief that be-
cause be denounces negro equality in the rights
OF citizenship in the States, and proclaims his
belief that Massachusetts has no legal and com.
stitutlonal right to enact local laws for Virginia
tennessee, or Louisiana, therefore he is correct
In holding that there is no constitu tional or
legal obligation whatever upon Congress to
protect the right of Southern coequality in Uni
ted states Territories by direct legislation If
necessary That is to say, to take due care that
those IN the common property of all the States,
TO whom Congress delegates authority to make
Its local ordinances, may lawfully abuse that
authority by refusing to pass ordinances neces-
sary to give entire protection to Southern prop-
erty in that common territory of all the SOW
ereigns Of the Confederaey; or what is still more
fragrant, may. with lawful impunity, lcgislste
directly and palpably 10 exelu de slavery ad
r"'t'0 from such Territory.
Senator Douglas claimed that riubt for the
hrst enigrants into territory sent out by Eli
lhayer Co s emigrant aid societies, as they
always will be hereafter under this Illinois
Democratic encouragemenU in his recent can
Vazs aud In his current Southern tour he es-
says 10 coat the bitter pill be would thrust down
TIE throat OF the South. with the trite plea of
Popular Sovereignty. lie contends that there
exists no power to compel territorial IeyisIa
tare to legi=la;e for tie In these times) reces-
sary protection Of slavery in IT, 5 Territories
"ne man may lesi a horse to water. he TINS
holds, but tfty cannot make him drink against
has w'I Th2t'5 true enough. But the remedy
res'S ~ tho policy OF not leading him to water
until certain that ho is very thirsty III tie
sIuatters IN n territory refuse TO conserve in
tnerr local legislation the Co equal cOnstitu-
l"hai rights Cf great section Of tho Copfed-
eraey, then II rs the duty of the General Gov
ernmeat, we hold, 10 take from them the power
I" abuse their trust and privileges by such re-
fusAl- They have no rights of u. ;. citizen
chip whatever Of which thew rclipouish on
moving into U. 5. Territory. The right to Iegis-
late On any thing through their chosen agents,
Is simply privilege of late years usually ac-
corded 10 them.
If abusing that trust rs Mr. Douglas pro-
poses they shall abuse it, it is the duty of Con-
gress to see that the territorial rights Of the
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Injured by their derelictiOn Of duty. Mr..
Douglas may play the demagogus over tho
I.autude OF popular sovereignty" until
dOoWsday- Yet if the temper OF the Southern
members Of Congress concerning his doctrine
that the abolition aiders and abettors Of his
allies OF last winter, Messrs Seward, Wade,
GlddiGss Co, and Of his congressional
hasers, Messrs. Haskin, Hickman, Clark, ct a.,
nay, through their emigrant-aid operations,
forever prevent the emigration Of Shareholders
into territories by unfriendly legislation aE
'"'ito, DO fair criterion on which to base an
opinion, he will make no Southern "Demo
cfAt'e' converts 10 his current tour, other than
at the ex-senator James e. Jones and Mr..
) Knox Walker and Mr.. Frederick p. STAN
ton Democratic schOOIs-not one.
INDIAN ART.-We were shown this morning
at the Indian Bureau, pair of oyeralls and
frock coat, made Of buck.kin and ornamented
with beads, silk stitching &c, in the most ex-
quisits style Of workmanship. The beads are
wrought into representations of flowers, birds,
animals, &c, in the most elaborate manner,
and with eonsummats skill Not only does
the 0rnamentation exhibit great care, patience,
and excellence, but it is, in all its parts, hap
PLY appropriate; and the skin is tanned in
the very best manner, and the sewing of tho
seams and lining, aud the fashioning Of the
garments eVince expertness in the art 10 n
very commendablc degree. What Constitutes
tie chief attraction about these cjisf Tonurss
In the tailoring and needIework line is, how
ever, the fact of their being the handiwork of
an Indian girl away out in Carson's Valley in
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