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and bare no idaa that tho Convention which
meets to nominate candidate for the Presi-
dency, at Charleston, wil1 adopt either Of them,
The party is not ready for that now, any more
than it was to faror the repeal Of the Missouri
Compromise in 1859. would like to ask this
audience. it you had been told that such results
would have followed that repeal as ron nov
soc, would you bare countenanced the measures
But you were told then that the object was not
to extend slavery into Kansas, but simply to
get I'D Of tue odious distinction made against
the South. and leave the people Of the Terri
torres to DO just Us they please. Now they tell
you mat popular sovereignty, or selEgovern.
ment, cannot keep slavery out OF the TcrTitories
AND th1s is the doctrine Of the present Demo-
CRITIC party. They did not t1sen announce it +:
NOR are ines ready to announce now the revival
O. o., tue african slare trade and glare code for
1ne ~, territories -, a. Democratic doctrine
Whether they will by aud by demand them,
will not undertake to say. Perhaps they viii
not demand a slave code. They think slavery
Is sufficiently protected without q slave code. /
think 60 too, if tue Constitution Of the United
States extends slavery into Territories. and if
slavery Is to be treated as any other species OF
properly. Let Us illustrate this: Suppose one
neighboring State Of Indiana with bis horse. do
you need anF special statute of that State to
protect -FOUR horse? Are net horses recognized
US property over the civilized world. If ne.
S'oes are ~ much property as horses, hare you
any need Of special statute or local law to pro.
tect you n their possession.
II a man takes your horse away, cannot you
bring your action Of trespass or irover and re
cover damages? And it negro is property,
will not tue same remedy appfy? So long T.
We hare courts which will decide that there l.
no distinction between slare property mud otle1
property, 90 long slavery needs 40 posi.ire IL"
to protect il: No proposition has been intro
duced into Congress for slave code. So loug
as the Democracy eau appoint Judges who viii
project them in their slave property, tbey wan.
no other law. l bel,ere hare stated fairly
what is the creed Of the Democratic party; but
there is fragment of that party-a mere frac-
tion, that proclaim another kind OF doctrine
here in the Northern States. They preach il in
llllno's, and understand it has been discussed
In this State. They are not ready to come upt
tile doctrine o. the party, but must have sume
pretense or other to misle-d tue people. 1care
not what man s inJisidual opinions are, So
long as he acts with party whose doctrines ure
known to nll. Suppose the entire delegation
sent from this State to Congress was in favor oI
popular sovereignty. aud when they rot there
they should act with the minority Of contrar,
views, what would the delegation amount to!
They would simply give strength aud powe. tn
the organization which is the instrument used
to crush out popular sovereignty.
But the doctrine Of popular sovereignty, as
advocated By this fragment, is absurd. it is con-
Trajectory, impracticablc, Inconsistent. reyotu-
tionary, and destructive Of all ciyil liberty nnd
constitutional government IslaIl occupy your
attention for short time on this question Of
popu1ar sovereignty or selEgovernment in tue
Territories, us lis called, Which ius no fouuds-
tion upon which to stand. l do not mean b,
| this that popular soverei. .nty is not an element
in our government: but that it is the basis upop
which our sorerument rests, deny; and there
IS not man here that does not repudiate it.
| not one. Not man Of you would be one Of
nine who would enter into government where
| in tse-the majority-should hare absolute
I control Of four--the minority; or where five
| hundred and one should exercise unlimited do
minion, simply By force of bare numerical ma.
josity, over the remaining four hundred and
ninety nine Of thousand persons: The des,
| potlsm OF i've men oser four is as bad as the
despotism Of one nun orer four. Our govern.
ment res,s upon no such basis. II rests upon
! i broader principle than that numerical major.
| tiles shall ru'e absolutely How was the Con-
| s,itutiun Of the United States formed. Did
majority Of the people make it: Can msjori
IT, Of The people Of the United States pass
law: ask you, law abiding men, you Consti
tuition loEiDE nen-are you willing that the
I Constitution Of the United States sliaIt depend
for its existence upon the caprice of the 1naior~
IT, ofthe day: Or are yon for that Constitution
as yonr fatilers made ii: full Of checks md bal
ances to protect ille minority against the ma.
joriy. Constitutions are nude to protect mi
norilies, not Wajor,ties.
The Constitution Of the United States was not
put into operation By q majority Of States bu,
required the assent OF nine out Of thirteen States
before it could take effect at all, and then it was
only to go lnto operation between the States
ADOPTING it. The powers of tue Federal Gov
ernsueut are defined in that Constitutinn RI,
peou!e stated what powers it sbouii harc Thsr
did not authorise popular majority to pass i
law. In the iIouse Of Representatives. ihis nm.
u,ar uriuciple ia renreseutcd, That hot(y +,
composed OF members according to ponulat,on
Tie Senate is composed Of members srlectf 4
from States as corporate bodies, not accoTdinr
TO numbers at all. The little State OF Florida
has asmany representatives in the UnItei stats.
Senate as The great State Of Ohm. with forty
times the formers population, Tie President
Of The United States is not elected bY a popular
iu: in number to that Of REPRESENTATIVE and
senators in Congress. Can 1nsi:,rity of thrse
topu!ar REPRESENTATIVES pass a law9 CrrtainIy
nut, 1t must be acquirscyd ia by tha Seuate
rrnresentiu,. tic Stute Rights oti1c;uie ia On,
Cunfederatiop. and receive tic sanction RI The
pres;dyut before it coes into opcration. Tlus
careful were the fathers at the repuh,c to inter
nose ri. these checks uud baiances.
Our government is based upon The consent of
the rorerued, and oil tie corerped. As nearly rs
it us practicable to ascertain it.
Are rou Tor tue Constitution Of the Uuited
States or arc you 1er orertufn'ng and render
iuS thts government rs unstable Us that OF 3le1-
go: lne naaa wno aasoeaees popular sosef'
elgnty as tue saos.ra1um 81 Of our government is
mistaken, andlt he carries gut THIS doctrine he
y Traitor 20 Inc eonstl.ut'on ana tae tasan
| lArplause.J ibefe Is mol q olate IN the Union
tnat aso"s Popula. taaIosn5 10 MAKE Law,
and 90 aat oet'ese taete Is eiaa Ia luis house
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