New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-23
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3d. 1850

ebijobo,d we have been taught 10 look up 20 a. the
grsa: conservative branch Of the Government; re-
moved by TIE period for Ehich they are elected, from
those influences that would naturally operate else
where: and when we see such men az these. IN such
positions e. they occupied thus tied down by party
dscplice ask W at have We % expect from inferior
men, IN inferior places, many Of whom have no other
wish aid DO other hope, than 10 I'VE cn popular
fsvor AZ home ard on tbs public crib sbroi
What other than the Democratic p-rty, biosed
with SrTcgaLee end glu..ed WITH confidence IN thef
Owl strength, would have dared to disturb that he -
ing measure Of compromise ynlch Lsl gwen psecs 70
distracted country for thirty four years only FOR the
nu-pose Of making nsr issue, BY which they night,
ss they thought, more certainly retain their Ago.en
powerl
- rs gyave fire. Shall they go 'Goshdpo.t
ofiosce; or shall they pay the penai:y OF their guit
n lands the question now OF the p'Wer O Isgls-
,,,io,, for the Territories Does u AIN There lne
% .itu,ion uaced Il. where II bad bee exercised Ior
onr yesrs and where the Judicial tribunals Of the
,ry had decided to exist in the Congress OF the
,ad States or does il abide in the Territories them
t' W. have some new theory brosched on this sab-
&c. almost every day, because from tle m9ment .ney
.SersI.fd ffom the Old land max, they have been
hspNine ard Numbering ana stumbling non bad 70
voyse ike blind horse in plJsed grolnt, simply
Tor the reason that there vas TO path to ouoT ana
M road TO travel and no sgu-post 70 gude; and you
rust ee back 10 the Constitution, ana me power nnst
rsnaio rybere il Has lodged by the Ca silt lion-in
the Congress Of the United Staes-beioTe matters VIII
get straight sgaln. .e
This power Congress has no authority 20 transfer;
.bev have no en- ice but exercise It thenseyes III
The po.er ~ given 70 Congress 20 lsosate for tue
Te,rories thew have TO Tig bt % dvest the On.
seyes Of th.t power and transfer It 70 the ierrtoI
Legi.l atures tLan they would have 70 dvest them
elves Of the varmaking pOSer and transfer II 10 me
S,st eoisistures Aud if tue power is not vested IN
Cotpress xherce do they DERIVE the poFer by legis-
ston to transfer the authority to the IerroyI THIS
propoeon is too plain and simple TO emoari sss the
mId of any statesman. Away, ihen, Win s'i les
tangled theories end experiments OF popular aud sgaat-
Tor sovereignty unknown 10 the Cor stitution IL s
cheer nonsense and folly; there can be no harmony OF
acu D. no Do see. agreement as 10 tDe power uhtl
this wild heresy s abandoned, and the Constitution Is
restored TO tie original action ard to tie irusnIeI pre-
tstion. If, then, am asked, as | often am, vh II
aboat Senator Douglass new theory OF Sqlsusr
Sovereignty aTswer, according 70 the terms OIL th9
KAnsas Ne brs ska BILL be is all right; bat, according
10 The Constitution he is al wrong, essentially and
radically wrong; extra Judicial political opinions that
have been made TO hinge upon the Nebraska bh' ana
not upon the Constitution to the contrary notS'n'
standing 60 l.
not inpu,e any other motives than such as control ms
in the OppOs ion. / believe they ale as honest in
purpose and patriotic in design a. the masses OF the
Opposition; but in the Southern Staes where alooe
Democracy remains Fri umphant, they are msled by
demsgogues and shallow leaders, who have wormet
themselves into their confdeIce. They are kept too
in state Of profound y10rance a1d darkness, ny the
f6ct that the entire South Is representei oy tue
Democracy who keep the country Hooded with
Iott ing but Democratic documents which never cx-
pose Democratic misdesds. From my own State We
have fifteen Democratic representatives IA the two
HOUSES Of Congress, not one OF whom, presume
ever cent on Opposition speech or document mo the
State or If they did, it vas suTe not 10 be 70 men,
Der Of the Democratic party, from whom all snca
precious documents are withheld. l say this ss az
apology fer the condition OF things that exists in Viz
gria. But, if they could have tae same opportunity
that hss been held out 10 the North, 10 FOR them
selves to what condition Democracy he's brongat the
country, they would be as wiling 70 throw of the
q ling yoke as have been the Democracy Of Maine,
New-IIampshire, Nswyork, New-Jersey, Pennsy
vania AID Illinois al OF which they were once proud
Lam moi prs pared to admit that the Democracy Of
Virginia are benighted and Ignorant tGan the De-
mocracy Of the other safes nor are they patriotic
rOr are they lsss Interested in good, wholesome sau
tary legislation. If they were only afforded tue same
facilities for forming a sound ana oorrec. judgment.
Have said too much Of the sacrifices this Demo-
cratic party is at all times prepared to make of pruci
PIE consistency, in obedience 10 party spirit and
party featy ?! Let see; and If ! have, let ule be
viEted with public condemnation, az one Who has
caluUnsted their good IA ne and fame.
will not 90 back into those CID, hackueyed ques.
tons, such Internal improvements by the General
Government-nor of what they have PTofe,sed their
platforms aud pTdctced IN CODgress-for all tba DIS
cussed in the campaign of 1856 in what is commonly
myself to issues of later day.
in lS4S there was not Democrat in the Southern
States who did not especially rsputiate and eschew
the doctrine Of Squstter Soveregntyas set forth in
Gen. Cas-s famous Nicholson letteT-snd who did not
strictly deny its liability 10 such an Interpretation In
1854 there was not Southern Democrat in either
House Of Congress that did not vote for this identical
Squatter Sovereignty doctrine, which constituted the
basis Of the iBiquitous Kansss-NebTaska bill; and
now in 1883 sgan they are as much opposed to that
doctrine as they were in II =.
Again il was bat few short years since thst the
entire South supported the Missouri Compromise, in
Congress and ont of it, thing too sacred and too
holy 10 be touched IL the Legislature OF Virginia it
declared, by vote Of III 10 49, that any attempt
70 repesl tha Compromise would be ust cause for
dissolution Of the Union, and " that il would be re.
sisted at ell hazards, and to the }a.t extremity"
In 1854, every Southern Democrat but one in both
Houses Of Congress voted as party measure, TO
peal that Compromise aid every Southern Demo-
cratic paper, public speaker and voter, without an
exception, far my knowledge extends, supported
them 10 the very echo; and myself was fsrcey De.
pouHced traitor 10 the South for resisting its
peal; and there were some whose rash and intern.
perste zeal so far outItIipped their Democracy and
discretion 10 counsel my expulsion ron the State
for my trtasorabe opposition 10 the disturbance Of
or peace.
Does ths or not establish their claim to consistency
or principle or does it show their readiness yield
both 10 patty dictaton aud patty success
In 1854, non.inteIvention was the universal cry of
Democracy South; they begin 10 fad non. inter.
vepton don't pay and already they raise the cry of
indispensable 70 the protection Of their
property and the preservation Of the Union. Perhaps
they may rect their claim 20 principle and consistency
Cd this sudden transformation.
They claim TO be a S.at,-Rishts party, and utterly
ly deny that any be friend To the rights Of
the States VITO dOeG not attach himself 70 their Demo
cratic organization.
Wen in the course OF my reading and my expe-
rienoe have known of but few t.ncss in which
there has been any attempt the part Of the General
Government 20 interfere with elcrosch upon the
nights Of tie States and thoie few very striking
and very remarkable Instances, well of tran
scepdert Importance, and of very resent ds'e and
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