New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-31

tina. ,Cv Knowledge 10 when l am feheito,-has
nc e Of than anysody else In sss me 'as,ss
o.. a. - a rer.0Fay coUcsnad-i 5rer . abide hs
J.,i.ion He has no rgh- > impose Si.ve'yon o,hSIr
ey ,houch they be his ogp children )r their T1gh,s
60, ,,nal ~ lis but il he cho05e - vote huscJ mo
So or clo,,sr, Whether H. Territories or S'ates,
,,i,rav all obligation snd agree - u his decision
sbaU be fna. But until he re-. v9,e, and voi. IoI
Slnyery nsit that there - ainel9uy On ,he 80. ~
.asJa,r-I i. freedom any how-tbongh there BE- ten
thousand votes for Slavery ard only ne egain-- IT.
No au no Constitution, over did or ever can exist oy
,lcb The vote OF other that he shan bs slave cah
be- conclusive against he di'-'ht. my a'raherl'IF y
nv which A. Is and { are 20 vote that u, +,
,gId q .hnn De -ayes. ID only shall be, il 10 rea,
Porular Sovereignty, but transparent mockery and
fraud. ~.
,nd ton .housgnd or any other number % settler ID
Territory of the Cnted States, have either actual or
rghtful powertO establish slavery ,herein no nt''eI
nv vha, vote. Such n vote would be at the least an
eyercise of .rereiyn power, and Territory j. Dot
Sovereignty whatever State may be. Terri )ria.
organization or condition ]" temporary erpeden'-s
siop.gap-a haliway-housc between noneniIiy ani
state sovereignty. il ia creature Of he Federal
Governmeut which has power 10 suspend. to molly,
or even to destroy il al any time liz principal iuue-
toneyes ore warmed into official life by the breath OF
Federn Executive favor: that breith may gumake as
readily n !, has made them. Recall ii YOU can, the
long roll Of Governors of Kansas mean tha. cot of
Governors who have ezeIted authority and received
pay-an1 say which one Of them owed his appointment
When the veteran Gen. ST. Clair whom Presi len: JEFF
ferson found and for while kept in Office Governor
Of the NoIth-Wcst Territory, was somehow moved t2
assert for the first time the doctrine OF Terrl'o.a
S1uatter Sovereignty the answer 81 NJ. Jefferson,
through the proper Department, was prompt and de-
ci6ed: Cen ST. Clair am instru fted 20 inform you
" that You are this day removed from the office ot
" "Governor of the North West Territory lhis was
mastery instance Of what the logicans term the ar
g,meatrm dd k0BiHcH-just ne you might reiute
juggers pretense hat he attracted or fastened
10 the floor that he could not be moved, simply by
kick " hich should send him flying fence. be-
leve Gen. s.. Clair promptly realized that Mr. Jeher
con had the better of the argument.
The Popular Sovereignty which ia believe ID ard
msntain Is the sovereign right OF the American People
of the Thirty Millions n our couhhymen, acting
through their chosen Representatives in Congress, 10
exclude Human Slavery from every square inch Of
their common domain, ard pass such laws as they SHAH
find necessary TO enforce and perpetua,e such excu-
sion; thus preserving and consecrang that maSnii-
cent domain 10 Free Labor and Free Men evermore.
To render tuoh exclusion perfect and enduring, ask,
entreat, the sympathy and cooperation G the settlers
in the Territories whoe interest in this exclusion OF
this enormous evil and conrge is more immediate, but
no more real than that Of their feowcltizens as YET
residing in the States. trust that cooperation will
not be here withheld; but where they falter,
still insist the right Of the Thirty Millions to stand
iru The Public Lands are the propertye the Nation:
deny the right of any mere segment Of that Nation To
destroy their value by fastening the blight of Slavery
upon them They are the predestned home OF Millions,
Of my children and those of my peishbors az wei as
of yours: deny your night to shut Us OUT Dy iaing
curse which virtually excludes us and our descendants
therefron would not trespass upon the rights otthe
tbousands and tens Of thousands: | INSIST that they
sha not encroach the rights of the millions and tens
Of millions. OF those rights, the Republican party OF
the Union is the Proydential advocate and GUARDIAN
ard it will rot consent TO abandon them.
That party is based On great fundamental principles,
which prircpes concisely and ucidy set forth in
its National Platform framed and adopted by IT. Con
venion which was held at Philadelphia in June, 1896.
That Platform embodies essentially three propositions,
namely, |. That every innocent man has right to
hims,lf; 9. That he has right To the TAR aud just
recompense Of bis own labor; g. That. if he be land
less he has right to occupy and Use modicum Of
The Public Domain, - long as any part OF that Do
main shall remain common and unappropriated, Tor
bis own sustenence and that Of his wife and children
The Republican Platform, moreover, condemn. the
prescription of any citizen because Of hs creed and
birthplace and thus eOmmends itself to the regard OF
a large class who would otherwise cherish apprehen-
sions which circumstances have shown io be lot alto
yetber unfounded. Because Of these principles thus
israoly forth ash fv the Republican party your
hearty sympathy and support
The Freedom of the Public Lands-their sppropna-
ton in limited but adequate areas to the free occupancy
and use of actual settlers nEd cutivaors go that both
lands end settlers shall 10 be the footballs with
which monopolists and spectators gamble tor vast
and ilgotfen wealt-this is another cornerstone of
the Republican Platform, which l. now c0nnendln.
itself to the favor Of the generous and phanhropic
throughout the land There are men in other parties
who are constrained to approve or at least to support
the principle of Land for the Landess but no other
great party than the Republican has ever embodied
that principle in s National Platform, given it
hearty and general support in Congress and before the
Peope Yet notice tina. the battalion of Treasury
dependents and Treasury expeetsnts who met last
week at 1ecumseh to organize the Democracy of
Kansas put forth string Of resolves, of which can
rccol ect but two having any material re-
lation to subsistng and practical differences, TO
hos1 .f vrha / uIN m
of these afims in substance that there is no good
reason that Pro-Slaveiy Democrats and free-Siate
Democrats should not live aud act in perfect harmony
Most certainly, there is none. No Romeo and Juliet
were ever more fitted 70 find delight in each others
society; 10 Damon and Pytbiss, no David aud JoDa-
ihsn ever formed by nature for mutual love
and devo!iCn no two cherries on one stem, two peas
in one pod were evei more essentially alike than that
which org basked in the sunshine Of Executive favor,
and was accustomed to visit y0u in your cabins and
your cat.e-pens even in the still hours OF the night,
under the ye AID title of the ProSavoTy Democracy
of Kansas and that which now under the hard con-
stant of fear and necessity, processes to scout the
idea Of planting Slavery among yOu and approaches
yon with extended hand aud open palm, minus the old
rife and knife. commencing Itself to your affections,
ard Your confidence, a the - Free-State Democracy
of kansas." Lovely and pleasant in their lives,
i is to be hoped that "in death they viii not be
divided
The other plank Of this Democratic Platform which
remember ard approve, afrms the equity and policy
of free grants of Public Lands Actual Settlers ard
trusts that the President viii further postpone the pub
lie sale of the Lards IL Kansas. But these platform
builders careful TO conceal the truth that the Only
formidable obstacle 10 the Land System they thus sp
prove, is Just that National Democracy which they
were convened to organize snd uphold in kansas-thst
ii this Democracy had OILY got out Of the way, We
should have canied the Homestead bill last Winter
and delivered the settlers of Kansas forever from The
fear and danger Of being thrown by publc sale Ct
their lands into the jaws Of Speculation You
have to petition Buchanan not TO sell cur lands from
under YOU this Summer, simply because National De-
Ia. 4 ord,