The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1859-10-19

Eltaa lHeAut Tue Eecacn OF Lile people rom hlt
restraints Of law and order; now il means
government which shall rule them with rod
Of iron. II swings like a pendulum from one
side clear over to the other.
Alr. Douglas opinions on this subject o SOY
ereign Territorial governments are very singular
but the reasons he has produced to support
them are Intimately more curious still. For in
stance, he shows that Jefferson once introduced
into the old Congress Of the Confederation a
plan for the government Of the Territories, call
ing them by the name OF New States" but
not making them anything like sovereign or In
dependent States; and though this was a mere
experimental prgect which was rejected by Con-
gress, and never afterwards referred to by JEFF
ieTsOn himself yet Mr.. Douglas argues upon it
as If ilhad somehow become part of our fun
damental law.
Again; lie scys that the Aates gave to the
Federal Government the same powers which as
colonies they had been willing to c0ncede to the
British Government, and kept those which as
colonies they hUd claimed for themselves. 1.-The
will read common school history of the Rev
olution, and then lock at Art. /, sec. s, of the
Constitution, he will find the two following
facts well established; l. That the Federal
Government has power to lay and collect tax
es, duties, imposts, and cxcses;" and . That
the colonies, before the Revolutions, utterly re-
fused to be taxed by Great Britain; and so Ear
from conceding the power, fought against it for
seven long years.
There is another thing in the article which,
If it had notcomc from distinguished Senator,
and avery upright gentlema, would have been
open to some imputation of uniairneSs. He
quotes the Presidents message, and begins in
the middle ST sentence. lie processes to give
! the very words, and makes Mr.. Buchanan say:
That slavery exists in Kansas by virtue OF the
! Constitution ofthe United States" What Mr..
| Buchanan did say was very different thing
| twas this: ut has been sOlemnly adjudged by
the highest judicial tribunal known to our laws,
! that slavery exists in Kansas by virtue of the
constitution ofthe United States" Everybody
knows that by treating the Bible in that way,
you can prove the non.eXstence Of God.
The argamentant all ho7ajHem is not fair, and
we do not mean TO use it, MIR. Douglas has a
right to change his opinions whenever he pleas
es. But we quote him as we would any other
authority equally high in favor OF truth. We
can prove by himself that every proposition he
lays down in llarpcrs Magazine is founded in
error. Never before has any public man in A.
merica so completely revolutionized his political
opinions in the course of eighteen months. We
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orraS thn nronartv of tha inba6;tants.
"Ibo .1yereicntv of Territory roms;ns IN
obor,nco envnnnded in tho ITr;ted States IN
tn,,.t e. tln naor,lo NIL tbo1 shon ba oGr,t
foJ into tbo IInion as n STATE In tbe moan
t;n,o hov oro admitted IN pn;ov and nvnrc;so
oil tba r;obfs and rriviIeces ol spjf frovornnont
in cnLor5;notion to the Constitution of tha H.
n;tod States and in obedience To tho orconc
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ytrnpnnt ihese riohts and nriyiIeoos ora all
dor;,ad G,or, tbn Const;tufinn tbronnb tbo oct
oF Conrrase and mnst he exercised and en;oved
IN srbiocf;on to al tho limitations IA ractr;c,
t;o,,s, ,,.bich thot Constitution cae,,
ma Liter bo oddroesod IN pb;ro5,1rl;o
moat;ng IN in February 1858 is more ~ elnIic;t fn
and harrino some anomalous IDEAS conceyn;ng
tMhe M obeuanre Of the power and the sue2r0s;oa q
it in tyls. it is clear enough: z
"Under our Territorial system, it REQUIRES
sovereign power to ordain and establish con.
sttntions and Governments, While Terrific
rv NAV and should enioy all the rights Of self.
government, in oJelicnce 10 lis oyganic lav. it is
NOT SOVEREIGN POWER. The soVerei1aty of a
Territory remains in obeyance, suspended in
the United States, in trust for the people when