Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-07-29
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The advocates Of compromise win do we'll
to mark the position consistently maintained
BY the advocates Of sqnatter severeignty.--
The following resolution, adoptedby the last
State Convention id Ohio, il unmistakable
in its import. reading out Of the party every
man IN any section who shall counsel the
abandonment, Limitation or avoidancc' Of the
squatter sovereignty dogma:
"Resolved, That the organized Terrific
ries of the United States, although not err
dowed with all the attributes of soveresg ntv
are only held in the territorial condition nm
til they attain sufficient number of inhabi-
tants to authorize their admission into the
Union as States; and therefore, are justly
entitled to the rigt.. Of self-government, and
the undisturbe1 regulation Of their domestic
or local Alters, subject to the Constitution
OF the United States; and that any attempt
by Congress, or any Of the States. to estab-
iish CT maintain or prohibit or abolish the
relation of master and slave in Territory
would be a departure from the original doc
trine Of our American institutions; and that
We adhere, immovably, to the principles Of
| 'non-iotervention by Congress with slavery
in the States and Territories. as declared in
the Kansas-Nebraska bill, and openly dis
claim fellowship with those. whether at the
South, or the North, or the East, or the
West, who counsel the abandonment, limi-
tation, or avoidance Of that principle
That there is no intention to swerve from
the attempt to put this through at Charles
ton, is evident from the manner in which
the Cincinnati Enquirer" denounces the
endorsement Of the constitutional doctrine Of
equal protection, lately issued by the Demo-
cratic Central Committee in Pennsylvania :
IF the Democrats Of Pennsylvania carry
the State at the October election, they will
owe no thanks to their State Central Com
mittee for it. That body, Of which Robert
Tyler is Chairman, has issued an address
to the electors that is calculated to place
the party in false and untenable position,
and to do it great injury. The address
contends that the people Of Territories have
no right to control the question Of slavery
ssssteO Ueoy y9He - ACeNtc OOUSCttACCOW. luis
doctrine. we need not say. forms no part
of the Democratic creed It looks as if the
Pennsylvania Committee wanted to utterly
annihalate the Democracy, or they would
not have put out such sentiments in their
name"
The Louisville Democrat" another pa
per of the same stamp. holds to the same
Squatter-sovereignty policy, and openly
announces that even the judiciary is al
together powerless toprevent squatters from
excluding slavery from territory. This
goes the whole length of tho Black Repub-
lican creed-which is indeed the unayoida-
bic result of Squatter sovereignty doctrine.
We quote the words Of the Democrat
"We pointed out the other day the folly
of attempting to execute law protecting
slavery in territory where the people were
SO hostile to it as to refuse to protect it, or
to lcgislate against it. Grand juries would
not indict the guilty under the law, nor
would petit juries convict. The accused
would escape with impunity."