The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1859-10-29

| Inc WlHbWf hHHc UNI PtHtNt ag'ft"
is that G,rs dia,"d Poit,oaf oommnnpy
/ loyal to the. Constitution and the Union,
IS ertiii.,!. 10 all The rights, pririieget, and
,mmur,iis If sdfgorernmeat in respect TO
/ it. local concerns and internal poliiy
subject only to the Constitution Of the
United States
Here the States and Territories are
placed on footing of perfect equality
There is no distinction made between
them. II the States are sovereign, $50
are the Territories Besides, the rights,
privileges, and immunities," which he de-
scribcs as pertaining 20 every distinct
political community, tthat Is, to 10th
States and Territories are sovereign
rights. aud nothing else Any commu-
nifty which has the independent and gn-
con,rollabc right of sclfgovcrnmcnt,
with respect TO its. local concerns aud
internal polity, must be- qaoa 1oe. a SOW
"rcign
Again Mr. Douglas, in his speech at
/ Cincinnati, made SO lately as the 9th Of
September last, used the iollowing.up-
misrakahle language
Examine the bills and search the
records. and you viii hnd that the gr,af
prinlptc which undcrlies those measures
/ (thc compromise If 1850 is the ,,gh Of
the people OF uch >lqic and eaA 1eortoyy
WHILE TERRITORY, TO DECIDE the slavery
question for them, elves
Is not this claiming sovereignty for
the Territories Can the slavery qucs-
ton lee decidd without lcgislating upon
the right OF property Can suhordm-
ate government de- that! II the Terrific
RIGS have a power to decide whether a
mat shall keep his property ur not, where
did the power come from Surely not
from Congress through the organic acts.
They must have 1t then upon what Mr.
Douglas calls grcH PrlHaye. and that
great principle can hc nothing else than
Sovereignty in the Territ res Thus
it is seen that Nj Douglas makes tour
to the West. and on his way back he
curtradictS what lac said as le'wcnt ont
There are but two sides Ia this con,ro-
,crscy: The Territories are either SOW
crcign powers hy natural aud Inherent
right. OF clHc they arc political corpora.
tons, owing all The authority they pos
sess 10 the acts OF congress which create
them. 1t Is not possible To believe that
Mr. Douglas wrote thitty-cight columns
in magazine to prove the truth OF the
lattcrdeetr'nc. Nobody but himself and
his followers were accused OF denying A.
II he did not deny 1t, aid plant himself
upon the opposing ground Of sorerasaig
IN the Tt5g4r' tIicn there was no dis
putc; Of eausc Of vision, between Lana
and the democratic party; aud he has
consequently been engaged ih raising
an excitement about nothing Try ing lp
toss the ocean # politics into a tcthpost
without having eve" q le"ife' - "-i.
or NY 20 dow"
hut That 'S h"' a"h Mi. I''"s''s i.
continually uotd ihc ",H |' ."t"'' =
with reference :" lhc 4ciIli"t'cs. Inns
"r""e"g w 'hf F'fr"1@ Poe has ASST L
cd and fr-aNS'iicd 50 often '''i 'f
phrase Is IN great danger OF o'c.m'nE
rcdiculons by the mere frequency WIN
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