Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-06-01

doctrines, Hut as they had been a. soms eNien
incorporated ia the original Kansas hill, anl ha,
Just then, contrary n the expectations II theil
hieRds, hegun to work in our favor, ! dp no
tl,iRs II the most appropriate time Ia the woTl,
O. abandon them, 10 charge me, under such cir
cumstaRces, with having abandoned sentiment
expressed on almost every ragc u my l@liIi'A
history, cannot be regarded otherwise than a.
grossly Unjust,
And then again, in the very extract which th'
senator from Illinois Introduces in his pamphlet,
| said 1.-THE senator ot Michigan (Nlr, Cns,l
AMI myself differ very widely as tn what are the
powers ola Territorial Legislature, he believing
Rt they can exercise sirsr,.gR Rights, anl b,''
licying no such thing; h6 cnnIcnins that Msy
hare Ms righ 10 tftlud, SGrsry, Ggi not DRWll'
iSr me proposition. &c; and yet the Cincinnati
Enquirer from which ynu quote, says Senator
Douglas makes extracts from various speeches,
those of ''Senator Brown, of Mississippi in
cludcd, % prove that all hnd given their adhesion
tn tho idea that ''ikt psopl, ofa TERRITORY U'gy
cyciudc s'ar0y from thar hmnis," ! can only say,
II That wns his object in quoting from my
speeches, the senator was singularly unfortunate
in his selection of u paragraph.
Il may seem to YOU That nm u little sensitive,
scing that am included with 80 many eminent
men in this criticism on pas speeches, ] know
not how Others may stand, but for mysclG. have
persistcntly and consistently, from first 10 last,
in season and ont Of season, opposed the whole
doctrine of ''squattcr sovereignty ms hrins
frau.ht with incalcuablc mischief; aml now tia I
its enormi is becoming apparent, ! am not
willing 10 lie denied the credit that Is due Ia NY
consistency, The attempt is unfair. Its sue
cess would uc u fragrant pcrycrson of the truth
OF history.
1t true that in voting for the Kansas bill Of 1854,
=. AZ. tl
c in the hlll--that is that Congress "ncithcr I"
lcgsatc Slavery into the Territories nor exclude Il
thcrelrom but leave the people thereof perfectly free
regulate in their own way suljcc, only 10 the
Constitution of the unitcl States and Ia the same
bill agreed that the supreme Court "f the Cnitcl
States WAS the rghtfu arhcr in any matter Of con-
troycrsy between citizen of the South nnl the Terri
tory Of Kansas on the hjcrt of her (kansaS comsi
tutunal right to exclude slavery. What contend
for now, is III I the controversy did arlsr-thtt We
did submit the point, and that the Supreme Court IN
the Drel Scott case, did decide IN our hyor-ani
that therefore the law hns been fulfilled NVn-intcr-
ycntiun has been worked out 10 its conclusion II was
"A Greek rift but it turned ont for us Shibocth Of
strength. What deny is, that our opponents at the
North, whether Republicans, Americans, or 'Nhtinn-
al Democrats a combined, can righfuliy take from
us the benefit of this decision hy non-actou or "un-
Friendly legislation" ," Or in any other mode known to
the Constitution, comfy among the States, on to
honesty and fair dealing. But that on the contrary,
thcy are bound by every consideration which comb
nation Of all these impose to carry out this dcci-
sion to is full and legitimate conclusion, and thus
rr hir aad Gdcguatc protection 10 our Stare property
iqthc Ttrrjtorics. OahiS piatorm BE South oughto
slaRd in 1860. The Constitution gives it, and the
Suprcmc Court has awarded it. lfany party at the
North can be rallied to this standard, the South
should StUad wiih Moi purity. lfnone can he--iF no
party at the North can be found to stand up for the
eounty Of the States. ana the equal rights Of the
Se h. ,Gcn Il iest becomes the dignity AMI ndePen-
deuce of the South to foi her arms in sHcHcr, 'ook
compoSclly on Me CONFLICTS 6ctrr'" he SPodSmsa Of
the Worth, and inwardy calculate,
Fight dog, fight bear,
There s nodpg Of min- thnrc."
Very truly, your obclicnt servant, ,...
A. C. BROWN.