Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-08-31
Judge Douglas rides his Hobby into
Harperss Neutrality-suspicious. sove-
ref1uty Copyrighted.


Judye Douglas Rides his Hobby into
H.rper,s Observation-Disclosures Sove-
reignty Copyrighted.
The redoubiable Senator from Illinois,
clearly, is not to be thrown from bis hobby.
He means to stick TO it, wherever it may,
carry him. 1t has done him the service TO
return him 10 the Senate from lis own State
in spite Of the gad-fy anDoyanccs OF the Adj
ministration and he is right not to abandon
it, even if it should be a little jaded. 1t Is
Int few rods from the Senate chamber to
the White House at the other end of the
Avenue. 1t is in palpable sight. The only
announcement circumstance in the matter, is
that before galloping from the eastern to the
western terminus of that famous and courtly
Avenue. the hobby has to be .'trotted OUT
and "shown around" in all the States. To
do this economically, in point both of time
and labor. stall is engaged in HARPER's
Magazine. This is happy stroke of policy,
as it gives prominence OF view and body
of spectators, which, and who could not be
reached otherwise. Half million of voters
looking at the animal at the same time
DOUGLAS ought to be proud Of himself and
his friends all ought to be proud of him. He
is hedging" on all his rivals. He has got
the 'inside," and who, of all his hackers,
cares hoto he wins, if he wins? We don't
accuse him of " foul riding however, in
this instance, Notwithstanding his copartners
in the Kansas Nebraska speculation, are dis
posed TO charge him with cheating" on the
final settlement OF the gains in that trasac-
ton.
Ii DOUGLAS fobs the eighty millions. DoUG-
LAS is ''all right" II sqnatter sovereignty
can't win DOUGLAS has got sense enough to
know that no nag that can be entered at
Charleston can. And DoUeLAs may well ask
why squatter sovereignty, regularly bred and
pure blood, cut of Anti-SIavery and Hum
bug, may not win? If the experience of the
past is worth groat as criterion Tor the
future, there can he no question of success.
The Southern Democracy had as well make
up their minds to postpone their little fan
cies about the Slave Code and the Slave
Trade to g more convenient and suspicious
season, aud ''go their pile" oil Squatter SoVe
reignty in the next race. OF course are
indifferent as to whether they accept our sug-
gestion; but seriously, to them. the Eighty
Millions must be tempting. They ought not
to treat this little bit of advice from us with
contempt there is vast deal in it; and II
they do esteem our opinions lightly, there's
weight in Eighty Millions.
We should Ike to help the exhibition of
Squatter Sovereignty, thus curried down and
rubbed off by the Incompatible hands of
DOUGLAS, along little-say to the extent OF
our clrculation--by giving his dimensions,
form, the length OF fetlocks, &c. &c, the
salient points of cOurser; but we are per-
emptoraly prohibited by the Messrs. HARPER.
They have copyrighted him, and we are de-
MED that pleasing privilege. We are not,
just Low able to pay fifty or an hundred
thousand to Messrs. HARPER, by way OF
damages for an infringement of their exclu-
sive rights. 1t would comport with neither
our principle nor interest to do such a thing.
But there is one little matter. immediately
concerning those who have personal and
pecuniary interest in Squalter Sovereignty
which we will publish, and run the risk of a
suit with the uARPERs. 1t relates to the dis
sentious of the Demo ;racy on the question OF
slavery in the territories, aud we present il
iu the words of Senator DOUGLAS He says
there are three distinct and different opin'
ions amoug the Democracy on this subject:
Frst-Those who believe that the COnsti
tltion of the United States neither establish
es nor prohibits slavery in the States or Ter
ritories beyond the power OF the people legal
" to control it, but leaves the people there
of perfectly free to form aud regulate then
domestic institutions in their own own way,
subject only to the Constitution OF the United
States"
ISecond.-Those who believe that the Con-
stituIiUn establishes slavery in the Territories,
and withholds from Congress aud the terri
torial legislature the power TO control II;
and who insist that, in the event the terrific
rial legislature fails TO enact the requisite
laws tor iIs protection, it becomes the iinpera-
tive duty OF Congress TO intcrpUse its authori-
ty and furnish such protection.
Third.-Those who, while protesting to be-
lieve that the Constitution establishes slavery
in the Territories beyond the power of Con
gress or the territorial Congress TO control II,
At the same time protest against the duty oi
Congress To interfere for its protection but
insist that il is the duty of the Judiciary to
project and maintain slavery in the Territories
without any law on the subject.
We notify the HAMPERS we take this step
knowing where we tread. We called in our
Consulting attorney, who assures us, that
the facts embodied in the above extract, are
so generally known, that no man can assume
the exclusive right to or use OF them. What
ever is matter OF common and notorious in
formation is, in other words, part of the
general stock of human knowledge-cannot
be taken from that general stock, and APP
propriated us private property for profit. Aud
while we invite the attention of the public
to it, we tell the HARPERs 10 crack their
whip"