The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-09-03


II his ~ Atenssighs mani5ssto On slavery
u ~ Tsss1 ~. Do1glas says .sthera ars
ro1oaI dl AZ opinion among 60 D.
slougasy = - uAjecs, and that The 80
RFceing fa6oto1e may be classed % foll< So
N1sk fh6uo Who believe that the Cons(1 iOa
q - Unite1 Geotes neither establishes ~ 10
Enilb slAs r - DtAsss Of Territories <ocG
the pou0S ~ the people legally 20 cOngs&l ~
bot ~leaves The people thereof perfectly fraa. q
form and regulate their domestic institdtio1
their own way, su6ject lily 70 the constituttd1
q Ne Uniee0 GlaAeo.n 5ssa44ss4a4T.sas..
Second. Those Who believe that the conssitu.
tion establishes slavery 10 tie Territories. and
withholds from Congress and The Territorial Le-
gislaturs ths power % costrolis and Who in
eist that, IN the event Of the territorial LegisA.
tire falling 70 sascs the requisites +lavs for IL
professions. Il becomes the imperative duty Of
CongFess 70 intsrpose IL authority and furnish
such protection. 9
z Third. Those Who. while protesting to believe
that the constitution establishes slavery liz the
Territories beyond she power Of Congress or
the 1vssitofial Legislature 30 control Il, as the
same time protest against the duty Of Congress
to interfere for it's protection but insist that
il 10 the duty Of the Judiciary to protect and
maintain slavery in the Territories without any
Law upon the subject
Then follows the argument Of the Senator to
prove shat the true and only tenable position ID
that occupied by the 6rst Of these three classes
the position Of popular sovereignty
accords 70 the Territorial authorities, Is to the
authorities Of State, the right. BY "frieadly or
unfriendly legislation, TO encourage or exclude
the institution Of slavery"
This 10 the Presidential platform Of Mr.. Doug
las-his bid for the SURFACES Of the Northern
Democracy, and his ultimatuw to the South and
the Charleston Convention. Heretofore the
candidate has held himself subject to the de-
cision of the Convention, but now the rule is
reversed. and eight or nine months in advance
Of the Convention this candidate declares it SUBJ
this popular sovereignty doctrine as . peace
'ofIssing for the sweet voices Of the South. II
failed; Tor the South, to save the balance Of
power in the North, were compelled in 1856 to
set aside Mr.. Douglas and fall back upon Mr..
Buchanan, Q man whose hands we're innocent
OF any contact with that Kansas- Nebraska bill
Now, Kansas, through the incessans exertions,
contributions, emigrations and electioneering
agitations of the Republican anti slavery poll
ticiaas, having been wrested from the South,
Mr.. Douglas turns his back upon his original
idea Of making Kansas . slave State, and looks
menscingly at the South, as Northern man,
from this movably platform Of popular
sovereignty"
The original "true intent and meaning" Of the
Kansas-Nebraska bill was to make Kansas q
slave State; and for their efforts in this direc-
ton Mr.. Douglas and Mr.. Pierce each expected
to command the Southern vote in the Cincinnati
Convention. The tremendous reaction and
revolution which followed this bold Presidential
experiment in the North spoiled the whole pro-
gramme, both with regatd to Kansas and to the
politicians concerned in the movement. There
vas terrible slaughter among them, and, 10
save himself ct home, Mr.. Douglas felt compel.
led to abandon his d bantling and a demo.
cratic administration, whose duty it was to
adopt this banting a. the legitimate offspring OF
the Kansas Nebraska bill. But in thus saving
himself in Illinois, Mr.. Douglas has torn the ma.
tional democratic patty into the three factions
described; whereas, had he stood fast by the
Administration, even If defeated in Illinois, be
would be standing to-day in q national position
OF lmpregnable strength az Presidential can
didate.
As it is, We say that in deserving the doctrine
Of "popular sovereignty" at the critical point.
Mr.. Douglas has made it appear an imposition
and a trick, which 'st nks in the nostrils" Of
the Southern expOunders of his Kansas-Nebras-
ka bill. 1t is not "the entertainment to which
they we're invited" They have been deceived in
their man and in his peace Offering Kansas is
An incipient free State; and upon this result he
now prOclaims his doctrine of popular soyer-
eighty" not as Q candidate for Southern favors.
but As Northern candidate holding Northern
balance of power.
In this character, having issued and reiterated
his ultimatum TO the Charleston Convention,
and having already secured in the election OF
certain Northern delegates . Judgment therein,
the fret business of that body, contrary to all
precedent, will be the platform of the party
Should Mr.. Douglas be able to rally together a
majority sufficient to carry his one idea Of
popular sovereignty" we dare say that that !
majority will be left alone in their glory in the
matter OF the candidate, and that the democracy
will at once be divided into two hostile sectional |
camps. The only way OF escape with the plat
form will be in tissue Of 'glittering general
ties, and then, to avoid a one-sided construc-
lion, all such candidates ofone idea as Douglas,
wise, Davis and Brown, must be set aside.
Mr. Douglas, we do not suppose, will abandon
his ground. He has gone too far to retreat
de must maintain his position. The section
which he represents may also stand by him at
Charleston; but, as it is the South which fur
nishes the substantial votes to the Democratic
party, the moral strength Of the South in the
Convention will be very apt to override the
representation from the North. In
my event, we may safely predict one of two
hlngs from the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the repudi.
'tion OF Nj. Douglas with his platform, or a
ectionai disruption of the party, with North
I'm and Southern ticket Tor the Presidency.
In other words, from all the circumstances Of
he case, Mr.. Douglas must consent to stand
side and submit TO the Charleston Convention
1860, or be content to repeat the improbable
eveERe of Van Buren, of lS4S-S Y Herald
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