Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-12-24
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY.


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we ap'ess S'"'es"ie'' u '',e on,on' "r oa,"o"''
ha',' as no a'iu 'i'e sou'h nau 'e.o'n. u'sS"'-
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'eeu 70 'ne south a'u s'e"' 'neie'ore "s 'ne'
co"Siuereu ."e e'io' VI Us s'n",' "uop''on-
'nes ne'ei''''sss "o''' ,o' ''e a"A' y, P''''',
winng even ny 'ne s"orihce Vi eohst''u''onni
opinion "hu Vi 'eei'nBi 10 nave liau :. eA'enue"
unoue""u' "u our 'eiri'o.s' nu' '"o PtoPo-
s''ion was te'ee.eu " "h 'i'esis.''ie "''Jo'is
81 'ne HOUSE on Tue is'n oi eoruary' 1851
W. e"'noun' ~ "speeeh oppos."s '"e 'o'"Pro-
niiSo SUI" VI 'ne r'soiu"o"' III '"e
rouse, 10 tnat erect tune continuance Oh tue
line,) was ohereu Ut my snsses'ioh. siiu "
airiend, tneni Let us not DC uisturpers Oh inns
on'oni aphorreh. 10 my ieehngs Us ~ 'n".
compromise i'he' ie' oe "unereu W III eoou
'"i''', anu " Tue o'"ef por''ons VI '"e on'oh
s''hu oy ~ ie' us not re'nso 10 s'"nu ny w.
II mas AeP' pea0e 'or sumo '"e' ""u III ."e
present circumstances perhaps " "ouiu NC
DETER 70 oon''hue itas 1t iS' pu. " was 'o'eu
uo"h ny an Overwhelming hi9ori'y' II was
tene"eu " sen''e'i''i o''i " ny" e"oiu-
ing ''a'e' anu "ghih 'o'eu uo"h py u" oNer-
""ei"ins '""Jof's' anu 'his P'opo'i.'o"
WINS maui wy iioii 'ne p''rio'io iho'i'es VI ''s
iriehuS, "nen Us was SHOWN py ah eA"loi' iron
tue iahu o"ice' pIouuoeu ny W.T. Jun" w. 0i'y-
Ton III support oi ms compromise pan OF lofo'
"o"iu nave hpPropriA'eu exclusively 10 iree
'Auo' ono mimic" siA nuauteu 'nous""u sq"n'e
'i'ios' "hu ieit lor si"'e anu iree i"""r jimmy
ou' TWO nunurea anu siA'y-."" 'nous"nu' iue
aoo'i'ion spir'' VI '"o "or'"' "o" 30 o"'r"seu'
Us prete"us' lwi'n wna' sincerity ie' Tue
"e's 'oi',l ~ .ne tspea' VI '"e i'"e' ""u u '"e
Juusuen' VI 'ne supreme Oour'' uehyins '"o
power 10 es'aoilsh H. 'heh IN one soilu pnaiah&
resis'eu itS eA'ension 10 'ne r"'inc' ai'"ons"
inore ''ia" i've LINUS t"e eA'e"' Vi ierri'o'!
"'"'u ""'' "ee" 'A0"s''" ~PP'oP''N'eN "
'"eir "'oieu i"po', "hu 'no 'e"iai"uer openeu
W 'u'' equahy wiz" 'he i''oreu i""or Vi 'ne
sou'n' She n"u "'so III '"''i "'iu "sA'n WIN
s'r' oainouh sahouoh' proPoseu 10 ieafe Tue
constitu'iohalty OF inc now repeated clause
l'he missouri res'rlc'oh) I" the uec'Sioh Oh
tue 'uu'cuAry' ~ oo'l' her ehor's were rus
'ra.ed py northern votes the representatives
oil tnat seeuon' almost IN mass insisted mol
oni! On retaining Vpe uisparaghg provision III
l's 'heh lmitea operation, nut upon applying
10 every ioot OF subsequent territorial ac-
cushion ana aithough the division ohered ny
the SCUM wouiu nave had as against her tue
uhequai result ABOVE sthted' Inc last' ana II
IS believed, II adhered 10 IN good hlth' the
ehec'lve remedy winch the sonth also with
almost one voice supported anu whleh with
tue aid OF patriotic' national northern friends,
they succeeded IN establishing, was the prin-
cipie oil popular sovereignty as announced in
the Nebraska and Kansas Act, afterwards af-
hrmed by the cincinnati convention, and in
tue strongest terms that our language furnishes
endorsed by Mr. Buchanan This principle
can, IN no proper sense, he injurious to the
south, or lead to consequences which might
not have been OF were not IN tact anticipated
II was foretold that the Territory being thus
alike opened to settlers north and south, that
the greater population OF the former, the
greater facility OF emisrating, and the greater
need for emigration, caused by denser and
individually less thriving population, and gen
orally less fertile soil, would in all human
probability, bring rs settlers greater numbers
from the northi ana OF course that every do
nestle institution slavery above all others
would be settled by their voices and yet, fol
peace, for the abandonment OF the dishonorinG
badge of the compromise restriction, and above
all, for the sake OF the Union, the south no
only assented to 1t, but joyfnlly, almost trium
phantly proclaimed the doctrine as being fail
in itself, Invested OF all degrading inieriority
calculated to heal the wounds inflicted by al
unnatural iraternal strife, and to restor
us to our ancient harmony and concord
and to secure as the high and lofty condition
OF one people, blessed by an Inheritance o
common freedom, won by the Valor OF com
mon ancestry, secured by one common gov
eminent, enjoying common present renown
and anticipating every thing Of individual
happiness and national power that can belon
to free government, mighty, and justly honor
ed IN the estimation OF the other government
OF the world. Lot neither the north nor til
south point to the subsequent history of Kan
sas as commentary on the doctrine TIL
blunders there committed can never be re
peated' Their consequences were so nea
being fatal, that the example has furnished it
permanent remedy. The technically too o
which it was ultimately placed that the con