Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-10-29
souatter Sovereignty.


the Democracy OF the Northwest, on the lippeca-
noe Battle Ground. September. 1885, Hon. sonn
G. Breckenridge, Of Kentucky, made Speech IN
the course II which he said:
"He had heard it charged that the fifteen shave
States were conspring TO obtain entire posseSs'o"
of the General Government, with view OF pring-
ing its rover 10 bear 70 extent ana perPe'oa'e
their peculiar institutions. | am connected win
No marty that has Tor its Object the extension OF
.I.xsry nor nth any 10 prepeai the people 81 a
.S1te or Territory from deciding The 9ueso" 81 's
rr,sf,ooe or ner,sfence for fhemsefres happen
~, IA le in Congress when the Nebraska n ansas
hill nassed. and rave it my voice and my vote ee-
cause il dir what il did. viz II dckHorffageh nc
yigt Of he people Of he Territory to sctne ne qn,s
10, for iaemseices, aud not because saP,",cu'
,b,i : do mot now believe. that II leg'siatcd si"V
mr., ESQ the Territory. The Democratic party Is
M. ! rro slavery party IT Is neither rro's"sers
,.3r auti-savery.
Tho above il nm nnmistakeable endorsement oil
tie doctrine OF Squatter Sovereignty. Not MIR.
Breckenridge alone. but maay others oil Tue lead
ers and chiefs in the Democratic househo'o' tx
nrcssnd the same views about the same en'e' hr.
Buchanan did 40 In his letter II acceptance al the
Cincinnati nomina,i,n, and Messrs. Orr, Cobb Ste
,bers and sundry others Of the Southern leaders
nr,cl.imed the same doctrine upon the h"or o'
Congress. Douglas is right in his a-sert'"n--aha
h. rroyes il from, the recorJ-that in 1870 nearly
.s.ry leader Of the Democratic party was commit
ted to the support of squatter Sovereignty as the
true theory of disposng Of the question oil slavery
in the Territories.
Raj, after the election was over. and The grahd
point had been gained. viz: the success o' ou'n-
anan. tho radical differences IA the pe'"o'"'''
party ON thi. question came to light lheeA''e'"e
Southern Democracy however they may he
mistaken on any poin. nre never 10 I've '''heo
with-demanded that the doctrine OF Squat'er SO
vere,enty should be formally repudiated. Buch-
anan, with his accustomed facility OF change made
haste to do it. and 50 did great many others.
Douglas would have done it with equal readiness
bu, tina, he would thereby have lost his re-elee
tinn 10 the Senate from, Illinois. The smalei fry
Of the Democratic leaders-who account the sue
ce-. u the party above all else, and who have not
tho retnotest conception of what is understood by
conscientious fidelity to prnc'ple ready To
take either side Of the question. just as might be
demanded by the interests of the party
We have aiduced this instance Of political Jug
clefy merely Ia illustrate how corrupt aud uuptu
c:rlrd a SC. e .,cksteis arc II. 1T Of the proics
sonai puiilic,ans &C tbe country. They y u tata
either side Of question, or n" lido ~ II. With
equal facility Only let them ka'w in what dree-
ton is the drift Of the popular current, and they
adapt themselves to it with much easc we'll
oiled yane upon church stccpie adjusts itself u
the currents Of the upper air.
The curse of this country is its politicians. and
we will have no quiet and peace until we sweep
the whole brood from their present positions, and
fall back upon men who do not make political in
trigue the means BY which they earn their
and bread. We musth have a shuttle and new
deal, or the people will continue 10 he swindlel
BY stocked cards. Tho "norus ordo yrium" must
be instituted. and the political jugglrrS, gamblers
and conspirators. who now iniert thc Government
must be put down beneath the crushing weight Of
popular contempt. The cleansing of tho Augcan
stable may be Hercuiean task. but the people II
this country are stronger than Hercules when
they arise in the might and the majesty Of their
power.