Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-04
The Case Fairly Tried.
snArrsr1LLr. Yubn Co. MAY 1st.

SMARTSNILLE, uOa 20, May ISL.
EDIToR DEMocRAT-WHY Is IT? In the
Express Of the 29th ult. the question is asked,
why is it that the Popular Sovereignty par
ty deny kinship with the Republicans and
cling to the name of Democracy
Without following the article at all in its
irrelevant answers, and the big buneombe
speech it makes in the case, allow me to
claim the right of an American freeman and
demand first the PROPER PARTIES, before this
momentous case shall be decided The prf'
has brought his charge, Why is it, dc, rs
above stated Now let me enter the proper
defendant, and have him answer-not the
| plaintiff Then for a fair trial.
The defendant for answer says that he has
no kinship with the Republican party, for the
same reasons that he has none with the Lee
compton party. Each of those parties are in
favor of Congressional intervention in the do
nestle relations ard institutions of the peo-
pie, in the Territories of the United States.
The defendant-Popular Sovereignty-is op
posed to that interference.
In answer to the second count, the defend
ant says that he has always belonged to the
Democratic party; that he has always con-
sidered that party as faithful to the Constitu-
ton that he sustained General jackson when
he vetoed political decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States on the L. S Bank
question, and helped to override and crush
that infamous decision in the dust, from which
no party dare attempt to raise it, although it
yet remains a dead letter upon the blackened
records of that Court, so lately disgraced by
another political decision and extra official
opinion.
Defendant further answering says that he
believes slavery to be domestic institution,
with which the Federal Government has
nothing more to do than it has with any of
the other domestic relations, to wit husband
and wife, parent and child, guardian and
ward and master and servant. These rela-
tions, of which property is but an incident
belong expressly to State sovereignty, and
are the proper and legitimate subjects Of
State legislation, where u State exists. But
defendant believes and SO insists the right to
be, that where State sovereignty does not
exist, as upon the public domain of the United
States, personal or citizen sovereignty, takes
co nizance of these relations subject only to
the principles of our Government and the
rights granted away by the citizen and State
sovereignties to the Federal Government, as
evidenced alone by the cypress terms of the
Constitution.
The principles of our Government recog-
nike, and are founded upon, the doctrine,
that man is capable of set-governnent. In
fact, to 80 to the bed rock" we are nation
of twenty five or thirty millions of self
governments" who act Uy the will OF MAORI
ties, either in cedng general rights, or legls-
lating upon special. In the State Govern
ments, majorities rule-that is, majority OF
the self governments make the State laws. 1t
should be SO in the Territories, for it is the
only lawful resort, self sovereignty being
competent for the exercise of all functions not
expressly provided for in the cessions to the
State aud Federal Constitutions.
The people of the United States where they
the Constitution, settled the ques
tion of slavery as to all the territory they
possessed-the ordinance of " 'S77-but did
not think to provide for the settlement of the
question of sovereignty, in any, to be subse-
quently acquired in fact they did not foresee
the future growth and expansion of the ma
tion, and consequently din not provide for it.
But the principles of the Government, espe-
eially the bed rock" one, of self government,
or popular sovereignty, is adequate to any
emergency, and, because it is not granted
away, Immediately vests in and acts upon all
newly acquired wild domain
Defendant was a Democrat in 1854 and
1856 and helped to pass the law and resou-
tion that Congress shall not legislate slavery
into the Territories nor out of them De
fendant is of the same opinion still, and if he
was a Democrat then, he is Democrat still.
Defendant would have that institution TO be
settled by the self soyereignties in the Terri
tory the same as they would have settled it
in the States from which they emigrated, 6y
majority If a majority want it, let them
have it. If a majority do not want it, mi
nority shall not force it upon them, la Le-
compton, Defendant believes that slavery
should be regulated by the elmatoral law
of products, and not by the political law of
Southern or Northern Senatorial preponder
ance.
Defendant pleads guilty to the soft i'm
peaehment lin said article) of wanting to
take charge Of the offices, and was not aware
of anything disgraceful or dishonorable in
that desire; and if there is, thinks it must
have attached since plaintiff got hold of them.
in which event defendant shall most earnest
ly recommend him to retire.
BED Rock.
The Pioneer and Democrat learns that Mr.
W. b. Gosnell, special agent for the Indians
under the treaty of d" Medicine Creek" has
| appointed Mr. Isaac NJ pattep blool,sr,;.l,