The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-04-28
THE VARIOUS PHASES OF sQUATTER
SOVEREIGNTY.

Senator D"u,irS it, ,h" lat" .i,.h,'" in the
S"na," "t III" 'nirrh Sin,"S. n>srrtS ihn, {" ,ou
'mt''r""fiDm' 10y Congress IN the matter of
slavery III omr territories. was distinctly an.
nounccd and guaranteed in the Kansas N"lnas.
ka bill and, to prove his assertion. he SAYS:
The bill WAS amended 10 Hat Cnd, by
| striking out she appeal to Congress, and insert
ing the right of appeal to the Supreme Court,
without re'etence to the value of tho property III
! controversy"
Now. let us take it f'r granted that wha, SEN
at"r Douglas here says is true. Congress, bv
tho Kansas Nebraska Act, surrendered lis int"r-
vent ion, aud east III" question Of slavery in our
! territories in ali it's rights on the Supreme
Court of the United States for cyclrs,v,. aud
Inai adjudication and settlement. This was the
co'npr"miS'-ihs was tn" cXpc.icnt adopted for
Il peaceful settlement of the nirn"rrsv between
! the southern and northern peopl" To their
| rights III oar territories. Well. sir the Supreme
Court "t the United States has decided the u,ics
| ion. Subsequent to the passage Of the Kansas.
| N"hra>ka act. the Drrd Scot, case came up for
adjudication before THIS Court. II decided tha,
! III" Missouri Compromise, excluding the south
| "rh pc"l'" from r"l"mizing our territories with
/ their slaves north Of 3ti deg. 30 min. was un-
constitutional; that ni of "nr territories w.r.
equally open /" all portions Of the Union for
! colonization with their property: and that slaves
IN our territories w"r" property. st as much c.,.
utica To protection III our territories aS any other
property. Thus the final referee and arbiter
| under the Kansas. y ebrhSka Act, agreed on be-
| tween the parties decided the whole matter i'm
dispute. What course did good faith. honesty
and honor require Of northern statement Most
hsS'r"dly acqii">c"ncr--;ind Il peaceful :nd i,u-
| Insulating enforcement and protection of the
rights "t the two sections of the Union in our
| territories, as the Supreme Cont of the United
| States determined them To. .Xis. Was this tl.ir
| c"ursef Directly the contrary. They icnoun-
cci and repmlatcd the whole decision of the
| Supreme Court Of the Ii:.itrd States. and thus
| tramplr'i on Iii" - Compromises" Senator Doug
las, with an auda:iiy on!y parcll,,I-d b, his per-
| idy, took the lead in this of dishonesty
and fraud. In defiance Of the decision of tho
supreme Court of the United States hc Insisted
ana still insists, that nothing is Sciil-l against
sIuh,trr sovereignty hy this decision in oar ter
riiori"S SIua;ter sovereignty is still sovereign,
although dc;!irop"d by lis own arlitcr And
whilst thus rrpu'l!aiing and rejecting he ,rris.
ION oi that tribunal which, he SAYS, WIS erected
, 10y the Kansas aud Nebraska Act ns Che su,si-
| 'ute for congressional intervention, he declaring
against til" II"n OF congressional Intervention
being again resort TO protect the rights of the
>"uth IN our territories as monstru,S and fai! h.
less I an such npudemcc be parali.l,d any.
where but III the region Of his nativity? 1t pns-
! ''ivcly is r"sp"c;ab- from its vast excess. The
lcl!"w ;spt"S 10 lii" sublime! AS a sort uf apol.
"ty tor his mean fraud hypocrisy, IT. has been
| urged that the Kansas and Nebraska Act ,n"ant
tnat The decision of the Snprcm" Court of The
ch!''l states >fiouhi 10" mad" tie frr1iiDrV
:'S II the decisions "t this Court We're of authority
only III The Slai" or territory where they are
made and are nu, obligatory over every court
oi every State and territory in the Union. The
truth l. no ingenuity. II" iugg!ery of words or
Ideas, can cleanse. this man at the moral rolu-
fon al his late political ;urtun>i"s Aud We,
there are men aud presses in the South, who
c!ohe themselves in h,s l"prosv Ly touching h,n
To defend him who talk Of The cn,uprnmIs..'
| i'll the kanscs-Nchrask;, Act Which h. made. and
has broken and sI'urnc,l, ii thing of existeucc
and worthy nf southern observance and sun.
port who make their ";.:S or their interest; the
clilc:on "r their policy. ami would stop to "A
party fellowship with him and his udhrren,s in
the North, that they may win place or power.
The interests or the h"nor of the betrayed South
| IL a small matter H. is very hun biz. md ac
4niescing. II will hurt nobody. Scream on:
against iire-e"iers and ,lisun,onisls. T'ha, is
| enough !-LHaricStDm .Ncrcuru