, 1859-06-28
a9rrss Gributte.
r.,x. s1mos.puRE ARTICLE.

TIE SIMQN.PCRE ARTICLE.
Ne trust TINT Republicans yield prompt
,be5;cpce 10 I'LL the requirements Of the 'nn-
,amental lav Of this Federal Union: at the
same time, We hope that not one among them,
M, even the weakest bsoalscz d them all
,.;,, ,rr,;t himself to 10 bamboozled and hum
1ugyel by Mr. Douglas stercotyped parrot
like cry in favor Of Popular Sovereignty, Sub
;n, o1y 10 the Constitusio" Of The United
;Sf.irs.' II is Republican tnaxim that the
people are Iplways sovereign. 1t is the foun-
dalou Of the Republican creed; and though |
l,epnhlicaus have held and do now hold to |
The opinion that Congress may make all need.
full rules and regulations far the government
d tic Territories, tlscy would to man, accept
Popular Sovereignty, pure and simple, Tor tho
c,,idauce Of these inchoate Statcs-in other
words. they would bc willing for Congress to
delegate to the people Of the Territories all
tie power which it possesses over t1lcm-
They would do this, have offered to do this,
for tie purpose Of taking the Slavery question
out Of Congress. But what they will be con-
tel,t with must 1'e Popular Sovereignty and
nothing else. The Br1lmmascn article which
i. dug uY out Of tic Nebraska Bill and the
Cincinnati Platform will not suit their turn.
Mr. Kellogg Of Illinois, embodied their 1near-
i,g III lis Bill at the last session Of Congress,
in which it WIS provided that tic Territorial
Judges, Governors, Secretaries. Narsllals' aud
ill othct officers should be elected ly the
people over whom they were to rule: and that
Congress should put its unqnestioned power
il allowance in favor of popular rights That
is Popular Sovereignty. 1ts supremacy
il Territorial affairs would give the people
power to prohibit Slavery or any institution
recognized l,y the Common Law or The Consti-
tuition, without let or hinaranec from any
source whatsoever; would take the Slavery
question 70 far rs tile Territories are concerned,
out Of Congress, and l.and it over to the peo-
1lc themselves for them to dispose Of as they
should see f.. That's Republican Popular
Sovereignty pVrc metal, with clear and
always recognizable ring! Whit Democrat
can ilud fault will it? What Democrat find
ing Aas i'll the next National Republican Plat
form, <4,uped viii, the strongest possible
guarantys TINT it is not part Of Republican
hope or policy to Interfere with Slavery in the
Suites where it exists under protection Of the
local law, can prevent himself from throwing
up lis lat aud joining our ranks-a IT cFIt
for the Presidential fight?
Compare that form Of Popular Sovereignty
with that upheld with many reservations by
Judge Douglas" Popular Sovereignty: sub.
iect only to the Constitution of the United
States"-and see the difference between the
two. Judge Douglas means this and no more
II am in iayor OF Popular Sovereignty just rs
"far as Judge Taney and his partisan associ.
"a.es on the Supreme Bench will permit me
''to bc. They have decided in the Dred Scott
t'case, that Slavery may 70 into all the Terri
'-tories, and Thai neither tile people nor tile
"loca1 legislatures Of t!,usc Territories nor tic
"congrcss 1t Washington can prevent it.
t.Tl,.ir decision have affirmed aeain and
"asain in my publ c speeches. Mv form o1
'S'sescignty amounts TO nothing hut Ills:
AFTER Slavery il in a Territory the Lcgisia.
sture thereof may refuse or neglect to give il
"rrotcctiYu. That name s,lnfricnlIy it1Eisla'
tion;' and that's Ill my new-hugled principls
s4anounts to-
THAT'S hot at MI eoasopaiA to Republican
notion< 1t will not square " It'll any Platform
which tlsc Republicans will erect. They hol.
this, and if We are not mistaken they will pu
it III tlseg creed III tie great Republican Con.
promise Measure:
I'VE, too, believe in Popular Sovcrcgnt,
subject only to the Constitution of the Unitet
States. We further believe tl1at the decision
OF the Supreme Court in that bred Scott casc
by which Popular Sovereignty is denied, il i
violation Of the Constitution-that il is d force
and wicked amendment Of that sacred instru
ment. and that it must be expungcd, We be
licrc tl.at Judge Tanc, has made a partisan
decision not warranted by tho former decision
interpreters Of the Fundamental: Inv; and bc
cause it denies Popular So.ercignty-deuie
essriE1a nT the people tu ,'xlsl. Slavery who
its s,lppp,t l,cco1nrs buEdensomc to consccnc
or Il drag on the public prospcrity-wc mea
to have il reversed as soon Us in the course {
events tl!as reversal is possible. For that W
have united as a party, md for that VIC labn
AL you who believe in Popular Soverciyns,
come up aud help us T.
That's Popular Sovereignty according to Il,
Constitution Of the tinted States, before Il,
Taney amendment was incorporated hereir
If Judge Douglas really wants Popular Sos
ercignty Ia I've the rule for the government {
tile Territories. let him abandon all lis dodge.
llc'r ns t" put old judge fancy of the Benci
come ever to Our side and be 1 Popular So.
ereiguty man without any Democratic subte
fugcs or equivocations.
That he will not d. this tbing-that he ca,
mt bc kicked or coa1ed into the support of q,
form Of Popular Sovcreignty-his record
proof When lis Ncb1nska bill was under di
cussion, Mr. Chase moved sundry amendment
thereto, which permitted tie exercise Of popt
lar Sovereignty in iss widest and most extent
cd sense but Willie Mr.. Douglas' colleagu
Gen. Shield supported the Chase amendments
voting 70 allow the people If Nebraska m
Kansas to choose their own officers and 20,