Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-08-27
@ be 9o0rnal.
TnUnil.c Saturday Morning, lusuN e. 1850
Letter rro,n Ausi-Lccou,p,ou.

able TO secure SO desirable an end. With that
turc of " Anti. Lecompton," referred to what
was conceived to be the indisputablc facts as ap-
rlcahle TO the doctrine Of Popular Sovereignty
The position assumed is, that the pracplc iapolrea
was OF a more remote date than is generally con-
ccdcd to it by the Lccompton Democracy.
never heard any one deny, until the article in re-
ply appeared but what popular sovereignty was
the profcsscd creed Of both branches OF the Dem
ocracy. [See The Locompton platforml in
support Of the proposition, brief reference was
with Plymouth Colony, and including all the old
thirteen. The statement which every impartial
man, disposed 10 seek truth must admit was
that the p'inciplc Of popular sovereignty rcrva-
Ged the whole body polite of those republican
communities ltWas the all-parvaliug sentiment
10y which, and through which, they as q distinct
social, political and religious community existed.
ANY reader. couvorsant with the early history Of
the Colonial Government, will recognize the
truth of tGs position. 1t was. in fact the cycit-
ing and oil-VaYyadjur clement underlying the
great ElNric Of American Governments and the
i1ciiug spirit of the Revolution, which resulted
IN the political constitution under which we live
a9l that gave tous the Federal Government. 1t
may Justly be styled the cornerstone OF Demo-
cratic Republican, Government the worry iuuda-
mental principle Of Free Government. Whom
tuot Government was fHmcd-if ] have read its
principles and understood It's purposes atl-ht-itS
founders instituted a Republican Government,
and ry their acts committed this great principle,
win the Grm'>t determination which could ami
matte the yuar'cs OF freedom. 60 the keeping of
a..
city of mankind for goGCr1mcat'
1t is not necessary 10 consume space in yoar
columns TO pursue this farther. il might appear
in the minds Of some especially those disposed to
hn hyle,crticaI TO partoke rather OF the theoryu-
cal. ] shall let that proposition 90 for Just what
il is worth. and ask attention to thc facts, SO far
- this doctrine Of popular sovereignty applies to
the Territories Here again, the application OF
popular Sovereignty, as cyncCd by Congressional
acjs is ot - rcmoter date than generally accorded
10 a. | would. however, premise, that The qucS-
tiol Of acquisition OF new territory. to the extent
atttGNard carried. WAS an anomaly at the time Of
the formation Of jbe Federal Government. and
which Il, founders bad not contemplated. That
ciause in the Constitution authorizing the admS-
sion OF new States, related only TO the formation
Of new states within the limits Of the then exist
ing Union. The first departure from the original
piou occurred in The purchase ot Louisiana, and
That cstahl shed what h0s since been considered
precedent authority: although, aS Is well known,
it was considered I'm direct coutlarentiou Of the
policy Of .ha Federal Governments aud a viola
lion Of the Constitution. (We have abundant
authority or that pointl Now, Tbs acquisition OF
rc~ territory necessarily involved the very uicc
question OF rights Of the different States to AN
equal participation in The Territories thus ac
Guircd. il, rs no one can reasonably doubt, il
belonged equally to all, then the inhabitants Of
any State bad the same right (undcr the Coasti-
tution,) which those OF any other possessed
North as well as South. Had the possibility Of
such vast acquisitions been fully realized, who
can douit what would have been the action Of
the members of the Convention who framed the
Constitution? The policy then was, among all
The leading splits Of the Republic, to crcum-
scribe, Limit, and finally bring about total cman-
cipaton. 70 this end the abors of jefferson
tended. The immortal Washington himself stood
committed to that great object; all his acts, as
exhibited by his letters. so fully detailed by
Sparks in lis life. afford emple proof Franklin
lahOred tor The same cud Jay and Randolph
too. Gradual aboli shmcnt OF slavery was The ul-
innate purpose and the great Object toward which
they directed their hopes and honest ambition.
Had such acquisition Of territory been cOntem-
plated, with its attendant Consequences, who can
doubt that they would defnjtiyely have settled
the whole matter, and declared in convention, by
Constitutional enactment, as Congress did after
ward in the northwestern territory, that all ter
iioy subsequently acquired should be forever
dedicated TO freedom. But, the precedent being
established, it became necessary to devise some
method and adopt policy which should secure
,be rights Of cilizcns, on grounds Of equality,
Whenever they sought residence in those terri
tories, and one also which should tend to allay
agitation on a subject already porteutous of dan-
ser and threatening the prosperity OF the Union.
Here then steps in, with its equitable and wise
provision, the docTiue Of popular Sovereignty.
n va of l,a
champion Of peoples rights, Mr.. Douglas) to
the Territories.
At the time Of the admission Of California, and
when the bin for forming Territorial Govern
ment for Utah and New Mexico was under dis
cusson, Mr.. Douglas incorporated the principle
into the bill, and Congress passed it after full
discussion. This was anterior to the Kansas bill.
When that bill was passed, they did at that time
decide that the "people Of Territory should
legislate Oh the sulirct Of African slavery. Again
in the Kansas bill this principle was enuncated,
in unmisiakab!e language, and the doctrine of
popular sovereignty received the sanction Of the
entire Democratic party; which party reiterated
il in the Cincinnati platform the President, in
his letter Of acceptance, endorsed it, and he was
elected almost solely for his approval of that
measure. 1t would be altogether useless to argue
the question further on this point. That there is
such thing as popular sovereignty, and that it
has direct application TO the Territories, is too
Congress or the Executive, or Others in the affairs
Of a Territory, the other great principle
growing out o1 this question How those have
been violated | leave the impartial reader to an
sWer.
The Lccompton Buchanan Democracy now put
totally different construction on the Kansas bill,
and say, in the face Of all the facts that they did
not SO understand it. That is simply an evasye
subteriuge, which no man Of Intelligence will
credit To ahridge or affect the rights guaran-
tecd under the bill, to prevent the good effects
to the Union ly denial Of the doctrine of popular
sovereignty naturally warns US Of some lurking
iallacy ard deep designs Of Lecomptonism. The
AntiLecompton Democracy stand to the time
honOred principles OF the party, and believe in
popular sovereignty and non-interyenton as the
safe guards o peoples rights and the perpetu-
ity of The Union They ask nothing but what is
tight, and are determined to submit to nothing
that IS wrong. ANTILECOMPToN.
TIE BABY
What does be think Of his mothers eyes?
What does he think OF bis mothers hair
What OF the cradle roof that flies
Forward and backward through the air