Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-02-10
"Slavery Aggressiom.n

"SboVery AE&resslOm."
i 10 one THE fundamental principles
Of the Democratic party 10 make the ques.
ton Of slavery subject Of local legisis-
ton, thereby excluding it from the halls
Of our national legislature, inasmuch as
there It's tendency is to detract from the
harmony, and uniiy. Of action which is es:
ssntisl to successful administration Of
our government. On. the contrary, the
Republican party hold that the reverse is
correct, and claim that Congress should
define the, boundaries Of slave and free
territory; in other words, they deny the
right Of the people Of territories to regu-
late their domestic institutions in their
own way, E'"@
A. . case 10 point We win refer to the
action Of Republican, member Of the
House when The bill for the organization
Of Arizona was repoued by the Committee
on Territories. Nov If this member Of
Congress and his political friends are cor,
rect is their doctrine that the people can
not be trusted to manage their own affairs,
then the whole theory Of : republican
government is farce and humhug.-
The cry Of "slsvery aggression" is the
elap.trap expression Of Republicans.
10 upon the fanaticism ipculcated by thI
cry that they rest their hopes Of political
success. is the alpha and omega Of
their existence. Nov how far do facts
ssstain them in their professional The
fact is, popular sovereignty--the doctrine
Of the DemocFacy-,is the grand safe
guard Of freedom and the grand opponent
Of slavery. This principle has ba1ished
slavery from Maine, New Hampshire. Yer.
mont, Massachusetts. Rhode Island Con.
aec,icut, New York. Pennsylvania. Ohio,
Indiana, illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and
Iowa--and there is. but little doubt that it
will eventually Danish it from Maryland,
Virginia. Kentucky, Missouri, and other
holding States. Why is Virginia
to-day . s'aye-bblding State /? Because
the principle Of the Nebraska-K Kansas law
VAS not permitted to operate there, but
wss overthrow and .trsmpled under foot
BY the British government. 1t is a mat.
ter Of historical record, and will not be
denied BY any intslli9ept man, that slaves
vsre forced upon Virginia against her
will--nay, against hex earnest remon.
ssrances-by the parent government; and
thus slsvs-holding interest vas created
which eventuslly overmstcbed the anti.
slavery feeling. and the result Is, what We
now witness. The famous "ordinsncs Of
1887" is continually in The mouths Of anti.
slavery men. - IN ,infallibls remedy
against the extension Of slavery" and
they mourn and lament that the same pro.
hibi.ion can not be applied BY Congress
to oil the national territories not yet or.
eanized into States. Look now at the
practical effect of that ordinance, com
pared With the principle Of popular soy
ereignty. Under the ordinance Of 1887.
slavery was introduced into Indiana and
Illinois, and continued 10 increase there,
until by the erection of these territories
into states the principle Of the Nebraska
Law was embodied in their constitutions.
after which, it gradually diminished and
il now extinct.
To be more particular By reference to
the proper statistics it will be seen that in
1890, three years after the passage of the
ordinance Of 1887, :hero were no slaves
in Indiana. then comprising what is now
Indiana and Illinois. In 1900, the mum.
Der was l35. In 1909, Illinois was set off
into . separate territory. In 1910 the
number Of slaves in Indiana, thus cur
tailed. had increased TO 237, while in II.
linois the number was leg. Indiana was
erected into State in 1916, and Illinois
in 1918. BY the change, popular sover
eighty took the place Of the ordinance Of
1881. What was the consequence? Why
this that the number Of slaves in Ind.
lana, four years after the change, to wit :
in 1920, was reduced to l90-in 1880 to
3, and in 1850 to 0. And this also: that
the number Of slaves in Illinois, which in
1920 two years after the changel was 9l7,
was in 1890 reduced to TAI, in ls4O to 33l :,
and in 1850 0. Such is the operation
Of popular sovereignty upon the system Of
slavery contras,ed with the prohibitory
ordinance Of 1887. Popular sovereignty
is the leading principle of the Democratic
party-the ordinance Of 1887 is the same
- the Wilmot Proviso, and is adhered 70
BY the Republicans. Reader, which do
you prefsr7 sia9
What made California free Stats 2
The principle Of popular sovereignty
nothins slss. Congress had no hand in
The business. California formed State
constitution snch as the people approved,
and it prohibited slavery.
A great fuss was made by the friends
Of freedom - they call themselves, be.
cause Utah and New Mexico on being or.
ganized into territories in 1850, were au-
thoriEed, Just as Arizona and all new ter.