Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-08-29

| election to the Senate by bribery and cOrrup-
ton. The attacks of such man fall harm
less at my feet.
Thc Northern Democratic Petition
| ON the slavery Question.
| 1t is now unquesionable that the mass OF
the democratic party North, occupy substan-
TALLY the position, on the subject of slavery
in the territories, assumed by Judge DOUGLAS
| in the discussion of the admission of Kansas
| under the Lecompton Constitution, and in
| his canvass for reelection in Illinois suisse
quently. Notwithstanding these doctrines
| are regarded by the party leaders South as
20 near cut to all the aims OF Black Repnb-
| generally and unsparingly, denounced by
| Southern leaders and organs as a traitor to
the South and to his party on account of
them, they are the doctrines now held and
avowed by nine-tenths of the northern de-
mocracy. 1t is well known what those doc
trines are They embody those crude vaga-
ries in relation to the sovereignty of the peo-
| pie, that would give to a handful of settlers,
] organized into a territory and acting through
a territorial legislature, the power to exclude
the southern slave-owner from going into the
territory with his negro property. 1t is but
| little variant from that pure species of squat
ter-sovereignty denounced by Mr.. CALHOUN
| as worse than the Wilmot proviso itself. and
| which has been generally held in the South
as the most Odious dogma that has ever been
promulgated or found IL champion in the Halls
of Congress OF out of them. Judge DOUGLAS
thus clearly propounds it in his Freelort
speech:
"In my opinion the people of territory
can, by lawful means, exclude slavery IRON
their limits prior to the formation OF State
constitution mo matter what the decision
of the Supreme CourI may be on the abstract
question, still the right OF the people Il. e.
The majority OF inhabitants at any time dur
ing the territorial eXistence) 10 make slave
territory or Il tree territory is perfect aud
complete under the Nebraska bill"
And in the memorable passage at arms in
the Senate on tue 23d of February last, he
reiterated this opinion, and held it as identi-
cal with that held by Gen. CAss, in bis Mich
olson letter in 1913, AS the following extracts
show
..ln nv opinion, under the taxing power a
Territory may discriminate AS well as State.
If there is IA power of discrimination as to
other property, and | tuink there Is, then 1t
applies to slave property. In my opinlon' II
the taxing power is exercised against any one
species oil property, IL may nave tehoehcy
TO drive it out. Ii, beyond that, there Is an !
absence of legislation such as would fail 10
live efficient protection, that does etfec tually
exclude it. Such a system OF legislation may
me devised as would etiectually exclude"
You cannot protect any property III the
territories without laws furnishing remedies
for its violation aud penalties Tor It's abuse :
and in answer TO the question oil Senator
Green 1.-The Supreme Cudrt having decided
that slaves constitute property, II Il territory
by Congress 10 leglslate Tor 1t ell
should pass "a law Furnishing ali larceny OF all
nron.rty except slaves, would that make |
slaves equal to other property IN the Terri |
tory or would il not be a violation oil the
Constitution? Would he say he would sub
NIT to that at the option Of the Legislature =
Judge Douglas replied: Il will not exert the
power of Congress to interfere with the local
law with reference To slave property, or any !
other kind of property"
II stand here defending the great principle |
of nun-intervention by Congress, and self
by the people Of the Territories.
Ten years ago Gen. Cass was the nominee OF |
the Democratic party. lie was the champion
of this doctrine in It's broadcast and most I'M
restricted sense. as explained in his Nicholson
letter"
In recent speech at Batavia, Ohio, Sena-
tor PUGH, of that State, in making speech
IN behalf OF the Democratic State ticket, said:
At the present time, our Republican friends
say that we must have an act oi Congress to
exclude Slavery from the Territories. What
10 we want with il? What do we know about
he Territories? We are called upon to und T.
AXE to regulate the affairs OF distant com
nuntv which we never saw. and which in
Ill probability, we never will-of which we
Know nothing; and TO do 1t against the
sill of the people who live there now. Said
me Of the AbolitiOnists, IF you don't do
hat thes, people will introduce Slavery"
Vow maybe they will; maybe they they will
10 good many things that they oaght not
o do, they might not pass quite SO good laws
- we have in Ohio, they might not have such
rood schools SO many churches, but be
ween you and me- believe the people OF
trritory are as well able To govern theselves
s we ure to govern ourselves, and If they
ommit any mistakes, if they establish any
which is uuwise, they will soou
nd il out and reclify it, and that too much
cttcr than we can. IL is because | believe
|
rent, and that the people who live in the
arTitories are people Us much as we are,
ntiIled to rights as much we are, that
,r one ,eiil haze no act Of Congress neither to
xclude nor to establish Slavery. Leave the
eople 10 do precisely what they wish about
i. There will is my will. Whatever they
ant, far as am entitled TO vote l will
i've them.
We have been contending with the Re-
ubllcan party Tor great many years upon
us, but they are beginning To slide out OF il.
hen you ask Republican what he wants.
e says he Is against the extension of Slave
?. Who is for III Nobody in the Northern
tatesn
Thus, not only endorsing the views of
udge DOUGLAS, but avering the fact that
ObOdy in the Northern States is for the ex-
nsion OF slavery. We might multiply evil
snces TO the same fact indefinitely; but Il
i'll scarcely be denied thai such are the
ailments of the Northern Democracy
We now ask the Southern democratic
-gans TO look these facts in tue face, aud ex-
an to the people how it is that they, hold
& doctrines precisely the reverse, can claim
liionulity for their Marty and ask enDnorf |