Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-09-02


Eas- Soms Of ibs loeofoco Son.hera Origins a-q
bCrihca n tho Suggestion that Tom Gorwin would
mako good speaker. They say Ire Is a Black Re
publican and one Of the viIest enemies Of the South
Dow much worse Is he than Douglass Who the
same party says, wonli make good President q
Uorwin denies that the people Of Territory have
the right TO egislate slavery out of it, and aiirms
that Congress- alone, has the power to egisate for
the Territories. lie declares further that II slavery
is carried into the Territories by the Constitution,
It is the imperative duty Of Congress to protect it
there. These are the doctrines of the Southern
Opposition, and no sounder position can be assumed
by any man On the other hand Douglass denies
the power Of Congress to legslae for the Territories
and TO protect slavery there, and afirms the right
Of the squatters to exclude it, in defiance of the
equal rights Of the South in and TO the public
domain. Corwin's position is in accordance with
the usage Of the government from the days of
| Washington down to the passage of the Nebraska
swindle, and that usage has been sustained by re-
peated decisions of the Supreme Court; whilst the
position Of Douglass is new tangled doctrine,
deriving no sanction from precedent and authori-
| ty from the Constitution.
! That this new dogma of territorial sovereignty is
false we have abundant proof in the manner in
which its advocates would apply it. Douglass,
Buchanan & Co!aifrm that the people Of a Terri
tory are as sovereign as those of State, and have
as ample power to regulate their own internal
affairs Now, to what extent do these partzar
wiseacres press this doctrine in practice? Only fni
enough to exclude slavery. 1t was originated &c
niure the South, and when pressed 10 that point
it is suddenly arrested. The people Of Territory
are as sovereign as the people of a State, yet the
very party which asserts this power deny to the
people OF Kansas the right to elect their own Gov
errors and members of the Judiciary. Why Thu
discrimination against a sovereign peOpe2 1t il
easily explained. Squatter sovereignty is sovreigr
remedy against the extension of slavery, but it i
not wholesome when so applied as to diminish Exc
cuuye patronage. The Offices in the Territories ar,
valuable to the locofocos in the States, and besides
to deprive the President of the appointing power
to that extent and give the filling of the offices Il
the squatters, might enable %he pro-slavery party
in Territory, to establish savery--as would hav
been done in Kansas but for the anti-savery officer
appointed by Buchanan. To be consistent, will
this doctrine of squatter sovereignty, the denocrati
Administration should have organized the TcIritor,
of Kansas and then turned it loose to take care
itself To assert the sovereignty of its people an,
then limit it to the exclusion of slavery IS gros
fraud upon its inhabitants and an unpardonabl
u wrong TO the South. Yet the southern democrat
who submit to, and even justify this wrong, fcig
to think it treason to propose the name of Tor
' Corwn as the next speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatiyes. For one, if we can not get Speakc
from the Opposition delegation, South, we prcfe
" Tom Corwin to any democrat from any section.