The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-03-17

Tahesflle Beanh out thine own Eye.
-eThe Enqnirer siof yesterday morning has
an article which manifests great uneasiness
lest the Opposition should evade- the Squat
ter Sovereignty issue. The article spoken
of says ...-- .-s-,s.-
= g Let the Democracy, in every hamlet
aud school district in the Union, keep the
issue [squatter sovereignty before the peo-
pie, ETC. ,.--f ..5 51 80 dss
When we reflect that the Southern De-
mocracy--that portion which controls The
party, and TO which such valiant papers as
the Enquirer always suceumb-is unalter-
ably opposed to squatter sovereignty, the ar
tcle in question is truly byperboEean in its
GOODNESS. 47afeE. ,-i7ss 1s4 ,sb1at -ff4
Here is what the Charleston Neses, a
Southern Democratic paper, says on this
point: ''' peg .z9ss le'H ta,t -. =
We do not speak unadyisedly when we
say the South Carolina delegation will not
submit to the nomination of Douglas, and
that it will insist that the platform of the
Convention shall contain an Endorsement of
the Dred Scott decision, that the Southern
people are entitled to have their slave prop
erty protected inthe Territories.
The Memphis Aoalaaehe IA 10. Lame pa
perl says with emphasis: -
The concentrated wisdom of the Demoe-
racy of the nation, assembled in /" Congress
siOnal caucus" have repudiated Douglas by
declaring in favor of Congressional protec-
tion to slavery in the Territories g
Tho GaucuS yvac cc,r1nncn.l of
Democratic champions from every section
of the Republic, and the platform agreed
upon may be regarded as foreshadowing
of what will be adopted at Charleston. =
1t is evident that the Charleston
Convention will repudiate " "Squatter-Sove-
reignty," and of course Douglas is slaught-
cred, as he has declared, in letter already
published in these columns, he could not
accept the nomination if rendered him,
unless the Democratic party abandoned its
position and accepted the conditions upon
which ne would consent to run as a, a,candidate.
1t seems that Mahomet must come to the
mountain. s-r, s7dts 3 a.
A writer in the Baton Rouge, La, 4doo-
cate Democratic organ) says in regard to
the Douglasites: -tt
They know that the Democratic State
Convention which is soon to meet here VIII
most distinctly declare against Squattei
Sovereignty n 3 ! .-z.s So a.
And the Convention did SO declare.
The Louisville Courier "a Guthrie~or
gam is filled nearly every number with de-
nunciatious of Douglas and squatter soTe-
reignty- Here is.,a sample of its sentiments:
He EDouglas] has no more prospect of
getting the Charleston nomination than
the ''man in the MOON or the wandering
Jew.
~ And the Courier is equally opposed to
qlag other advocate of squatter sovereignty.
There are scores of other Democratic pa
pers South that talk the same way, and yet
the Enquirer ignores all such expressions.
In the face of such exhibitions of South
ern Democratic feelings taken at random
from our exchanges, how can the Enquirer
have the face to argue that Popular Sove-
reignty is a Democratic principle? .as-.
We advise that paper to have very little
to say on the subject. The Charleston
Convention may cause you to stuItify your
selves, neighbors. You viii yet have to
repudiate Popular Sovereignty.