The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-05-05
a. The Des Msines Journal takes up our ar.

CD The Des Moines journal takes up our ar
gument in favor Of the Supervisor System, viz !:
that it is government of the people, and at.
tempts to apply it to slavery in the Territories.
This won't do, Mr.. Journal. Allowing the
people Of the Territories to have slavery or not
as they please, is not liberty but license. When
civilized men form themselves into society or
State, they give up certain rights, if we may use
the word, and agree to be restrained by certain
laws, for the good Of the whole,-they agree
that each shall enjoy the fruit sof his own labor un
molessed. But our contemporary at the Capitol,
as expounder Of the principles of the little Dem.
sgogue, says, I am for liberty-give the people
Of the Territories the right to determine whether
they will have slavery or freedom. Now, if there
Is any liberty in slavery, then are Douglas and
his Popul,r Sovereignty followers the friends Of
freedom. II there is Democracy in permitting
the rich to own the poor and to enjoy the fruits
Of their labor without compensation, then is M.
Douglas Democrat. Slavery is destructive of
the liberty Of the press and Of the freedom Of
speech-it is . blight and curse to any State.
Why extend its We might with the same pro-
priety say We viii allow the people Of the Terri
tories the liberty of determining whether they
will have one wife or many, or whether they will
respect the marital relation or not
As We have often remarked before we should
have no very serious objection to this newt
gled principle Of Mr.. Douglas of allowing the
people Of the Territories to decide whether they
would have slavery or not If we had any faith in
the honesty Of the men who are advocating it
that they would, when in authority, allow the
people, as they profess to be willing, to exercise
this 80 called liberty through their Territorial
Legislatures. We believe a majority Of the peo-
pie, in almost every instance, would be opposed
TO slavery. But they are not permitted to elect
their Governors or Judges-they are hampered
and restrained and utterly unable, under Demo
cratic rule, to throw on the incubus Of slavery
Look at Kansas and Nebraska. Mr. Douglas has
never proposed that the people Of the Territories
shall elect their Governors or in any other way
shown bis willingness to allow them to exercise
this socAlled right which he processes to consider
such great boon. The efforts Of the people to
do SO have been met by vetoes and BY Executive
admonitions to attend to their own business and
not interfere with the constitutional rights o;
Stare owners, who must be permitted to bring in
their property, etc. 1t has been very well M.
derst 'od th.t If Democracy was strong enough
an ,ther decision of the Supreme Court would be
made. at the proper time, declaring that slavery
exit in the Territories by virtue of the Con-
sti,asion and must exist until excluded by the
people in their first act OF Sovereignty in form.
Ing State Constitution. Mr.. Douglas has given
in his adhesion to this Legislative enactment Of
the Supreme Court in advance. What is such
Popular Sovereignty as this worth 1t is cheat
dem 'gogues and merccnary politicians to mis-
lead the people by appealing to their love of
liberty.
We are opposed to Popular Sovereignty, first
because IL gives no liberty which any man ought
to have-2d, because, although il envy geat
principle was honestly extended to the people
the result might be in favor Of freedom, yet its
advocates have proved themselves corrupt
trading politicians utterly Indifferent to every
thing except their promotion, and thus unworthy
Of trust or confidence.
DExocsAcr PLAYED Our-Mr. Douglas is the
father Of the whole nigger business-he set the
b II in motion, in 1854. Ny "greAt principle"
has broken down, one after another, all the
leading men in the Democratic party in the
North, and cut down the party strength to nj re
s1ad ~ Of wAAf il uaed 70 be. The signs indi-
eaas that lie dsys are numbered. It is suffering
sas sgo"sss q diaaolusion at Charleston. 1t il
70 oe nopsA u. Douglas win receive the nomip.
as'on and Be he last candidate Of that M. " for
We Presidency He Is the proper psrson 10 a.
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