Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-09-14

North, of this State, understand the arru.
ment just as we'll as their predecessors -
they tell us that the people Of the Territo-
ries have no rights except those which Con-
gress gave them in their organic act. organ
izing the Territory, and that rs Congress
did not grant them the power either to es-
tablish or prohibit slavery, they have no
| right to exercise that privilege. Further,
that inasmuch as a Territory is the creature
| of Congress, it has just whatever powers
| Congress gives it, and no more But there
are some men in the Territories who have
read the history of the Revolution, and who
contend that they did not get their rights
from Congress, and hence Congress cannot
take them away. There are men in the
Territories of the United States, blasphe-
mo1s enough to believe as Jefferson told
them. that they got their rights from God
Almighty and Congress cannot take their
rights away from them. think you will
see that if your fathers in the Revolution
we're justified in asserting the rights of the
colonies then, that we are right this day -
| IT, on the contrary. the doctrine of non-in-
tervention and popular sovereignty is wrong
now. then the Territories of the Revolution
must have been right in that controversy.
| The principle is the same, and defy any
man 10 meet me IN argument i'll relation to
| it.
1t does very we'll for men to run around
and talk about 'squatter sovereignty, aud
men moving to the Territories and forfcihng
their rights, but let me ask whether Vir-
ginian, while he remains in Virginia, does
not possess the Inherent right of .self-gov-
erument ? Do you not think he does? Aud
if he does when he moves to a Territory.
does he forfeit that right merely because he
crosses State line on ferry boat, and
lands in Territory? If you think so, /
advise you to read the works of John Tay-
lor, of Caroline, especially his work ON
CONSTRUCTION Construed" &c., &c.
| The Reason Wbys
The friends of Senator Hunter are par,
tioularly denuneiatory of that portion OF
Judge Douglas supporters who were for
mery members of the Opposition party
They seem to think that Judge Douglas will
be effectually killed off in this canvass, If it
can be shown that some of his supporters
were formerly Wings or Americans, This
is modest, to sag the least, coming aa it does
from the friends of gentleman who has
been aided at every step of his progress, as
a politician, by the Opposition party. Ii
surely does not become the friends of Sena-
tor Hunter to attempt to throw suspicion
upon the Democratic orthodoxy Of any po-
litcal organization, on account OF the anti
Democratic antecedents of its members A
politician who has been in the habit of ac-
cepting office at the hands of she Opposition,
against the wishes of his own party, is not
the proper person to pass sentence OF con-
demnation upon the Douglas organization
on account of the Wig or American an
tece9ents of few of it's members. Mr.. Hun
ter was elected Speaker of the House of Keep
resentatiyes of the United States by Che 7o-
tes of the Wings, Abolitionists and Nuiill7
ers, against the candidate of the Democrats
party. Subsequently, he vas eleeted to the
Senate of the United States-the place he
now holds-by the votes of the Wing mem-
bers of the Virginia Legislature assisted by
twenty-three Democrats, in body consls-
ting of one hundred and sixty-six members.
We may assert, in fact. without the fear
of successful contradiction, that Mr. Hun
ter has rarely been elected TO any Office as
Ms a,onsamee of the Democratic party.
The foregoing facts being we'll known to
the country, some surprise is expressed at
the present course of the presses and politi-
clans in the interest of Mr. Hunter. "Their
course is inexpicabie, writes friend res
ding in the mountains of Virginia. We
think, however, that their course is entirely
,explicable They cannot tolerate the thought
of losing the opposition support to which
they have heretofore been indebted for sue
cess They consider themselves entitled to
a monopoly of that vote, and are naturally
jealous eff any party or body of men that may
by possibility, be brought in competition
with them for it. The mere suggestion of
fusion or Of good understanding between
Douglas men and Bell men produced tre-
mendous shock upon the delicate and sensi-
tive nerves of our Hunter friends. 1t fires
them with virtuous Indignation, which they
find it impossible to repress. They give vens
to it in expressions Of horror upon the cor
rupton and degeneracy of the times. they
seem to regard as moral and POLITICAL polu-
ton any association with Opposition men of
the past or present, except chen, bY such as
sociation, they can benefit e. A. T. Hunter
and has friends. With more than Roman
frmness and virtue, they adhere to ths regu-
lar nominees of the Democratic party, with
the exceptions here noted. Iu the express
sive lang uage of one OF their number' they
look upon it "as reasonable to unite with
foes to break down friends" But where the
interests of Mr.. Hunter or of any special
favorite are involved, they raise no objections
to treason, stratagems and SPOlLS. -
Richmond Index.
Gov. LeeChers -
We regret to see our contemporary Of the
Petersburg Bulletin, fn canvassing the po-