New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-26

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Uriied States riles the mater 10 ecnovfy amounts 70
,idns an ls,srs the title to -sve appesl
nh be taksn The srpren Cou ~hout regard 70 toe ''ne
We zee. therefore thst non Intervention ~ Con-
ere's but another name for direct inter yentn ~ the
CouIis
Popular Sovereignty urder the Nebraska bill msaus
Juditis Sovereignty.
car well rnders'snd Popular Sovereignty which
gives TO CoIgefs, the representatives, OF the whole
Iecple AID Of FL the States-of those who own the
TerritoTes-have paid their money for thsm-and pay
all their ezIenses and who goiog TO settle them or
feJd Il cir children there the lie TO govern Them
unt;ittey are reared up, snd admitted into the eion
ne tqusl ard sovereign States. That lie Republican
Potular Sovereignty. Thst is the Popular Sover-
eighty of the FsdeJs Constitution. But that Is
the very thing with lie great principle OF non IN
PREVENTION by CoDe1t was intended 70 crush out.
can understand, also, another kind OF Popular Sov-
ereeLty, born upcn the coil Where people thrown
together without law, organize Government upon m
hereDt natural right, and the law OF necessity Ihere
sIogc ard consistency in that. But that. too, Mr.
Douglas has denounced ss Squatter Soyertgnty-or-
esnized rebellion, Lynch-law Government. Upon one
occasoD in the Ser ate FEB. -, 1852, he said,
hold that 10 such thing sovereign yer attaches to
Territory while Territory. hold that Territory
POSSESSES whatever power it derives FROM tie CoLsti'u
ten under the OIgsdic act, and no more"
BIT the Popular Scve eighty Of which he b,ase and
for asserting which HE friends claim that be should be
mace President, is neither the one Tor tue other
neither the sovereignty OF the people OF the states re-
Iress uid in CoDgrese the inherent sovereignty OF
tie recpe Of the Territories Themselves but the soVe
reg y Of the organic act the soveregnty OF the great
Ilbcle Of the Kansas Nebrasa bill which takes the
question from the control Of Cougress-ih branch OF
Government directly responsible TO tue lsolle-and
ur der the tpecous pnise of Popular Sovt gnIy IL the
Terrifcrs places IT, in fact not in the hands Of the
peorle but under tie domination CT that branch Of The
| Coye1pu emit over which neither the people OF the
Saee pcr the people Of the Territories lave any con-
trol-vbiCh is entirely above the popular wi-snd, "a
all experience proves despotic in lie tendeueies.'
Tie Popular Sovereignty Of Mr.. Douglas transfers
the grt political question of day-he toqudng
Of new States and ris!Dg empires involving the h.pp-
nefp freedom and destiny Of untold millions Of human
teirgs away from the great political tribunal OF ne
American people ard hands It over TO the irfeN ocaoe
decision Of mere Judicial tribunal, composed OF nne
veIy respectable old g.ntlemen il Is true sitting IN
lore six gov in the basement Of the Capitol holding
their Offices for e wholly irresponsible to the people,
| Of whom few die and none resign"
Non-iLtsTveLon by Congress deprives the psorie oil
TIE United States Of their power and while pretending
TO leave the people Of Territory perfectly freeto ad MT
or'exelude Slavery it subjects them 10 fact t. Dfed
Scott Coz stttoD, aye to al rrt ddic'a slave
| Code, by whoss ds.Iess the right TO AXE and hold
clay ss in the Territories is ITeyocably fixed, beyond
tie power Of Corgre or Territorial Legislature or
| ely othsr human power to anuul o. impair
| o. WHIST figure would this Popular Sovereignty OF
DouOss present 10 the genius Of painter or scu ptor
Behold he1 sbs enters the TeTritons, witt Ditd
Scott slave chain upon her neck, and the Executive
| ts! oDet at her breast.
AK IL the lame Of Heaven what difference does
make Whether Slavery enters the Territories ucder
law OF Congress or Of Territorial Legislature or un'
| der a decree Of the courts?
What diIereI ce to the free white men who propose
10 settle the Territories tbs uselyes or their chi-
dreu whether they are to be excluded by Slavery car
ried there by law, or by Slavery carried there under
judicial Slsve Coce?
held by judicial or legislative ond?-oy ch4iu
Of brass or chain OF iron7 II tskeu himself to ths
auction block for sale or harder still II biz wife aud
cbidreu axe arenched from hs bosom and taken there
via. difference TO bin whether it is under the decree
Of Court or the law Of Legislature. thst the iron -
made to enter tDd clesys his so1l In twain
90. JUG. ne't thou art fed to bratish beats
Ard zen have lost their reason
Ikov- Nj Dopelas aud bis friends cay that
While be soct the DJed Scott decision az authoritative
sod that under the STAKEHOLDER has right to take and
hold hi. slave property in the Territories. like any
ot er property that it is nevertheless mere abstract
right Of 10 practical value, which may be entirey
6estro ed by unfIendy legislation. hen pressed By
biz great Antagonist hr Lincoln, at freeport, 10 tee
pree{ nee Of the people Of Illinois he no longer said
''It lie g Judicial question: my ans yer then was and
row s tbtt if the Constitution carries Slavery there
let 1t 60, and no power or eSrtn can take IL away
but he said 1t matters not what the Supreme Court
may hereafter decide to the abstract QUESTION whether
it ay or may not go into Territory, the people have
the lawful to introduce 1t or exclude IT, as they
or ap hour anywhere unless 1t Il supported BY ponce
regulations. Ard again, No matter wha the decision
Of the Supreme Court may be On that abstses ques
tor e,i'l tie right OF the peole TO make Slave Ter
ri,oy or Free Territory is perfect and complete under
the Eebr1 ska BILL / hope MI. Lincoln deems my au-
s@er satisfactory upon that pont.
This reasoning, Mr.. Douglas. If not satstao"ry
Jdesp, aye, absiract ideas rule the world. Every
earnest mind that thinks must follow them 70 Their
logical Ieeuits and every hor cot man WHO swears to
eutpcrt Constitution cannot by yoice or vote et-
teuut 10 destroy, or Neglect 70 defehd Iiglt wech
be Knows that Constitution secuIee: ms Posu0n
therefore, that, BY "unfIieOdy legisation,' or 6y
want of i4eisaiioD Territorial Legislature nay de-
s,roy raht conft red BIZ Constrtuton winch they
are swoln TO support, If were true n fact amounts
TO 10 more less thsn 10 cay to them: Gentsnerl
ct the expense Of your logic snd Of your integrity yod
can violate tire Constitution, and can exclude slavery
Yen can break tie Died Scott chain upon your nec.a
by briCRDg mora! perjury upon your sous; IN logic
ii il utterly absurd 10 cay that thing may 10 laWuy
driven from TIE place where it he's lawful rght 70
STAY AID to honorable members t Territorial LegL'
atuIe aetirg uItsr their official osbs the bare mon
ton Of tie propoeiion that, by dkregsroing ther
cs.bs they conld tranpe Constitutions right under
her feet would Re AIDING iuiult to injury. Bat,
saao Il Il often but step from the abstract 70 tAo
Jracticsl You remeIDbes the Legislature OF hensas,
unter the perfect freedom csuse passed law 70 e1
dude S avery. Gov. Medary' uncer this so.'raes
;6ka thLt the people Of IerTi.ory were uJect %
Drei Scott Constitution, vetoed the BILL Tee came
.hDz occurred III Nebraska. That is rothng, $50
p,s<-s mtre fbtt!sct:or. e,
O M follow citizens, there eaa % 10 greater iai-
lacy thso to overlook the power CT idees thcie
Ith'y eori,usl forces that ruls oven TIE dtsfot' o.
tbe world. Once acnit the stsrset ooasuiuttolai
right 70 held slaves II the Sa'ee, E.d a. uaI SLAVES ana
Slavery wou econ folio II every state N the nleo
ga PRACTICAL fact MI Douglas himself once feat the
force Of this when he sad that ST Slavery exias in
The Territories by virtue OF the Colstuuon the oon-
closiou If ire ytsbe aud irresistible that s the impef
aye duty O; CtnNess 10 lafs al laws neceseAry for
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