The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-06-14
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and Sacrificing tkenselvesi And vet, we
treat thewtas enepiies and declare to them
thstwsgmhl NOT accepts tl,ein Ass q lies and
,Tlepas hn This war, unless they adopt all
Che mlnuiie of our political cneedl is not
TINS requiring more than generous, chiv-
airic ally sslio,lld ask ~ gSv II ,g0irrsyr7
.SThc Black Repub'iehns nvowg in the most
insulting terms that there shall DO no, more
slave territory. or slave Stntes in this Union.
no matter how we'll adapted the climate
-nhd soil mays5c to African slnveryt They
declare, 'inl fiendsh ter,ns~ TINT slavery must
be abolished eyeryw here. and that there is
an irrepressiIle conflict Letwe cen slave labor
and free labor. On the other hand. the
Northern Democracy cay that there shall
be- no interference Will, slavery on he mari
OF, Congress, either in the States or Peftito
| RIGS, but that 1t shall be left, to the peeple
everywhere to decide for themselves. whcth.
er hey viii ors,win not have slavery
Whena State Is admitted hito'tKe Union. IL
matters not whether, she .Jrotects or .ex
chtdes Slavery. They are wiling for the
Seuthern people 10 carry thcif slaves into
allvthe Territories belonging 20 the Iynited
States, and keep them there. But if the
majority of the people of q Territory Arc
crrosed TO slavery, aud attempt to lcrislnte
against 1t, then it becomes n question for
The, courts toldecide, whether such lerisn.
tIon be constitutional or not o. Is there no
uiliercnee IN these respective creedsl Co.,. .
In Tact and in truth, is this right of car,
ry'nS slaves into a Territory where the soil
and climate Is not adnpred TO them. where
theynever can be profitable or exist. and
| where majority of tile people are opposed
to slavery, worth contending forl Much
less Is II worth while to think of breaking
| np this great aud glorious cOnfldcIncy for
ibe establishment of this worthless consti
! tyuonal right. IL the climate and soil of a
Territory are snitable for slavery. il will go
there, and need no protection from Con
ercss and IL they are not, all the protec
ton that eaiasbe given by Congress and the
Territorial legislature will not carry and
establish slavery there. Who would think
"' corrylnSfiaNes into Territory to keep
only while the Territorial government eI
isted, and have TO remove them or ~emonci.
pate Them when the Territory becomes a
Statcf ltiS folly to think that any slave.
holder Will do SO, or think of doing so I'M.
wise an act slavery will always protect
itself everywhere mud at all times. where il
's the interest of the people to have it,
ANA nothing can be more coniemptille
than to hear men who have no slaves, tri.
fling politicians, bnnkrupts in fortune.
weather-eock Ks of popular opinion, ond office
| seekers, d"claiming about ia cir constitution,
| nj right of carrying their slaves into n Ter.
ritory where they know slavery never can
exist AMI If slavery could exist there
yet, If majority of the people are Aboli.
tonisis, II would be unsafe with all the pro.
tection which could possibly he given ii Ly
| legislation. The slaves would be seluced
and carried off by the Abolitionists i'm sritc
Of all laws =. ,....... ...,. -
In regard TO Squatter Sovereignty, or
Popular Sovereignty, ms it. should be term.
| ed, an odium has been recently east upon IL
in South Carolina which did not formerly
exist This doctrine was first annnune 4
by General Cns1, in his famous Nicr
letter. so far from being oifendn
South Carolina voted for Gen
standing on this platform. for II
the United States Again, whc
| Fierce was nominated in {
| Conv ention, he was, placed
| platform, and received The
Of South Carolina, rs the u
neee for President Of 81
Again, when Mr. Buchanan.
on the Cincinnati Platform,
form reafiirmcd by the Char,
ton, in. accepting his nom
was beiore the Dred Scott =
er, he gave decided Squa,ter
construction to that plntform l
ing is his ,langungc "1'liis legis
founded upon principles as ancient
government ITSELF and in accordance
them, has simply declared that tie pt.
a Territory. Ike those IF n State, shall G
for hen'sctccS ,rhcthtr aayc,.y shall or s,
not eriSt Ioihin their limits" If this be n
pure, undetiled Squatter Sovereignty, |
know not what is! Aud yet, South Carroll
ma voted for Mr.. Buchanan unanimously
| Ahout the time of Mr.. Bnchanans inauru.
ration, tile supreme Court Of the United
States Ind made their famons decision OF
the Drcd Scott case. In that decision they
declare that neither Congress nor the Terri.
| torinI Legislature has power, under the Fed.
erai Constitution. TO exclude slavery from a
| Territory. Dir. buchanan adopted their de-
cision in his inaugural address. That decis,
ion has made the Cincinnati Platform all
that the South should require or desire in
references to slavery in The Territories
lrwill say, further, that this doctrine of
| Popular Sovereignty has had an odium cast
on 1t in the Southern States, 10 which il ia
not entitled, according TO the theory and
practice Of ourrepnblican institutions. The
1 popular will must and has always prevail,
cd in the United States, say and do what
| we please to the contrary. We sec it il
| mstrntcd every day in the practical work
ing Of our Government. At the South, The
popular will, -or Sqnatter- SOVEREIGNTY, il
you please, isopposed to declaring the slave
| trade piracy by Congress and hence, no
| convictions can he had under that law. In
che Northern States the popular win is o,i.
posed to the fugitive slave law, mud hence
wo.see the extreme difficulty Of enforcing
That law, backed by all the power Of the
| Federal Government. Some years ago, the
! pophlarw win Of SOnth Carolina was orrosed
TO the T'uiSff laws PASSED by Congress, and
they were nullified hy,a State Convention
So it is in regard to q, great many State
laws passed. They are never enforced be.
cause the popular Will Of The community Is
opposed 10 them. There are hundreds Of
statutes in South Carolina which are a dead
letter, because the. Voice of the people is
opposed TO Them. Voz popmi est Tor Del.
This doctrine of popular sovereignty pre-
walls not only In republics bu. in monar.
chies and dcspotisDs, Kings and mobiles,
thrones and temples. are hurled into the
due: by its breath Constitutions and laws
aud ancient customs are crushed by its re.
sistless tiati In England the Queen and
her ministry obey it Implicitly! As soon
as the vote Of the House Of Commons shows
the government to be In n minority The