, 1860-03-01
so UATTEK SOVEREIGNTY ILLUS
E'lkATED.

Nj. Sam Medary is Democrat--ono OF tile
Simon Pure'e. Mr. Sam Medary is a Douglas
man il body, bones aud breeches. Mr. Sam.
Mcdary is Governor Of Kansas Territory; and
in that capacity has written a .Gio message,
copy OF which now lies before Us, aud we ven
surc TO say that it is one Of the most e1traor-
dinasy documents yet born Of American poll
tics-we cannot sny craftsmanship. The bill
vetoed is a very snort and simple one, easily
understood; and, as fer as we know, open to
no objection whatever. 1t was passed through
the Assembly and Council by a very decisive
nearly an uuanimons-yote. 1t is in these
words:
"SEc l. That Slavery or involuntary serri-
1ude, except for the punishment Of crime,
whereof the party shall hare been duly convict
ed, is and shall be forever prohibited in this
Territory
"sEc.' 2. This Act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage"
Well, what Of it? Why this: Our readers
all recol|ect that when the Kansas Nebraska
bill was brought into the Senate, every Demo-
crat knee high sounded its praises as the EN-.
bodiment Of great principle-the right OF the
people TO govern themselves fortd and reg
ulate their domestic institutions in their own
way. "You cmig-ant from Illinois, said Mr..
Douglas substantially, "going TO Kansas, do
"you lose your capabi|iy as judge Of the
institutions by which you will be governed?
t:Herc i'll Illinois you have tho right 10 say what
"laws shall be enacted, what institutions shall
"be set up. You legislate here to suit your-
"sclves. In crossing the Mississippi into
"Teritory, do you loRe your identity or your
"powcr Of distinguishing between good and
"evi1. II you may make laws here, why not
in your ncw homes? You have assisted US
sin fixing tho political status Of the negro in
..'1llnois; why should Congress deprive you
"oc the right Of doing tue same thing in
"Kansas?' Who that heard Mr.. Douglas in
1855, IS, sc, 81, or '5s does not know thnt
this was his argument; aud who that can
read does not know that it was all
lie, cheat a bamboozlement a
humbuy--that no nor Tho Democratic party
never intend to allow tue people Of the Terri
AHI3ES ~ hu$GlA tHEAAaE4fNa4 " A%AA sAS k1SN-
pie Of Nebraska tried it, BY the enactment o.
a Law in their Legislature for the prohibition
and abolition oG Slavery, tilrec-fourths Of the
Democrats in that body voted against it, and
wien it was finally passed.. in spite Of thel1
opposition, Cor: Black, another Dougaaslt'
vetoed it, in, If possible meaner, more undig
nidea, 1noon.sruck message than that Of Mr.
Sam. Mcdary's, which lies before lis. We hav'
quoted tho act upon which Mr.. Sam Nedar,
las put his foot, to show what our kansa
friends are attempting in the way Of self-goy
ernmcut; and nor ne copy what Mr: Sam
2ledary tells them. Heis addressing the Leg
i1lstura, and giving the reasons for his dissen
from the act fpr which they had asked his sig
nature: II,
1T" (he Territorial Legia1ature) tea
.',4ouliGh I'll lcgaEEclations between u1nn an
"wife;, it can a'xlIsh RI laws for the collet
-tioz Of debts; it caa abolish the Sabbath da1
TOR prohibit tho holding Of Sundny y-sehools
nit can repeal al laws III relation to contract
Abcsweeh MIN and NAL; Il can refuse To pr
"yido :n5 the punishment Of crime or pr.
4'tection of yirtue," &C., but it cannot touc
that nigger drivers niggerl That tie rolit
cal gospel. Of the Democratic par,y-t1e su
OF The Kansas Nebraska .lill-the total u II II
great principle 4 Territorial Legislatu
n,ay set ut defiance tho Common Law, Il
dccencies and amenities Of life, and the Law
Cod Us set forth in His hook, but it cam
make q statute 10 prohibit majority Of t
people from owning the minority. It may
anything else-establish Polygany, as !.
Utah; ]egalize prostitution and gambling,
In California; but theres. that nigger-he
1ongr by the law Of civilization and Christis
jty, Inc decision Of the Supreme Court q