The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-09-19

lew, b fAppla1se. 4 A nd here you finRd Il
whole sum and substshcs Of this doctrine
popular sovereignty. or OF s'squatier soy,
relentyg' h6 some people seem pleased ,
caildt. The Democratic party call II ssnoTI
intervention" Cheers. Il is simply ID
doctrine OF tuur fathers Of the kevOIaijo1.
Let me ask You what question was il, ths
LED TO the original quarrel between III
AmericAn colonies and the British govern
ment : II you will bestin mind, when III
Revolutionary struggle begun, our father
did aot desite Independence -they did no
desire TO be separated from the Btiiish crows
Their wish was to remain part OF the Bri,
ish empire, and hence you 6nd that in ever
petition 10 the King, ipevety address to III
Pariiament and TO the paople Of Ensian,
they agerred that they loved the British .per
pie, ahat they were loyal 10 Tue King, IL,
1 they were devoted tothe British constitution
and wantedt0 reG1ain part of,the empir
forever. What was then the complaint =
They complained that the British cover D
ment would not permit them to regulat
their own affairs in their own way, ia re
spect TO their domestic concerns. Tha
was the complaint, and the FIRST gu arrei tha
ever took place between the colonies ant
tne british government was on the slavery
question, and occurred in Old Virginia.
had occasion to remTk the other day that
while Senator Seward declared in a speect
recently made at Boston, that he was educa
ted 10 the M4ssacnusetts school of poli,ics
| was educated from childhood in the Viroi.
mia school ofpolitics., Cheers ! Henfe
am prepared to appeal to the history OF vir
einia Tor every opinion entertain, for every
principle ! advance, [Cheers
l assert, without fear Of contradiction, th4 a
for more than seventy years previous to the
Revolutionary war, Virginia demanded o.
the British government the right TO control
the slavery question within the colony
through the colonial Legislature. fCheers. !
For many years the Virginia colony rprotec
ted slavery; but after awhile the people be.
came alarmed lest they had too many
slaves. The white population were few in
number, and scattered, the Indians surround.
ing them were numerous and hostile, and
the slaves that were constantly being land
ed were savages direct from Africa. This
condition OF things alarmed the whites; they
became afraid lest the savage Africans
should unite with the savage Iadians and
exterminate. them. For this reason, tho colo.
ny OF Virginia changed her policy end
passed laws unfriendly TO the introduction
OF slaves. levyiDg heavy taxes aud penalties
upon their iutroddction. The British mer.
chants, who were then engaged in the slave
trade, protested against these colonial laws,
and said that they violated the rights of .
Briti.h subject, and declared that British
subj ct had right to go into the colonies
and carry his property with him and have il
protected therein. They appealed to the
King in council, and got an order ngains,
the colonies, compelling Virginia TO has,
fmose aIavess Whetlief she wanted iaem 8
not The struggle went on uatil l772
when the House Of Burgesses adopted
memorial 70 the King Of England, telIin.
him that unless he abandoned that policy
and allowed the colony Of Virgins to regu
late the slavery question to suit herself
his Majesty would lose his donations in
Americs. 5a4 G'fAi sI4 45Aa III
Virginia, there ore, chimed the right to
decide the slavery question tor himself
Thatis ALL claim for a colony now
[Great applause.
The only question is, whe,her on Amer.
ican citiz ~, under the constitution, is not
entitled to as many privileges in Territory
as British subject was in colony before
the Revolution. h II he is not, d. no, know
what he has gained by that Revolution
{ Loud, Cheers. Our fathers, as colonists,
claimed the right under the British consti-
tuition. We now ciuim II Ia obedience 10
the American Constitution [sheefs and we
claim for our settlers 10 the Territories only
those rights ard privileges which our faith.
ers fought for and obtained ia the Reyolu.
tion. 9s@s
The abolitionists, under Mr.. Lincoln, and
The secessionists, oader Or. Breckinri12e
+ plausel agreed that this privilege is all
rig hi in, respect to sovereign States, bul
they deny its application to the Territories
They telIusiha Territory issnot soyst-
eign Power, and therefore connot regulate
her,o own institutions; that nothing but soy.
ersignties cSn@ regulate their own atflirs.-
Let me nqlirs whether the British colonies
in Americt, wers s3vsteiga PoRers whsn
they demlnde thlt right [Cheers. +
Our fathers dsmanded this Inherent right Of
s sslf.governme0t,Ino for sovereign States,
but for dependent colonies, lor dependent
Territories, dependent provinces. That
was Their dem ni1nd.@ SL4 'sHVp ti-ae#gb
They did not pretend that they were SOW.
ereign; but they said they we're entitled "a
tho inherent right OF self government IN
their domestic concerns. ICheersl Tns
tories totdtheG in rsply that the col Ioaisss h4t
no other Fights than those hitch were Dr. "a
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