The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-08-10

IWNoAl 70 Nnt hNtFichn icopins ALluktH
the question Of slavery from ont Of the
halls Of Congress, and permits the inhab-
itans Of tho Territories 20 decide u for
themselves, just the same as the m6m-
bers Of iamily decide their domestic
questions, without any outside intoffcr-
Icnco whatever. ~ ducriiser.
Indeedl Wonderful doctrine that
a panacea for all the evils that flesh IL
heir TOT Now, Mr.. Advertiser, yo0 pratc
80 much about this wonderful doctrine,
just tell your readers what Il means aud
how you propose to carry II out
Docs il confer upon the people Of the
territories the right to form their own ter
ritorial government No such thing
This matter Is determined for them by
Congress.
Docs it confer upon tho people the
right to choose their own territorial ofii-
cers--their Governor, Judges &ci Not
20. According 70 the Kansas-Ncbraska
Bill, these oficers, from Governor down
arc sentt rule over them by appointment
Of che President and the people have no
voice in the matter whatever.
Does itrheNn that the people Of the tor
ritories shall be free to mark out and pur-
sue their own line Of internal policy
BY no means. This is all "cu and dried''
for them, in the organic act passed by
Congress, and even the powers and du-
tics Of Just ices Of he Peace arc therein
defined.
Does II mean that the people Of the
territories shall be free to pass their own
lnwsi They may pass laws, Il is truo'
but the Governor, sent to rule over them,
has, by the KOnsas-Nobruska act, veto
power, equal TO two-thirds Of the whole
legislative power and can defeat almost
any measure they may pass.
Does Il mean that the people Of tho
territories can, ifthcy wish, adopt con-
stitution Of their own choice aud be ad-
mitted into tho Unioui Twice or thrice
have the people Of Kunsas adopted such
, a constitution and applied for admission
and us often have they been rejected by
Congress, Popular Sovereignty demo.
Gratis roiing against her admission.
What does this doctrine mean then and
how is il proposed TO carry Il ou'l
Ahl but, snys our neighbor OF the Ad.
reriiser, Popular Sovereignty eonfers up.
on the people Of the territories the right
to exclude rluvcry " they see proper. L
does, ehl We'll let us see how, that is.--
e The people Of KOnsus, desiring TO ubol
ish slavery and acting upon this assur.
uncc given them, passed, through their
= territorial legislature, bill Obolishina
8 slavery from the territory. They made
! practical test Of this much-talked-ot
doctrine of Popular Sovereignty. What
s was the resultl Gov. Medary, Popular
Z Sovereignty democrat, sent from Ohio to
rule over the people of Kansas, VETO
, ED THE BILL and the Seneca a dver-
tissr published aPproUinSly his rstO mess.
age. In Nebraska tho same thing was
attempted with like result. Gov. Black
used his despotic, one-muu power to de-
= feat the will Of the people.
= This is tho way democrats carry out
their doctrine Of Popular Sovereignty.
Again, VIC Hssert without fear Of sue,
ccsstul contradiction thatthis doctrine o
Popular Sovereignty, as now advocate,
by the DouglOsites, isealeuiGied 10 snslav'
erery foot Of free territory belonging &
ihs United States Does the Advertiser
deny thsl then for the proof
o The Advertiser must admit, for lis par
Z ~ takes the ground, that the slOyeholdo
has right to take his slave property int
the territories and hold II there, in the ab
scnce Of any local law ON the subject
y Judge Douglas declared the same thin
o in his New Orleans speech in 1903, whei
5 he said;
! SLAVES ARE REGARDED AS PROPER
s ITY, AND PLACED ON AN EQUAL. FOOT
p ING with all other property. llonc
the owner Of slaves--tho same M tn
owner of any other species of property
HAS A RIGHT TO REMOVE TT
ANY TERRITORY AND GARRY
HIS PROPERTY WITH HIM.
Now, iC slaves can bo held in the terri
tories, in the absence of all law aud so
an equal footing ,SitA all other property,
we should like to know by what author
ty they are held therel Will the Adyer
J iiser inform us. There being no law Q
any kind on the subject if they are he'll
= at oil legally, Il must be by virtue Of III
Constitution Of the United States. Their
!, is no escaping this conclusion.
H. therefore, the Constitution per fore
4 carries slavery into one territory, it car
/, rics it into all, for il operates upon al
10 alike and there Is no getting rid orit,-
y To talk oflcgislOting il out is absurd, 70
er there is no power in the people or any
ID where else to lcgialate away oonstitu
,e tional right. Such action would In L
m self be revolutionary and treasonabIe.-
g lfs slave property is placed on the sam
b. footing an ell other property, as nouglu
o. admits, you can no more legislate Il OF
l. Of the territories than you can legislOt
horses or cattle or merchandise out.
is nonsense To talk about t. On the otl
er hand, Congress- is bound to protect III
people in every constitutional right, b
i special legislation, and therefore il
that this doctrine Of the Douglas demo,