The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-09-07
Popular Sovereignty.


zen, emigroting from Iowa to Kansas
should lose his right Of selr-governmeni
- on the ferry boat, while crossing the
I Missouri River. The object Of this ques-
ton was to leave the impression upon
the minds of his hearers that what he
: vauntingly styles "my great principle"
E is intended to confer, and really docs
b confer the same right ofself-governmcnt
upon the citizens ofthc Territories which
, are enjoyed by citizens oftho States. Let
> us see whether the facts will warrant the
I assumption.
The citizens Of our respective State
governments enjoy certain rights, the
possession Of which constitutes State
sovereignty--or popular sovereignty in
the States. These rights pertain % to
the entire control of State affairs; and
/ CD to avoice proportionate to population
in the affairs Of the general government.
Under the first the following may be O.
Enumerated;
|; The right to establish Fundumon-
tal Law.
! 2. The right to elect Governor:
I to define his duties, to limit his pow er,
/ and TO determine his tenure of office.
3. Tho right TO make all laws need
tal for the security aud wellbeing of So
ciety.
4. The right to establish Courts and
to elect Judiciary.
Under the second class of rights arc
the following;
I. An equal voice with each of the
other State in the United States Sem
ate.
2, A representation in the United
states House of Representatives, proper
toned to population
3. A voice in the election Of presi-
dent of the United States, corresponding
with the representation of the States re-
4 spectvcly in Congress.
Now, when Mr.. Douglus asks the oues-
ton, why citizen of Iowa, emirratinp
to Kansas, should lose his right of self
government, while crossing the Missouri
River, he embraces all that is included
in the above, (ror they are rights belong
ing 70 every citizen of Iowa,) and he
seeks to convey the impression that un-
der his Kansas bill, all these rights are
guaranteed to the citizens of Kansasl-
But what is the factl
l. The Kansas bill is the 6,ndamen.
tai law of Kansas, aud in tho framing of
II the citizens of Kansas had no more
voice than the subjects Of the Tycoon.
~ The Governor of Kansas is ap-
pointed by the President of the United
states, holds office at his pleasure, aud
Is sespqq4s9elo 81 PiF RRassas R2sG Gs ara f hermit
, ted to elect their Legislature; but the
Governor (the tool of the Prcsident) is
clothed with theveto power, and through
il, is made equal to two thirds ofthe Leg-
slature.
a. The people of Kansas are not per-
mitted to establish courts, or to elect
Judges and other officers. Tho former
/ is done by Congress, and the President
appoints the latter.
D. The people Of Kansas have no vote
in the United Statos Senate.
6' Tho people of Kansas arc gra-
ciously permitted to send one delegate
- the House of Representatives, but he
IS carefully excluded from uotiaq.
T. The people Of Kansas have no
voice in the election of President.
Now, then, the next time Mr.. Douplus
asks why citizen Of a State, in passing
into a Territory, should lose his right of
selt-government on crossing the bounda-
+ ry between the two, let some ono nut a
question to him. Let him bcasked, WHY
; did you, Mr.. Douglas, in framing the
Kansas-N ebraska bill, provide that he
should lose that right Why did you take
away from him the right to frnme his own
fundamental law-the right to elect a
Governor-the right to have a Legisla-
ture that cannot be over-rdden by a crea-
ture of the President-the ripht TO es-
{ tablish his own courts and olect his own
Judges and other officers the right to a
voice in the United States Senate, the
right to vote in the House of Repre-
, sentatives-the right to vote for Presi-
dent of the United StOtesl Why didy
take all these rights from the people Of
Kansas, Mr.. Douglas! You say that in
: the act Of crossing the boundary line
| which separates a State from Territory
: a citizen loses none Of the qualification
which fit him for selfgovernment. Then
why did you, Mr.. D., put into your bill
g those provisions which strip him almost
$ wholly Of that right Is not. in fact, this
Q zeal Of yours, Mr.. D. in behalf of "tbe
sacred right Of selfgovernment," merely
r a cloak and a blind under which YOU hone
r to force slavery into the Territories ant
E yourself into the Presidency Is there
any right Of self-government, Mr. Doug.
! las, in your Kansas. Nebraska bill, not tc
: be found in all other Territorial billi
which Congress has adopted, except tn,
right (by aid Of the Dred Scott deeisionI
to carry slaves into the Territory And
e is not that the FIRST and last, the begin.
}, ming aud the end of the "great princi-
pler
If any one has the curiosity to see how
: a little Giant will swell with indignation
when eifeotuallY exposed, and how round
d ly he will abuse and insult the courteous
t querist who has cornered him, let hin
put these questions 70 Mr.. Douglass
Press d Tribune.
. lean Vote for Him.