The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-02-09
Douglas.

laa introduced his OIL Tor the rGpea' OF
the Missouri Compromise, for the par
pose Of counting the favors Of the South
and thus making bid for the Prtsiden-
cy. He however failed Of receiving the
special favor Of nomination by the
Democracy A. their candidate for the
Presidency in tire Presidential election
which followed this his FIRST bid He a.
the same time, and for the same purpose.
70 appeaae and blarasy the North.
adopted the ,Squatter Sovereignty prin.
ciple sired b. Gen. Cass, rcmodled the
same slightly, and christcned it
Popular Sovereignty But al! avai'sd
hin nothing.
This Popular Sovereignty principle,
1t 6rst was to allow the people Of Ter
ritory to regulate their own institutions
in their own way, subject only to the
Constitution Of the United States. The
great force Of ths Republican party be.
ing shown in the last Presidential e|ec
sior, and the Southern States being the
main hopo for the election, Of PEST
dent. Mr.. Douglas thong ht j. wisdom 70
modify this Popular Sovereignty doc.
trine, BY saying thu, il the case Of Sla'
very in the Territories, they could only
legisla'e against it, by . unfricndly le:
isls,ion" or 10 other words refusing 80
pass any laws, for the security and pro.
tection Of Slave property. Immediate
y after his election ~ United States
Senator-which was owing 70 his orpos
ting 10 Congress the Lecompton Cons;i.
tuition Of Kansas, q course purposely ia
ken to secure his election he stated in
ssouthesn speech at New Orleans tina,
" The Democracy Of illinois hold that u
STAKEHOLDER has tn. same right to take
his slave property into Territory, a..
sny other man has to take his horse, r
HE merchandise. Knowing tina. he must
in order to be elected President, secure
few Northern States, and Judging from
the manner the public pulse beats in the
North. he concluded about year after
making this speech, to settle the turbli
Democratic waters Of the North, BY a
eort Of Peace he still :. For my New
Orleans principles are no; the on! J ones
! have Accordingly an article from
his Fen appears in llarpess Magazine,
from which we take the following:
"A Slave within the meaning Of the
Constitution, is person held to service
o: labor IN one uader The iuus
shere:f--nos under the constitution Of
the United States, or under the laws
thereof, nor by virtue Of any federal au
thority whatever. Lat under the laws NJ
the particular Nafe uAere such srypiice o.
labor may de due"
Now the South is again highly exas
persted and something must be done to
win back their smiles.
Accordingly he labors hard with Iii.
Popular Sovereignty followers % vote
for IN Administration candidate for
Speaker Of the House. But this is not
enough; something greater and yet no,e
subservient must he done, to please the
South.
he draws it from the llarper's Ferry
affair, and introduces it in the Senate
IN the shape Of the following resolu
ton.
Rssolued, That the Committee on the
judiciary be instructed to report bill
for tho protection Of each State aud
Territory Of tho Cniun against invasion
By the authorities or inh, bitan Of any
other State or Territory, and for the
suppression and punishment Of conspir
acies OF combinations in any State or
Territory, with intent to invade. ussaul.
or modest the Government, Inhabitants
property or Institutions Of my State OF
Territory Of the Union.
This resolution affords him fine op
portunity 10 court tn. South by givina
vent to the most bite, spleen syains,
she Republicans In his speech b.
said.
"S,r, what we're the causes which pro
ducsd the raid ip Virginia? Wnhon
stopping 10 adduce evidence in detail.
have no hesitation in expressing my firm
and deliberate conviction that the Har
per's Ferry crime was the natural. logi
cal md inevitable result Of the doctrines
and teachings of the Republican party