The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-09-20
OLD SERIES. VCt. ES. mo. 29
tlS..sI so, in Advance.

that it must have bccn intended a: ,rt of
y Temporary bridge aero g the gulf Of non.
in erven'Ior. over which D m0crats were to
be enticoA u1til o prnTer tim, when tic
tes should te Il ,scf', and they would he
! t ld the question had been settled, irrevoca.
| by settled by the Sup crnc Cou,t tn?
( pri Iciple Of local self government, they would
! then he toll hal ben illusion from the
! first; It w"s wrong; rhepeople Of the Teri.
tories coda have M sncN rights. The Su.
p~enc Cou hal decided. and the Pop.
u'ar So. e',i n'y' Democrats would he pcinr-
| ID TT is Baltimore Il solution, and told they
wee in honor bound to abid. by the doci.
! ion ot h. Court. .......
+ Suppose Mr. D~u.ils shonll become t,lc
/ next P.cs,d2rt # ii, United States and
~hrul adhere 10 Til; Inform. Snpros,
durin4 hi: al 1m'nstrition thls question
should com before the Court AMI Tint tri.
brnal Should decide that slavery is carried
( mt, ami NINA nd IN all the Territories OF
| lie Unite Suites hv the Constitution, and
! that nothing short of Il change Of the Con-
stituto o. can prc7cnt il. Now suppose the
he people in the Territories should hclcv,
US hat it rratt rs n,t how the Supreme
! Court Should dacile the question and
! should fnlnavnr br.unfriendly leg station t.
being forced upon them without their cor.
> mt What next? Il becomes the duty of
! the ExCcut'v, and c nmrees to enforce with
4 nrcmDtn, s. and I'd tho decision Of the
! COut
Z Cong-oss will be houni 70 pass Jaws -
slaye c3de. ir yon p'ease--t % protect slave
property fn the Territories. 1t viii become
! n , duty Of tie Fxnc'itiYe I, enfprce these
! laws, and f ths naor'" attempt to resist suct
/ enforcement BY "Nnfirndy legislation or
! local police rcgn'ations, their acts vii! be.
come trna ;on, 1t VIII ne treason for them
/ 70 maintain frti' " what Mr. Douglas de-
fines to he their i1ali nable right, and what
he tells them thcv have ar ct to ma,ntair,
"whatever nay lie the decision of the Su.
nrnme Court And hv resistance to these
i Federal laws they will become traitors to
| their country: and if they will not cease re-
/ sis'anca--if they viii sill n ;Scrt that /! is
their hirtllrirht 'na'enalle wien formed
into 20 itical commUnites, t prevent slavery
he'nr rcrd upol thcT"--and If they at
tempt to drive It out according TO his direc.
( ton. bv force NJ their local police powers, the
I President Will be bound T. come forward and
earorce the slave c0de-anA see that the trail
tors w'o resi- t my the forfeit Of their lives.
! Thus We fnibv the inevitable operation Of
this new doctrna tn" great champion Of
Popu'a- sv.re'gntr himself nigh. be re-
duced 20 the necessity of making men hang
t',r Gqiag precisely rita. he nosc tells them
tRet, hrre q right tn do and fer asserting in
! TIER a.ts tloaa i2satieal principles Of Pop
/ ~lrr Sorc7~ign+r. -pon r~li3A he Is n0p run
nine far TIE highest ctEee cf't -Amsrica"
! pcopT ;"
( There would be M nv riding it. His indi
/ vilua' opinions woul! he nothing his wish.
es t. carry ont the former pledges would be
nothing: Pjpu'ar Sovereignty would be
worse than thing. TIE decision cfNe
Cour, ,rouI be frcry'hiag. At its breath all
his gopl Intentions would become paralysed;
there would be no alternative other than to
submit TO and carry ont the decision of tho
/ Court. a. this infamous resolution requires.
| The history OF ralt'cS in this country PRE-
sente NJ such oren avowal cf The worst prn-
cipleS of federal consolidation rs tha. con-
ta;ncd in the resolution we here repudiate.-
The old Federal party, in the days of its
strength, and when its prefer s OTIS were most
undiSguiSei. never dared counsel such an
open surrender as this, Of popular discussion
and ooinion. to the tribunal the farthest re.
mnv ,d from he people. NJ party cltiminS
, 10 b Democratic can maintain itself on such
ground. and no bitter evidence that the op-
rositinn, within the Democratic PARTY, to the
doctrine Of local saf.gorernment has been
made in the spirit of Fedalism, and in viola.
ton Of the principles and teachings of the
best statesmen Of the States-Right school, is
needed than this. the crowning result and
latest triumph of this opposition. ea
Thc Suoreme Court long since decided
that the te m territory included people, and
correspondirglv it has lately held that the
word persons covers the idea Of property
Upshur. the best head and heart among the
defenders Of State Rights Of the last genera
ton, declared in so many words that il is
only in the character Of people as distinguish
ed from property that the Northern States
can Justly consider slaves. and Madison, who
was once supposed to have authority among
us. uttered similar doctrine. But what mat
ters it? The touch of 'ntercS., which alone
IS sufficient in these gusty times. when men
are blown about by so many conflicting
winds Of doctrine, to fx opinions, proves po-
4 tent enough to change good State Rights men
, into Federalists for the noncc, bending the
! Cons tuition t. suit an interested and sec
! tional purpose, and kneeling to the Federal
court humbly, to receive their political opn-
ions
4 The protestants conclude in the following
words, which indicate the intention on their
part Of hereafter cooperating with The Re
publican p:rty--:he party which adopted the
faith, and will most certainly apply the prin-
c:plas oc Jefer on an Democracy -
If our present party organization consents
70 remain Federal'zcd, its days are numbered.
1t must inevitably be superseded by one that
shall adopt the faith and apply the principles
of Jeifarsonian Democracy. Holding thes1
views, and beccausc ofthe apathy with which
the Baltimore supplementary resolution has
been received, we publish this protest. Who.
lever upholds that resolution is q traitor to
\ the Democratic cause, and we believe there
arc thousands ready ~ We are TO enter the
lists ard make good this assertion against
4 all comers. RALPH LEETE,
I. &. II. SMITH.
/ @. /. CLARKE.
w. ". RAMSEY,
".." HENRY HANNA
/ Iti> believed the report by the osceola as