The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-07-20
Mr.. Douglas and His Popular Sover-
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cheat SO shallow ano tTahsphroht' ic'
thoro aro thousands who, by being thus do.
luiod and following blindIy their unscru-
pulous leader, arc prepared to vote, at tho
coming Presidential election, against all the
bcs, interests Of their country. The Doug
las Popular Sovereignty mania (now hap
pily subsiding) is not unlike The rage for
patent medicines and ltinorant quaek doc
tors. The educated and reliable medical
practitioner knows, as everybody else may
know, that largo proportion OF these arc
perfect hunbugs, yet ho Ruds frequent oc'
casion to regret that they have such a
great rum" Popular Sovereignty. as an
alleged pnnacoa for all our political Ills.
has had o wonderful charm for the null
titpdc.
MIR. Douglas friends In this section, who
claim to DO Anti Slavery mon, would fain
make US believe that his election would be
u Northern triumph but how much crcdit
he deserves for Anti Slavery sentiment. is
best shown by bis own Language. On tho
10Th Of December, 1867, no thus proclaimed
his indifference in regard to tho question OF
Slavery in tho Territories:
"Bu. am told on all sides, 'Oh. just wait
tho pro slavery clause will bo voted down.
That does not obviato nny Of my ol jections
il does not diminish any of them. You
have no more right to force a Free State
Constitution on Kansas than Slave State
Constitution. II Kansas wants Slave
hn hoa n riuh IN
sho wants a FREQ State Constitution. she
has right to it. IL is mono of my business
which way tho Slavery clause is decided
I care not rhriher 1. 10 r0ted dorH or vOtCd
up"
This is Mr.. Douglas position rs defined
by himself. Is it your position. Democrats
of Ohio Arc you so "screnely Indifferent
to the issue of tho great moral and political
question Of tho day !? How much more to
bo commended is mistaken zoal in bud
cause, than such moral neutrality Men
sometimes, from education or the circum-
stances in which they are placed, nre iod to
approve wrong; but for ono who can see
nothing In Slavery to make him care
whether it 10 voted down or voted up" there
is no palIiaton. Such, however, is tho real
character of Mr.. Douglas, as exhibited in
bis public acts and spcechop. selhshncS'
appears to bo his prodorinatibg character
istic, and only where self is not Interested
need wc expect him to bo Indifferent. W.
believe ho has mover been known to "a,
that Slavery is right or wrong, aud, as tina
10 moral question, very likely he has NJ
opinion upon it. 1t may bo said of him, a
Of no other prominent public man of ou
zine, thnt be nevcr deals with moral princi
plos. These no sooms entirely to oschew
as mono of his business" while bo addressc
himself 10 tho solGshness Of those whom h
socks to influence, Thus, on tho 10th o
May last. when his friends wore urging hi
nomination as u Northern Democratic tri
umph, he made this romarks bio develop
mont in the Sonato;.
"My views were incorporated into hi
compromise measures OF 1859. Has th'
! South been excluded from all the terrific
!, ry acquired from Mexico? What say
the BIZ from The House Of Representative
now on your table, repeating tie Save CT d
in Ne,c Merico established by the peopl
themselves? 1t is part Of the history o
the country that under this doctrine o
non intervention, this doctrine tha, yo'
delight to call squatter sovereignty, tn
people Of New Mexico have introduced
' and projected slavery in the whole q
that territory. Under this doctrine The!
: hare converted tract Of free terr'for!
into Stare territory, more than five time
the size of The State Of New York. Unde
. this doctrine slavery has been cxendr'
v from The Rio Grande TO the Gull OF Cali
s fornia, and from the line OF the Republi
I Of Mexico, not only to 36 deg. 80 min
but up to 38 deg.-9iping you degre
= and half more of slave territory than go
:, ever claimed. You asked only up to 3
deg. 80 min., and non-intervenlion ha
given you up TO 3S deg, degree and
!. half more than you asked"
u Wo stated, last week, that Mr.. Dougla
" frionJs at Baltimore endorsed a resolutio
virtually yielding up their entire Popul'
. Sovereignty ground. II was offered by NJ
y Wicklitic, of Louisiana, and, on motion
~ II. B. Payne, Of Cleveland, unanimous
J" adopted. Hero it is:
"Resolued, That il is in accordance wi
the true Interpretation Of the Cincinna
. platform. that during the tristenes of
's Territorial Government. the measure
u restriction, whatever it may be, impos,
by the Federal Constitution on the pow
Of OF the Territorial Legislature over the su
j. iect OF the domestic relations, AS TIL
Of SAME HAS BEEN OR SHALL HERl
A. AFTER BE FINALLY DETERMINE
~ BY THE SUPREME COURT OF TIL
UNITED STATES, should be respect,
by all good citizens, and ENFORCE
70 WITH PROMPTNESS AND FlDEL
'r TY BY EVERY BRANCH OF TIL
'ee FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
= Future generations will hardly wond
:, moro at the monstrous assumptions Of q
). Slave Power, than that so many mon, 10
:, enlightened nation and age, should DO ca
:, " ried away by this Douglas dogma. Ono
- two things is certain: slaves are propSr
r By virtuo of tho Cons dtu,ion of tho Unit
y States, or they arc not. II 'hey arc, ns
:" RroeLonriJee Democracy claim, then 81
~ very Constitutionally exists In all tho Ter
lOries beyond tho power of Congress or