Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-08-16

noae a the ssucti, ne OF ls~ to support It,
the are is free. aud 1t Is not lawfully in
human power n rt--ume property IN that
negro agein.
Nc BE- ls plstfrm is easily told: "The
Constitution" Now which Of the eandi.
dates would dare 70 repudia.e tho Conslifu-
tion! Not one o. them. Then Mr.. Bells
platforn has no exclusive meri:s. II hos no
merits at ali which are not common to oil
the other platforms. However respectable
Mr Bell may be, his plstform fails to die.
cl ,se his sentiments on the leading 1uesii'n
which must. 10 large extent, determine
! the election. Does be say that Congress
has no power to prohibit Slavery In the ter
ritvfies! cannot re iruin from an exprts-
sion Of surprise that gentlemen Of the high
standing OF Mr.. Bell and Mr.. Everett per-
nit themselves to run under any conceal.
ment OF Their opipivns OF Q question which
makes such deep impression upon the
moral sentiment Of the country. 1t is pre-.
suming too far on the Intelligence OF the
know how far his vote may tend to doom to
the level Of the beasts Of the field, unborn
millions Of human beings.
see so much 20 dislike In the politiesl
mannuveripg Of Mr.. Douglas that Il s not
in INV power TO regard him In any other
4, light than thst OF . most thorough. faced
demsgogue. Mr.. Douglas holds that under
his doctrine OF popular sovereignty, or In
other words his doctrine Of non-inierven-
ton. the people Of an organised territory
can either protect r exclude slave properly
before the formation Of State Cons,iiu.
tion. This doctrine denies TO Congress the
power to prohibit Slavery In tho territories.
have already shown that Congress pos
sesses this power, and has exercised It ever
since the adoption Of the Constitution.
Sovereignty 10 the law making power
; Territories are the property Of the Uni,ed
States. Now In Fsspsct 10 territory, whefs
does the hw.msking power stidsi Is Il 10
the territoryI ESQ. then from what source
does Il derive lie sovsss,snsyi Il u f,om
the Constitutiont No. Il Il from either Of
the Legislative, executive or iudieisvyi No.
Then from what sourcs IL Il dsrivedl Why
M. Douglas says that the people Of terri
: tory have it In the nauural way. Nothing
less than the highest at Of severeign can
/, deprive a man Of his liberty. The power
which can deprive Q man Of his liberty can
legalize crime itself. How 10 . territory 10
be organizedi Congress alone has The power
, TO organize q Territory. Can Congress con.
fer any niger powers than Congress itself
9 possesses! No. That would be making the
agent greater than the principal. ln asking
: Congress to repe,l the Missouri Compro'
y mise. did II occur 10 Mr.. Douglas that hs
: was asking Cong ess to exercise the very
y power which his doctrine denies to Con
y gress! That very act was plain sdmis
sion that his doctrine 10 . miserable hum
= bug. He was told BY the South that they
y approved Qf thst branch Of bis docirinl
!. which proposed to give to . territory thu
y power to legislate slsvery into territory
&c hut that they would not agree 10 the otheI
branch Of his doctrine which proposed Il
y give to territory power to legisIste Slav-
- cry out Of a territory. Dir. Doug lass agreed
u TO "spIit the difference with the South, snt
!, " to leave tho controvsrted point TO the sctior
IL Of the judiciary. These are his principles
!, for the South, but to the North he says tbs
" he will stick to Il 10 the death that a terri.
tory has q natural right TO Iegfslste SLAYER
's out Of II. Was be trucking 10 tho Souit
:, In the repeal Of the Missouri Compromis iss
'" Was he trucking to the North when b,
q divided and distracted the old National Dem
J. ocratic party on the Lecompton question:
f" Which Of The parties did he expect to de
ceivo by those oppositesl Does he hope ,e
~ ride all sizes OF the "saplin'" and not b
70 caught at It! Does he know that the entlr
~ South, the judiciary. the entire Republican
party and Jorge wing Of the Northern
% Democracy all treat his popular soversignt!
= doctrines with unminglsd contempt hav'
;" felt a real desire 10 feel personal respec
- for all the candidates fov the Presidency
and TO be able to regard each Of them a. d
70 honorable. upright, straightforward states
- meni but when look upon such men q
~ Breckinridge, Dickinson, Hunter end other
% lose sight Of Mr.. Douglas tltose,her :
" When look upon the various methods
T. which he has adopted 10 push himself for
o. ward 10 the Presidency Il some times re
T. minds me Of tho Pottowstomle who va
- begging whisky. He said, me fren 10 whit
y mani mo good man; me want whIsk." Blu
O. when he was told that gosd men drank .,
~ whisky. he replied, "dsn me one big d---I
~ rascal" 'tr -tlr