Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-22

Z Ne srs ~ e III Surprised - Cad LAT Ne
1 resrs ssssss a - Blsek Rspvblissps as begin
iAi.e b stsndon their theory q Congressional
li.seesssiss acniass tbs exseosion Of sssefy into
tlss Tsrsifesiss. and ere subsdsating Deaglas
sqsatssr Sovereignty psincipls, ~ssh its incident
Il "ssffissdly legislation"
They sss that Il will effect no. less certainly oil
| sbey wish, and must be perfectly acceptable 70
tha. large portion Of the Democratic party which
sustain Judge Douglas Indeed. the chances
| woald be greater in their favor upon the adoption
Of this principle than urder tina, OF Congress'on
a intervention. unless tho Executive chair were
filed by . Republican. Should the House OF
Representative. pass bill declaring that slavery
shosld be forever excluded from any Ct the Terri
tories the Senate, AZ ., present constituted. would
refuse it's concurrence; or. If it should pass both
Houses Of Congress, any other than Republican
Poe.iden, would veto the bill. Thus. it will APP
near. that there are difficulties in the way Of tic
adoption Of the policy Of the Black Republican
party, whilst "the short cut to all its ends. die
COVERED, upon the authority Of Governor Wise. hy
Stephen A. Douglas offers n much more speedy
and easy mode of securing the desired boon.
LIE. the Territories be peopled by Northern and
foreign immigrants, who can get ioothol1 before
Southern men can &c, ready to move, and the sta
tus Of the inchonte State, under the benign nfn-
cnce Of " unfriendiy legislation is ct once aud
forever Fixed against the South. and Congress has
no power to inerpose. Wha, Republican should
not prefer the Douglas invention to that Of Con
gtessional intervention against slavery in the Ter.
ritoriesi We repeat what We said in the outset.
that we ate not surprised To find this doctrine 81
Squaite- Sovereignty. growing in favor with The
Black Republicans, and quote from letter writ
ten by a correspondent Of Forney's Press from
the Chicago Convention. Here it is: " The
friends of Mr. Sew ard, in order t, secure his nom
ination, will be willing to concede sort OF semi.
popular sovereignty platform to his enemies. In
thi. connection / have been asonished to perceive
what Judgment has been made in the Rrpuli-
can mind 10 favor oil the doctrines Of popular
vercigoty,"
This correspondent has been "surprisei t. per-
ceise what Judgment has been made IN tl'e ke-
publican mind in favor OF the doctrines 81 popular
sovereignty" The Douglas doctrine, seconded
SO heartily by Fotney himself who has decl trtd
his purpose to support the Black Republican cuo-
dida,e if Douglas is not nominated-is making
Judgment, in the Republican mud Aud we'll IT
may. Almost simultaneously with the abo'e
speech was made in the House Of Representatives
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the soil Of Virginia, in which VI find the ioll w
ing:
No, sir / tell you that this Territorial policy
has been from the outset progressing all the whlie
Terri,or,al policy was that the Prcsidcn, should
send out the executive power. the legislative
power ana the lod'e'a' pows' 'ol every i.fI."fs'
,, "a' W., NV P.hnn1 ."n 'n, ,hp exc,.
mower the iudibi.l power. aud part Of the legs.
la,ure power--,he Counril-.whIe tho people ii
the Territory might elect the lower lraneh ct ne
,,,;. .", ,,,, ,ha p,p.i,,en, shaaiI srn
on, he executive and judicial powers while the
people in the Territory should elect the whole
legislative powers. AND, t'r' tho Iourth step IA
our po"ey "as-""u .""s T"s a." h"o" i,,a'
ysn,;an far the reyi,;on of the lnws which tho me-,
! plo in Territory should make. although by thnt
net the sovereignty OF the people ~ tho le'nt"'Y
was helu ~ "oeyance unr's 'ne'f or, ''
Ne N". .;r N. w s,au ,h,,.h ,,ranoss wh;rh :.
the Rfth step in our Territorial policy, s lhs: that
the sovereignty of the people shall be active. a,,d
not he'd IN aoeyance'wh'ie The sovereignty OF the
| ,tcn In onr Torr;to,;oi nol;cy
| .Time,. noblcst oir.,ri,c ia bcr Inst"
| mn. ,,,,
.o,orann,v ,hs lila. IF ,Inr",a. ~. ~ ,rh;,,
now write. in letters so that the world mny read
'the ne plus ultra of Anglo.Saxon government"
| II will DO seen that Thaycr plants himself lair
| ly and sauarely on thu Dnu. las platform pschew.