The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-07-21

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| In the Presidential canvasa Of 1856, resaltin
In TIE elsctisn of Mr. Bschaaan, IL was contend
Cd By psblic speakers, including Mr. Breckin
ridge, that the Democratic principle, accordin,
% the Cincinnati PlAtforn,, was, that the peopl
Of Territory, like Tie people Of . State, coul,
| adopt OF reject the instisation Of slavery. tn,
majority Of the people Vas considered to &C
quesce in that doctrine, in the belief that il tn,
people of Kanas 1hould decide, through th,
| Territorial Leglslature, to exclude slavery from
that Territory, that there would be the end o.
the di6lculty. So it was honestly understood By
the masses in the North. II, ut that time, Il
had been told that the Kansas Nebraska act had
only tranaferred Tire ANAL decision from the Rep
resentatives Of the nation and Of the sovereign
States, 70 the irresponsible Judgment Of the So
prcme Court, and had In reality revived the old
federal doctrine Of Judicial Sovereignty, under
the nickname Of Sqaatter Sovereignty, We ara
confident that It would not have been believed,
or IL believed, that Buchanan would not have
been elected. The first information that there
was something wrong was given by President
Buchanan in his inaugural address; it was, how
ever, treated lightly and did mot receive general
appreciation. He said, IA difference Of opin-
ion has arisen in regard to tie point of time
when the people Of Territory shall decide this
question for themselves This is happily mat
ter Of but little practical importance"
Now, however, Mr.. Douglas, unde- the in
auence Of his partial triumph in Charleston, has
told the whole truth about the Cincinnati Plat
form, the Ksnsas-Nebraska BILL AMI "My great
Principle"
Page Is Of his printed speech Mr.. Douglas
quotes the Language Of Mr. Hunter, Of Virginia,
in reference to the Kansas Nebraska bill, and
says that NJ. Hunter there staes tsc object Of 0e
6M az ezfa;ciay and az clearly as Il is possihe for
any nsan holdisg my op;aisns to state IT, The
words Of Mr.. Hunter are as follows: 1.-THE bill
provides that the Legislatures Of these Terrific
res shall have power to legislase over all right
fal subjects Of legislation consistently with the
Constitution. And, if they should assume pow
crs which are thought to be inconsistent with the
Constitution, the Courts will decide that ques-
tion whenever it may be raised. There is a d;c
tere~"e Of opinion among dae riesds Of 0is meas
are as 10 the erte"t of tie limits ,csich tie Coas,i-
fntion imposes upon Territorial Legialatsres. -
This bill propoaa 10 leav these dif@eaccs to tie de-
cisioa Of Ase Coarh" Pages Is and IA, Mr.
Douglas says. Every man who voted for the
bill declares, on his oath, that that was the in
tent: non-intcrvention by Congress; the people
left free to do as they pleased, so that they did
not violate the Constitution, and the Courts to
find out whether they violated the Constitution
Of the United States or not, but Congress never
to interfere In any case. That Is the way We
agreed to this BILL On page 90, speaking ofti.e
power Of the people Of the Territories, through
their Legislatures to adopt or to reject slavery,
Mr.. Douglas says: II believe the power exist
ed; others believed otherwise We agreed to
differ; we agreed to refer it to the judiciary, We
agreed to abide by It's decision"
Mr. Douglas confesses plainly that by the
Kansas Nebraska bill not the people Of the Ter
| ritories but the Supreme Court is made the SOW
ereign power over the question Of slavery in the
Territories and that he agreed to abide by the
decision Of the Supreme Court. The whole fa-
vor bestowed BY the Kansas Nebraska act upon
the people of the Territories is to give an oppor-
tunity to the Supreme Court to exercise its ju.
dical sovereignty; my great principte Of the Lit
tie Giant is to make the people bridge FOR the
Supreme Court to walk over, 80 as to reach the
subject of slavery, and Mr.. Douglas agreed to
abide by the decision, he don't care if sldtvrs
goes up or doxss. For the present We will say
nothing about the federalism of his great prin'
ciplc, and the dangerous tendency Of such sys
tenn for the liberty Of the nation. Our intention
for the present was only TO show from bis owl
speech, that his whole pretence Of Squatter Sow
crcignty has been nothing but great humbug
intended to deceive the people both North ant
South. He don't care il slavery goes up or down
his only care is to satisfy his own ambition
The people. however, don't care to have Presi
dent who is 40 Indifferent about what is consid
cred, both North and South, East and West, a
. question Of life or death. The irrepressibl
conflict is upon US, and it has already achieves
its work in the Democratic party. Mr. noGgla
has just made his Senate speech in time so q
to undeceivc his adherents. As Mr.. Yancey, c
Alabama, said ut Charleston and Mr.. Steven
attirms in the letter quoted by Mr.. Douglas in hi
speech, page 80: "S2.atter Sovereignty The d.s
bear Of tie day, Is ~ot in ass Kansas i;a, cAMt
has been said to the contrary notsci1tstaading.-
This most r;gAtfl doctrine could NOT by Possbi
ay, Le IN Il, or ia any other 7s,7-itorid ba2-th'
: Il 10 constit,aioaal Inposs12ay. "Sq"attef So
) e,e;gnty" is not Ia Me Gigei,mati P'a!torm
The sovereignty of the Supreme coari, il e
cording to Mr.. Dougias' own confession, ii
agreed doctrine Of the Kansas-N0braska bill
the squatter Sovereignty huubng is esplade
and with ii is exploded the hope for Mr.. Dou
las of ever reaching the SO much and so ior
and 30 recklessly coveted Presidency Of the Ur
ted Statea In his last speech he has destroy
with his own hands the only imaginary hold upt
: the atfsc,sons sf the people in The North. Dou
las and Squatter Sovereignty are insspassb
connected, it hangs as a milestone OH his nee
n and oil the money Of Auguste Belmonte q
10 Baron Rothschild and all the support and
d fiuence Of Arch Bishop Hughes cannot save hl
% from destruction. II. 1. >.
PELLA, July 18th, 1880.
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