The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-06-07
PSpu1 ~ Sovereignty Extends
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The following extract from the late speech
Of Senator Douglas, which be 10 distributing
in the South ~ the rate Of hundreds OF thous-
ands, shows that he claims that be il entitled
to the gratitude OF the South for the great
service he has rendered the siavebolders.-
lie states, and truly, that the repeal Of the
Missouri Compromise line elected by him
has extended the area of slavery immensely.
And We may take ii for granted that sseh .
result, which be now proesims and boasts
Of, was proposed by him when he inaugura.
ted the measure.
In his great speech Of May 10th, 1850, Mr..
Douglas sums up the effects Of the principle
OF popular sovereignty thus far; and they
are. according to his own deliberate boast
10 Sesthcrn Senators, these:
Ist, Sqaa.tsr sovereignty has introduced
and established slavery in Ne~ Mexico.
ID, Has converted oil the region frea the
Rio Grsnde to the Gulf Of California, and
from the line OF Mexico north across &C deg.
80 min. to 50 deg. north latitude into slave
territory.
Sd, Ii has 10 effect dors more than Vas
ever before done for the South since the days
OF the revolution in converting the frss ter
ritory OF the United States into slave terri
tory.
Stephen A. Douglas, who boasts such re-
suits as the legitimate effects OF HE cherished
and favor.c policy, 10 enthusiastically sup
ported by Northern donghfaces, but seems
to be regarded by the Shareholders with
much the same disgust that the British looked
|. upon Arnold when be boasted Of bis efforts
to betray West Point and tho American army
into their hands.
Hear Douglas as TO the eject OF his policy
in behalf Of slavery extension:
But, Ne are told that the necessary result
Of this doctrine OF non-intervention, which
gentlemen, by way OF throwing ridicaie spoD
it, call squatter sovereignty, 10 70 deprive the
South OF all participation in what they call
the common Territories OF tho United States.
That vac the ground on which the Senator
from Mississippi IMr. Davisl predicated Iis
opposition TO the compromise measures OF
1850. He regarded : refusal to reLs9l the
Mexican Law - equivalents 20 the WiImot
proviso; : rsfnrai 10 recognise BY N act Of
Congress the right TO carry : slave there ~
equivalent to the Wilmot proviso = refusal
- deny 80 /. TsIs.sos,~i Legislature tne right
30 exclude slavery - equivalent to N exclu.
sion. lie believed " that time that this doc
trins did amount to . denial Of Southern
rights and he told the people OF Mississippi
90; but they doubted it. Now, let NJ ace
how far HE predictions and suggestions
have been verified. | infer that he told the
people. 81, for he makes il charge in his
bill Of indictment against me, that am hos
tile to Southern rights, bscause gave those
votes.
Now, what has been the result? Ny views
were incorporated into the compromise meas
ures Of 1850, and his were rejected. Has
| the South been excluded from all the terri
tory acquired from Mexico? What says the
bill from the Housc OF Representatives now
on your table, repeating the slave code 10
New Mexico established by the people them.
selvesa Isispart Of the history Of the conn.
try that under this doctrine OF non intervsn-
non, this doctrine that you delight TO cal