Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-02-15
WHOLE NO. 9lO.

publican party Is opposed 10 Squaiter Sow.
ereignty-the very doctrine upon which
Douglas and his friends stsnd.-Joynal.
A tescher in village school would be
thought muddy headed impostor, was be
not familiar with the first rudimsuts Of an
education. A physician would be regard
ed an objectionable quack. was he not
able to talk learnedly upon the disease
that was preying upon the vitals of his pa
tient. A lawyer would be voted bore,
who was not familiar with the great funda.
mental doctrines of the common law which
governed the case Of his client mer-
chant would be regarded as crazy who
would deal out common cslicoes, declaring
they were imported silks. A demsgogue
pwOuld be pronounced fool who could not
reconcile the doctrines he taught yesterday
with those he taught to-day, and an editor
who has not enough continuity Of thought
to know this week, what he wrote last,
ought to surrender the tripod to one who
has.
The little paragraph which heads this
article is from the Journal of Thursday
and is rather remarkable admission for
Democratic editor Mr.. Cookery says
Douglas and his friends stand on the doc
trine Of Squatter Sovereignty. What is
meant by "Squatler Sovereignty ?" The
constitutional right, of any number Of peo-
pie in Territory. to regulate their domes
tic institutions to suit themselves. Or rs
ther the right, Of any number Of people,
no difference how few. who first go into
Territory, to say whether slavery shall ex
i.t there or not In 1856. the Little Giant
did not stand exactly where our neighbor
saws be does now, for at that time General
Quitman says Mr.. Douglas told him, that
he Opposed the abomiaable priHciple Of Squat
ter Sovereignty" But even the editor of
the Terre Haute journal. on the 26th day
Of January 1860, was en- opposer Of the
doctrine of Squalter Sovereignty. In the
issue of his paper of that date, he says, in
speaking of Judge Laws speech in this
city:
"The Judge took the ssme position IN
relation to slavery in the Territories, that
Douglas takes.
"The Judge said that all persons had
right to take their slaves, as other property,
into the Territories and hold them there
until a Territorial Legislature was organ
lied and laws passed by it 10 prohibit sla-
very.
This was his position, and the doctrine
10 recognized ereTyirheTe BY the Democratic
party"
1t will be seen by this paragraph that
the editor of the Journal admits that slaves
are "as other property" That the same
law governs them, and their relation to
their masters, as governs the relation be-
tween the master and his horses, his jacks
and his mules. That the slave is the chat
lie Of the master, and subject to the law
which governs chattles.
We presume there is no one so ignorant
Of the constitutional privileges ofan Amer.
lean citizen, who will deny him the right
TO move with his personal property wherev-
sr he pleases. No one denies the right of
citizen Of Indiana, to remove with all his
personal property, Of whatever kind, into
any of the Territories belonging to this
general government, and hold it there un-
der the Federal constitution, and the com.
mon law of the whole country. This doc
trine is undeniable, and the I'd section of
the 4th Article of the Constitution Of the
United States, which reads as follows,
giyes the same right TO citizens Of every
State:
The citizens Of each State shall be en-
titled to all the Privileges and lmmunitles
of the citizens in the several States"
If then q citizen Of any Of the States in
this Union, has q right, under the Federal
constitution. to take his property into the
Territories, and il slave is "ds other prop
<rfy," ws ask the editor Of the Journal to
tell US, how and where the power is found
iu Territorial Legislature, by which this
right of a STAKEHOLDER to hold his properly"
can be taken from himf Will you give US
little light on that subject, neigbborY
Mr. Cookery, rs the mouth piece Of the
Democratic party in this Congressional
district. says, 1.-THE right Of Shareholder 10
take his slsres. as other property, into The Ter
tories and hold them there until a Territorial
Legislature passes iains 10 prohibit Il. is rec.
sgnised eperyrhsre by the Democratic party.
The editor 10 equally unfortunate in this
assertion. Mr.. Buchanan, who is the Dem
ocrstic President-and who is regarded BY
some as Democrat James Buchanan tn,
Democratic President Of the U. States. J
B., who few years ago was the CincInna
li platform himself. in his last message t
Congress says
Il congratulate you upon the hnal set
element, by the Supreme Court Of the Uni
ted States. OF the question Of slavery IN 'h'
Territories.
"The right has been established Of ever,
citizen to take his property, OF any kind
Including slaves, into the common Terrific
ries, and to have II protected there unde
the Federal Constitution. Neither Con
xress nor Territorial Legislature, nor an.
human power, has any authority TO annu
OF impair this vested right"
Here is Democrat that does DO. recog
aire the doctrine. asserted by the editor o
the Journal to be recognized every,chere, b
Democrats.
Again. large number Of Democrats me
in Convention in the city Of Springfield
nIs., on the 18th day of January, 1851
and among others. passed the followin
resolution:
.R<soired, That the Territory of I'll
United States IS the common property
the people thereof; and that neither Vo'
gress nor the people Of the Territories ca
prohibit slavery therein"
Ueys. close 10 the very door Of the ed
tor of the Journal. is a Convention
Democrats who lay down doctrine d
rec,ly in opposition TO that which he sa.
is recognised by Democrats everywhere
Cannot the editor Of the Terre. Haute Jou
nal see that if a slaveholdef has the right
lake bis slave, "ss other property into o
Territories, that The right entirely override
and is superior to the doctrine OF squati
and Popular Sovereignty That the o
10 squarely aud fairly in the teeth OF {