The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1860-08-16
Douglas ana Johnson Face 10 Face
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Douglas aud Johnson Face 10 Face
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Stephen \. Douglas aud hcrshol V. Johnson
are candidates on the same ticket for President
aud Vice President Both are making stump
speeches; one il the North, the other in the
South, aud for the purpose OF showing the po-
Si'onS tnkcn Ivy them we give below an eX-
tract from each
AZ Pro, ideuce K. l., Mr.. Douglas made
long speech, on the lst OF August. almost eI
cIusivcly upon the Slavery question, in which
he took p0lus to explain to his hearers the
around on which he wished them to regard
him as StaOdiug, The speech appears in the
Toledo Douglas organ this morning, and we
copy the following extract from it there. Ia
stating his view OF the rights and powers otthe
Territories be says:
"lhe American colonies we're not sovereign
communities wacu our fathers claimed the
right OF self govrrnment. They cla,mcd the
right when stil colonies or Territories and
merely because the British crown would not
CouCede that right, they established the Amcri.
can Union in order that they might exercise
that right. The Constitution was lIamed aud
adopted for the purpose OF montaiug and per.
tcCttug the principles achieved ny the Rcvolu-
ton. Under the constitution we are now bold.
ing colonies Just as Great Britain did before
mnni the same right that was demanded and
enforced Ivy our fathers of the King OF Eng
land. Bat we are sometimes told by the op.
position that the territories are not entitled to
the night because il Is not granted in their char
tcrs. Oar children may r-ad that the Tories OF
the Revolution mule the same claim TINT the
ColuniS,S had no rights not granted to them BY
their charters cur fathers dcuicd that Tory
doctrine. and believed that they obtained their
lights from God Almighty, and that they could
not toe taken away. that was the very qucs-
tion submitted to the colonists in the Revolo-
lionary war, aud decided by solliels with bay
onois N their hands
The main principles here laid down arc--lSt,
! that the Territories are sovereign Commun-
! ties Il. c. communities possessing supreme
| power, and having no superior IN powcE) aud
sec, nd. that the right to this power came, not
BY lhclr charters granted by Congress nor t,om
the constitution itso,I, but from the Almighty,
and "cunnot he taken away rho doctrine
thNt the Territories are subordinate in any res
! pcct TO Federal authority is pronounced Tory
! doCtuuo the most GpprobIouS term known to
! y mrrcuns. No one can mistake his meaning
! Now let us turn to M Johnson oni see
! what hc says on the same points Tie made
u speech at Savannah, Ga, on the 30th OF Ju-
/ IT, jnst two days before Dnus las spoke at Prov
| idence, in which he undertook to stnte the real
position Of himself aud Mr. Douglas, and cspec-
! ially TO defend the latter from the charge OF
| 'SQuattrr Sovereignty" which was beng used
with telling effect against the ticket, aud on
account oi which the speaker WAS Kissed down
aud burnt IN efi,y al Macon, on the 2Sth day
OF June. In the course OF his remarks Mr., J.
said;
"Judgc Douglns hus been tnisrcprcscn.ed ana
misunderstood at the South. lie asserted posi-
! lively that Judge ID. was nor IN FAVOR orSquat-
/ ter sovereignty, aud is proof read from his
speech in February. 1886. whcre he took the
ground that the Territories derived all their
! powers from the constitution under their or.
| gsnic acts He read from the same speech that
slavery in the Territories stauda precisely on
the same footing with all other property, and
! the people have the same right to lr9lSlate ms
upon Olhrr propcrtY--Uo more aud no less.
A most remarkable contrast il ut once no
ticed between the statements of these two cau-
ddates. MIR, Johnson tells us that MIR Doug
| iaa is not in favor OF Squaticr Cor Popular)
/ Sovereignty. bnt on the contrary contends that
| tue Territories drr,vgd all thC powers they pos
/ sess from the ''urEauic acts of Congress. He
I farther contends that Mr., Douglas regards Sis
very as eutillri Ia all the protection by the
Federal Government thnt was granted TO "any
other property and dauts TO the Territories
! any more RIGHT tu Icgisate against slaves han
against any olher Speries OF 'pfVPtFV the
land purchased by the government ct cnuse no,
accepted This is the extreme Slave Code doc
tr le Of the most ultra Secessionist Yancey
himself usks no Inorrpn that point.
Tint thcrr as a perfect understanding be
! tween the two canJdHlcs. as to the policy ca Ct
! should pursue in their StumpinE tour, lis not
unreasonable to suppose They were both IN
! Washington after their nomination and oi
course arranged The programme Of the osm-
! pugn before leaving hat city Indeed it would
! be almost unreas0IabI 10 suppose that as
shire wd a man as Mr.. Douglas would allow suct
! 1 iHgs to 60 haphoztrd
Let the people look a. this picture and tel
! rs it it b. not one Ql which Americans should
he proud? One cdedidate in the Free Stotef
! preaching one doctriue, calculsted 10 meet the
sentiments and opinions of that section, while
his associate on the same iicket is in the S'av,
States repuliuting and denouncing the same
doctrine, to catch the votes OF that sectiou'--
Hlade.