, 1860-09-05

H. Sovereign atatsa hars the right to make IL
soast,tutous and eatAbiiah tnsir own Roys
, meAts; but that h has nevsr claimed tl,'
powers for the territories, nor has bo ever t.
- e. e. to 1.slat suoh claims whsa Get Up By other
N, aow. then, under this theory can popular *
Ii, srel9Dty haze aay faothold in tho ,srrisorie
Its csar tbAt al territorial Legislation agai1
u0 slavery must b Invalid.
O. ana then again, IN smother plsce, By rou9
r. aooat language, hs admits that. according
Al sne ofsa SCOT. decision, which hs dec1&res tn
not. hy my leKlslstian, eou1seate s!svs pro
4. stt5 or impair The "constitutio1a right" Of Il
r nstefa 10 this property IN the territory. wi
ID .a.s naasat1on, pray where, again, il popuf
g. But slserhe1s, II If to furnish something f
at oy the territorial legislature with resard ,
It 1a1ery, aad asta "would not The iaaaio1 .
!, 'ne local legislature, its refusal to proride
o staste d., or to punish offences against tht
{. spsstea OF property, e1clude slavery just as e
ieetualIy a. constitutional prohibition" An
here IS the eud Of the matter. Changing form
9 Is often as Proteus, Nc find that he admits f3ra
= that slavery goes into the territories under th
}, Coas.ftutonj secondly, that the right Of prop
t Ely 10 slnve cannot be destroyed by tha ter
Itofial legislature. Aud I'll that thia leRisfa
sats ean 90 6y way ofopoosition; il to fold 1T
nAaos and to seal its tongue IN inaction. What
snen. is this wonderful doctr1ne So far II Il
means anything it is simply this: that tic pso.
PIE 81 territory have Alright to introduce alave,
r, but not to prohi6it it And this is popular
soEetelgnty! Verify, between this and tbs
nrecfloHdge dogma there il about The san3e
oinerence as between tie much Texed doctrines
Of trausubstantiatlou mud eonsuostantiation,
where 1here was only the differences OF slngle
syllable and both siguihsd thu same thing.
Aor is this atf. Tie convention at baltimore,
which nominated Mr. Douglas, has declared BY
formal resolution, "thss the measure Of restric-
ttoo. whatever it may be. imposed by the Fed
cray Constitution OF tho power OF the territorial
nons, az the same has been or shall hereafter be
hna.lT determined BY tho Supreme Court of
The United States, should be respected By al
good citizens, and tnforc4f NTH pro*nptntss and
FIDELITY by eptry branch Of thu 6tt.+dk Not<rn.
nn<at." And Ar. Douglas, in accepting his NOM
ihua IN advance delivering over his hautlipg
popular sovereignty to tho tendermezcies Of The
Supreme Conrt
,Hux different Is the position Of Mr. Lipco}p,
who has openly said. III his debate win Mr,
douglas (page ao):" IT were in Congress,
and vote should come upon question Hheth-
Ct slavery should be prohi oited ia new terri
tory, 10 spite OF the Dfed Scott decision, IwouId
sote that il should. That is what would d."
Aud allow me to add that this doctrine OF Mr. |
Lincoln ia tha doctrine OF the Republican party.
Any doctrlse short OF this runs into the track !
of lr. iougi4s:
The teee Is known BY it's fruits aud If anv.
sne'ng inrther we're needed 70 expose this ,r,ek
ct popular sovereignty, it might be found il il,
trusts ~ boastcd By Mr. Douglas. 4 slave code
|! most revolving Ia Gu aracseE, had been adoDted
oy The territorial Legislature Of New Nexico.
cy no. 9nIy cstab'1pg slaserJ there, including tho
Err."om Of .hs Whites, but prohibiting cnanci-
patton. N"A-
II lou follow Mr. Douglas in his various
'peeehes, you cannot fail to ha shocked hy The
leartlessness ofhis language. tcyer In history
aas any Puhlic maa iDsultod human nature 30
At the North ba announces himself as |
~! a!"a1s for the white man against the niger"
be crocodile" It was natural that such 3 msn
1he titus mocked at portion Of Coos crea,ion |
aade in the Divine iHage, should ssY:"rote
!avery up or vote it down. lie knew well
nat under bis device The settlers could only +
ote II mp, and that they we're not SLOWED to !
Que It down. But this speech attests his bra
n ineensibi1lty TO human tights. Not 20
poke the fathers Ct the aepublic, who taucht
all never to miss an opportunity to vote sta.
try down. Non 30 spoke Washington, who .
Ec'arsd that to the abolition Of s!avtry. "his ]!
'nrAge shcuid heTer be wanting" And such r
the Whofe. political philosophy of this presi. !
;9t'at candidate, e1cep: that man is thus in +
] ~
liT Indifferent TO other things which make for T.
stlus and peace. !.
gain, be cries oa!, that tie saveey question = y
IN the way Of public business. and that it =
uat be removed from Congress. But who hes ~ ~
Iost II thtIe 80 incesaaatly as himsell? Nay, q
10 80 largely as himaeff has been tue occasion ~
its diacass1on1 BIT his complaint tllustr,tes =;
er the old fable. Il was The Wolf above =.
It troubled the waters, and not til. lamb b. ~ ~
'. 1t is the 6lase T:opagandists-aaopr -,
ION tho champion Of popular so:ereixot7 OF
lss dnd piace-who from he Missouri ,m.
amise IN l5e through all tho different stages th
1ae ascnss'oo, dom 10 the ri l.ction ofKan- OF
aa ffeo state at the recent eesson, hare rem
'ed It impossible to a1oia the slavery oues. ne
o. BY ythelrloew-fapgled, sudacious tatorea .
slavery, both morally and constitutiouallv.
hare aroused natural opposition and pui LA
"hc z, tu'y io'e their country tn tie dcteu- pol
s. 1es, Il Is IN defence Of The constitution 49,
'"ned. fha: We hare been obliged to susuf, ua'
rue, re country Feeds repose, but it Is the I the
'se OF Liberty, and not the repobe Of desnnt- min
!. AUG believe me, that glad day eau never -,
"a untt! the u I'D assumptions for slavery are s!a
elected. and the government is on:e more tior
nfouRh1 oack to the sol.it Of its founders, 1t 7
ag uaaelstooo ae tbs beginning that Con- Rsr
y could not touch slavery in the states. md OH
"a the doctrine Of the repub Jean party now. ia il
1t was also clearly understood ut the hspin. will
mat slaFery every where else vas within tne
d1ctton Of Congress, and this also is The
rlue Of tho republican parT. With th, Nea
Teal acceptance Of these two ccrretattye ,on
c'P,ea the slavery question vii. cease tsir-
Congress and to d1side political parties. pe.s
s!eEred TO tbs more tranquil domaia ofmor. Bill
ter*:on, a,nt;o, eeon.my' ana philanthropy, it for
he humane; bat it w1ll no longer b. The II
bling block Of politicians Not uaiil then. Of L
permitted to expect that Sabbath Of repose far
uch lonacl for. -"