, 1860-09-06
: :. .,wv vr,,EAr pn1rc1PLE."

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:. .,wv GREAT pn1NclPLE."
1,no,a. m.de a political harangue in New
.r. N + m Tie evening Of August ~ On
hi. uar s,uth in search Of his maternal 1el'
,t;ve who resides in Western New aofk. 'ne
burden Of it Was au argument IN beha1 o. tne
-;o,,. of tue majority 10 ens1ave The fntao'7'y'
xul;cb he dubbed" Popular Sovereignty. IL
TIM ,sop]e Of a Territory or State want slares
1e. EN- have 'efn" was repeated al SCORE Of
t;nes. -.
But are not lasaa1:A made slAvep, "peo~
ple? Certainly; than, the right Of one portion
Of the people to make slaves Of the other por'
tim constitutes s"my great principle" Ihis
is no more nor less than the doctrine that
might makes right No man, according 10
Douglas, has any inherent righte. NO man has
anv inalierablo rights. No man has IN IL
.l;nnat,le right to be free Freedom IS a mai
ter Of strength. The strong man mas s'gn'.
To mike chattel ol tbs weak man. Inc lat'
ter has no business to be free unless he eau re-
pel the attack upon his personal liberty. Two
men mar cuslare q third, mud have perfect
right to do 90, By virtue Of "my great princl-
nle." The first 10000 squaters who settle in
a Territory rnpy make personal properly OF the
next 10 900 who arrive. Bocaus., "iF they
want slaves, let 'cm have en- eays Douglas.
pouuIar Sovereignty confers upon them that
privilege. The native born people in the dii-
ferent States AID Territories, have only to will
it and they may reduce to slavery any for
e;cner found in the Union. They have the
nhvzical power to convert the others into per-
aona1 property. Tho minority has no rights
1vh;ch lin ms;oritv is bound to respect This
T. thu very essence Of "My great principle"
Tho co,ored ncople Of South Carolina, as they
.,rtorn,1xr the whites 1,co to o1,e have an indu-
.;,,,,, constitutions, r;ch,. according to Doug
1.,, p,,u1sr sovereicntv doctrine. to throw off
+ha,- ch,;,. and n,ace them .,,non the limbs Of
+h.;r ,,easrt ou1ers A they are in the ma
;or;tr ,hov ,,avo n r;cht to sit in the shade
n, can,,,rr or two md make tue white Mi
oor;.- boa in thu sun. "If people want
.,aVo. il, ,em 1aye EN-" and as the majority
.;,,r;sas .,o q nconlc.' according to MY great
as;,,;,,a of course the darkies Of the Palmetto
s...o r,av coarcrt tie whites into property.
1rh, +h.u ;,terrero tn prevent il? Is net
c...h r.-,,;no . s,rsre;cn state7 And hare
,.o+ +ha .-on,. > +he ma;or1ty of the inhabi-
L.. -. .,;,o,;+,V +o Tint
1aots' 1'ent 10 Feoue' tne Na4oI'y ~
peculiarly Democratic relatlon3 III uonelas
=. In oovract fond ,rhat Democrat will
premises w eo''es'' e1"0 "'"&' =,
Eainssy it?) tho conclusions estaollsn au ne
1,.r. .,,toi ,},at might makes right.
,a. ...a,n+ =,
But Uonglas "orsiopee1 H'sy a1""p' "
quibblc cut Of this application OF "my great
.-.-,.,, -. a.,.;,,x ,,,,t 4>o s,,b;oc+s ~ ola.
p'7nc PIE " sas'"s 'lA', 'uo s4ooe.7 ~
yary are restricted to black people. But this
......,;., :. oon,ror, n ax;at;nc farts Tho,e
'ssr~ee e...'s:, % .,.a.aen. .aa <oto-
''0 ~. =, ,rh;.o .nd
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s'a'eo 1nu'a''oe' pee -. .,.~ -.-
ne''fo "'0ou ~ ' e - ...;.--
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Do ao]uoeeu ues!" 4n' A'''.'' y. '
must prevail. Ii tue while man ls lnalionaoig
na ,ons.;t,,;o,a,1v froe and .},o n,oro is f1es.
Aoo eons 49,,
titute Of those rights, Tie mulatto possesses
half of A wl;te mans rights aud half Of ne.
,...I:,:,:o. cto1, .o+ +ho 1,,o,o fo,
gro's d'saolntles' s'''an NOT LUG "no.e, 'ol
ths sake Of the white part be respected? II
I..a;.a .o.o of .,a ,,,,.;ta mon +hor IF thu
ns e9n1a9n0 ilo'7 " .n7 "A.'o .''"1 S''A. ~ @As
black by what right can he be restricted o
b;a froadonp Shall mt thu inal;enable nriyi
11l' neeooA 49, f
leges Of the majority white part Of tne qnao
ro,a prevail against the disabilities Of the
Nos4 ~ =,
minority negro part? ii the ansWer ls IN tue
affirmative, we reply that half million Of peo
p. >'1 us,e ,.,, - D ~ :. ~. ~, ss,o ~ =, ~. .n;s ~
r,s 49,, 1ss+ ss.r;oas pnt -. ~ th,s 1onc1u
s;an r..;,, IL -s;ac,od tben o,,r douglas wor
.,;,aa. "a :, rnrn hac,, N +ba o,he, horn a
49, d,1.am. ,hat tt1,.,n.;or;tv nav an.1avath,
,n;no,;tv. TINT ca ooo white. NAV ens]av,
IN oo, 1Iacks or mulattoes. or 10000 Quad
roons o.,o,oons or whites, Tn otbsr words
.ho. t,o c,,,t;,,,t;o, recoon;zea ,,roner.v :,
,n.n 1oaao7 +,,a n,nocrat;c euarsra corr
:, ,ha nrod soo,t c.sa aac,,ro, IN o. ,non,
-ro-as .,,.t ,ha q const;t,t;,n rac,on;7es s,ove
=. --a.a..., .nd nou.,.a - h;s ~ n.
,1., 1,, .m ..,,a.
r,n~ .ofs;s..oa :. ill., oa:n;,n ~ 49, ca,-+
=. ~ ~. or,ea,,s .,aa.,, ,.,k;,r - s,.ra
..,,.., - u.;a ~ naa e 7eso.
~ - .omron ~;,h ths nsmocrs.v II III;
1,rem. (;ourt Of the On ted States. in the Dret