New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-14

in IL
49, 81 L. "a The esteem Of bis countrynen we are
E,i a.cn,tomed TO ses that kind Of statesmen DO
fair thing hat surprse is apt 70 sm aiss our g
rde j allude TO the position assumed py o.uso
Dorolas in the Struggle about the Lecompton C!ns.n
g. "a ked Convention hiss framed aConsiitution,
s,err Say ery upon Kansas, and refuses TO snbmt
% a vote Of The PEOPLE. The President IN message
nrq The admission OF Kansas ss are, under INA.
Coy s,ilniion az IL sapda Judge Douglas togs,ner
Nth The Republicans resists the asnre not indeei
b,rsuse he 10 opposed to Slaveryfor he soemniy ana
emil acaIly protests that he does no, care Wneuer
slavery be voted up or voted DOWN gu. oacau"
a ia uncertain whether the Lecompton Consutnaon
smbodes the will of the people. The slave power
aTrsyed aQairst him, and for the first time IN MS NE
the claim of bis beng "Chsmpion OF freedon
zee ms 10 rse from the level OF ricnous aosuIny
,bould feel little tempted IN detract from The credi ne
gained by his attitude that oc aston, II the frts
which pr, eeded and followed 1t were not OF 60 unmis
taxable a nature 10 open our eyes TO the peculiar
confederation Of circumstances when MADE ALMOST
impOssble for him 70 act otherwise. -,
Ard here eQaiu we notice a series OF most striking
eonedtnees IL happened that just about the Tune
Wien the Lecompton question Wa before congress
DouRlas term United States Senator was ABOUT
10 ,Spire He knew well that his popularity at home
rested upon II popular belief that he really did WORK
for the cause Of free sber How stupid must the man
have been not to that ssdded with ths Lecompton
Constitution IL wOnd have been Impossible 1or mm 10
Keen up that deluson So he assumed the mask OF an
sdyoeate of popular rights coquetted with the Repub-
csns in order 10 disarm their opposition and went be-
fore the people OF Illinois candidate Tor reelecton
10 the Senate What right have / TO speak OF his
ssuuinQ a mask I have that right, II can show
that be threw it of as he object was gained.
Review his acts in connection with the hshsss
struggle. Slavery and free labor had Tor years waea
their fierce war about that unfortunate Territory WIN
doubtful success Now at last no sane man could any
longer coee his agains, the fact that wien the
Lseompton outrsge was perpetrsted, tho Free SAFE
men Communicated their opponents Almost ten TO one
Their victory might be delayed, bat was no longer
doubtful. How bad Douglas acted go long "a Slavery
tad chance 10 gain the prepopderence Need re-
mind You of the unwavtrug solicltnde with which ne
defended the Border Rufia 5; OF tbs iercenes' with
which he denounced the Free State immigral0ni OF
the yirulenee with whifh he upheld the Border kuhan
code of lave; Of the promptnes9 with which ne put
his foot upon the law Of the people expressed IN t1e
Free State Ctnsitution Of bis brutal cync sneer at
the seones of people ia distress Was the election
of the Border Ruan Legislature TIE enactment OF the
Border Ruian code Ct laws less fagfsnt violation OF
popular riQh's than the Lecomptoo Constitution
How could he uphold the former ard claim any credit
for opposing The latter Here is another most
wonderful coincidence Just 30 long as Slavery had
chance in Kansas Doug'as ttood upon the eide OF
Slavery. But no sooner was the ylciory OF freedom
than Douglas was sure TO sald upon the strongest
aide.
And now he is held mp to admiration as the
true champion Of Freedom" After having done more
tran any other in perpetraing ,he outage, what
neIit lie there in helping b. prevent It's haal e'nun-
uaticn when il has become manifest that in spite ~
him, that ejnsummatCn has become impossible !
Look at il. TIE Nebraska bili az heard my fris9d
Grin shaw in Ilino illustrate H. bad act lire TO the od-
ice Of Territorial Liberty, The Republican hre com
rants are vigorously at work; the Republican engines
are playing with full force, and then comes the very
beeI diary, Douglas with tte teaspoonfu Of Aotl-
LeoomptoI wsier, throws It into the names aud thsn
M.llr nTself up and claims to have extingush ID the
corflsgrationand he goes before the people Illinois
as the a. uue champion OF Feed NJ"
And this he would hardly have bad the courage TO
DO had rot as no known 70 all of us the indignant
threats OF the gaIan Bro 'erck overawed him when he
was about to compromise win BUCHANAN.
repeat, would never stcop 70 question the motives
Itch actuated bim 10 the Le;ompton struggle, had
not the acts which preceded made his honesty doubt
full ard rad not those that followed il precluded all be-
lief in the sincerity of his repentance. IL he was hon
est you will be obliged confess tits e1eetdiogJ hard
10 prove IL on him.
IL bis poin, in Illinois; not indeed by popular ma
jointly, for that was against him. but by An Cd Gerry
msderiDg superintendent II was one Of those lngu.
bous victories which coptis, in escape from
total snpibation. Bat HE seat is reg ned and nowhe
rowsa wisiful eye upon higher seat; aud rene nbers
at that the Democratic road to the White House
leads through the savehodng States SO he turns hsface
Southwark without delay, AID sets out on trip down
the Mississippi. He is at betray ed Into making
fee r. maIke here and there 10 spontaneous gather
Iss. Suddenly we find the mao who had tried to de-
de the people Of Illinois into the belief that under the
kar sss and Nebraska bill the people had q right TO
exclude slavery in the South busily spologis6g for it,
and now behold the cid Douglas again welding the
weapon of sophistry with unolnshng boiduess and
deavoriug TO make doctrine of Popular Sovereignty
psstable 10 the Southern stsmaeh.
The dey elopnrD Of the Popular Sovereignty doctrine
is Of the most instructive chapters IN the history OF
our dave. Ii shows how easily the popular mind can
be obfuscated by sophistCal plansbllity, and how
easy principles are lost sight Of IN The confused
struggle OF interests ana apralo0s. Future generations
i'll sc nnize with curious astoIshment the history of
day. and wonder ut the temporary success OF 30
tran spsrent freud. Permit me brief diyression.
Popular Sovereignty, in the true OF the term,
the sovereignty OF ali individuals, 80 regulated
by law TO protect the Igh and liberties OF any one
agaiIft the aehma ns Of any other and organ
lied by political institutions as 10 give common ex-
preston to the collective w Its natural basis is the
equality Of the rights Of al Ito natnral end the
protection Of ali individuals in the exercise Of their
rights III the enjoyment Of their Gberies Hence it
preoludes the idea of Slavery IN sl forns. Apply
lhis tue Popular Sovereignty 10 the TIE ritories aud
ave win 10 accept il-nay, 1t 10 he very thing
which We are contending for. But is this what Doug
Las, in the Nttrasfa bill contemplated? BY means
His Popular Sove ign.y is bssed upon the assumption
that cihss Of meU ba3 the pOwer-has toe rght-to
strip another class Of their natural rights aud mold
them as slaves.
For Arguments sake, let us follow him in his course
Of reasoning and suppose the white population of the
Territories hsd he right 10 hold portion Of the iohab-
tsnts property SO, We have 10 lower the standard
Of Poplar So, ereigDty degree List 10 the Ian
gusge Of tue KGnsss and Nebraska bill:
tn. hient and meaning ,hi. act not iess..e
bet have the people thereof perfectly free to form and reg
ss ihtI I,ttuols Their own way subject only to the Con
At first one would suppose this lii gave the people
Of the Territories the sovereign right to introduce
Slavery, provided, always that Slavery could not go
there pnless II rooucsc by poSve act Of Territorial
tgisaiioD Is that wfai Dougsss principle of u Ipa
lar soyereil MY contemplated By no means For
according to bhD STAKEHOLDER may Introduce hs sltve
property, and thereby introduce and establish Slavery
10 Territory without that positive act Of Territorial