The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-09-15
WHAT MP WE TELL YOU!

DID we not tell you, last week, that it was
only necessary for either tie Burlington
Hgtrksye or the NoHpareii to confront ye
ercn, Cot. BAEElrr with arguments and facts
that he could by no possibility conrovort--
as ;hcy have heretofore respectively been in
the habit Of doing-in order to make him
strai-htway cease his rawlings about Doug
las, " ms CURRENT purrinciple,' and the
Interchangeable and unchanging principles Of
the great Democratic party, and take kindly
and piousy TO denoureiog and blaekguard-
ny tho one who. had thus been instrumental
ia placing the truth before him? We told
YOU this Inst week, did we not? DO you
wan, proof that this statement is correct, in
al its leng.h snd breadth? You have it in
thi. weeks is.uc Of the organ of the COL
By careful pc, ufai you will End that the
a. able man" bas been diverted from Doug
las and '.my gur-rca; pur-rineiple," almost
entirely The Inst No,lpGrcii Is charsable
with thls suppression of tie Douglas rabies.
We were arprehensive of this result, when
we inIitcd the articles driving TO the wal
our rasci5c and doughty eotemporary.-
We knew the Col. would either preach US
q sermon or bcspaster US with slang. lie
chose the latter and commenced by saying
that we "Hed, and lied knowingly and will
fully" and ended by calling us "Poodle,'
"praitie Dog" and, by implication, a
" fool" From this evidence, the conca-
sion is easily dcduclble that we have the Gel.
pretty tolcrahDy we'll under our control the
aa.g trauLle being that We can't always tell,
Shan va approach him with the NoaparsH,
which Of bis three great feats he will n;
tempt; that is. We can't tell whether he
will preach. backyard. or roll his eyes al
.terua'ely towarV!s the good and the bad
u'acc. in ominous silence. One Of these
tricks We ran invariably make him perform,
bat We can't always make him perform The
trick we designate. We have stroug hopes,
hawrver, It soon being able TO make him
perform either Or oil Of the above tricks at
plstserr. We ash the indulgence Of the pub
lie fer yct fsw days, before our efforts in
sbi. regard are pronounced but par''a!
success
NY GREAT PRINCIPLE
The doctrine Of nou.las-.'mv great
petncrplu"--as evpeuadei by ths inquirer,
j. that the Constitution cpufsrs upon slave
holders rmE RIGHT to take their slaves. Ike
aEher property" into any United States
Territory, while the penpc Of every Terri
tory have rux stGur 10 foybid sha. property
ia be thus brought n. our ueighaor. as
wsta ss Douglas himself, has twisted him.
ssif into great variety Of shapes, under
| me vain telasien thss II Is possible 10 gcsF,
Of the absurd "seli contradiction" OF this
doctrine. Vt ali the Ingenuity which has
been wasted in the advocacy Of this ''great
principle" his utterly faded to relieve its
RIDICULOUS. ineonsi>tcney. This Douglasits
" popular Sovereignty is transparent
hamhag. Fsu people are now 80 SILLY a.
ta be cheated By ttls grossly m'sassd phrase
Douglas and bis supporters would have IL
represent a ralpable aud direct eantrad'c-
ton, The s'Erca, principle" among ais-
corning mea, has ceased TO be regarded, as
auyshiu. else ,baa great lie.
Just lock At the ''Ersas principle" once
rnarr. before it 6aaily disappears. Look
at the twa :" xfsHrs " whiea 1t rroelaims.
The STAKEHOLDER has the right, says Douglas.
su,!sr the Constitution az the United States
the supreme law 81 the land TO take his
saves, Ike all other property. inte the
Territories. The s3aas;ers an The other
hand. have Alright 70 say the STAKEHOLDER
sail Rot eosas tnso the Territories with any
slave property. Here is plain conflict Of
"rt.h,s.H Both eannas e1-exiss. That Is
self-sviiens. The attempt 10 sustain both
is perfectly idle. Ir. sach - the .grea;
principle" in its LAST snaly.is. Coniraiic-
ton iuplies fs'sshood. The preserse Of
sustaining a direct contradiction IS papa
BE cheat. II the Constitution ssshesirs.
the taking Of SLAVES into the Territories,
thai authority Is absolute. II. % the other
hard. the sqaatter has yell grounded
rsSh, to pssresf slaves from coming into
the Territories, that right, too, is shsoluse.
co-exisseuec or reeone.iement Of the two
isimps.sihle.
Let us lock Al the shsuriisy Of this "g-est
rstseiple" from another paint Of view. The
Constitution Of the United States IS the
supreme Law 81 the nation. No State Con-
ssisaiian. no State legislation is valid OF cf
sny worth thai conflicts With the Federal
Constitution. Yet Mr.. Dcursas. While coo.
ceiins that this highest law Of the ration
eoufcrs the right Of taking slaves into sh.
Territories - property, atsrms thst the
saaassers ia such Territories have sigasio
exclude or destroy such property .-C'scss
set Gase.ls.