, 1860-09-05

At ths MASSACHUSETTS Stats Convention
which ass'nb'sd at Worcsster, August aeth
Senator Sumner made speech on "Ihe 1.,u,
md the Candidates" in which he gives tao pro
slavery dodge Of Dougl.a, cslled sou.tter sov
ereignty. terrib1s r4tiug. Va publish thu,
portion Of his spsech:
Lust in tue order Of The alphabet is The Dou1.
sss psrty, rhost single cry Ii ''popntar soyer.
cI9nty;" last also IN character: ior Who can
respect what VI know to be- deee;t1 ~. ~
statesman fouads himselr on principlea: aorna.
TIMES It il hi. ot1ice to frame expedients; but
popular soverelgnt!, u noy' put forward, is not
princ:p{e-oh, mol not even a. 'expedient. 4.
is nothing but = deviee, presext, sn eyssion
dodge, triek, hocus pocus. in order to
aTotd the commanding Question, whether s'a.
very ahall be prohibited in the territorie.. That
Al! bail 70 popular sovereignty in it's true
nou1ced in The Declaration Of Independsnce M
which is destined to regenerate Tho world i
. embedded in thoes famous words. Rdont.d h,
the Republican Convention At Chicsuo tbat
1nmao1g ths 1oal'enable rights ot ali men. are
tn, no, h'er!y end 'hs pursuit ot happiness sud
thai to secure these rights 9overnmcuta are in
stsu'ed among men. d<ricinQ their III po,ofrx
from tAt cotttnt Of ths gop<rsed There are n.
cfed words, full Of life giving promise.
A. exlstl1g governments, at that time-eyeo
tne LOCAL governments Of the coianjes-stood
"a Po~fF, without limitation. Here IVES = uew /
government, which, as it took fts pIace ammo
tie nations. announced that il was fonnded 5 ~
sY1:, ald ciaimed no eoAereignty that wss not |
consistent With right. Such, arain. in the
peadence.
And. ret, this transcendent principle i, now
oegraded e1 INTO dodge. and the sacred name Of
EnFAF&frf1tB ia t-l
claim to enelave cur fellow men. Il is ureed |
that handful ofsqustters may rinhtfulIy decide
this claim, and the time>hono1ed, traditional |
po*er Of Congress in the territories is denied,
OF eosea doTo. To protect this "yilany'-as |
John Wesley would call it--the right of tbe
people to govern themselves is invoked. for.
getting that ttia divine right eau give no authn.
F1ty to cnstave uthers-that even the neonie | {
1re not onuf potent-and that uever do they
Use 80 h1gh as when, recognizing ihe everlasI '
ng i.Ts Of right, they stoop to the behesta Of I
Bot though bearing The maine Of Nj. Douglas, e
! nd now peddled through the country by Rio7' t
MS coa!rivapce is not Of lis Invention. Il =
ONES from an older head. It irst showed It. A
;sne1. ~ 'he Nicholson 'stet Of 1s4s, By vheh
onsht to s; ss s. i;sst sssdentai candidate
u.s., etndious. exemplary in priyate life and
fsi'e IN pretexts, this venerable fnuc.ionnrr Il
~ ~: auarded tha formula BY which msa have oi
lof s,4'eIY. "dlia tnakug professions for | Fl
eedon1. He il the author Of ,hs contriyanceN n,
1ected ~ every slave master, 4ud relect-d hv b,
cry loFer Ct tsce1nn, whose ewes aIe nne, ~ NJ
hleh, under the nickname Of soua.ter anTs1. -
;nts, has been The device Of douRhfacea en. n,
ing them sometimes to deceive The nnhl;c
q sometimes eTen to deceive thsmselvrs sn
'inK to the peculiar condition Of on,n,on -. he
Ut time, not yet stidened against the ran. ha
omse Of human rights; bis very Yac;let;on { bo
!. nm IN hnErncny with the public and eare ~
him commanding posi,ion. Once for snse ,he hn
llmot proviso, which asserted the power If th,
ngress over ,he Territories, ard then for - VIII
stsnned popular sovereignty, which denied mu
power, be became the pendulum betTeen sIa
edom aud slavery, and, thus swinging ;r ths
T. TED motion to sham democracy. 81 ALL w,
lae device next sho 1ed itself on tie ns.sa,. WI
.he hausas aud Nebraska bill, and here !. zen
:ame ir'cs, IS a. pears By the open contes' snc
OF one Of the parties to is-aud fr;ck T. nj,
continued ever since. It was nroposed tn YER
eat the old probibl'ion of slaveryin tbe M;s' DE-
r territory, sstabli.hed as part Of tie liz. sui
n Compromise. But, instead Of doinr Ike !. :
ny and prec'se!y-saying ia 80 rnaoy Tords den
tnls provision was 1epe sled d-langua1s was d,f
lsed d BY which to. ny etify the whole on,s. If
|. !hen appeared that "stump sneecn II iust
belly Of the bill" according to Cnl Reoton 'N1'
llaslng that the intent was to Leave the nsa !. !;
fra& f.~. !