Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-09-28

Issue 10 tear INC shirt OH the 8. N. \ oss
of 1856" Now, sir, protest against any
such inhuman proceeding. that the s. Nj.
Yost of 1856 should have his back barred for
Ifagellation by the S. NJ. Yost of 1860 it ia
contrary to all reason and law. The stat.
ute of Limitations has not vet run ont. and
the seven years, in which slime some cav tina
human body loses its identity by the diving
out of ali its old PARTICLES and the access,on
of new set, has not passed "Woodman
spare that tree" It sheltered the noble
Democratic party of Virginia, Of which 7
profess to be an humble member, let it nos
now be torn down and blighted, While tina.
same party is seeking protection from tn.
pitiless storm of Abolitionism and Federal
ism under its ample limbs Tear the shirt
off, States Rights Democrat, if you can
The hard necessity of your cause REQUIRES
that the shirts should be torn from all States
Rights Democrats before it can stand, for
your great leader has proclaimed, On the
soil of Virginia, standing as it were. on the
graves of Washington, Jefferson, Madison.
Monroe and Henry, that States Sovereign
ty is gone, that if Sovereign States in the
exercise of sovereign discretion should Sc
cede for cause which he deemed made
quate. he would help Black Republican
President to treat them as General Jackson
did South Carolina. Here is the cad Of
States Rights Democracy-here is the be.
ginning of consolidation, which Democratic
Virginia has always abhorred which Fed
eral New England has struggled and groan-
ed for ever since the days of the first Adams
! 'Hhmro Ic anotbor ox,iIopoo 80 o
of State Sovereignty furnished by Judge
Douglas. In my opinion his Squatter Sow
ereignty doctrines place the Sovereignty of
the Territories above the Sovereignty of the
States.
The 9th Amendment to tho Constitution
of the United States (sce Code of Va. psge
800 provides that no person shall DO depriy-
ed OF life, liberty, or property, without due
process OF law. Nor shall private property
be taken TOR pubic asses withou just COM
pensation. | suppose all will admit that
under this clause of the Federal Constitution
no slave-holding State can emancipate the
slaves of its citizens without making them
just compensation. Since by emancipation
1T would be taking their property ''for pub
lie purposes, , or in other words for the pub
lie good. Such is the Constitutional disa-
bility of a sovereign State
But Judge Douglas contends that Ter
ritory can emancipate without man ing "jrs.
compensation We all know that it h..
no means Of making any compensation il
has no treasury and the expenses Of its ad-
mlnlstrat'on are betrayed by the General
Government. The Territories then, in the
opinion of Judge Douglas, can do what a
sovereign State is prohibited from doing by
the Constitution. These low flung MOTTO,
Of State sovereignty which induce Judge
Douglas to attribute to the eubrio Terrific
ries equal, nay, higher Legislative powers
than The States claim. and to deny to ii
STATES that sovereignty which Democracy
has always attributed to them. is essential
blue light Federalism, Of whose paternity
the Hartford Convention might b. proud,
but witch can ne yer take root and grew in
Virginia.
know that Judge D,uglas does 40: en,:-
template straight forward act Of earsac.D.-
;ion in the Territories in case fthe Suprsrns
Court deciding that such act is unconst,tq-
tlonal. Bat his position is far wo 20 for a.
upright and patriotic statesman The aes
of emancipation being decided unconsti,u-
tional, Jcuge Douglas, the statesman, s;oo:,a
TO the wretchcd device of accomplishing sn
unconstitutional object BY the side wiOe Of
nnfrendly legislation. Shades of eur Rev
olutionary Fathers blush fox the 1egeuars-
cy of the tunes, when candidate for the
Presidency proposes to nuiify tue Conssitu-
ton By trich. | do not wish to do inius-
tice to Mr. Douglas, and therefore give
ME very words. In debate with Lincoln
in 1858 he is reported toiiave said "ls
matters not what way tie Supreme Cours
may hereafter decide as to the abstract ques-
! ton, whether slavery .aay OF may not 20
into Il Territory under the Constitution
, The people have tue law&ul means to intro,
duce it, or exclude it as they please, for she
reason that slavery cannot exist day or an
hour anywhere unless-yt is supported by To-
cal police regulations. Those police regu-
lations can Only be established by the local
legislature, and if the people arc opposed TO
slavery, they will elect representatives to
that body. who will, by unfriendy legisa-
ton. offeetuaIly prevent the introduction O Z
it into their midst. Efon the contrary the y
are for it, their legislation will favor its ex-
tension. Hence, no matter what the decis-
ion of the Supreme Court may be on that
abstract question, still the right of the peo-
pie to make slave territory or free terri-
, tory, is. perfect and complete under the
Nebraska BILL" Partizans of Douglas, hons
est Virginia Democrats l ask you as a
brother, devoted to the same great princi-
pies as yourselves, and anxious to see thos 9
principles eternal, read with care | pra y
you, the foregoing sentiments and say ar q
they not atrocious To call that IAN alb =
stract question which involves the Const =
tuition. and which denies the claim of th 9
territories to the exercise of the most tre-
mendous and dangerous powers, that of con-
fscating the property of the citizen.
One would suppose Mr.. Douglas looked
upon the Constitution itself as an abstraction
or rather as his friend Horace Greeley would
CAL 1t "a superstition But apart from
th's, is 1T to be tolerated that a lawyer, a
Judge, candidate for the Presidency of the
Union should hold the opinion that Terri
torial legislature, or that of State can by
lndlrecsion take away from citizen right
that has been adjudged to him by the high
est tribunal as is by the Constitution of his
coantry,