Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1858 — What is Popular Sovereignty. [ARTICLE]

What is Popular Sovereignty.

Popular sovereignty as preached and practised by the Democratic party means, Ist. That the Constitution of the United States, per se, carries slavery into every Territory in the Union. 2d. That neither the people of the Territory nor Congress can exclude slavery therefrom, although ninety-nine to one may be opposed to it. 3d. That in the formation of a State government, the right of slaveholders to property in sla'ves must be regarded and protected, whether the people desire it or not. 4th. That the people of a Territoryyhave no right to decide for themselves the character of their own institutions, sth. That Kansas may be admitted now as a slave state vvith 30,000 inhabitants, but. not as a free State, until she has 93,000 or 110,000. —Tiffin Tribune. (ffp’Thc Bonhatn (Texas) Independent tells of a horso which escaped from its owner in May last, and was found seven weeks after, a mile and a half from the house. He had about twenty feet of rope tied to his neck when he got ai«ay, and this had become fastened to a bush, and Kept the horse all that time. The horse had only twelve feet of the lariat to play upon. lie had bitten off two elm saplings four inches in diameter, and eaten the stumps to the very ground; and also the trunk and limbs, as far as his tether would reach. No rain had fallen during the period to wet the ground; and in the last four weeks it had not even sprinkled. The horse was an American horse, off good ■ iz«, and was fat when be escaped. When found he was a perfect skeleton. Great caution was observed in giving him water and food after lie was found, and he rapidly recovered his flesh. gntleman tells ns this anecdote: On 'one of the* Missouri river boats lately, a gambler got a verdant youth who thought he could play a good game Qf cards. They .commenced pirtting down small stakes, ■which the youth would win with this re- j mark—“ Well that’s pr„etty good.” After the players had beenmgoing .on some time, the gambler With despair on bis face, offered to stake all he had, a sum by-the-way, equal to the entire amount'the youth had. They played, and the gambler, of course, won.: He put the entire amount in his pocket, shrewdly saying, “Well that's pretty good." j Moral—never, until you have gray hairs and have traveled extensively on the Western waters, venture] a game with the “prdfession.V The tender leaflet is no match for the hory frost,— ~Sl. Joseph West. CCy“Beautiful indeed is the country. In it has God displayed all His loving kindness toward the humati family. All nature seems j to have been cosuited; all the senses provi- i <led. for; beautiful flowers, of every hue and ; color, deck every hill-side, and beautify every vale, while their thousand sweets are borne I on the air by gentle zephyr-breezes that fan ! tjie cheek like wind from angel wings; while , the ear is greeted with sweet music, trilled forth by myriads of Nature's'choristers, that sit perched on trees that bend low with gifts from Pomona’s store-house that conjure up reminiscences of juvinility, peach-orchards and cross dogs. r The Difference. —The Republicans take the position that the people of the Territories have the right by legislative enactments to prevent the introduction and holding of slaves among them. The Democrats deny this right, and declare that they-—the people of the Territories—are utterly powerless in this respect, and must submit to slavery as long as they remain in a Territorial condition, although nine,tenths of them may be in favor of keeping out institution.” Which position is'most in accordance with popular sovereignty? | i M| 1 r-t country editor, epeuking of a member of Assembly, says: “The first year he went to Albany, he was so consciiejFtious as to utterly refuse to receive his'alfffr’ment. of stealings, in the shape of books and stationary. The next year he did npt hesitate, and finally came home unable to tell the truth under the most favorable circumstances.” (tir’-'Mr. Smith, lyou said you officiated in a you mean by that that you preached!” “No;'sir; I held a light for a man that did.” “Ah! the court understood you differently. They supposed- that the discourse came from you.” “No, sir, I only threw a lighten it.” “No levity, Mr. SmithStand down.” Sr, Ct5 _ ‘ t Whftt nre they talking about?” said a member of Congress, during a debate on the money question; “Theology,” was the reply. “Theology! Why, J thought it was the money question.” “Well, money is ■their deity, and they are discussing about that.” _ ; ■in • . - i' , .1