| Show POPULAR sovereignty we do not consider it t either elther wise or politic to agitate for the reenact re enact ment of the missouri compromise jt it ought su anever ver ven to have been repealed but since sinca the mischief is done the only proper way of dealing with the present difficulty is to give full effect ia a the tho territories to the principle r i of popular sovereignty by at an additional pa law v of congress the cou con country was promised by the promoters of the nebraska kansas acts a final sett settlement lenient of the slavery question oil on tho the basis of popular sove sovereignty relent but events in kansas show that the nebraska K kansas ansas acts do not sufficiently guarantee and protect the principle and to meet this defect will be one of the duties of the next congress the gene general ral rai government shoud exert exercise ise lse only the slightest supervisory care over the territories the first step in organizing a territory should be simply imply the declaring of its metes metes and its bounds and throwing it open to settlement by citizens from all parts of the ibe union taking takino care to limit the amount of land to which settlers might establish preemption pre emption claims after the actual population of the tern toly rea readied clied three or five thousand the settlers should have the right to organize a territorial government ern ment by electing executive and judicial officers tha thea right izeris of 0 voting being confined to the citizens actually resident in the territory for three ma months 1 I preceding the day of election this would be such a recognition of popular sovereignty as would becu secure re the people of the ter the full and free enjoyment of the their thein republican rights and would remove their contentions I 1 from the arena ar ena of national politics when they had multi multiplied pried and increased so that their numbers would give them a right to form a state organization and ask admission into the union on an equal standing with the otier caer states stales the congress would be limited 0 to o the inquiry ir do they come corns to us with a republican constitution and admitting them if the answer proved satisfactory but if congress thrill go on legislating for the territories and authorizing the general government to appoint and control their executive and judicial officers the popular sovereignty principle wei wil ie be flagrantly violated and the lairs affairs ann aff of the territories will be a perpetual nal nai source of strife between dif dlf Terent different sections of the country leth neth imet imbt it be b the ulm aim then hen of the tiie next congress Cor gress kress to give a full arld and fuir fair f ameet fleet to the principle of popular sovereignty in the territories and anti upon this sa safe fe and ard sound basis the tha patriotic and union loving majority can make a firm stand hll bli sectionalism and an traitorous rous flis unionism N Y sun A very s sensible view dew of the case mr sun but we doubt whether corrupt politicians v il have good sense evaugh to adopt so excellent ex a policy ed |
