| 单词 | popular sovereignty |
| 例句 | Jefferson’s version led directly to the doctrine of “popular sovereignty” embraced by Stephen Douglas, to the states’ rights position of John C. Calhoun and then the Confederacy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z But at the Constitutional Convention, he was the leading voice for a strong national government, undergirded by popular sovereignty. A New Parchment Declaration of Independence Surfaces. Head-Scratching Ensues. 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Keeping a wary eye on Stephen A. Douglas and then tormenting him on the issue of popular sovereignty. Abraham Lincoln's early life is recast by Sidney Blumenthal in the masterful 'Wrestling With His Angel' 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z The Atlantic World Reborn,” which weaves together the American, French and Haitian revolutions’ common goal of popular sovereignty. Spare Times for Jan. 20-26 2012-01-19T21:33:09Z During the inquiry, which included interviews with 19 witnesses, Rubin said the comment about Douglas referred to an analogy she made about the concept of popular sovereignty, according to the report. Former San Francisco State manager accused of calling worker a 'runaway slave,' suit says 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z How are “the people’s elected representatives” faring in delivering popular sovereignty on abortion elsewhere? A year after Dobbs, leaving abortion to states isn’t working | Francis Wilkinson 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The document would be based on the "constitutional tradition of popular sovereignty, where power and authority rest with the people of Scotland", the paper says. At a glance: Constitution plan for an independent Scotland 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z It may be tempting to see the American Revolution as a full-fledged victory for Enlightenment ideals of popular sovereignty and natural rights, but the actual application of these principles was spotty at best. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Out with popular sovereignty, in with judicial supremacy. Something’s got to give | Jamelle Bouie 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z He insisted that new Western states should be open to slavery if White voters in those states so chose, a view he called “popular sovereignty.” Review | In Jon Meacham’s biography, Lincoln is a guiding light for our times 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z It traded popular sovereignty for the expediency of better, administrative government. Unaccountable bureaucrats, experts interfere with popular sovereignty 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z "He's somebody who was committed to democracy and popular sovereignty from an Islamic perspective," said David Warren, a scholar of contemporary Islam and research fellow at Washington University in St. Louis. OBITUARY Sheikh Qaradawi, Islamist champion of Arab revolts, dies at 96 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Like Bentham, the Irish philosopher Edmund Burke also rejected the concept of popular sovereignty. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z So the fight in America right now isn’t between democracy and non-democracy, but between two opposing visions of popular sovereignty. Opinion | America’s democratic structure is indeed shuddering — under its own weight 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z The violence in Kansas demonstrated that applying popular sovereignty—the democratic principle of majority rule—to the territory offered no solution to the national battle over slavery. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z But it’s probably the best chance we have of reclaiming popular sovereignty. Unaccountable bureaucrats, experts interfere with popular sovereignty 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Nothing — not history, ancestry, culture or decades-old agreements — trumps popular sovereignty. Opinion | Taking sides in Taiwan 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Whereas Mazzini’s initial movement in Italy had emphasized national unity as a means of promoting popular sovereignty, Bismarck’s ambitions focused primarily on fortifying the strength and interests of Protestant Prussia. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z As time goes on and the harrowing consequences of abortion bans pile up, opponents of abortion will need ever greater limits on popular sovereignty in order to impose their regime on an unwilling nation. In Kansas abortion fight, minority rule vs. democracy 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z This proslavery ruling explicitly made the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional; implicitly, it made Douglas’s popular sovereignty unconstitutional. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Senator Lewis Cass of Michigan proposed a fourth solution called “popular sovereignty.” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The great concepts that this theory promoted, however—popular sovereignty, limited government, and individual rights—were immensely important to the shaping of the American governmental system. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z As belief in popular sovereignty and principles of liberty and equality spread, particularly in Europe and North America, emerging nations came to hold different ideas about the best way to safeguard these revolutionary gains. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z It settled the matter of lands ceded in the Mexican War and put Douglas’ notion of “popular sovereignty” — that U.S. territories could decide whether to allow slavery — into the political lexicon. Douglas’ statue to be removed from Illinois Capitol lawn 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z The decision also complicated life for northern Democrats, especially Stephen Douglas, who could no longer sell popular sovereignty as a symbolic concession to southerners from northern voters. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z As attractive as it seemed on the surface, the doctrine of popular sovereignty was fraught with opportunities for bitter conflict. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z In this way, popular sovereignty became increasingly important, even in a monarchy. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Its underlying goal is freedom from restraint, more specifically freedom of expression, popular sovereignty, representative government, and the protection of private property and civil rights. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z In other words, Wilson’s vision of self-rule is closer to Adams’s “natural aristocracy” than the popular sovereignty the French revolutionaries and American populists fought for. Could populism actually be good for democracy? 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z He warned that Douglas and the Democrats would nationalize slavery through the policy of popular sovereignty. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The proslavery decision in Dred Scott seriously threatened popular sovereignty, and frightened Democrats who relied on the policy to win votes in both sections. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Recall that popular sovereignty is the idea that governments can exist only with the consent of the governed. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z In ancient Athens, it was a closed, self-governing community of citizens; in 1790s France, it involved an expansive assertion of popular sovereignty via armed uprisings. Perspective | Five myths about democracy 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Modern democracies all rest on a claim of popular sovereignty – the proposition that all legitimate governments grow out of the power of a people, and in some way are subject to its will. Could populism actually be good for democracy? 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Lincoln successfully defended the principle of popular sovereignty. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z In the Kansas-Nebraska Act, it tried instead to hand the problem to the western settlers themselves, a solution known as popular sovereignty. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Since the eighteenth century, almost every government has had to address issues of popular sovereignty in one way or another. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, the petition backers can claim with suggestions of conspiracy that they have been denied the benefit of popular sovereignty unjustly. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Oklahoma newspapers 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z The modern promise of popular sovereignty, repeatedly frustrated, produces recurrent efforts at asserting the collective power of a people. Could populism actually be good for democracy? 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z In the end, popular sovereignty proved to be no solution at all. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z In his place, Lewis Cass captured the Democratic nomination by equivocating about the meaning of popular sovereignty to gratify voters in both sections. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The first three are popular sovereignty, limited government, and separation of powers. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z "Europe's elites are now trembling," it says, "as elections threaten to become a referendum on popular sovereignty versus the European Union". 'End of cold call menace' and Serena's catsuit 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z We know that in its liberal form, democracy must at times resist popular sovereignty — a majority of the people cannot vote away their own rights or anyone else’s. Opinion | The real greatest threat to democracy this year 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z A republic relies on the principle of popular sovereignty. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Other parts of the Mexican Cession would eventually get the same privilege of popular sovereignty, including the Mormon colony around the Great Salt Lake. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z In the United States, all political power resides in the people, a concept known as popular sovereignty. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z All those who say “Let the voters of Alabama decide” are applying popular sovereignty to a matter of basic morality. Opinion | Republicans are failing the Roy Moore test 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Yet in the face of these tensions and imperfections, which values would we place above popular sovereignty, autonomy and equality — and also above deliberation, pluralism and reciprocity? Opinion | The real greatest threat to democracy this year 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Finally, on the thorny issue of whether slavery would expand into the territories, Congress avoided making a direct decision and instead relied on the principle of popular sovereignty. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z He also told critics that the Compromise of 1850 had made popular sovereignty the new national policy for slavery in the territories and rendered the Missouri Compromise obsolete. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The Framers were also dedicated to the concepts of popular sovereignty and limited government. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The act’s premise was that “popular sovereignty” — majorities’ rights — is the essence of the American project. Opinion | Questions for Judge Gorsuch 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z In embracing democracy, as the historian James Kloppenberg has written, we are standing up for three contested principles: popular sovereignty, autonomy and equality. Opinion | The real greatest threat to democracy this year 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z The act also applied the principle of popular sovereignty, dictating that the people of these territories would decide for themselves whether to adopt slavery. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Northern Democrats were happy that Taylor would admit more free states, but they hoped to satisfy the South by requiring territorial governments with popular sovereignty. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The principle of popular sovereignty is woven throughout the Constitution. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Trump will want this to be an election about popular sovereignty: the people rule. Considering Female Rule 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Abraham Lincoln said Stephen Douglas’s theories about popular sovereignty were “as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by boiling the shadow of a pigeon that had starved to death.” Two and a half centuries of political bickering — on Twitter 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z The events in Kansas served as an extreme reply to Douglas’s proposition of popular sovereignty. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z He longed to take slavery out of politics, but clung to dogmas like popular sovereignty that had brought on “Bleeding Kansas” and made matters worse. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z In effect, the principle of limited government is the other side of the coin of popular sovereignty. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “Douglas’s doctrine of ‘popular sovereignty’ meant no more than that: in a democracy justice is the interest of the majority, which is ‘the stronger,’ ” he wrote. Harry V. Jaffa, Conservative Scholar and Goldwater Muse, Dies at 96 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z In justifying his call for repeal, one conservative writer explained, “The Constitution did not create a direct democracy; it established a constitutional republic. Its goal was to preserve liberty, not to maximize popular sovereignty.” What's Really Behind the GOP's Voter ID and Voter Fraud Claims 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z When it came time to vote for the party’s presidential nominee, the majority of votes were for Lewis Cass, an advocate of popular sovereignty. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Judging the constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise thrust the court into Democratic Party politics by forcing it to choose between two conflicting meanings of popular sovereignty. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The two candidates for Senate were able to hold forth for hours on end with lucid, agile arguments about nation-defining issues like slavery and popular sovereignty. The Real Problem With Televised Debates: The Viewers 2012-10-02T11:30:48Z They not unnaturally dreaded the effect of popular sovereignty upon what they deemed their vested interests. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z And one sees that Sun Yat-sen, in proposing a democracy, suggested an ideology which would continue the old Chinese thesis of eventual popular sovereignty as reconciled with administration by an intellectually disciplined elite. The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I 2012-04-04T02:00:55.303Z Most northerners, except members of the Free-Soil Party, favored popular sovereignty for California and the New Mexico territory. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Northern and southern Democrats could both claim that popular sovereignty guarded their interests so long as this question stayed unanswered. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Good government by popular sovereignty is something far more fundamental than a matter of printed constitutions or shouting "Viva independencia!" in the plazas. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z His argument was plausible but worthless—being, for the most part, a rehash of his 'popular sovereignty' dogma; nevertheless, he made a good impression. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z But another glory was reserved for me, far more grateful by my sentiments and democratic convictions—that of also being the first to render homage to the popular sovereignty. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z Free-Soilers rejected popular sovereignty and demanded that slavery be permanently excluded from the territories. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Whatever the court decided, however, Democrats could no longer keep their party together by interpreting popular sovereignty differently in the North and South, so the last major political organization that spanned both sections might collapse. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z To this complexion had the doctrine of "popular sovereignty" come in the short space of two years. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z His speech had consisted mainly of tedious repetitions of 'popular sovereignty,' but he had taken occasion to notice Lincoln's conspiracy charge, and had called it 'an infamous lie.' Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z But absolutism, whether the outcome of Divine Right or of popular sovereignty, is always the same and steadily works against the true principles of Political Liberty. England, Canada and the Great War 2011-10-20T02:00:21.577Z At Freeport, Mr. Lincoln, contrary to the advice of all his friends, asked the question which forced Douglas into a labored attempt to reconcile his doctrine of popular sovereignty with the Dred Scott decision. A History of the Republican Party 2011-10-14T02:00:29.980Z Genuine popular sovereignty required a free and fair choice between slavery and freedom, which the Lecompton constitution denied. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Trumbull then exposed with great force Douglas's equivocal platform of popular sovereignty, which means one thing at the South and another at the North. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z After the Edwardsville meeting I said to him that it was wonderful to me that he could find new things to say everywhere, while Douglas was parroting his popular sovereignty speech at every place. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z In nothing did Douglas show greater genius than in hallowing his doctrine of popular sovereignty. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z These men were honest, but without the energy required for such a crisis, and they would in a short time lose their wits and abdicate the popular sovereignty confided to their keeping. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z President Pierce supported it too, hoping that the principle of popular sovereignty would unify the Democrats and ease the passage of his other favorite measures. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The Court had actually swept away the dogma of "popular sovereignty" in the Territories. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z Extolling popular sovereignty, he warned that "In free Governments the rulers are the servants, and the people their superiors & sovereigns." Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z Behind the fair form of the Douglas doctrine of popular sovereignty, he saw the lurking serpent. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z They have often attempted it, but it has always turned out, instead of a popular sovereignty, a populace sovereignty; and demagogues, placing themselves upon the movement, have invariably led them into military despotism. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z To please the South, he included a provision for popular sovereignty over slavery, which removed the guarantee of free soil provided by the Missouri Compromise. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The doctrine of popular sovereignty in the Territories overthrown by the opinion of the Court. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z His illusions of European empire were dismissed either permanently or temporarily, and for the moment he was the apostle of nationality and popular sovereignty in France. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z In this way, Douglas triumphantly vindicated his policy of popular sovereignty for which he protested he was willing to devote all his talent and the remainder of his life. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z Genuine popular sovereignty never existed on a firm basis except in this country. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z These preachers, living at a time which was not one of popular sovereignty, did not meddle with politics as preachers had done in France before and were to do again. A Short History of French Literature The fiasco of "popular sovereignty" in the Territories was at last complete. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z He and the new assembly were now eagerly running in an opposite tack, and were impatient to wipe out all traces of their late forced disobedience and involuntary recognition of the popular sovereignty. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia His ingenious sophistry turned popular sovereignty into a seeming contest for a principle and Illinois was being carried away by his triumphant oratory and logic. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z Sir, the Senator from Illinois tells us that he proposes a final settlement of all territorial questions in respect to slavery, by the application of the principle of popular sovereignty. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z Yet at this time I am not sure that he appreciated the pregnant truth, so familiar to us now, of a vital connection between popular education and popular sovereignty. Noah Webster American Men of Letters This they regarded as the only natural and fair method for carrying into effect the principle of popular sovereignty in the Territories. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z It was not easy for a venerable European nation, intrenched within its own regal institutions, in shaking off the past to begin a future of popular sovereignty. The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 To refuse submission of the Constitution to that people made a mockery of the popular sovereignty of Douglas. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z What kind of popular sovereignty is that which allows one portion of the people to enslave another portion? Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z But the example of a great commonwealth flourishing here without a privileged class, and of a popular sovereignty combining order with progress, tends, however remotely, to break the spell. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 This distinction might be made, so far as the Territorial legislature was concerned, upon the "popular sovereignty" principle. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z It is an art to be learned, and it is also an expression of character to be developed among all the thousands of men who exercise popular sovereignty. Latin America and the United States Addresses by Elihu Root The problem of popular sovereignty pointed to the same need. Liberalism Sir, what would this boasted principle of popular sovereignty have been worth, if it applied only to the negro, and did not extend to the white man? Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z With the transition, then, from class to popular sovereignty there was a corresponding change in the attitude of the people toward the government. The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy Besides this, the Douglas idea of "popular sovereignty," or, as we now call it, home rule, in the Territories, had won many adherents. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z Life, liberty and happiness; popular sovereignty; equal opportunity. The American Empire But for the most part they came quickly into line behind Douglas, though they never generally accepted his principle of popular sovereignty. Stephen Arnold Douglas The end of that struggle is not yet; but if the bank is stronger than the sword or the sceptre of popular sovereignty, the end will be the end of democracy. What I Saw in America With the acceptance of the idea of popular sovereignty, however, the right of the people to be kept informed concerning the management of governmental business received recognition; but practice has lagged far behind theory. The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy Mr. Douglas indorsed the Dred Scott decision, but maintained his position on popular sovereignty. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage The meaning of the whole business was unmistakable; under the pretext of "popular sovereignty,"—Douglas's favorite watchword—the bars were thrown down and slavery was invited to enter. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement It was a principle, he maintained, and no mere temporary expedient, for which Clay and Webster had striven, which both parties had indorsed, which the country had acquiesced in,—the principle of "popular sovereignty." Stephen Arnold Douglas Lincoln contended that it could but Douglas was evasive, as he hoped to reconcile his popular sovereignty with the Dred Scott decision. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 In the Republic a popular sovereignty won, and the President became more than a king. A History of the United States In the Senate, the debate on popular sovereignty was renewed. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage It was impossible to a leader whose watchword was "popular sovereignty." The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement Forced to choose between absolute subserviency to the South and what was left of his principle of popular sovereignty, he remonstrated angrily with the President for breaking faith with Walker and the Kansans. Stephen Arnold Douglas While the fierce Kansas controversy had been raging, the South had grown cold toward the Douglas doctrine of popular sovereignty, and had gradually adopted another view based upon Calhoun's teachings. History of the United States, Volume 3 The great majority of the Northern delegates were for choosing Douglas as candidate, and fighting on a programme of "popular sovereignty." A History of the United States It was very evident that the people of the South would demand new guarantees for the protection of slavery against the dogma of popular sovereignty. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage They tolerated Douglas and his 'popular sovereignty ' ten years longer, when they found it even a more dangerous heresy, and threw him overboard. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy This illustration of the political profligacy of the Douglas managers, and burlesque upon popular sovereignty, was as remarkable as the madness of the seceders in fighting him for his supposed anti-slavery prejudices. Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 The sole momentous novelty was that everyone of the new constitutions proceeded upon the theory of popular sovereignty. History of the United States, Volume 2 But above all he was loyal to the Jeffersonian dogma of popular sovereignty, which he accepted quite simply and unquestioningly, as soldiers are often found to accept a religion. A History of the United States Political democracy was investigated in terms of popular sovereignty, political equality, popular consultation, and majority rule, and the political system was judged on the basis of these principles. The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography It was, indeed, unthinkable that, believing themselves equal in all other respects, they should not accept the principle of political equality and popular sovereignty. Union and Democracy Many of the Democrats still supported the administration of President Pierce, and acquiesced in the doctrine of popular sovereignty in the territories. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. Seward yielded the struggle to the extent of indorsing popular sovereignty, which did indeed promise more than any other line of procedure. Expansion and Conflict It was an elaborate argument for "popular sovereignty" and attracted national attention. Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings It suggests the use of popular sovereignty, political equality, popular consultation, and majority rule as criteria for democracy. The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography It thus upheld the doctrine of "popular sovereignty" which Mr. Douglas had announced as the very spirit of the Act organizing Kansas and Nebraska. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 The doctrine of popular sovereignty could not, therefore, be relied upon to establish slavery in Kansas, and it was abandoned. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. The convention accepted Douglas's popular sovereignty as its platform, but nominated Buchanan as its candidate. Expansion and Conflict "What is Judge Douglas's popular sovereignty?" he asked. Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings In the fullest sense, popular sovereignty means rule by all the people, but in colonial America the "people" was a much more qualified term. The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography This was in substance, and almost identically in language, the extreme creed put forth by the Southern Democratic senators in the winter of 1858-59, after the "popular sovereignty" campaign of Douglas against Lincoln. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 It is the principle of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, the principle of popular sovereignty, and the principle at the foundation of all popular government. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. Meanwhile the frontiersmen from Iowa and Missouri were trying to work out the principle of popular sovereignty in Kansas, and their Governor, Andrew Reeder, was doing what he could to assist them. Expansion and Conflict There was danger to this country, danger of the avenging justice of God, in that little unimportant popular sovereignty question of Judge Douglas. Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings We commend this system to the advocates of popular sovereignty. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 2 Its members had not been so ready to repeal the Missouri Compromise as the Democrats, and they were unrelenting in their hostility to Douglas, and severe in their exposure of his dogma of popular sovereignty. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 The Democratic party of Ohio was satisfied with Douglas' popular sovereignty, especially as it, as they alleged, had secured freedom for Kansas. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. In fact, the people saw that his popular sovereignty idea had been misunderstood. Expansion and Conflict He immediately afterwards emigrated to Kansas, as he said, "to see fair play under the doctrine of popular sovereignty." Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 Democratic Convention of 1860, disagreement, 50; adjournment of divisions, 50; nominations by the friends of popular sovereignty, 50; nominations by the Conservatives, 50. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government The principle strenuously contended for was that of "popular sovereignty" or non-intervention by Congress, in the affairs of the Territories. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective Paine was back in the old regions of a social contract, and of a popular sovereignty antecedent to government. The Rise of the Democracy By his doctrine the Dutch, English, and American nations were educated to popular sovereignty. The Age of the Reformation The principle of tyranny presented itself for their choice in a specious form in Douglas' "great patent, everlasting principle of 'popular sovereignty.'" Abraham Lincoln Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, was nominated by the friends of the doctrine of "popular sovereignty," with Mr. Fitzpatrick, of Alabama, for the Vice-Presidency. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Thus popular sovereignty finally, and quite directly, controls. Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum The Dred Scott decision had rudely brushed aside his theory of popular sovereignty, and now the Lecompton Constitution proceedings brutally trampled it down in practice. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History For example, these Puritans cannot rule if popular sovereignty is adopted everywhere. Children of the Market Place Personalities aside, the burden of his speech was the reassertion of his principle of popular sovereignty. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics The terms "popular sovereignty" and "non-intervention" were plausible, specious, and captivating to the public ear. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government The Democratic managers evolved, as a solution of their problem, the new doctrine of "popular sovereignty," which Calhoun re-baptized "squatter sovereignty." American Eloquence, Volume 2 Studies In American Political History (1896) Douglas's quarrel with the Buchanan administration had led many Republicans to hope that they might be able to utilize his name and his theory of popular sovereignty to aid them in their local campaigns. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History He was the son of Jackson in the principle of no disunion, and he was the son of Jefferson in the principle of popular sovereignty. Children of the Market Place That which had hitherto been dubbed "squatter sovereignty," Douglas now dignified with the name "popular sovereignty," and provided with a pedigree. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics Mr. Douglas, the leader if not the author of "popular sovereignty," was absent on account of illness, and there were a few other absentees. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government The theory of a social contract he declared "at best a confusion of judicial with civil principles," and he found no sense in the doctrine of popular sovereignty. Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham But lastly, and chiefly, Douglas's popular sovereignty, accepted by the public mind as a just principle, nationalizes slavery, and revives the African slave-trade inevitably. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History He compared this popular sovereignty to the rights which the Colonies asserted against England to manage their own affairs, and for the violation of which the Revolution ensued. Children of the Market Place As a contribution to the development of the doctrine of popular sovereignty, the opening paragraphs deserve more than passing notice. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics Logically carried out, the new theory of "popular sovereignty" would apply to the first adventurous pioneers settling in the wilderness before the organization of any Territorial government by Congress, as well as afterward. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Well, then, let us talk about popular sovereignty. Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 But there was a chance that one or more of these four pivotal free States might cast its vote for Douglas and popular sovereignty. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History What had Douglas to gain with popular sovereignty? Children of the Market Place If this was true, then popular sovereignty after all meant nothing more than local self-government, the measure of which was to be determined by Congress. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics How is the amelioration of popular sovereignty to be effected? Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government Thereupon Judge Douglas and others began to argue in favour of "popular sovereignty,"—the right of the people to have slaves if they wanted them, and to exclude slavery if they did not want them. Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 No good American denies the desirability of popular sovereignty and of a government which should somehow represent the popular will. The Promise of American Life It would not do to let them have popular sovereignty, any more than it would have done in Douglas' day to let Kansas have popular sovereignty. Children of the Market Place Hence the triumphant conclusion that "the great principle of popular sovereignty and self-government is sustained and firmly established by the authority of this decision." Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics When the question of admitting Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution was presented before Congress, Douglas, in accordance with his principles of popular sovereignty, broke with his party and opposed the effort. Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters (Selections) A little more now as to this matter of popular sovereignty and the Lecompton constitution. Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 He had refused to give up his "popular sovereignty" dogma, although it clearly meant ultimate free soil. The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights If he could only win that now and stand as a master man for nationalism, union, progress, peace, popular sovereignty, all the great liberties for which he had battled. Children of the Market Place Was it the intention of the Court to leave the principle of popular sovereignty standing upright? Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics In short, the fundamental principle of popular sovereignty lies at the very basis of the Canadian system. Lord Elgin In a nation like ours this popular sovereignty and squatter sovereignty have already wrought a change in the public mind to the extent I have stated.... Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 His proposition, which he called "popular sovereignty," was to leave the decision to the people of the Territories, saying he did not care whether they voted slavery up or voted it down. The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights He was only growing more emphatic in favor of popular sovereignty as a name for territorial independence on the subject. Children of the Market Place To do less would be to reduce popular sovereignty to a farce. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics This necessarily demolished the rival theory of "popular sovereignty," which the Douglas Democrats had adopted, not without shrewdness, as being far better suited to the Northern mind. Abraham Lincoln, Volume I I think a definition of genuine popular sovereignty in the abstract would be about this: that each man shall do precisely as he pleases with himself, and with all those things which exclusively concern him. Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 Lincoln forced Douglas to defend the doctrine of "popular sovereignty." A Short History of the United States "This popular sovereignty is as thin as soup made from the shadow of a starved pigeon," said Lincoln. Children of the Market Place He was unable to reconcile popular sovereignty with the proposed intervention of Congress in the English bill. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics He told Southerners that by his happy theory of "popular sovereignty" he had educated the public mind, and accomplished the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. Abraham Lincoln, Volume I I say this Douglas popular sovereignty—for there is a broad distinction, as I now understand it, between that article and a genuine popular sovereignty. Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 Was the doctrine of popular sovereignty necessarily favorable to slavery? A Short History of the United States Douglas' popular sovereignty was more liberty than it was law. Children of the Market Place What, then, became of the great fundamental principle of popular sovereignty? Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics So, he said, there is still in fact "popular sovereignty." Abraham Lincoln, Volume I The Dred Scott decision had in fact itself overturned the Douglas theory of popular sovereignty or "squatter sovereignty." Abraham Lincoln The Northerners nominated Douglas on a platform advocating "popular sovereignty." A Short History of the United States And now there is war on President Kruger of the Transvaal, who was at the head of its affairs in the years when Douglas was settling Oregon and California and talking of popular sovereignty. Children of the Market Place Thence he passed with wider and wider divergence from the Southern position over the familiar ground of popular sovereignty. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics When the Dred Scott decision took the life out of his "popular sovereignty," he showed his wonted readiness in adapting himself to the situation. Abraham Lincoln, Volume I But if you apply this doctrine of popular sovereignty, and establish a cordon of free-States from the Pacific to the Atlantic, where in the future are the South to emigrate? Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 This was called "popular sovereignty" or "squatter sovereignty." A School History of the United States It was against popular sovereignty, lest the people vote in slavery, or be tricked into doing so. Children of the Market Place During the summer, he elaborated an historical and constitutional defense of popular sovereignty. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics Accordingly the sphere of contract and the sphere of popular sovereignty were enlarged in men's minds, and the notion of a written constitution first began to find expression. Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins The Northern mind had become thoroughly imbued with this great doctrine of popular sovereignty. Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 But Senator Douglas of Illinois came forward and opposed this, because to force a slave constitution on the people of Kansas, after they had voted against it, was contrary to the doctrine of "popular sovereignty." A School History of the United States These means must be scrupulously guarded, this great prerogative of popular sovereignty sacredly respected. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 5, part 3: Franklin Pierce It was precisely in this region, nearly a hundred years before, that popular sovereignty had almost succeeded in forming a fourteenth State of the Confederacy. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics The sacred principle of popular sovereignty has been invoked in favor of the enemies of law and order in Kansas. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 5, part 4: James Buchanan It is the principle of the Kansas-Nebraska bill; the principle of popular sovereignty; and the principle at the foundation of all popular government. Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 But the bill provided for popular sovereignty; that is, for the right of the people of Nebraska, when they made a state, to have it free or slave, as they pleased. %386. A School History of the United States They combine the principle of centralization and that of popular sovereignty; this gives them a respite; they console themselves for being in tutelage by the reflection that they have chosen their own guardians. Democracy in America — Volume 2 It was this sentiment to which popular sovereignty made a cogent appeal. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics But in what manner is popular sovereignty to be exercised in this country if not through the instrumentality of established law? A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 5, part 4: James Buchanan The Dred Scott decision had thus annihilated "popular sovereignty," Would Douglas admit his blunder in law, and his error in statesmanship? Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 On the principle of popular sovereignty the people of Kansas were to decide whether the territory should be slave or free. A School History of the United States To protect their personal independence I trust not to great political assemblies, to parliamentary privilege, or to the assertion of popular sovereignty. Democracy in America — Volume 2 Nevertheless, popular sovereignty had an artificial quality which squatter sovereignty lacked. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics The essential portions of these proclamations, the only portions which have really survived, were those relating to equality and popular sovereignty. The Psychology of Revolution There is only space to insert a few disconnected quotations: Now, what is Judge Douglas's popular sovereignty? Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 The questions discussed were popular sovereignty, the Dred Scott decision, the extension of slavery to the territories; and the discussion of them attracted the attention of the whole country. A School History of the United States The literary atmosphere teemed with theories of popular sovereignty of a limited kind, and Gracchus, while recognising this sovereignty, did little to remove its limitations. A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate The further history of popular sovereignty in Kansas must be lightly touched upon, for it is the reflex action in the halls of Congress that interests the student of Douglas's career. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics The dogma of equality had as its first consequence the proclamation of popular sovereignty by the bourgeoisie. The Psychology of Revolution In a nation like ours this popular sovereignty and squatter sovereignty have already wrought a change in the public mind to the extent I have stated. Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 In the organization of these territories a new political doctrine, "popular sovereignty," was announced. A School History of the United States Their overthrow often had for its result the introduction of popular sovereignty. Outline of Universal History Nothing short of this would have been consistent with popular sovereignty as he had expounded it again and again. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics Nature, the rights of man, liberty, equality, the social contract, hatred of tyrants, and popular sovereignty formed the articles of a gospel which, to its disciples, was above discussion. The Psychology of Revolution To the right of nature was opposed the divine right, to popular sovereignty legitimacy, to individual rights the State, to liberty authority or order. Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions In the former case the popular sovereignty becomes like that of a monarch who leans much on favourites, a sovereignty largely participated in by others than the nominal holder of the control. Moral Philosophy The attempts of the Gracchi to overthrow the Senate's position and restore popular sovereignty ended in disaster. Early European History To that extent, the supporters of the administration yielded to the importunities of the champion of popular sovereignty. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics Two thousand years earlier the Greek and Latin authors had written in defence of liberty, had cursed tyrants, and proclaimed the rights of popular sovereignty. The Psychology of Revolution We are perfectly well aware that industrial and professional competition are entirely different matters from popular sovereignty. Woman and the Republic — a Survey of the Woman-Suffrage Movement in the United States and a Discussion of the Claims and Arguments of Its Foremost Advocates Let us summon the Faubourg St. Antoine to its duty, let us shelter there the National Representation, let us shelter there the popular sovereignty. The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness The questions discussed were popular sovereignty, the Dred Scott decision, and the extension of slavery into the territories, and the debates attracted the attention of the whole country. A Brief History of the United States To his mind the events of those eight years had amply vindicated the great principle of popular sovereignty. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics It was by relying on the principle of popular sovereignty that the reformers attempted to impose their doctrines. The Psychology of Revolution On election morning the few real squatters of Kansas, endowed with Douglas's delusive boon of "popular sovereignty," witnessed with mixed indignation and terror acts of summary usurpation. Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 It is too frail to carry the whole burden of popular sovereignty, to supply spontaneously the truth which democrats hoped was inborn. Public Opinion This principle was called "squatter sovereignty," or "popular sovereignty." A Brief History of the United States The North was devoted to the principle of popular sovereignty, but "we ask nothing for the people of the territories but what the Constitution allows them." Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics The principle of popular sovereignty was still recognized. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. This, then, was the perfect flower of Douglas's vaunted experiment of "popular sovereignty"—a result they professed fully to appreciate. Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 But though popular sovereignty was not clearly understood by anybody, it seemed to imply so great an enhancement of human life, that no constitution could stand which frankly denied it. Public Opinion A parliament was admirable as a check or a balance, as a symbol of popular sovereignty, as a school of political intelligence. Medieval Europe He reminded the Senate that the Kansas-Nebraska bill had been sharply criticised, because while professing to recognize popular sovereignty, it had withheld this power. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics Austria was to be remodeled as Rousseau would have wished—except in respect of Rousseau's basic idea of popular sovereignty. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. The Minnesotians complain that it is an interference with popular sovereignty. Minnesota and Dacotah They had a pale god, but warm hearts, and in the doctrine of popular sovereignty they found the answer to their need of an infallible origin for the new social order. Public Opinion We cannot fail to perceive that the thrones are being menaced, and those republics of America, France, and Italy are teaching the nations very dangerous lessons—the lessons of self- government and popular sovereignty. Louisa of Prussia and Her Times This was a generous concession to popular sovereignty; but even so, the paramount authority was still vested in Congress. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics This idea of "popular sovereignty," or rule of the people, was in men's minds when they set up a republic in France fourteen years after the death of Rousseau. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. In support of his policy of popular sovereignty his favorite dictum had been, "I do not care whether slavery is voted up or voted down." An Anti-Slavery Crusade; a chronicle of the gathering storm But would this be true to that principle of "popular sovereignty" which was the very essence of the Kansas-Nebraska Act? Abraham Lincoln and the Union; a chronicle of the embattled North The idea of popular sovereignty was floating about several ages before the author of the Nebraska Bill was born—indeed, before Columbus set foot on this continent. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 Thereupon Judge Douglas and others began to argue in favor of "popular sovereignty," the right of the people to have slaves if they wanted them, and to exclude slavery if they did not want them. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 3 The Lincoln-Douglas debates Douglas recognized the binding force of the decision of the Supreme Court, at the same time maintaining, most illogically, that his great principle of popular sovereignty remained in force nevertheless. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843 Douglas had many an uncomfortable hour as Lincoln exposed his vain efforts to reconcile his popular sovereignty doctrine with the Dred Scott decision. An Anti-Slavery Crusade; a chronicle of the gathering storm Not so, however, the great exponent of popular sovereignty, Douglas. Abraham Lincoln and the Union; a chronicle of the embattled North If that is not popular sovereignty, then I have no conception of the meaning of words. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 Well, then, let us talk about popular sovereignty! what is popular sovereignty? The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 3 The Lincoln-Douglas debates This he called "the great principle of popular sovereignty." The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843 Hence, the great principle of popular sovereignty and self-government was sustained and firmly established by the authority of the decision. Life of Stephen A. Douglas At the base, popular sovereignty;2335 the powers of the people delegated unconditionally to one man. The Modern Regime, Volume 1 And here I submit to you was Judge Douglas's discovery, and the whole of it: He discovered that the right to breed and flog negroes in Nebraska was popular sovereignty. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 A little more, now, as to this matter of popular sovereignty and the Lecompton Constitution. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 3 The Lincoln-Douglas debates In the name of popular sovereignty he loudly declared his opposition to the acceptance of any constitution not sanctioned by a formal popular vote. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843 He reminded them of his early and consistent devotion to popular sovereignty, which had been so utterly outraged by the Lecompton Constitution. Life of Stephen A. Douglas King's three original rights.—Labors of the jurists in extending royal prerogatives.—Historical impediments.—The primitive or ulterior limits of royal power.—The philosophic and revolutionary principle of popular sovereignty.—Unlimited extension of State power. The Modern Regime, Volume 1 But lastly, and chiefly, Douglas's popular sovereignty, accepted by the public mind as a just principle, nationalizes slavery, and revives the African slave trade inevitably. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 On this matter of popular sovereignty I wish to be a little careful. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 3 The Lincoln-Douglas debates None of this class are scrupulous concerning human life or property; for, as we have seen, they have shaped the theory to suit themselves, and reduced popular sovereignty to their sovereignty. The French Revolution - Volume 3 The whole doctrine of popular sovereignty which became thenceforth the central article in his creed did such violence both to law and philosophy as to discredit the acumen of any statesman who seriously believed it. Life of Stephen A. Douglas The dogma through which popular sovereignty is proclaimed thus actually ends in a dictatorship of the few, and a proscription of the many. The French Revolution - Volume 2 He has a good deal of trouble with popular sovereignty. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 He could do no less than promise that he would devote the remainder of his life to "popular sovereignty"; and then the great statesman departs in peace. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 3 The Lincoln-Douglas debates But even this limitation of popular sovereignty is not all. The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny Pennsylvania elected to Congress twenty-one pronounced opponents of popular sovereignty and slavery extension. Life of Stephen A. Douglas Let the so-called constituted authorities, the formalists and pedants of the Executive Council and the Minister of the Interior, look twice before censuring the exercise of popular sovereignty. The French Revolution - Volume 2 No; the judge says popular sovereignty don't pertain to them then. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 The manes of Mr. Clay must have been in great agony till thirty days later, when "popular sovereignty" stood forth in all its glory. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 3 The Lincoln-Douglas debates Prior to the outbreak of the rebellion the American people had asserted popular sovereignty, but had never rendered an account to themselves in what sense the people are or are not sovereign. The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny He quoted his speeches in 1850 to show that he then defended the popular sovereignty principle, also resolutions of the Illinois legislature approving it. Life of Stephen A. Douglas But more than all this they are now Jacobins, and after nearly three years of preaching, the dogma of popular sovereignty has taken deep root in their empty brains. The French Revolution - Volume 2 He then seeks to give a reason that would not apply to his popular sovereignty in the Territories. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 Now something in regard to the Lecompton Constitution more specially; for I pass from this other question of popular sovereignty as the most arrant humbug that has ever been attempted on an intelligent community. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 3 The Lincoln-Douglas debates It never occurred to General Cass to call his discovery by the odd name of popular sovereignty. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 It was as much a violation of fundamental principle, a violation of popular sovereignty, to force a Constitution on an unwilling people for a day as for a year or for a longer time. Life of Stephen A. Douglas They are not now the chief danger to the purpose of the Republican organization; but the most imminent danger that now threatens that purpose is that insidious Douglas popular sovereignty. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 In a nation like ours, this popular sovereignty and squatter sovereignty have already wrought a change in the public mind to the extent I have stated. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 Out of these three points—drawing within the range of popular sovereignty the question of the Lecompton Constitution—he makes his principal assault. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 3 The Lincoln-Douglas debates I say this "Douglas popular sovereignty"; for there is a broad distinction, as I now understand it, between that article and a genuine popular sovereignty. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 The doctrine of popular sovereignty meant that the Federal Government should abandon its constitutional duty and abdicate its power over he Territory in favor of the first band of squatters who settled within it. Life of Stephen A. Douglas I think a definition of "genuine popular sovereignty," in the abstract, would be about this: That each man shall do precisely as he pleases with himself, and with all those things which exclusively concern him. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 Now, I think that there is a real popular sovereignty in the world. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 Coming to the substance,—the first point, "popular sovereignty." The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 3 The Lincoln-Douglas debates There was danger to this country,—danger of the avenging justice of God, in that little unimportant popular sovereignty question of judge Douglas. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 The elections thus far held indicated a surprising revolt against his new Democratic gospel of popular sovereignty. Life of Stephen A. Douglas No; popular sovereignty don't pertain to them then. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 I think the definition of popular sovereignty, in the abstract, would be about this: that each man shall do precisely as he pleases with himself, and with all those things which exclusively concern him. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 So I say of the whole history contained in his essay where he endeavored to link the men of the Revolution to popular sovereignty. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 So let us stick to this popular sovereignty,—this insidious popular sovereignty. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 Guerilla warfare continued to vex the Territory as with unconscious humor the settlers illustrated the doctrine of popular sovereignty in practical operation. Life of Stephen A. Douglas Again, Douglas's great principle, "popular sovereignty," as he calls it, gives you, by natural consequence, the revival of the slave trade whenever you want it. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 Was not this the origin of popular sovereignty as applied to the American people? The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 If it is "popular sovereignty" for the people to have slaves because they want them, it is popular sovereignty for them to buy them in Africa because they desire to do so. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 All recognize this policy, the plausible sugar-coated name of which is "popular sovereignty." The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 He asked sneeringly what had become of the once celebrated principle of popular sovereignty? Life of Stephen A. Douglas These are only two roads to the same goal, and "popular sovereignty" is just as sure and almost as short as the other. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 If Judge Douglas did not invent this kind of popular sovereignty, let us pursue the inquiry and find out what kind he did invent. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 This was not the creed of the Northern Democracy, which had embraced the popular sovereignty doctrine of Douglas and Cass. Life of Stephen A. Douglas To carry it out in good faith was to surrender Kansas and the remaining Territories to anti-slavery institutions; for it was already evident that popular sovereignty meant free States. Life of Stephen A. Douglas It argued that his plan was to exclude it by means of his device of popular sovereignty and declared that he was not a sound Democrat and had not been since 1850. Life of Stephen A. Douglas Well informed Southern statesmen did not doubt that this ultra doctrine of their party would receive the authoritative sanction of that tribunal and the temporary scaffolding of popular sovereignty would then be summarily kicked aside. Life of Stephen A. Douglas |
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