"Squatter Sovereignty."Milledgeville, Georgia, Federal Union [Democratic](18 April 1854)
We see a disposition in some quarters of
the Democratic party to discuss the
question of Squatter Sovereignty as applied to
the Nebraska Bill. We see no use in raising
the issue at this time. It can do no good,
while it may occasion much evil to the
Democratic party. Some profess to support the
Nebraska Bill because the doctrine of
Squatter Sovereignty is embodied in it, others
support it because the doctrine is not
admitted in the bill. If the bill is a good
one and suits all parties, why should we
quarrel about a provision which is both
admitted and denied --- why peril the bill by an
unnecessary dispute as to some supposed
admission or denial of a doctrine? We
depreciate all discussion at present, as useless
and provocative of controversies that can
only end in hurt. As for ourselves, we are
prepared, whenever the issue arises, to
maintain our position, as we have always
heretofore; that is against the Squatter
Sovereignty doctrine, giving to our Democratic
brethren who may differ with us, the
right to whatever opinion they prefer on the
subject, and the use of our columns for
expressing the same.
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