Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-08-25
From tie Caroliaian.
Neutrality-suspicious..

The Signs are increasing every day of
the determination of the Democratic par
ty North to discard from their political
creed the, doctrines of the Wilmot Proyi.
So and to adopt the constitutional princi-
pie ot strict n0n-interferencc upon the
slavery question. Speaking of the letter
OF Gen. Cass, embracing this wholesome
doctrine, the Goshen, New York, Repub
lican says:
'SThis letter IL the ablest and soundest
political document we have seen from any
quarter Since the days of Gen. Jackson.
We arc not without hope that it will have
an influence for good upon the Dcmoclat-
ic Cancellation Convent bout to be
held in, this State"
The Pittsburg Post says:
"To assume that Congress has the pow
or to establish Slax,y schre 1t does moi c.r-
'st only makes the converse of the prop
osition true, that Congress have the pow
or to ABOLISH Slo@cry uherc ii does c.risf.
The true policy for the Federal Gov crn-
mcnt to pursue is to let the question of
slavery alone, and permit the States
where it exists to regulate it to suit them
selves. 70 this doctrine no considerable
portion of the South will object"
The Pennsylvania, the leading Demo
cratic paper in the State, in conclusion of
long article upon the subject, says:
''For our own part, we shall stand fast
to the Constitution and to the Union and
we believe the first can only be saved from
perversion, as the last from ultimate and
total destruction by ciinging steadily TO
the great principle of NoN-INrERvENTIoN
ON the slave question, and by opposing
the intrigucs of those who arc banded foes,
either openly or secretly, of both the Con
stitution and the Union.
The Banior (Nainc) Democrat, speak
ing OF non-intervention as principle re-
ceognised by tho Democrats of the Lcgis-
laturc ofthat State, says:
"The last RESOLUTION passed by the
Democrats of the Maine Legislature,
touching the slavery question, is in favor
OF federation, and against utcrpolating
abolitionism into the Democratic creed"
But what strikes us as very singular is
the following from the st. Louis Union,
Col, Benton's leading organ, upon the
subject of the Proviso. While fccbly
maintaining the right Of Congress to leg
islatc, it holds the following language:
"lf proyiso should ever be passed,
applying to these territories, it would be
no ways binding on the people in forming
their State Goyenments-fo If they
choose to incorporate slavery in their
State governments, they would have a
right so to do. AS, therefore, no Demo
crat thinks that a proviso of any kind, for
or against slavery, passed by Congress IN
regard to the territory, could have any
binding forced pcrpctually on the people,
but should be subject to any alteration
they thought proper to make when their
State Constitution should be adopted, IL
cannot 5e necessary. for such an abstraction,
asStis i,a tse 1oreseat case, to be insisted on,
aohea TIE Union may DC endangered by so
doing. For oar Mericop territories tits
not only achoNy UNNECESSARY AND 1NEx-
PEDIENT, BUT is POSITIVELY MIscHIEyoUs
IN IT'S EFFEcTs UPON THE HARMONY OF
THE UNION 70 LEGIsLATE ON SLAVERY"
og The above are few of the Democrat
ic expressions in regard to the slavery
question; and we are strongly induced to
3 believe that the Proviso viii be abandon
p ed by the whole party, If so, it will
scarcely pass Congress, provided South
8 crn Wings are true, as doubtless they will
be, to the interests of their constituency.
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