Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-10-02

SO IN h resolution they adopted tls Ken
lucky ind Virginia resolutions of 1893 a
: a part Of their political creed, aud tli
part Of their creed was brought forward I,
make the compromise part Of the platform
| aeeeplible 10 The north. The frb Ken
,nchy Resolution Of t7DS, (whicli lie til,
ea,ne In impor. and substance as tie thift
Virginia. and also Mr.. Manson n: report
1881 AFTER declaring that tile .revera
States are only united by coinpatt, goe'
on to state "And that this Geve5 nment
created by this compact, was nes made
the exclusive or final Judge Of The esten,
Of the rotter delegated to itself, si5,ee thu,
weuld have made is discretion, ihd mol
the Constitution, the measure Of Ia pow
er but that, az In all other cases. Of com.
pact among parties having no common
Judge. each party has aa e9uat ,ight to
tnagetor itself as ,eeN Of infringement
as ne mode and maaaef o redress"
II IL further stated IN the second res0lu.
ton, 'tlat the United States having dele.
gated to Congress a power 10 punish trea.
ron, coun,erfeiting the securities and cur.
rem, coin Of The United s,s,es, piracies
aud felcnies committed upon the high sras
and offences against the laws Of nations,
aaa no sher toase uhaterry and i. be.
ing true an n general prineiple--and one
Of The amendments Of the Constitution,
having uleo declared ,ha, the powers not
delegated TO the United States by the Con.
s,itu'ion, and no, prohibited by il to the
States, are reserved to tire States respect.
lively, or the people thereof"
Why was these resolutions considered
an essential part Of the democratic creed :.
We do not for once wish to have the
southern wing of the democracy think we
charge them with conniviog with aboli.
,ionists to obtain support for their caHdl.
date, but one thing is very apparent. the
platform Of the democrats is framed Of very
elastic stnif-so much 40 that 1t expands
when necessity requires Il, aud contract
to suit the views Of the most narrow minds
cd, III short, II is a platform suited OK;
aetly to the political .ricksters Of tho
North and the South, The avidity with
which both compromise men and anti
compromise men. northern aboli,ionis.s
aud southern states fights men can monnf
il, and act with sucl. seeming perfect con.
sistency proves this.
The secret lies in the deceptive face of
the document itself, and il any southern
man will reflect upon the whsle matter
with a mind unbiased he will zee that al.
ter endorsing the compromise acts, which
are a part Of the rights guaranteed to the
South by the Constituton-;that after
seemingly lulling southern apprehensions
on this subject they passed a; resolution
endorsing principles which are hostile to
any protection Of the South from the gen.
eral government, sanctioning agitation and
discussion upon the very topic from which
so much danger was unprecedented. II Ger
tainly seems strange that such men as the
VAN BuRENs, Burner. WlLMor, DIX and
a host Of other influential aud uncompro-
missing abolitionists can with consistency
support the nominee of the great so call
ed national party without some means by
which TO carry nj their most cherished
prineiples--and the secret door by which
they a come in to the support Of the man
whoa they know will symEa.hise with
them is found ia the above referred To res.
olutions-which are equivalent to an ex-
pressed declaration that the offenders
against the fugitive slave law cannot be
reached by any constitutional means, that
offence not being enumerated in the ar
resolutions which thu democracy
have seen tt to adopt as = part Of their
creed.
Let the Southern STAKEHOLDER reflect np-
on this creed Of the democracy let Ism
consider whether the fngi,iye slave law
is sufficient for him to obtain his rights.
II is all that Congress can do to maintain
it.-Let him. consider whether he is vii.
ling to have its efficiency Impaired. Let
him remember that Congress can only en-
laws. aud depends solely upon the
States for successful cooperation 10 carry
them into effect. Under such a platform
Of principles what has the South tn ex-
pect from the elevation Of Gen. PIEEcE to
the presidency-nothing BUT strict and
detrimental 10 the whole SDuth.
But on the other hand, what is the case in
elevation Of Gen. ScoTr to the presi-
dency. be i bound By all The ties which
bind the wing party together to resist all
aggiiatson upon the subject Of slavery He
was born in the South, reared abder
institutions. by education hs!i has
70 consider slavery is 4 social tie.
and by al his avowed acts and declarations
= bound 70 support hs rights Of tic
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