Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-07-08

can and will, With no violence TO the
whig platform, be asked and urged
upon Congress and elsewhere by the
frees bill rs and abolitionists. Til 5 is
II ue, ana we defy proof to the c On-
trary Seeing there is no safety In
Dope hdi Ing on the whig platform, We
ask the " big party Of the South to
come to I'll +e support Of the only hope
left thd m4 the GLORIOUS, the bro d,
tile { bill the complete, the unequiF o-
Cd i, the M tiopal platform Of the de-
M ocr ati b Iarty. Particular attention
is as ke4 t b three resolutions ID tlflt.
platform, commencing with th + 8 To.
Notice the words, f'Congress has no
powell to interfere with or control
Il lie d ON estic insdtutions of the Sc We
raj States -.all efforts to induce
Cong ress to interfere or eto takd
incipfent steps in relation to the qqes7
ton Of slavery by aboIitionists or
others, is dangerous will diminish
the happiness Of the people, and
@dnd anger the stability and Rorlt,a-
nanqy Of the Union, and ought not
to be eountena need BY any fri end Of
our political institutions Co ld
words be made to express NOR fully
a de- termination to stop all agEtati ion
Of the slavery Que tion, in eyerF e rm
ana shape the ingenuity of til mOst
SC heming abolitia mist could devise?
Can the shadow Of such p sitioll
be found i'll Il / Wing PLATFORM We
assert, most ppsitiVely-R9i But to
m hl4e it more complete, if. possible,
when d The subject Of the Comp ronlise
is approached, the, dem ocrati b plat
form ays, ST e fpregoing prop psiti ion
co 4rY and was intended TO embrace
thR Mhp Ole subject of the slave ~ agi-
tail pni IN Consra4#s, . aad in Ii is way,
the |d4mocratic party have placed the
cap Stone to the building-thR b. can
not AID they VIII not count enance
an dgitatioh Of the slavery az estion.
Their adhesion to, and adoption OF,
the fhality oi the Comprol hise, is
too pEinly set fdrthin the res Plation
to nead one word OF comment; and
we Only ask attention toit, It may
be fbdnd at the conclusion Of this
arti@la. We.Iy not taunt. oar whig
friends with in redulity, aftd T they
shall have ftirly exami med the sub
ject7 latter contrasting the position
Of file platforms on t he subject Of
the slavery question. Fir st, We give
that Of the wings, which IS embraced
in tfldfollowing resolutiJ n:
.$. 1.-THE serie Is of acts Of the 31st
ConSrfss, CO monly kil o#n as the
c0nprSmise or adjustme emf, (the act
for thH recovery Of ,fugitiyes from
labor Hncluded,) are receiy ed and ac-
quieb ced in by the wings Of the
United States us final settlement,
in pr nciple and substaa &c, Of the
sul6bcts to which they re late; and,
so tIr bs these acts are con cerned, we
will maintain them, and insist on
theif strict enforcement, until time
and experience shall demonstrate the
necessity of further legislation to
to GUARD against4he evasion of the
laws oh the one hand, and the abuse
Of their powers on the other-not
impaiIfng their present efficiency to
carry out the requirements of the
consti tutioa; and we deprecate all
furtlef agitation Of the questions
thus settled, as dangerous to our
peace, and will diseountenance all ei-
forts to continue or renew such agita-
ton, whenever, wherever, or however
made; and We viii maintain this set
Element as essential to the rationale
ty Of the WI big party and the. integ-
rityIofthe Union"
Now rea q the democratic, as set
forth in the following resolutions:
20. That Congress has no power
under the constitution to interfere
with or con rol the domestic institu-
tions of tho several States, and that
such States are the sole and proper
judges of everything appertaining
to their own affairs, not prohibited
by the cons titution; that all efforts
Of the abofiionists or others made
to induce G pngress to interfere with
of slavery. or to take in