Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-11-01
JUDGE DOUGLAS, posnn-a

~ give US sincere pleasure (says tbo n.
Enquirer) to publish the following Letter. Nehnop
Hghtened Virginian, democrat well b. .'O'n an en-,
party in Virginia, and fully acquainted W.. Ode
with Judge Douglas opinions. It will w eel Sure
the manly and able Senator from uniro;. seen that
position of soundness on the slavery Occupiea
must be. satisfactory to patriots and iSuOn, That
Constitution and Union every where S' Of The
should be warmly greeted by the Soutb, '4 naa
all parties. instead of receiving their RES
Citations. This is particularly desirable DN Cenun,
from the Chicago papers that the Aboit;a we lean
sought by every means in their Dover 70 have
degrade him, and, not content with b.r: 0u1 and
and armed rutfians and DULLES to insult bSe ultd
prevent his being heard, have employed "da
aid them. The Chicago Times saws unSnoh
employed and brought hither Fred DouoI.agy Nave
gro, to aid them, and sent him to AurOro = ~e he
the express purpose of insulting Judpa n!N
We much mistake the character of o,r -. usas
they do not entirely condemn this last l1elsf
outrage upon Senator Douglas. There oro l'ed
decences and proprieties of life, which NJ AN 'aN
of political sentiment, will justify an inra.:
And we do think the employment of a negro N,'uG.
low and insult gentleman who heretofora -, "'
has enjoyed the personal respect of all n.ss NaH
Illinois, will not be sanctioned, nor will if mo-
buked. 'e
To the Editors Of the Enquirer: 1904
GENTLEMEN have just seen in the Cbics,o
nal an article from the Richmond Whi"s 10Qr,
msrepresenting Judge Douglas attitude +, fsIO%!
people of Illinois and placing him in false no,
before the South 1t is matter of regret that n.s
tizan warfare should be conducted upon nrin 'a P'
so little fairness, and with spirit ofsucb bpSd
and that the devoted victim of aholitionia
cism and the fearless advocate and deendor aad'
Constitutional rights of the South should hoo VI me
and this too by the very men he has soncbt
tect, of succumbing to abolition sentiment U-R Eg
he has always combatted AID for which he has .a9
the undying hostility of this unprinciped and r
less faction. leCA'
For the purpose of correcting the unjust imr,.-
sions created by the Wing, will give vo, Ila
my idea of the position occupied by judge Dornn
as derived from such of his speeches as has
Gently heard in this State He did not ;ntrJaIe
Nebraska bill for the purpose of either extenna
limiting slavery, but with the view of CARVING oU
great principle which he considered right IN 5,E
and which should be applied everywhere, in tbe -.
ganization of all territories and in The a5;
sion of all new States That principle is AZ rat3
in the Nebraska BILL to leave the peonIp of F ast
State and Territory entirely free to form and rpj
their domestic institutions and internal conce1nSn
their own way, subject only to the Constitgtjor of
the United States. He argues that the riobt on E
part of Congress to prohibit slavery on the side of
geographical line implies the existence of the now
to establish it The other side Of the same line and
in this connection he may have asked the Question
stated by the Wing, ' Is there any one here VIII
ling to legisate slavery South of the line" BIt
certainly his whole argument was directed aq.iDs
the propriety and right of Congress to interfere with
the subject of slavery anywhere, BY prohibiting or
establishing it on either side of Sc deg. 80 min.
He does not make his advocacy of the principle de-
pend upon the fact whether those territories will he
free slave States, for he maintains the doctrine
boldly and unquafiedy, that if the people want sa
very, they have right to it under the constitution:
and if they do not want it. no power on earth has
right to force it on them. What his private opn-
ions are in regard to slavery, social and moral
question, | have no means of knowing for in the
various speeches l have heard him make he has
never alluded to that point His position fs that
every territory, when admitted AS State, has the
right to come into the Union with slavery OR with
out it, the people shall decide in their cOnsttut
ion, and that Congress has no power to impose any
condition or restriction on any State which the
Constitution has not imposed on all of the States.
He defends the Fugitive Slave Law on all occasions
and insists upon faithful performance Of all the Oh
legations imposed by the Constitution.
IF the Wing has admired the conduct of Judge
Douglas in his defence of our constitutional righSm
the Senate of the United States, that admiration
would nave Deen increased thousand 1Old nau !.
witnessed his gallant and noble bearing when con-
fronted by the abotionsts. Every Legitimate YEA
pom at his command has been welded for the de,
Strucion of their influence and their power Instead
of quailing before them, he has dashed them witha
lash of scorpions. His avelin has pierced the bow
els of the reptiles. Between him and them there
no community of interest or feeling and never canbe
He loves the Union; they regard it as compact
with hell He reveres the Constitution OF our faith
ers; they contemn and spit upon it. He is nation
al in every thought and feeling, knowing no North
or South no East or West, but only his whole cOun,
try, one and indivisible. They are consPiratoFS
against law, order, and the Constitution, and have
no other ambition than to dcspoil glorious flag
and trampe its tattered fragments under their fGe
Strike him down and they will shoot up around MS
fallen body with all the rank luxuriance and RAPID
ity of noxious weeds. Give him generous supper
and they will sink away from him as the coward,
jackals that creep and crawl from the presence O
the lion the majesty of whose very countenance a0
hes them.
Yours truly, VlRGlNlAN'
BIrz-GREENE HALLECK. The last number OF Ihs