The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-08-11
FELICIANA DEMOCRAT.
Southern Platform with Northern PRINCIPLES.


We have have heard the know nothings ex.
tolling in the highest terms, the national know
nothing platform adopted ut Philadelphia, all
the kdow nothing papers hold it up as true to
the south, and the Louisiana know nothing
state council at New Orleans has ratified and
adopted 1t as the sense Of the know nothinga
Of Louisiana. In oil this it wonld seem that
fatal madness and dcplorable blindness had
seized upon. the know nothing fanatics Of the
south, and swept from their minds, not only
every sense Of sclfrcspect and security, but
every feeling Of honor and justice to the south.
Tho notorious John P. Hale, was asked
what he intended to effect by know nottingham,
he replied that he Intended to dbblsionisc TIC
South, with it, and he rouM do IT.; and now
what is the first step towards this bold design?
We find a national ls,o,o nothing convention
assembled at Philadelphia, ssery southern state
was represented in that convention, thirteen
northern states, seeded from the convention
mainly because 1t would not agree to the re-
peal Of fugitive slave law; the formation and
adoption Of the platform was therefore left
with the Fifteen southern states and three free
states, the platform therefore ought to have
been pYrfly southern. Is it SO The shameful
and disg I0ceful truth is, that it is almost pure
~ northern, betrayal Of oil that is just and
dear to the south! @
That platform declares that t,cxpresscs NO
OPINION as to the POWER. OFsCON-
\ GRESS TO LEGISLATE UPON THE
SUBJECT OF SLAVERY NTHE TER
RITORIES. This declaration is clear and
explicit, the words used are pnErRnMrrrrxc
ANY EXPRESSION OF OPINION" on that vital
question, but in poor, pitiful bcggarlys ubscr-
Went, whincs out that Congoess OUGHT
NOT to hgislatc on the subject Of siarery in tie
territories" &C., this is the boosted southern
ism Of the national know nothing platform
adopted by southern states and three free
states; OUGHT NOTs,' how very humble and
obscquious? Oh! masters, you ought nat to
treat us so! Why did they not conc out bold
~, and as true southern men, rs the fearless
democracy, and proclaim alond, from ono end
of the republic to the Other that CONGRESS-
HAS NO POWER TO LEclsLArE UPON THE srB-
JEcT OF SLAVERY Is THE TERRITORIES; that is the
high southern grounds, the democratic grouud,
the constitutional ground. OuGnr NOT" Yc
southern know nothings, call upon the noun
tains to hide yon in your secret dens, or the
ront- IN fall nd crucl, int all;
ion for ever You have said to the northern
know nothing ionists:-Brethrcn
what you please, and do what you please as to
lcgisating upon slavery in the territories, WE
have no opinion 10 cypress on that subject, all
that we can say to you dear brothers, is-don't
do it, We pray yon; cause why, You ought not.
Oh, mol Please don't.
What is the next step? Why, two of the
most notorious southern delegates, Kenneth
Raynor, Of N. G. and Neal s. Brown Ex-Gov
Of Tenncssccyopenly declared in Philadelphia,
and N. York, that this national platform was
not pro-slarery. Tho very first speech made
in ratification meeting in Phila., was by Elk
Gov Brown of Tenn who ayowed and declared
that that platform ,pas mol PRo.sLAyERY," by
this declaration, yielding more fully and dcci-
dcdly to the claims of frcc-soism, in the terri
tories through congressional legislation.
The next step comes moro directly home to
us, one of the Louisiana delegates to congress,
Mr.. Hunt rvolcd against the passage of the
Kansas Nebraska bill, and that bill, fully de-
mics to Congress, the popcr to legislate on
slavery in the territories; the know nothings
of Mr.. HIS district have rc-nomnated him for
Congress, who, If elected, will go acih The mortA
inrepealing that bill, thus endorsing the north
crn sentiment Of free soil and no mare slarc
states.
Truly is the notorious Mr.. Hale, rapidly ac-
complishing his design of abolitionisiag The
south, By means Of KNOW NoTHINcIsM.
In yielding tho great principle Of NoS-INTER
vESrloN, by congress, on the question of slave
ry, the south yields every thing, and when she
is forced to give itup, the union can no longer
be preserved, indeed it would not be worth