The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-06-03

Hon. Fayette McMuen, OF Virginia, arrived in this city
on Friday last and took lodgings a. Browns hotel.
THE DEMOCRATIC POSITION ON THE SLAVERY
QUESTION.
abstract question of slavery has been the subject of
earnest and elaborate discussion in the different sections
OF the confederacy for many years but unable
discover any evidence advance towards agreement
betwxt the dsputans Those who opposed to slave
ny because they regard it immoral institution have
been convinced by the reasoning of those who main
tain that ii violates no moral obligation Christian duty
On the other hand the advocates of slavery legal and
moral institution have found nothing in the arguments of
its opponents weaken their original opinions AS to
whether the institution is moral or immoral, whether
it social political blessing evil the question is as
far from settlement it was when the discussion COM
menced Perhaps it would be strictly accurate to
say that the only effect of the discussion has been to
strengthen the original convictions of the conesting par
ties. The northern who educated to regard
slavery great moral and social wrong adheres to the
opinion with which he has grown up and which almost
an instinct Of his The southern who has been
familiar with the institution from his childhood and has
been taught from his earliest recollection to regard it
entirely consistent with morality and the teachings of the
Bible, still cherishes the sentiments. We think it
may be safely assumed that agreement OF opinion
the subject between northern and southern is an inn
possibility and in looking at the dangers involved in the
question: and in seeking for the Of avoiding those
dangers it is justabe to act upon the assumption that
all hope of ever eectng such agreement is impossible
If right in assuming that the North and the
South never harmonic the abstract subject of
slavery it follows that there be such things
tonal parties except upon the basis of an entire exclusion
of the subject from their political creed No mathemati
cal proposition is true than that the only basis of
party organization is an agreement amongst those who
enter into upon the subjects which they recognise be
longing to its creed They may differ widely is pos
sble to all subjects not embraced BY their party
creed but to be harmonious inside Of their organization
they must have sentiments and stand together
a common platform These truths will command ready
sent and they demonstrate the proposition that party
embracing members at the North and the South be
tonal harmonious in its organization which does not
exclude the question of slavery from its creed If northern
insist upon migrating upon their party creed the doc
rne that slavery is moral political evil they raise
nsuperabe barrier against harmonious association with
southern In like manner if southern insist on
making part Of their party creed that slavery is morally
and politically right they thereby off northern
from political association with them The necessary result
is that without liberation of differences of opinion
the abstract question Of slavery parties necessarily
tional and cannot possibly be national
The disagreement between the two sections as to
slavery which exists has existed from the beginning
of the government and Mt that time constituted of the
chief obstacles the formation Of constitutional union
1t resulted in compromise which intended to be
permanent rule for avoiding future dssensons between
the different sections of the confederacy The democratic
party bases its claim to nationality upon the fact that
whilst recognises the validity and obligatory character
Of the compromises of tho constitution it denies the fed
cr government any right to interfere with the question
of slavery beyond the instances specified in the
tutona compromises The action of the democrats in the
adoption Of the 1850 was based upon the prin
cple that Congress could rghtfuy intervene as to
slavery except in the matters expressly enumerated in the
constitution The act for the organization Of Kansas and
Nebraska based upon the principle of congress
sona nonntervenon and it is upon this principle alone
that any party be national that the federal Union
can be perpeuated As it may not be amss this time
to to the authentic position of the democratic party
the subject Of slavery, reproduce much of the
democratic platform embraces that position. We quote
from the last Baltimore resolutions:
90 That Congress has power the constitution
TO interfere with control the domestic institutions Of the
several States and that such States the proper
judges of everything appertainng to their affairs not
prohibited by the constitutions that all efforts of the abo
honsts or others made to induce Congress interfere with
questions of slavery to take ncpient steps relation
thereto, calculated to lead the alarming
dangerous consequences and that all such efforts
inevitable tendency to diminish happiness Of the people
and endanger the stability and Of the Union
and ought not to be by friend of po
cal Institutions.
Resoteed That the foregoing proposition covers
intended embrace the whole subject Of slavery agitation
Congress and therefore the democratic party of the
Union, standing this national platform will abide by and
adhere faithful execution of the acts known the
promise settled by the last Congress- tho for
claiming fugves from service labor included which
being designed out provision Of the
constitution cannot with fidelity thereto be repealed
changed as to destroy or impair it's efficiency.
Rssoieed, That the democratic party will resist all at
tempts renewing in Congress out the agitation Of
the slavery question under whatever shape color the
tempt may be made"
IPoRrASr pKcIslos.-Thc Cincinnati dsric, court not
very long since decided that broker who received
to sell, having suspicion that the endorsement
forgery net responsible the purchaser OF the