The true Democrat., 1855-08-07
Know Nothing Platform Rejected
 by Illinois Know Nothings.

The State of Illinois has always been one of the most reliable States, upon the subject of slavery in the north, and yet the know nothngS there cannot procure enough members nntalnt- ed with abolitonism, to adopt the milk and cider Philadelphia platform. They, strong in their abolitionism, reject the platform because 1t does not acknowledge the power oi Congress to legislate upon the subject of slavery in the District of Columbia and the Territories The following, in regard to their action, we take from the St. Louis Intclligenccr:
 "THE ILLINOIS KNow NoTHIxGs-The Illi- nois State convention of the know nothings had it's session at Chicago on the lO.h inst. The principal business before them was the approval or disapprova of the action of their delegates at Philadelphia A very streneous effort was made to secure the adoption of the Philadelphia plat form bnt it was defeated by large majority A series of resolutions was adopted, denouncng the repeal of tie Missouri compromise, and de caring that in all future political contests they would require from their candi latcs distinct and unequivocal pledges upon this subject. They also assert the power of Congress to legislate on the subject of slavery in the Territories and the District of Columbia"
 The know nothings are truly unlortunate.- i Their half way coursc--thoir tcmporislng, shuf- fling, evasive policy, upon the question of sla very has suited neither their friends in the south, nor their abolition allies in the north. By pas sing by the main issue between the north and the south--that is, by prste'mstting on expression of opinion upon he pocer gf Congress Co legis'ate upon tue subject cf slarery n fhe le,7rtries-they ! have destroyed themselves both north and south. i True southern mcn-indeed the true Union pie, that Congress has no power over the sub ject of slavery except the power of enacting and enforcing law for the recovery of fugitive slaves This is the southern doctrne-it is the doctrine of tho national democratic party-it is the doctrine of the consttution and the south will never submit to departure from it, The know nothings cannot sustain themselves south because they have not laid down in their plat form, in plain language, that Congress has nC right to interfere wih slauery jn the territories
 The aboitionists north, who control the order in the free States, are equally dissatisfied with the know nothing platform. They reject it because it does not acAnoc1a{ge the power o Congress over slavery in the territories. They claim that Congress has the power to abolisl slavery in any territory. They are therefore dissatisfied with the platform too.
 And thus it is with the know nothings. II trying to satisfy the free soilers of the north they have lost all claims to respect in the south and in bidding for southern votes, they have alienated themselves from the north. They have destroyed themselves both north and south They are neither one thing or another-thei position cannot be dcfil ed-they have omitted passed over, expressly pretermaited the only ques tion the country desired them to decide.
 They acknowledge the existence of Su preme Being-they prescribe Catholics on ac count of their religion-they denounce foreign CTS; but upon the great question of the day the question of slavery--the question that in wolves the existence of the Union, they preter init any expression cf opinion.
 Will such party be long tolerated in tn, Republic? The answer is plain, it will not.
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 or The reliable Washington correspondent of the Journal of Commerce, in late letter t, that paper says: "The most important sugges ton that have heard of coming from foreigl and autbenthentic sources, in respect to the war is that the Emperor Napoleon is playing sure game. He can afford to be beaten in the Cri mea, and even then to make peace with Rus sia, without increasing his danger at home, by taking possession of Constantinope; and this he is doing He is building permanent fortif cations at and near Constantnople, and making every necessary preparation for taking care o the sick man. This view of his policy is con frmed by representations from our legation a Constantinople as a guarantee against the en croachments of Russia, and this he relies upor as mode satisfactory to the French people O terminating the war. England may yet have occasion to regret that she refused the overture made by the late Czar Nicholas to Sir Mam ton Seymour, for consultation upon the pro. l ,,or ooda If tokipo o,ro of tba sick