Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-06-13
THE ABOLITION PRESS ON THE DEMO
CRATIC PLATFORM

THE ABOLITION PRESS ON THE DEMO-
CRATIC PLATFORM.
lFrrm the Chicago Tribune
PRO-SLAYERY PLATFORM-GEORGA WINS TIE
DAY
With the exception of single plank in the Plat.
form which has been erected by the Pro-SIavery pur
ty in Cincinnati. there ia nothing ~ attract attention
or excite surprise. The Baltimore Platform of 1913
and 1852 has been re adopted with various supple
mentary clauses, among which we find the following
that may be considered the very latest progression
of the progressive Democracy:
RssO!rrd That we .n:c the right OF the people OF
all The Territories including Kar.a. n Nebraska acting
through The legally and fairly expressed will OF mory
| Of actual residents, and WHENEVER TIE HUMRER OF
THEIR iNHARirANTS JuSTlFlt:S 1T, 10 firm Cons
| tuon WITH OR WITHOUT DOMESTIC SLAVERY,
aud be admitted into rhe Union upon terms OF perfect
| equality with other States "
| This is most artfmy and mganousIy framed
While il seems o affirm the Northern construction of
the hansas-Nebraska BILL it is II direct nnd un.luvn-
cal endorsement of the South Carolina and Georgia
dogma-"Savery may gn wherever the American
tiHg goes IL an assertion that there ~ power
III III" Legislature Of Territory 10 prohibit Slavery.
Mark the language: 'the right of the people, when
ever the number o! inhabitants iuStiti-s IT, 10 form
Constitution with or without slavery'-nad not nath
ftrn That is the emooiim-n oi Ca!h"uni-m; it is
the voice at the Nulliiers il is the faith OF the
legality ot Slavery. The power of the people of
Territory to form r.ur-iirurion when the number
of iuhaetants jusies i, nobody qu-> The dis.
pute IL about the power rf the Territorial Leg g-aure
or of Congress 10 prohibit Slavery while the Territo-
ry is yet in is infancy. The Democracy have here
toiore, ut least up the passage OF the Nebraska
bill held the opinions of ]rtrson aud the Fathers.
on this point. Gradually they have be III civ n way
before the domauds uf the Suth; and mud the
party placed on radical pro.savcry ground. Rcsolu
lIputip N fbI,fh i'm Ian
guaGe which passed the South Caronn and Georgia
State Conventions, are the bases 4" The one we quote
When Georgia aud South Carolina spoke, they de.
clared that The National Convention must come up I"
their marx or their Delegates would Withdraw. That
they ars yet in the Convention, and that they voted
for the plank 10 which Refer are proofs that they
saristrd-ihat the Convention has accedrd all
that their constituents instructed them 10 demand.
From tic Albany Journal.
But while Mr.. BrCHAS.S is Indebted 10 tho mad
ness and folly Of Pierce, Duuglas, Gushing, &c., for
Ills nomination, he is scarcely less ubnnXGnu- 10 Re-.
publcans than Gen. Plerce Senator Douglas. IL
was simply his good fortune 10 be out "f this EN-
broimeur. Had he been nj home he would hav.
been what he was rs ready and rs plant Kan
sas instrument was Gen. Cnss. His whole public
life has been series uf sacrifices to Party Hu was
never true even To Pennsyvania when Party de.
mandei the abandonment of her Interests. In Mr..
BUCHANAN the South would get just what Slavery
had in Franklin Pierce. Thrr, is no difference
shade u! Iiiierercr in the Duughace tribe
Slavery, having used up Franklin Pierce in pass
ing Fugitive Slave Lave and Repeating Missouri
Compromises, requires new man for s next aggres.
sIUls. With Mr.. BUCHANAN, the past Is guaranty
for the future. He would Not dlsnppont them
They viii support him for reasons thar impose upon
reemsn the strongest and sternest obligation To op-
pose aud defeat hun.
From the New York Courier and Enquirerl
Mr.. Buchanans endorseIn"ut of the Nebraska
Kansas inquity has n-t lis reward, and hc ID the
duly nominated candidate of his party iur the highest
office in the gift of the people. lie stands purged oi
all regret for the destruction Of the Missouri CunprU
mise, and is the accepted champion of the slavery
prnpsgandist From the start he the tavnrIte oi
Virginia. the most sealnGs of The STA Tor slavery
extension, and received its unbrokeu vote in every
ballotiug The State which four years ago hti
the huu"r Of Hrst presenting Franklin Pierce IN The
Cuiv niinn and pressing hun through To his final mo-
mngtIun has now the honor OF carrying james Buc-
bannn to the same position. Virginia understands
her nnn quite as well rs SHE did then. Say what
may OF the politicians OF that Stale in other re-
specS, they certainly have the faculty "f discrim
nution. They know athe men who can and will
serve them, and you never hear vi their being be-
| truyed. Their selection os Franklin Pierce ex-
| cited little surprise at first, both North and
South, but has not his submission to Nirgna's ine.
rests aud seiLlrnts Justified her sagacity III the
choice OF her Instrument! VINO suppuSrs that Eir.
giua Ia moi just As much devoted 10 Ih- prupa
CATION of slavery she was then, az thar She con
slider, il any tho less Necessary to have the
Presidential Chair who shall be subservrnt 10 her
policy! The tone of her public press shows that she
was never more fanatca up'n the subject ut slave
~ than at this very day. Can It he supposed then
that Virginia wuGid have sent franklin Pierce back
TO New Hampsh had she not known full well thar
another Franklin Pierce ready for her in Penn.
syiyS.:as Can it he imagined that she wishes in.
augGrnte u different policy from that which Prcsl-
! dent Pierce las pursued! Was it not a certainty
that that policy would be con,naed which prompted
| her to give that aid 10 Mr. Buchanan which finaly
effected his nominatunl Mr.. Buchanan in his speech
es after his return from England put himself com.
plrtey at tho service OF the Snuh and his service Is
accepted. Ii elected President, his task will simply
he to ullow in the foot steps OF hs ilustrious pre-
decessor."
james Buchanan, with his iaoile disposition, would
be all that Franklin Pieroe has been the subject
| of slavery Even were he inclined otherwise the
predominant poMer Of the South III his party, would
compel him to take this character His support will
cuino almost entirely from the slave holding States,
and his whoe public existeuce will depend Oh sub
mittng implicitly to their demands. In accepting
the nomination, he accepts the sentiments Of the plat
form respecting "treasun and armed resistance to the
law in the territories" and takes upon himself the
work OF carrying out the persecution Of the free
State men, lust the task of prosecuting tho chris
iausdev"lved from one Roman emperor upon another
Franklin Pierce is TO be III office only nine months
more: aud, diligent may be the made oi hun
during that tinr II is hardly probable that IL will SUI.
flee consumnate the business at making Kansas
Slave State; even if It I.nuld, Nebraska would still
remain open To the s.rnu system of operations. Sn
| far as rc.aril slavery, The succession under Mr.
Buchanan wnud be just rs truly sequel ot the pre-.
sent trs-nlenti term, rs would be second term o
J EranShu Pierce.
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