Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-09-08


The Legislature of Georgia. briefly and dis
tinctly, but with sufficient comprehensiveness
defined the Southern grannl with regard 10 Ter
ritories. when they declared that il consisted II
"fhe right OF each and erery citizen Of a STATE
10 reside Nth his property, Of Gerry description.
,sitlin any Territory Of the United States. -
Does the Cincinnati platform aekn pwledge this
right 1, does rot II simply recognizes =" The
right Of the people of all the Territories TO form
a constitutions. with or without slavery" thus
merely itersting principle established in the
legislation of 1850. The precedent and para
mount question of whether the STAKEHOLDER may
go into Territory with his slaves aud there pos
sess and use them prior 10 the framing and adop-
ton Of a constitution was shifked by the con
vention Not so. however. with their candidate
Mr. Buchanan He has left Us in no doubt
10 his views Of this natter la the case of q
Territory where slavery does not exist. he has
declared thst ii canne, 60 there, except by author
ity of some competent Legislative body. This
vas his opinion in regard to California, and
of course, be holds il as TO all other Terri.
tories similarly situated. As 10 Territory
where slavery already exists he holds tint
the people thereof have the same right a>
those Of State to declare thn, it shall no longer
exist. Maniiesiy if slavery does not exist in n
Territory when the people come 10 form their
State constitution, il never will exist there
There never has been an exception 10 this rule,
and we hazard nothing in saying there never will
be. The surest of all modes Of keeping slavery
out of the States is to keep it out of the Terrific
ries. Mr.. Buchanans specific for doing this,
first. isto establish as principle Of law that
slavery cannot 60 into FREQ Territory, by any
possible contryance, until authority by law
has been granted and. second, in Territory
where slavery arendy exists 10 acknowledge the
right of the inhabitants to abolish it, These
ARE the positions Of the Democratic candidate
for the Presidency. He denies that the Censti-
tuition of the United States carries Slavery with
it. as one of The institutions Of tho country. and
protects and defends it until abolished by those
who have the right. Now, we deliberately eS-
press the conviction that eiectual meth
cd could be devised TO make free States Of all
the Territories than this. If the STAKEHOLDER
cannot 60 into FREQ Territory. of necessity that
Territory will remain free and become II free
State. II he can only gointo n slave Territory
under tho condition TINT the people residing
there shall have authority TO take awnv his right
to hold slaves, ho will not go there Mt all. The
consequence inevitably would be that when II
Territory shall have acquired population suli
cieni TO do the only thing tho Democratic plat
form gives its people permission to do; wiz J to
to frame constitution either establishing or for
bidding slavery, il would be found that there were
either no Shareholders there at all. or So few ms
TO have no weight in fixing the organic law of tho
State. Such FREQ sellers ms the Van Burons,
Dix, Cochrane, Reeder and others SEQ this and
and therefore support Mr.. buchanan the mos,
certain means Of preventing the admission of
any moro slave States into the Union. With "A
candidate holding these views, and with plat-
form tina, totally ignores this vital question, the
Democratic party have the hardihood to claim
Southern support an .he efrontcry To impeach
the fidelity To the South OF all who refuse to Goa.
lessee with them.