The true Democrat., 1856-05-20

1u'ions' M that Tn the people ali power is vested. ns great princlple of popular sovereignty lays at tue very oase of our government. This ia the corner stone of the buiding-the Corin- thlah pillar that upholds the proud fabric. and denial of this right to the settlers of the terrltorles would at once be a subversion of she principles that make mp and compose the irame-work of the American government.
 however, notwithstanding the Philadelphia convention of June, '55, pretermitted an ex. posS'on oi opinion upon this subject, yet, the psoA Ai' So lar as that question extended, was anic'e"'iS broad for the south to stand upon.
 o' 'N :" 'u"'eqoeht convention, holden at the s",no P."'1, U" the 2lSt of Febuary of the P'oo0n' l"i' resolution was introduced and conditional repeal of the Missouri and If efforts to that end should fa; Con greSs shall refuse to admit into the Union any State toleratlng slavery which shall be formed out ot the territory from which that ipstitu. ton was excluded by that compromise"
 m all sincerity, the question is propounded to the southern people, how can you stand upon so oail serous and Insecure platform as this? Does It not strike at the very loot of the in- stltutlon of slavery? To the citizens of Ar kansas ti1 thlS Is deeply interesting question: hs territory of Kansas lies upon our north WeSt-eNclude slavery from her domain. admit ne' i!''o the Union as free State, and human foresight cannot depict the evils that will result to our institutions from so fatal a policy.
 Inese leIlow cltlzens are some of the evils that hho" NothlnglSm would inflict upon the country. le Is Tor you, at the ballot box to say, whether this most unhalowed crusade shall go unrebuked or not The only element capable of checking the tide of inlatuation and intolerance ia l al IL Is to be found In the conservatism of the demo cratic party. It has tested the gold and dis covered the alloy.
 It Is true that Know Nottingham has taken from the ranks of the democratic party, indi- NduaIS from whom we had expected better thihgS; such we are disposed to welcome back; put Tor hlm, who has even been a subordinate ieaoer, We nave no pleasing anticipations- hls baseness Is without excuSe-for his treason thee is no pardon. The party may at all times well dispense with such men, Having sown the wind, let them reap the whirwind- Should they desire to return like the prodigal son, after feeding on the husks and garbage of dlsordered politics, though all that is in the house should of right belong to the elder broth CT who has remained faithful to his father let them be receved For the lesson and the example may be beneficial The nasuea and uis2ust they nave eXperlenced may possibly have purified their veins, and eliminated the virus of their political constitutions Be this as 1t may, the combined forces of frenzcd fac tons and factious fanatics will, in their next encounter, meet determined and resolute re- sistance-reslstance from party whose prin- clples can never die-cternal and omnipotent always battling against privilege and tyran- ny, whether in despotlsm, an autocracy, q monarchy or a republc-true to the people, and the cause of the people-sustaining and supporting them in their rights and never de- serting them until they become false to them selves. Respectfully,
 JOHN. S. ROANE, 1 DAVID w. CARROL,
 l.. B. LUCKIE i Pine Bluf dark, May 3, 1856