Daily American organ., 1856-04-03

II wave anu breaker proudly SCOrnInp. f5l.r.y
Heeding not the binding spray,
Nor the stormy petrefs warning.
/ Above the storm the song we swell aAit
Portl port good cheerl all's well, all's we'll
Fairly Cornered.
| The Nashville (Tennessee) Patriot, (Ameri-
can,) has recently discussed with the Union
and American (AntD of that place, the rela
tive merits of the old and new American plat
forms, and the Kansas Nebraska act, in which
discussion the Patriot has beautifully cornered
its opponent. The result Of the discussion il
found in the following dialogue between tho
two journals, admirably framed by the Patriot,
IN which the Union and American (inappro-
pirate names for an administration paper) is
made to sustain the principles of the new M
FORM Here is the dialogpAATFORM
Tbo raaa afia "A american, of Wednesday I.s.. /,
~ apticle devoted to the task of proving that the
,aew iss .ot 80 good the old American platform,
so far as the subject of slavery is concerned, says
"The Patriot thinks the new platform as good
as the old-the 7th section as good as the 18th
How can this be, in view of the fact that the new
platform Is compromise between those who OPP
posed and those who favored the old onef"
The interrogatory is to the point, neghbor, and
we must place you in the stand to answer 1t for
us. This course will save us unnecessary trouble,
and furnish the information you wish to elicit We
will interrogate, and you answer: 1NH yn
Question by the Patriot Tell us, neighbor of
the Union and American, what you think Of the
18th section of the American platform, adopted in
June, 1865? N
Answer by the Union and American. We eI-
pressed our opinion very decidedly ON the 26th OF
June last. We declared that it expressly pre-
cf
er of Congress to establish prohibit slavery in
any Territory, contenting itself with the weak and
.wshy- -washy expression that Congress ought not
to interfere with slavery in the Territories" We
said further that the convention "thus refused to
sanction the principle of the Nebraska bill"
Question. You regard the : principle OF the
| Nebraska BILL" then, as more favorable to South
ern interests than the 18th sectionf
Answer. Certainly If we did not, why would
| we have made the comment just cited?
Question. What do you understand to be !" the
| principle of the Nebraska bill ?"
Answer The principle of non-intervention
on the subject of slavery /" and moreover ~ we
| remarked on the l4th of September, 1854, we re-
gard this principle as the test OF Democratic
soundness everywhere"
Question. We wish to hear your views more at
length touching that princple? 9te
/ Answer. We refer you to our comments upon
the Nebraska bill, on the 18th of March, 1854
| You will find that we then said" we believe that
4 the bill declares the only true non-intervention
doctrine. 1t says to the people OF the Territories
| Just what the SoUrH has FIR years asked Congress
to say-twe leave to you the exercise of all the
| legislative powers vested in you by the Federal
/ Constitution If the right to prohibit slavery Is
vested by the constitution in the Territorial Legis
! latures, then this bill does not prohibit the exer-
else of that right But if this right is not vested
| in the Territorial Legislatures, land every South
4 ha1,a 10 mot \ han 10
| bill requiring the laws of the Territories to be
subject to the Constitution of the United States
is an emphatic prohibition of such legislation-the
only prohibition which Congress can constitution
ally enact, or the people of the South consistently
require. The South has never asked any other pro
i hibition-she can never ask any other without
gross inconsistency"
Question In your opinion, then, the bill in eff
feet denies to Congress the power to establish
or prohibit slavery in any Territory, and rccog-
misses the equality of the South in the Territories
1 Answer Undoubtedly. This IL what gives the
principle of that bill much superiority TO the
"weak and wishy washy ought not Of the 9th
section.
Question. [very good--glad to hear you say
80 Now tell us have you ever intimated that the
new platform -" the 7th section -" sanction
ed the principle Of the Nebraska bill 2"
Answer. Well, on the 18th of this month, va
did say it g very nearly copies the act" ).
Question. But have you not been more expl
cits Think eA
Answer We recollect, on the 2lst, we showet
the difference between the 7th section and the Ne
braska bill, respecting the description OF person
: permitted to vote, and declared that with thi
difference, the platform copies the principle of th'
: biln
Question. If the new platform copies the prin
ciple Of the Nebraska billthe principle of non
intervention"-so lauded by you, and which yo'
say the old platform refused to sanction" it ne
: cessarily follows that the new platform Is th'
souader on the slavery question, and better TO
the South, don't you see that this is the case r
/ Answer. Well, as the teacher in prospective
, said to the examining committee who had givei
: him stumper--" Rdaiy you've got me this time
CoxNrsr.--That viii do, neighbori We though
YOU would not show yourself so Inconsistent as q
admit that the new platform copies the princl
plen of the Nebraska bill the principle of non-in
4 teryention, which you say is "all that the Sout
: can ask"--the "test of Democratic soundness eve
! rywhere"-snd yet believe it less favorable to tn
!, South than the old platform which you deciafe'
h refused to sanction" this principle. We have 60
on your hobby ? What II we havee Don't yo'
,r want US there2 We win ride IL with YOU TO th'
:, DEATH and more, we intend to bold the reins'