Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-03-11
einnati Columbian, dated, New York, Feb.
%. 1856. saws:

81 desired, if platform was made for the
party, Ito which was totally opposed, and
there was any thing on the subject Of slavery
10 1t, that it should contain clause condemn
ing the repeal, and an emphatic claim exempt
ing so much of our territory as was covered
by the wise provisions of that Compromise
act 1.-THE Missouri Compromise from the blight
OF slavery. did not like the 9Th and 9TH
sections of the platform that was adopted, be-
cause / thought they contained re -atffrmdnce
Of the Kansas Nebraska act"
Not succeeding in his attempt to dena-
tionalise the party, Mr.. COrwine and 9th
ers left the Convention. To show that Mr.
CoRwINE is not alone in his opinion, North,
that the American Platform is a re-affirm-
ance of the Kansas Nebraska act, we pro-
pose to cite opinions of others.
The New York Tribune, of the 23d uIt.,
says:
"HmiH be seen that these declarations Chose
quoted abOve) ENDORSE THE NEBRASKA BILL,
and agree to admit Kansas soith or oithOut
Slavery"
The Cincinnati Gazette, of the 29th ult.,
says:
1--WE are glad that the action of the Conven-
ton PROVED 50 DECIDED AS TO LEAVE NO DOUBT
AS To THE CHARACTER OF THE PLATFORM. The
LATTER Is CLEARLY AND DECIDEDLY PRo-sLAvERY
AND NEBRASKA, AND IN THIS RESPECT OoRRE5-
PONDS PRECISELY WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE
PIERCE DEMOCRACY. The only difference,
therefore, between these two parties is, that
one is opposed to, and the other is in favor of
the principles of the American party. On the
question Of sLagery extension they stand on the
same ground, and are on all the points in0OlUed
IN this leading question, a unit"
The National Era, the Washington Or
gan of the Black Republican party, of the
9th March, says:
The new creed nominally sets aside the 18th
section of the old, but in effect includes it.
II afirms the so called PRINCIPLE OF THE Ne
BRAsKA BILL-t1e right of the natiUe born and
ndturaIized citizens Of the United States, per-
nanentLy residing IN any Territory thereof TO
frame their 0lon Constitution and Lalos, and 10
regulate their domestic and social affairs in
their Own mode, subject only to the provisions
of the Federal Constitution, the limitation be-
ing copied almost cord for toOrd from the Ne
6rasbG 6iIL)
1t affirms the Principle Of the Compromise,
so -cdLIed, Of 1850, asserting, in opposition to
the doctrine Of .SLaUery Restriction, the right Of
the People Of Territory to admission as
State, 0heneDer they haze the requisite popula-
ton far one Representative ,oittOut any other
limitation.
The Era adds. "The creed is consist
eEt. 1t IS imbued nth tie spirit Of caste and
of SLAVERY" 1t goes further and says
BY Mr.. Douglas and his associates, it was
urged that the Compromises of 1850 establish
ed the principle that the people of a Territory
have the right to determine their own instiiu-
tions, subject alone to the provisions of the
Federal Constitution, and that, therefore, the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise prohibiting
Slavery north of SO , 80 min, was simply the
logical aud legitimate application of that Prin-
pie. As the Kaow Nothing Convention IN
DoRsED BOTH THE PRINCIPLE AND ITS APPLICA-
TON, az DaS eminentlg .fthat IL should select as
its standard bearer the AUTHOR OF THE Com
PROMISES OF 1850; and were it possible for the
OGgarchy TO demand further eUidence Of the
loyalty Of the ne1o party to ats Interests az
WouLd be Furnished IN the fact that its PREsI
DENTAL NOMINEE Is ALSO THE SIGNRR OF THE
FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT, and that his Administra
ton IoaS the first to put the army and nary Of
the United states an requisitiOR to enforce the
business Of catching SLdUes. By no other seIec
ton could it haUe shO0n so profound contempt
for tie sentiments and institutions Of the Free
States
We have no room for further extracts
to-day. We could give more but these are
sufficient to show how the American Plat
form is regarded-to yindicate its sound
ness on the Slavery question.
We commend the above proofs to the
American Party Of the South. Read and
reflect upon them; and when you hear your
enemies declare that your platform zig
nOres" the Slavery question, or is less sound
on that question than the platform of 1855,
denounce the declaration as untrue. No
honest man. having a thimble full of brains,
can make such an assertion without blush
ing. All such assertions are made to de-
ceive the unwary. Your Platform is SOUND,
CONSERVATIVE, NATIONAL, let whoever will
say to the contrary.