Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-12-03
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Tie careful reader will discover the true
democracy Of the rrcsent day IN the follow
ins extracts. lie will sec bow the whiiom
Lamb and dcmocratic. Unloa-savins Saint,
; nator Davis, Of Mississippi, just escaped
an LII. ID, from Bowdoin. lies IN the same
bid with the Little Giant, lie will SC how
Davis tos.ss las name, rcars his head and
ruars at the possible idea that tho terrific
re. have power to lcgi'la,c unfrcndly to
slavery" Aud a. he look. along the iu.
ture. be will sec the Little Giant and al has
olugpi0us folorr,r, covering and backing
down before thi. great thrratener Of dis
union.
In hi, FrccPort speech, Judge Douglass
sad
q" IIAairrr hc Svyrrn. Court may h,r,.
afr S,ids ~ 90 the abstract question Of
whether slavery may ~ In ondgr the Con.
.,tuiion or not, tho people OF a territory
have tho lawful means o. admit or exclude
10. A. they please, tor tie rrason that slave
~ cannot exist a lay OF an hour anywhere,
uul,,s supported by local police regulations,
furnishing the remedies and means Of en-.
forcing the right 20 hold slaves. Thoss 10.
cal and police regulations can only b. fur.
uishrd ~ the lrg1l legislature. II the
people ofshc territory ATE opposed 70 slave.
". they will elect members Of The Lssisll.
turc who will aiop, unlricndly legislation
TO IL. II they ar tor il, they will adopt
the legislative measures friendly to slave
ny"
senator Davi. q; his viekshurs speech,
delivered on the 18th OF last month, spoke
a, follows:
"Ano,bcr charge preferred against him
was. that hc had made a speech az Bangor,
In Maine. in which he had avov,d the odI.
Gus doctrine OF squAt,er sovereignty; aud an
extract from the alleged speech. torn from
It's context, had been produced q sustain
the charge. lie had never made srecch
At Dagor OF any kind. nor bad he ever az
any time uttered any sentiment which could
fairly 10 construed into a recognition by ham
Of the dpclrine thata Territorial legislature
could affect m any way ihc status IT slavery
IA doctrine worse even than tie " ilmot
Pruy.,. and against which be bad warrcd
ever since u had been preached. Mt. Doug.
las, in his recent canvass for the U ;. sen.
ate in Illinois. had -eirel upon this alleged
passage lrom speech never made, and had
claimed that his own sentiments, delivered
in his speech at fr~pOrt, were Identical
with ihosc promulgated ~ that paragraph.
Mr.. Douglass we'll knew that his (Mr. ia.
yis's.) deliberately expressed opinion on thi.
subject in the Senate OF the United States,
expressed ia debates with Mr.. Douglass
him-eli. 10 which he had forced Mr.. Doug.
las 90 abandon the doctrine as untenable.
were the very reverse OF those attributed
now 10 him; and that IN hls Portland speech
be had 80 expressed himself. lie thought
the very reverse OF Mr.. Douglass. lie con.
sidrrcd Mr.. Douglass opinions rs ohjec-
tiOnable as those OF his adversary. Mr.. Lin.
coin. They were both equally destructive
Of tho rights Of the south. both at war with
the Consultation and with his friend. the
editor Of the Missisipian, he would have
been glad it they had made Kilkenny eight
OF il, and neither bad been left 10 proclaim
a victory.
"CoI DAVIS then proceeded TO give his
opinion OF the future prospects Of the coun.
try. lie declared his firm conviction of the
fidelity Of the present Chief Magistrate 10
the Constitution II be unimpairrd : that he
would never reccdc one inch from his pres
ent staud: but on the contrary would, IL.
need required. take step forward. That
the clear indications were, that the black
rpubicans would have the majority ia the
next Congress, and would thus control the
legislation OF the States that in his opin-
Ton their policy would DO q have such n
multiplicity OF candidates for the Presiden-
cy a. 10 prevent choice by the people; and
thus they would secure, by an election 10y
the House. one OF their own men. That II
thi. should be -, or If they should elec, a
President by vote OF the people, the ques.
ton would be presented. What should the
South dot Fer his part. he had but one
answer to give. When that happened. when
the government was in hostile hands, when
the President and the Houses OF legislation
were controlled by the enemies Of the south,
he was for asserting the independence Of
he was Tor immediate with
!nwal from the Union"
I" lie advised them 10 turn their old mus.
kets into Minnie rifles, prepare powder. shot.
shell, ammunition Of all kinds, and iortif.
cations, 90 as 10 be ready against any emer-
gency. Get skilled artihcers, who could