Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-19
Tho south for pouglns.

/ Whlch the LeconplOn organs OF TINS state
who have dared to question the Democrae,
Of Stephen A Douglas, are now groaning
but the cause of truth demands it. So far a
our humble voice was of avail, we warne,
them against laying down abstract proposi
tions at too early day, and then denounc
ing Douglas because he did not square hi
speeches according to those proposition,
/ We reminded them that Judge Douglas WA
a profound lawyer and great statesman
and that he would not enunciate an abstrac
or legal proposition without knowing wei
what he said, and that, if his speeches di,
not happen to tally with their notions, abou
legal or political distractions, it was pretty
sure sign that those notions would be founC
to he either very poorly digested or radical
ly wrong. But, the fact was, they must FIND
something upon which to arraign Judge
Douglas before the bar of Lecomptonism
and pronounce him guilty of heretical antag
ouism to Democratic principles, and especial
ly those which have been judicially confirm
ed 10y the Dred Scott Decision. They were
/ peculiarly unfortunate, however, in selecting
his Freeport speech as the basis of tn il
charges against him, especially when the
main object of those charges was to show, il
possible, that he was an enemy to the South
They were peculiarly unfortunate, we say
because that Freeport speech contains, as We
hov fba = Al,
doctrine, and for the Lecompton organs
who pretend to he peculiarly the champion.
Of the South, and are such great stckers for
Southern rights, to denounce Douglas for that
speech, is to place themselves in direct hos
tility TO the constitutional rights of the South
ern States, as interpreted 10y leading South
ern Democrats. This they would not be-
lieve Demented for an excuse to war upon
/ Douglas, they seized upon the misconstruc
tions which were placed upon that speech by
the Washington Union, which is perfectly
reckless in its hireling service of Mr.. Bu
chanGn, and refused to be convinced, even
for their own benefit, that they were getting
themselves into hopeless snarl and despe
rate dilemma. in which they would find
themselves shot at by the Douglas Democrats
of the North, who constitute the majority of
the party there, and by the Stephens and
Toombs and Brown and Soule and Orr De
mocracY of the South, who constitute the
majority of the party in that quarter to say
nothing Of the vengeful cohorts of Wise and
Walker and Stanton, who would tomahawk
and scalp them at the first favorable opportu-
nifty. Spite of all warnings and all threats,
against following up their insane denuncia.
tions of Judge Douglas Freeport speech.
they have gone on from bad to worse, until
they are now thoroughly enmeshed in the
tolls, and can only howl and roar in agony
of pain, as the clubs of the Democracy be-
labor them in their difficulty from the right
and from the left They can't say that they
are for Douglas, now, without perfectly
stulifying themselves, and they must say it
or be repudiated 10y the Southern Democra.
cyl Well, We are sorry for them, but as
they made their beds so must they lie.
What the Southern doctrine is on the sub
ject of slavery in the territories is ably set
forth in the sub Joined article from the Gcorria
Constitutionalist, one of the most powerful
and influential Of the leading organs of the
South. Let every Democrat, whose faith
has been whit shaken in Douglas bv the
frothy rawlings of the Lecompton papers in
this State, who hate him simply because
"Old Buck" tells them to. read it. and flush
for even momentary doui t of the great
living embodiment of Democratic principles
DOUGLAS REPUDIATEs THE DRED SCOTT DECISION.
This is the caption of an article in a re.
cent issue Of the Washington Union. which
some of our Democratic cotemporalies in
this State We observe, have Reproduced in
their editorial columns thus endorsing the
views which il contains and at the same time
invitin. to them the attention of their rca.
ders. We subloin an extract which embraces
the gist of this article of the Union
" Mr. Lincoln, his competitor for the Senate
in Illinois, IN their discussion at Freeport on
FRIDAY, the 2fth ult., propOunded categori
cally to Judge Douglas, among other inter.
rosatories, this one:
"Can the people ola United States Terri
tory, in any lawful way against the wish of
any citizen of the United States. exclude
slavery from its limits prior to the formation
of q State Constitution %
The Judge replied at length in language
from which we extract below. The reader
will discover from it to his surprise, that its
author backs out from the doctrine of the
Nebraska Kansas bill, abandons the Cincin
natl platform, and repudiates the bred Scott
decision and that he does so hv re.assertinc
the odious Squatter sovereignty doctrine in
its most radical aud obnoxious form. Here
are his words;
Ihe next question pronounced to me Lv
MIR. Lincoln is, can the people of a territory
in any lawful way, against the wishes of any
citizen of the United States, exclude slavery
from their limits prior to the formation of n
State Constitution | answer emphatically.
as Mr. Lincoln has heard me answer a bun
dred times from every stump in ILL.,. that in
my opinion the people of a territory can. bv
lawful means, exclude slavery from their
limits prior to the formation e a State Con.
sti. ution. Enthusiastic applause Mr.. Lin
coin knew that had answered that question
over and over again. He heard me argue
the Nebraska bill on that principle all over
the State in 1854 1855 and in 1855. and he
has no excuse for pretending to be in doubt
as to my position on that question 1t mat
ters not what way the supreme Court may
hereafter decide as to the abstract question
whether slav ry may or may not 60 into
territory under the Constitution, the people
have the lawful means to introduce it or ex.
clude it as they please, for the reason that
slavery can not exist day or an hour any
where, unless IT IS supported by local police
regulations. LRightright.l Those police
regulations can only be established by the
local legislature, and if the people are op-
! Osed to slavery they will elect renresenta |