Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-11-26
THE CHRONICLE.
MONDAY, NOV. -, 1858.
Douglas Platf0rmS---SOuth and North.
1860


propagation and support Of Slavery,
has been the means to that end. which
he mas unwavcringly pursued. And,
although he coward-like shrunk from
carrying out the original design, by
refusing the necessary last step to a
Slave Constitution upon Kansas, it
was we'll understood that THAT was
an end which the North would not
allow, and that, practically, the South
had despaired of ultimate success.
Since his apparent triumph-by mi
nority vote-in his personal quarrel
with Buchanan, in Illinois, his friends
have fastened to present him as the
FIRST Presidential candidate in the
field for 1860. A meeting in New
Jersey, took the lead, by presenting
him as an INDEPENDENT candidate,
subject only to the votes of the pco-
pie at the ballot-boxes." CAS- they
have no ballot-boxes in most Of the
siave-breeding States, that would be a
most dismal chanceD In Connecticut
another meeting has proposed him as
the Charleston Convention or Demo
cratic nominee, and its main speaker
was Mr.. Ministers, editor Of the lea
ding Catholic journal in the Union.
douglas is married to, and by, . Ro-
man Catholic, and depends strongly
upon Catholic support both North and
South.)
In connection with these NOMINA-
TIoNs, his friends in the SOUTH have
put forth and circulated for him what
they understand to be HIS PLATFORM.
In the NORTH also-appearing first
| in the CHICAGO times" Mr.. Douglas
admitted organ-his Platform is re-
stated, as best suits him. As the last
is understood to be from his own pen,
it is fair to copy it verbatim, and is
in Thse: e: Democracy cy"o o} illinois affirm the
original and esse nlial inferioriiy Of the negro.
.. They deny that the negro was intended
to be embraced within the distractions of the
Declaration of Independence, and assert that
the right to treedom and equality was predi-
Gated only for the dominant race OF white men
g. They deny that negroes are citizens VI
the United States.
/ 4. They affirm the compatibility of a Con-
federacy of Free and Slave States, and the
possibility of their harmonious coexistence
under a common Constitution.
5. They affirm the absolute sovereignty Of
the States in respec. TO their domestic institu-
tions, and deny the authority of the Federal
Government 10 discriminate for or against the
interests of slavery.
G. They inculcate policy of fnOn-interven-
non, as between the Free and Slaveholding e
! States, as well as between the latter and the
Federal Government.
/ 7. They support the decision Of the Su-
preme Cour, in ,he bred Scott case, in the
sense that ii guarantees to the owners of slave
property an equality with the owners of other
property in introducing it into the Territories
contending, also, that, as slave property is
thus placed on an equal footing with other
property, it, like all other property. must be
subject 10 all such local laws Of the Territory
as do not infringe upon the Constitution OF
the United States that slave property being
thus placed on an equality with other proper
ty, if it require higher and further affirmative
legislation for its protection and security than
is afforded to other property, and the Legisla-
ture of the Territory should decide not to
discriminate in its favor 10 that extent, then
the failure TO obtain that higher protection
than is afforded TO other property, is misfor-
tune attending that description Of property
for which the Democratic party have no rem
cdy and are not responsible.
8. They uphold all the guarantees of the
Federal Constitution in respect 10 the rights
of the South.
9. They maintain the dignity and indepen-
dence of the Senatorial function against the
encroachments of Executive usurpation.
10. They protest their opposition to Black
Republicanism al erery point and upon erery
principle.
IL. They pledge themselves to fidelity to
the organization, principles and nominees Of
the Democratic paF
The only material difference be-
tween the Platform for the North and
that for the South, is the 7th section,
which, in the FIRsT-the one prepared
for the South-runs as follows:
9Th. He supports the decision of the Su-
preme Court, and asserts for Slavery the right
of colonization in the Territories
The bred Scott decision, according
to President Buchanan, extends and
protects Slavery in all the Territories,
and no power exists (unless it be in
a State Government, and the power
seems to be denied even to that, to
uproot it. The South generally, will
leny to the last any power over Sia-
very in a Territory.
Let US pass briefly in review this
Platform of Senator Douglas.
l. This is contrary to history and
o observation. There have been
lines when negroes were the first OF
he nations of the earth, in greatness.
Eminent men have been found among
Africans in all ages. In the interior
# Africa, at this day, (remote from
he Slave Trade) is high state Of
utilization, Mr.. Frederick Douglas,