The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-11-20
Position Of Senator Douglas.

We regard the article In tho Chicago
Times, of yesterday, rs decisive Of Mr..
Douglas position. Without any knowl-
edge of the facts, We take it for granted
that it was submitted to him before pub
icstion; aud that it is to be received as
an authoritative exposition Of his present
views Oh matters OF national import In
it the words of the Richmond South are
accepted as true interpretations of his
creed. and are quoted as follows:
l. Judge Douglas afiirms the orig
inal aud essential iuferiority Of the ne
gro.
= He denies that the negro was intcn-
dcd to be embraced with the distractions
of the Declaration of Independence, and
assert that the right of freedom and
equality was predicatcd only of the domin-
ant race of white men.
3. He denies the privileges of citizen
ship to the negro.
8 He aiirms the compatibility o.
c)niederacy of free and slave States, and
the possibility of their harmonious CO.
existence under common constitu-
ton.
). He aff!rms the absolute sovereignty
OF the State in e,pect to their domestic
Institutions. and denies the authority Of
the federal government. to discriminate
against the interests of slavery
8. He inculca;es policy of non.inter-
vention, as between the free and the
slavehoiding States, rs well as between
the latter and the federal government.
:. lie @ppor,s the decision of the
Supreme Court, and asserts for slavery
the right ot colonization in the Terrific,
ries.
s He upholis all the guarantees of
the federal constitution in respect to the
Souto.
8. He maintains the dignity aud in
dependence Of the Senatorial function,
against the encroachmcnts of the Execu-
tive usurpation.
10. lie protests his opposition to Black
Repubhca 1ism at c'ey point and upon
every principle.
II. He pledges himself to fidelity to
the organization, principles aud nomi-
ucss Of the Dcmtc a ic patty J"
This, viii. an express affirmation that
tn" Senator VII abide by the Charleston
supporting both the plat
form and nomluets--Is tn, sum Of TIA"
article in question: So at last we have
his position defined The Republicans
who have been anxious for his success,
both in Illinois ana outside its borders
those who voted for, and those who sym
palhlzcd with him under the misappre-
heusion that he wa, sevrcd from the
Democracy forever, will be not little
chasrin,d when they see the result of
their labor.
In relation to these eleven propositions
let word be said: We know of no
party which has made an issue on negro
citizenship, or that has brought forward
any measul es for the benefit Of the color
ed race, based on the "abstractions of
the Declaration Of lndepender ce;" hence
the three first propositions must be set
down to the account of buncombe; they
are on par with the charges Of NEGRO
equality" tina, were howled out Of every
Democratic throat, during the late cam
paign The affirmation contained in No
i. that Freedom and Slavery MY get
along tremendously, side by side, remains
improved. 1t IL not, at any rate, sup.
ported by the history Of the last twenty
years. Nobody denies the absolute SOW
ereignty of the State within Constitu-
tional Limits; nobody asks the Federal
Government to discriminate agains:
slavery where it constitutionally exists;
hence the rim ana firth propositions arc
for buncombc also. Bat with the sersnh.
the whole Republican panty will take is
sue. 1t Is al Endorsement Of bred Scot,
and the right OF slavery to unlimited ter.
ritorial Xpan>ion-the very marrow oil
the bone Of contention, There is no
intention 10 disturb the rights Of the
South; none to lower the dignityadn
independence of the Senatorial func-
tion; therefore We subscribe unhesita.
tingly to propositions eight and nine -
The truth Is ba2atclle-negative at that;
while the eierenM is but another way Of
stating the seventh.
The sum Of the matter Is this Nr
noueIas Is still for slavery extension and
Iro-slavery Democratic party. That,
the eud Of all the stir Who, now, vii
disbehcve that Morris told the truth
when he declared on the floor Of thu
Hous., that Douglas was Anti. Lcconp
ton to insure his election. He has in
sured it. 10. the result Press &, Tri