Daily national Democrat., 1858-08-28
Tha. Awful IS CoaIitIon.' -

leans perfectly agree. Here is the quota
ton:
The great purpose of the Republican
Convention in nominating this Ticket, has
been to end the misrule Of the Buchanan De.
mocracy in this State, hy electing Candidates
to Office upon Platform essentially Repub-
lican. The Anti.Lecompton Democratic
State Convention, which also nominated
Messrs. Currey and McKibben, adopted a
| Platform fully recognizing and asserting the
principles Of the Crittenden and Montgomery
Bill. which bill received at the last session
the sanction of the Republicans in Congress
as the ground on which we could fraternize
with the Anti-LecomptOn Democrats. In
deed, we find that Conv ention giving an in
terpre alton to tha Popular Sovereignty por.
ton of the Cincinnati Platform, and by
necessary consequence to the Kansas Ne
braska Act, which is wholly in accordance
with the doctrine Of the Philadelphia Plat
form on the same subject The Republican
and the Anti-Lecompton Democratic Plat
forms in his State, then, If not identical, are
ut least not antagonistic."
Now. all we have to say about this state.
ment Of the Republican State Committee, in
reference to the Popular Sovereignty creed OF
the Douglas Democracy, is, that it is not true
1t would make no difference with US, whether
the assertion emanated from a Republican
committee, or a Lecompton committee. or
any other sort of committee, IL is ,cholly
false, and any intelligent man can see it at a
glance. brilliant idea it is. truly. that the
Republican National Platform of 1856, and
the Platform of the Democratic Douglas State
! Convention Of this State are identical on
this subject Of Popular Sovereignty We
can show that they are as different as the
day and night; that is. we can show it to
any man who has brains-and men without
brains we do not desire to talk to. What
does the Republican (Philadelphia) Platform
Of 1856, say, on this question of Popular
Sovereignty? 1t afirms that Congress has a
right to prohibit the ingress of slaves into
Territories of the United States Does it
not? Read it and see. 1t says:
"Resolved That the Constitution confers
upon Congress sovereign power over the
Territories of the United States for their
government, and that in the exercise of this
power it is both the right and duty Of Con.
gress to prohibit in the Territories those twin
relics of barbarism-Polygamy and Slduery"
This doctrine is reiterated in the Republi
can State Platform of this State, recently
put forth at Sacramento. That platform
says:
"Resoived That we hereby again declare
our adherence to The resolutions adopted by
the National Republican Convention, held at
Philadelphia in 1856"
The Republicans, therefore. stand on their
old anti slavery platform, and that platform
is at war with tie vital principles of the
Douglas Democracy. What does tue Douglas
State Platform say:
90 Resolued, That the right of the people
to form and regulate their political institu.
tions in their own way, subject only to the
Constitution of the United States, as guaran-
teed to Kansas and Nebraska, by their or.
ganic law, belongs alike to the people of ali
other Territories Of the United States.
IS RESOLVED, That while we adhere to the
| fundamental Democratic principles embraced
in the Cincinnati Platform of 1856, we espe-
crlly renew and re-affirm that principle CON
talned In the resolution known rs the Pop
dlar Sovereignty Resolution declaring the
true intent and meaning of that resolution to
he, that the people of a State or Territory
are invested with the right of ratifying or
rejecting at the ballot box any Constitution
that may be framed for their government;
and all attempts by the Administration and
Congress to coerce and bribe the people into
the adoption of particular Constitution, not
thus ratified by them, are subversive of the
principles Of pure Democracy and destruc-
tive OF the equality of the States under the
Constitution"
1t reiterates the doctrines of the Cincn-
natl Platform, and specially reiterates that
portion of i. which relates to Popular Sow
ereignty Very well-then, we imagine no
Lee6mptonite would dare to say that the
Cincinnati Platform was identical with Re.
publicanism We verify believe, however,
that if the Republicans should all become
suddenly converted and subscribe to the Gin.
cinnati Platform, thousands of weakminded
persons, who had hitherto imagined that they
believed in it-for such men really do not
know what they do believe-would actually
abandon the Platform. We have not the
least doubt of it. But the Republicans are
not yet converted, and we opine that it will
be long time before they are.
How do the Republicans, now, construe
| this doctrine of Popular Sovereignty? We
shall see by reading from their State Plat
FORM The portion of 1t under consideration
is as follows:
"Resotved, That We do now, and always
have, maintained the doctrine of Popular
sovereignty, when interpreted to mean that
the people Of a Territory, in forming State
Government, mad right to regulate their
political institutions in their own way, and
to vote for or against any proposed CCnstitu-
ton"
When interpreted to mean There the cat
is let out Of the bag they are in favor of
popular sovereignty when interpreted TO p.san
that the people of Territory, in framing a
State Government, have a right to regulate
their own institutions and to vote for or
against any proposed Constitution. In form.
ing State Government, the people who are
present in the Territory may vote for or
against Constitution, but no slave. holder
sAaH come into the Territory. Such is the
Republican doctrine, as it is now by them
expounded If slaves are not allowed to
enter the Territory, shareholders of course
will not come in. The result will be that
all the incomers will be Free State men and
well might the Republicans afford to leave it
to them whether a Slave or Free Constitu
tlon should be submitted, for it would be an
entirely onesided affair