Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-06-10
from the Charleston Mercury.l
THE CHARLESTON CONVENTION.


The Philadelphia Press asks the question:
"Will the Charleston Mercury, and those with
whom it acts. render cordial support to the
nominee the National Democratic COnven-
ton, to he held in that city in 1850. should
that Convention endorse the platform of 1856,
and refuse to declare in favor of the protec-
ton of slavery in the territories, and against
the right of the territorial legislature to
abolish it?'
The Cincinnati platform of 1856 is inter
preted by Douglas and his anti-LecOmpton
associates to be Incompatible with the terrific
rial rights of the South, as entertained by the
State Rights democratic party of the South,
and as Intended by those OF them who ac-
uuiesced in the Kansas-Neb"aska Act. since
passed upon by the Supreme Court The de-
nOcracy Of the North interpret that PLATFORM as
10 effect the exclusion If the South by the hgher tar
Of sguater soveagnty, Legaizing the nuliicaflOn of
the constitutional rights of the South set forth an the
decision of he Dret Scott case. They give coun-
tenance and effect to the lawless conduct and
legislation of anti-savery squatters, by de-
nying the enforcement of law and order by
the general government to protect Southern
shareholders, while at the same time claiming
the enforcement of law and order to carry
out with personal safety and legal validity
their sectional and fanatical designs against
Southern men. On the other hand. the State
Rights democratic party of the South deny
the right of the territorial inhabitants. who
derive all their authority from Congress, to
interfere with the Southern man as slavchnld-
er, either actively or passively. They demand
that. without discrim nation. the general gov
eminent. in all departments concerned. shall
provide the means of peace and security in the
enjoyment of rights guaranteed by the consti-
tuition.
There is thus a ride and irreconcilaite differ
ence bei,cen the Democracy of the North and The
Stdte Rights Democracy Of The South. Each
have expressed themselves with emphasis
upon the question. and the Southern states
men have declared in unmcasured terms her
determination To be no longer cheated" by
interpretations put upon equivocal and con
Trajectory clauses of congressional enact
ment which has already been set aside by
northern democrats in the matter of Kansas
at every step, and which has been declared
constitutional by the Supreme Court of
the United States their own final arbiter on
all constitutional questions"
Such are the Democracy Of the
North-earnest advocates and inaexi-
cable supporters of the DoUGLAs doe
trine, which effects the exclusion of the
South from the territories of the Uni
ted States "Jy the higher iaar of squat
ter sovereignty" and tegaf'zes ''the HHt-
Hfcation of The rights of the South SCI
forth in The decision of the Dred ScOit
case"'
With these higher-law-o f-squatter-
sovereignty Democrats of the North
with these Northern Democratic aHihi-
6srs "of the constitutional rights of the
South as set forth in the decision of
the Dred Scott caSe"-with these bold
and arrogant advocates and upholders
of doctrines, denounced by the UnioR
and american, as ''more fatal to the
rights of the South" than the Black
Republican doctrine of Wilmot Proyi-
soism, the Democracy of Tennessee are
associated, affiliated aud fused; and
while in that Interesting state OF fusion,
their leaders, from their candidate for
Governor downwqrds, are traversing
the country, and endeavoring, in effect,
to make the people believe that their
dearest interests would be put in i'm
mlnent peril. il not wholly sacrificed.
by the election to the Presidency, OF
JONI BELL, of Tennessee, through q
union of the conservative, national.
antl-sectional men of all parties, North
and South, East and West !
Can political hypocrisy further go I
Islt possible that the people OF Ten
nessee and OF the South generally. eai,
he longer cheated by a hulnbug 50
transparent an imposture SO gross