Daily national Democrat., 1859-04-21

WE are pleased TO observe that the D +, Ma
tional and the Democratic Stanuaru nuNe s tSAen S
the position that the Democracy VI 'u,S 1 S'",e
should not recognize the issue Sought 70 ue iilaue
between Northern and southern DeiiioOl "sIi vi
! ,rosDe,t;ye ouestion--a question that IN all rea-
ssonable nrobability will never be brought before
Css The question is Ought Congress-
in vioIstiop of the long established principles OF
tbe Democratic party-that OF Congressional non
Intervention with slavery in the Tcrrltorles-to
oass law for the protection Of slave property in
the Territories in case the Territorial Legislature
refuses to extend such protection.-Shdstd C0ur'er
Come, now, friend Dosh, that will hardly
do. 1t is Of no use for you o undertake to
harmoRize Lecomptonism and the principles
of the true Democracy, to-wit: the Douglas
Democracy. You tried that, in 1858, but it
wouldn't do. The split was wide and vast.
1t was openly made in this State. 1t was
was openly made in Illinois. To the Penn
sylvania Democracy who had abandoned or
ganzation for the time being in order to re-
buke recreant pretended Democratic Ad-
ministration, Douglas said, "you have re-
buked departure from Democratic princi-
ples-you have rebuked a proscriptive Ad-
ministration, and | glory in that rebuke.'
Think you, he doesn't recognize the split
What did he mean, then, when he told the
Senators from Mississippi and Virginia and
the rest, that his construction Of the Kansas
Nebraska bill was different from their's-that
they had departed from the old landmarks of
the Democratic faith, and abandoned the
Democratic doctrine of non intervention with
slavery in the Territories What did they
mean when they told him (Douglas) that he
could not get the vote of a solitary State in
the South as long as he stood on his doctrine
of non intervention The whole aspect of
political affairs means a split-a wide-open
split-between Lecomptonism and Douglas
ism. There is no use in trying to cover up
or conceal the true state of the case Either
Douglas is right, or jeff. Davis and Brown
are right.
Now, our friend Dosh, a staunch and true
Democrat and an able man, seems to imagine
that this thing of Intervention can be STAYED
off. 1t cannot be. He declares that this kind
of interv onton is "a violation of the long es-
tablished principles of the Democratic party
| Very well, if it is such q violation of Demo
cratic principles, it is the very thing that
Davis and Brown and the recognized leaders
of Lecomptonism are contendng for and
what they say they 'CiH have This is no
time for parleying. Conventions and party
organizations must distinctly say whether
they are in fovor of Congressional Slave
Code for the Territories or no. The people
will demand an expression of opinion upon
the question. There is no doubt that Le-
comptonism is in favor of that doctrine, and
if the Lecompton party don't express an
opinion upon it, it amounts to nothing but a
tacit endorsement of the whole odious prin-
ciple. The truth is, the Lecompton Senate,
the other day, in lodging the Ballou Resolu-
tion by laying them on the table, did nothing
more in effect than to endorse a slave code
for the Territories. In tabling those resolu-
tions they refused to subscribe to the oldest |
and most time.honored Of Democratic princi-
Piles, for these were embodied in the resolu-
tions.
Let all true non-intervention Democrats
come forth from that Lecompton organization.
1t is death to all Democratic principles.