The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-09-08

Douglass.
The little giant is making strorg effort TO Sc
cure the nomination OF Charleston. He is now
ON a tour in Ohio doubtless with the view Of Sc
curing the sppntnent of delegates TO tie Con-
yeption. favorable to him. 1t may he conceived
by cur Democratic friends that We should not
trouble ourselves in that matter. We should not
80 far az the result is concerned; we feel no inter
est in the matter. No man can receive the nom
jration Of the Democratic party unless he endor
ses the policy Of Mr.. Buchanan and its progress.
He must be pledged to the bred Scott descison
the acquisition Of Cube-the purchase or con.
quest of Mexico - free trade on the products OF
TIE North, and protection TO the tugur, &c, Of the
South-Executive patronage and Influence to
tend the institution Of Slavery. No matter what
may be the platform adopted at Charleston no
matter what may be the professions of their can
ddate, should he be elected be will carry out the
policy which has made Buchsu an so odious in the
free States ard which are shadowed fofth by that
same policy, but which the party have not the in,
dependence and honesty now TO declare. Should
Mr. Douglass be nominated he will carry out The
programme above Indicated. He has already de,
cared himself in favor Of tie acquisition Of Mex
leo - in favor of the bred Scott decision, and
Judge Taney's stump speech in announcing that
decision. The only point really decided in that
Gaze, was that DIed Scott had standing in that
court-was not q citizen ard therefore the case
must be dismissed The Chief Justice, however,
went on to give his views at length on the gener-
al politics of the country as they had bearing
and 10 al
the Republicans, as arty, dissent from the bred
Scott decision in toto. They yield TO tie decs-
ion as good citzors, ard as long as it stands un-
reversed they will submit with the best grace
they may, TO the conclusion there reache d, that q
colcIed man can have 10 status in Court. Judge
Curtis and McLein proved in their opinions on
the same case, that Judge Taneys opinion was
founded in bad law and false history and the Re.
publican party has believed them rather than the
Chief Justice Mr.. Douglass however holds to
the opinion Of the Chief Justice ard concurs with
him in the atrocous sentiment that colored people
have no rights that white men are bound to re-
spect; that slaves ale proportylke any other prop
erty, subject to the same rules and principles OF
common law as any other property, and there
fore, entitled TO be protected and held for the use
Of their owners in the absence of any positive
statute enactment wherever their owners choose
TO take them
If the views advocated by Judge fancy are to
prevail ard be received as the law Of tie land it
matters very little whether Congress shall inter-
fere and enact a slave code or not 1t will be a
superfuous work. If slave is property like
horse mule, then is legislation unnecessary, for
Is of he Of oil tIa+
man is entitled TO his oSr, ard must be protected
in the enjoyment of it. We leave out of view
for the present, the question whetLsssa ne o.
right to his person is higher and prior to that of
another; but assuming that slaves are property,
Ike any other property, as is assumed By Judge
fancy, then We argue that all legislation for its
protection in the Territories is supeIfrous a1du
necessary. The man who steals such property is
a thief in the estimation of Mr. Douglass, ard no
law specifying an ownersrieht TO II are more re
cessary than in regard to his right to control use
and enjoy bis neat cattle horses or sheep
All will recoect the Interpretation given to the
Cincinnati platform in the NoItt-they will re-
collect he inaugural of Mr. Buchanan, and they
have the evidence Of the base abandonment of
both in the conduct CT the present administration
Tie professions Of the Democracy are not to I've
trusted. That party has too often betrayed the
onfdence of the American people. Polk, Dali
las and the Tariff" was of the frauds practic-
ed upon Pennsylvania Mr. Buchanan has always
professed to be in favor of protecting the iron in
terests of his State, but the South demanded an
other course, and he bowed 10 their will We
might enumerate other frauds imposed on the peo-
pie by this party, but glance at the history of
the past few years will bring them all to the mind
of the reader. Therefore, we remind the reade,
that it is no difference who may be the nominee /
OF that party-no matter what way be his loca-
uon-no matter what may be the platform or the 1
past history of their candidate the policy of the /
South will be carried out by the nominee at
Charleston, if he is elected President in 1860.