Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-09-17

BUCHANAN 20 Answer DOuglaeSs.." De-
mocracy Everywhere the net"
In Harpers Magazine for September, as
our readers are already aware, appeared a
long article from Senator Douglas, illustrat
ing, defining and CLOSING over his doctrine Of
Popular Sovereignty IN the Territories, and |
explaining how his support of the bred Scott |
Decision, sending Slavery into the Territories
under and by virtue Of their subsection to the |
Constitution Of the United States, was COM
patible with his doctrine of unfriendly leg
islation" against Slavery, to evade and set
aside the Constitution, if the People of Ter ]
ritory SO chosel This document was copy
righted by the Messrs. Harpers to prevent its /.
being published in the newspapers least
until they sold off their extra edition Of the
September number of their Magazine. Mr..
Douglas, however, is not to 60 unanswered.
Notwithstanding the Democratic Party, in the
language of Democratic orators, is the same
in Maine and in Florida-in Minnesota and in
Mssissippi-in New York and in California
| in Pennsylvania and in South Carolina-Mr.
Douglas definition of Democracy is not to 60
unanswered. The following shows that no
less person than President Buchanan in
tends replying to the Little Giant:
Special Correspondence of tae N. Y. Tribune.
90" +" WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 1859.
I Mr. Buchanan is preparing an elaborate reply to
4 the recent manifesto of Mr.. Douglas on Squatter
/ Sovereignty and has sent to New York for Mr..
James Gordon Bennett to aid him in putting the
matter in the best form for the public eye. 1t is
on this business that Mr.. Bennett has been closet
ed with the President daily for the last week. Mr..
Brown, the clever and gentlemanly editor OF the
| Constitution, has also been detained here on the
same business, though he had made arrangements
for brief visit to the North ~
Most probably Mr.. Buchanan will act on the
advice Of Mr.. Bennett, and will not copyright bis
Besides the dissent of President Buchan-
an to Mr. Douglas idea Of what constitutes
that Democracy switch is everywhere the
same" we notice amongst the other dissen
tents, the Richmond Enquirer, the leading
organ of the Virginia Democracy; the Lou
isville Courier, principal organ Of the Ken
lucky Democracy; the South Carolinian
which claims to speak for the Palmetto State
Senator Davis, the mouth piece of the Missis
sippi Democracy; Senator Iyerson, who rep
resents one-half of Georgia; the COnstitu
ton, the central organ of the National Demo
: cracy; all of whom, with the great Buehan
an himself, the head and front, exponent ant
: oracle of the party-concur in the opinion
3 that the views of Senator Douglas are up
sound, heretical, anti-democratic, revolutions
, ry and, worst of all, Republican
! The Oxford Mercury, of Mississippi, give
: the reason why Douglas publishe9. his elabt
e rate document in Harper's Magazine, rattle
than in the newspapers, thus:
''The Southern press having long since ceased
i publish the speeches and letters of the lllino
d Senator, because his views no longer in cons
nance with theirs, he avails himself Of the unive
% sal circulation of the above professedy neutr
t. magazine in the South, to disseminate his view
upon the government of our Territories