Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1859-08-31
The Democracy of New jersey,

ballot nominated for Governor the Hon. E. v. R.
Wright Mr.. Wright is Democrat of the genuine
stamp, and has been actively engaged in the cause
for many years. The prospect of his election is
excellent. The Convention unanimously passed the
following resolutions:
The democracy of New Jersey, by their dele
gates IN Convention assembled rcadopt and declare
anew their adherence to the Cincinnati platform and
to the great democratic doctrine of popular sover-
eighty, constituting their doctrine understood by
and interpreted in the democratic State Convention
OF this State, held in August, 1885, and as inter-
preted bF President Buchanan in his letter accepting
the democratic nomination for the Presidency, in
which he said, 1.-The recent legislation of Congress
respecting domestic slavery (meaning the Nebraska
Kansas acD derived, as it has been from the origin
al and pure fountain CT legitimate political power,
the will of the majority, promises ere long to aay
the dangerous excitement. This legislation is found
ed upon the principle, as ancient as free govern
ment ITSELF and in accordance with them, has sim
ply declared that the people of Territory, liAe
those Of State, shall decide for themselves wheth
er slavery shall shall not exist within their limits.
Resotced, That we unqualifiedly condemn the
doctrine of that sectional portion of the opposition
who insist that slavery should he excluded from the
Territories by Congressional prohibition, because
Congress bas 10 power, under the constitution, to
enact any such prohibtion-because such prohi
bition wo4ld be an unwarrantable and inexpedicnt
interference by Congress with the domestic affairs
of the people of the Territories and because all e
forts to enact such prohibition endangers the per-
petuity of the Union and destroys the amity and
fraternal feelings which should exist between the
people of the several States composing our glorious
and cherished Onion.
Res0tred, That while we thus condemn the re-
publican doctrine of Congressional prohibition, we
with equal emphasis condemn the doctrine recent
ly started and now zeaously advocated by extreme
men, that slavery in the Territories should be foster
ed ana protected by Congressional legislation. We
condemn it. because it is vioative of the fundamen-
tai principles of sclfgovernment and wrong and
unjust in itself tending to violent sectional agitation,
unfriendly feeling and disunion; ard because it is
in direct violation of the Cincinnati platform and of
all the pledges made by the democratic party in
1854, 1855 and 1886; pledges in which the whole
party, North and South, East and West united.
Resolrea, That we deeply regret and emphatically
dsapprove of the attempts now being made to build
up party in favor of reyivng the abominabe and
inhuman foreign slave trade, and repeating the laws
of the land enacted against it, and earnestly de-
sire that those laws may be rlg:dly enforced.
And whereas, the late division of the democratic
party in this State related exclusively to the admis
sion of Kansas der the Lecompton constitution
and to the action of the national administration up
on that question, both sections having cordially APP
| proved the course of the administration in other
Important matters and measures and as that ques-
ton has been settled, and practical good re-
suit from its discussion, any expression of opin-
| ion as to the best action thereon, therefore,
Resotred That all such past questions and discus
sions should, by common consent, he dropped, leav
ing every democrat to enjoy his own OF inion there
on untramelled by any party action Or resolutions,
and that hurrying them past controversies. common
and earnest effort should now be made by every New
Resolred, That we highly approve of the cxe,.
tons now being made by the general government to
lessen national expenses, and in our opinion the
next Congress should second the work of economy
by describing all needless expenditures and cutting
down every appropriation to the lowest limit con
sistcnt with the actual wants of the country"
The foregoing resolutions are such as can be ell
dorsed by Democrats in all sections of the country
Can the Raleigh Register point to single "opposi
tor" meeting in the free States which has adopted
sound resolutions on the slavery question as tn,
foregoing:
OREGeN.-We feared at one time that the Demo
Gratis had lost the member of Congress from Ore
gon; but we are gratifed to state that Mr.. Stout
Democrat, is elected by nine majority over Logan
black Republican. This result is given by tn
Oregonian, an opposition paper. If the election
of President shall &C to the House, Oregon will
therefore, vote for the Democratic candidate
KEsrrckY.-The official majority for McGof6n
the Democratic candidate for Governor, is 1882
Democracy was never so strong as it is now in Ken
lucky.
Correspondence of the New York Herald
WASHINGTON, August 2G, 1859,
No nconsiderablc perturbation has been creates
, since early this morning by succession of tele
graphic dispatches of them to Mr. Dougla
and others to his frends-on the subject of the not
of the MeSsrs. Harper to the press prohibiting tn
republication of his article upon Territorial Soycr
eighty. know of three such dispatches from New
York and one from Philadelphia. They all urge tn
importance of an immediate contradiction Of tn
implied statement in the Harper caution about copy
rightng, that the Illinois Senator had received
pccuniary compensation for his last politcolterar
labor. One despatch urges Mr.. Douglas to repud
ate without delay any participation in such Icon
temptible meanness" as such transaction woul
appear to involve. Another requests his most dc
voted adhercnt in this city to him from wors
fate than that of Wise. In fact either Mr. Douga
has reduced manestoism upon controverted polit
cal subjects to a lower level than it ever reached be
fore, or else the Harpers have taken unwarranta
BILE liberty with the press in causing them to rera
from copying article for which they gave no cor
sideratioD
) The Herald of this morning has just come in, an
confirms, in every respect, the impression made b
the Geographic dispatches received earlier in tn
: day. 1t has left the impression upon the publ
mind that Senator Douglas was really paid for tn
communication in question, else that the Harper
) gave him che choice between having 1t categoric
among the "rejected" articles they are constant
, receiving, or published on " consideration" of tn
name Of the author appearing over the piece and
being privileged to use it exclusively. have jus
learned also, that Mr. Douglas will not venture t
reply to the dispatches which have been sent
Advance copies of Harper must have teen rece:,
cd in large numbers by Mr.. Douglas yesterday. III
article itself freely canvassed this morning. an
the inconsistency pointed out by his Souther
; adhercnts that he assumes in it as undoubte