Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1859-09-28
Mr.. Dickinson..The Platform.

lone of the most pleasing incidents OF the con-
vention was the eloquent, patriotic, and forcibie
speech of Daniel S. Dickinson, which we publish 10
another column, recommending "a union which
would know no North, no South, no East, no West,
and no section" and urging with all the vigor OF his
mind and all the influence of his name, "peace and
harmony" among the members of the great Demo
cratic party of his State. Happily his sage and
prudent counsels have been unanimously adopted,
and the consequence is that the New York Demo-
cracy instead of late years, entering on the cam
paicn with divided ranks to contend with united
opposition, now take the field in united body with
well-assured prospect of achieving victory, both in
State and national issues, which will be as signal
and glorious their past defeats have been CALLING
and humiliating"
The Constitution also calls attention to the mean
ing of one of the resolutions of the Cincinnati plat
form in relation to slavery in the Territories. Be
fore the Supreme Court" says that paper, PRO
nounced their Judgment defining clearly and au-
thortatvey the constitutional rights of shareholders
in the Territories it was agreed that the Territories
being the national domain open to all the ct-
zens of the United States, where they might live
under the protection of the Federal Government as
well for their property for their persons and that
when they were in position to emerge from terri
torial pupilage and the higher prerogatives
which belong to State, then it lawful for them
to adopt or exclude slavery. The following rcsolu-
ton of the Cincinnati platform is distinct and forc
BILE on this point:
"Resolred, That we recognise the right of the
people of all the Territories including Kansas and
Nebraska, acting through the legally and fairlyex
pressed will of majority of actual residents, and
mhencrer the number of their inhabitants justifes
it, TO form constitution wih or mtthout domestic
s'arerH, and he admitted into the Union upon terms
of perfect equality with the other States"
There can be no doubt about that. 1t was not
the intention of the Cincinnati Convention that the
people of the Territories should be permitted before
they assumed sovereignty, to abolish or establish
slavery. The understanding was that slaves occu-
pied the ground with other property, and that
they much entitled to protection by the
Territorial Legislature as other property. The idea
of "unfricndly legislation to exclude slavery from
Kansas and Nebraska, would have been Indignantly
rejected Gf it had been propoSed) by that Conven-
ton The North, as well as the South, would have
voted to reject it. The truth is, the people of the
South have made no small concession already, in
agreeing that the Territories, when they assume
sovereignty may exclude slavery. All other proper
must he excluded, driven out, if the sovereign
State shall so determine. We concede that, and
that is as far as we will go. We will never consent
that government which is not sovereign, shall ex-
erciSc the power in any way to exclude the slave
holder from the common Territories.
TIE DASvIILE CoSNEcrIoS-A Railroad meeting
in Winston last week was addressed by Hon. Thos.
Settle and Others after which r. L. Patterson, Esq.
offered the following resolution. which was adopted:
Ren'rfd That soon as it is aSccrained that
the Dan River and Coalficd Road. from Danvillc to
Gcranton will be built it is the firm conviction of
this meeting that the necessary amount of stock
and will be raised to construct the road from Ger
manon to High Point, on the n. c. Railroad; and
that Forsyth will do its full share"
The Western Sentinel thus explains the means by
which the "Danyille Connection" is expected to he
accomplished:
"The President of the Salem and Germanton
Railroad Company, chartered in 1867, having
given notice that the stockholders of said Company
would hold meeting in this place on Saturday. the
Goth inst, to which invited the friends of the
enterprise, and the public generally, a number of
| our citizens, both of the town and country, as
scmbled at the Court House at O'Clock, and,
trary 10 the spirit hitherto exhibited by many re-
gard to the matter, there decided zeal and an
| enthusiasm manifested which inspires confidence
and the hope that the road so much desired will, at
! no very distant period actually be constructed
| This announcement will strike many with surprise
and establishment But when it is recollectcd how
long and ardently the friends of the Danville con-
nccion have striyen to effect through passage and
an outlet to this portion Of the State, by way of
Danvle, into the markets of Virginia, it need not
strike any matter of aEMzement. Especially
I Il A.. A. 7 -
virtually in the charter of the Dan River and Coal
field Road" by very slight circuitouS route made
the connection. This seems to have been effected
blindly and without the consideration of any one
| The Legislature of 1867, having granted char
ter for road leading from High Point, the N. c.
Road ria Salem, Germanton, and on to, or near the
| Virginia line, company was subsequently organ
lied An amount of stock takeE, and the require
mcnts of the law for the valuation of the charter
thoroughly complied with The whole affair was
then apparently dropped and as We supposed ut the
time left to "sleep the sleep of death" But the
charter of the Dan River and Coalfeld Road, grant
ed by the late Legislature uniting with this charter
in Stokes county, near Gcrmanton, awakcs it at
once and completes the connection.
The stock, we learn, sufficient to grade the road
from Danvic to GermantOn, with the exception Of
comparatively few miles, has already been sub
scrbcd. notice Of which appears in another col
of this paper, calling together the stockholders,
at Wentworth, on the 29th of September next for
the purpose of organizing Company, preparatory
to breaking ground and commencing to build the
road 1t therefore becomes almost matter of ne
ccssity we'll interest to the people Of Forsyth
Guilford, Davidson, Dave and Yadkin to arouse
themselves. to unite and meet the energetic farmers
of Rockingham and Stokes with the Salem and Ger
manton Road upon the line between Stokes and
Forsyth"
Our contemporaries, the Charlotte Democrat and
Raleigh Standard, are discussing the Conventions
to be held this fall for the election of delegates
the State Conventions, and the Standard recon-
mends that at the holding of our county conventions
for the appointment of delegates to the State
conventions We entirely agree with the Standard
in this NATTER and would urge people in the va
rious counties to be there maasss-let not lame