Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-06-24
FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE "a, 1850.
The Northern Democracy Call fer the Aid o. our Sym
nothv

pathy,
The fo!lowin. sound view appears in the
Examiner Of Yesterday:
The Democracy ofthc North, from the time u
the acquisition of Louisiana to the present. have
Loyalty and faithfully defended the rights OF the
South. .ls they have proved themselves faith.
iul in all the most sudden and trying cxigcn.
cics Of the past 10 ;hc constitutional rights Of
the South, 50 will they, We hope prove them
selves faithful in the future
Then. why distru>t them ncighbor: Why
pretend that they are unwilling. as they arc moi,
to nieei us upon the only ground OF State equal
liy IN the territories:
The Northern Democracy arc true We
need not look 20 past records to establish this.
Their present declarations are before us. They
announce. themselves glad to stand by the
cause Of the South, which they feel to be the
cau,cof truth and Justice They 30 the whole
length of equa! protection, to persons and pro
perry witnia li.c Territories, and leprecarc all
attempts to compromises the question. Read the
two following articles from that gallant organ
OF the Northern Democracy, The democratic
Standard o! Concord, New Hampshire:
CONGRESSIONAL SLAVE CODE
We iirl the following paragraphs in the Amc
. rican Ballot, published a Portsmouth:
''BrrwrEN TWO FIRE>-Whilc the DolIglas
Democratic papers tat least the most bitter an.
t-Buc!lanau sheets condemn the new platform
laid do%n by Buchanan new organ, the Con
! StitutiOn, a. the platform on which the party
is 20 l,armonizc all its dlilcrcnccs-a platform
which recognizes lust So much popuar.sovc.
rcignty as the Supreme Court shall approves
in conflict with the Cincinnati platform and 4
burleSGuc on popular rights. tn. ultra pro.
slavery paper, oi the South and their allies at
the North condemn it for the opposite reason.
that it does 10; give sufficient protection to
slavery. The Democratic Standard, one of the
latter class. insists that nothing short Of a Con
.reSSonal slave code will or ought to satisfy
the South, and Of course goes for giving the
shareholders all they ask.
The Ballot is mistaken in s,Ipposing that
We advocate Congressional slave code for
the Territories. That is not our position. We
advocate protection 10 property in slave labor
in the Territories. rs we do protection to all
other kinds Of property, il any attempt shall
he made by tie Territorial governments to
Interfere with it, or to fail to give it the pro-
lection which it needs. II may need no olhc,
protection than the Courts Of the Territories,
and the Federal Government can give. II so,
Inc south vii! he content. and no legislation
by Congress will be needed.
Bat. il an attempt is made 10 destroy that
description Of property, ly positive legislation,
or By neglect to lc.i>latc for It's protection, il
necessary, then We say that Congress and the
other branches Of the Federal Government arc
bound to rrotcc; it, Is they are bound to pro-
ieci all other kinds Of property in the Terrific
rics. Suppose the Territorial Legislature should
wanionly repeal all laws relating TO theltS and
trcspasscs upon property of all kinds, which
they might do under the sublime dogma OF
Sguattcr Sovereignty, and prohibit all remedy
in their courts Of justice lor such injuries, is
there man so insane As to say that Congress
shall not Interfere TO arrest the mischief: Yet,
there are men, fanatics and demagogucs. who
contend that property in slave labor may be
subjected 10 just siict treatment by the Terri.
,orial authorities, and that the hulnbug OF
S!uattcr Sovercignty prohibits any remedy for
>uch gTos, injustice.
4 WAgSING TO TIE SorTM-Eyery Pierce.
Douglas Democratic press in this State. inclu
ding the New Hampshire Patriot, and the
Manchester | nion Democrat, is now fully com.
mitted to the "Squatter Sovereignty" doctrine,
viz: That Tie whole question Of slavery in the
Territories is TO hc left to the people of the ter.
ritorieS, who NAV exclude the institution by
positive legislation if they please, while in the
territorial condition.
This is. substantially, the position which the
united Pcrcc-Dong!as press in this State now
take. Aud. in this position they have the
countenancc of the Administration, 81 far as
the Administration gives cOuntcnancc to any
thing in this State. The New Hampshire Pat
.iot and Union Democrat publish the laws "by
authority and the editors Of some Of tho
other papers hold important post Offices under
the Administration.
/ If the South have resolved Ia submit 10 this
doctrine, tire organs of southern opinion should
c. the world know it, They should no Longer
m,!c.,d those who would be their friends. We
arc willing to continue to battle for the right
There are thousands Of true and indomitable
Democrats vino would be glad to stand By the
cause of the South which they feel TO be the
! can-c Of justice and the Constitution. But
they need. in this crisis, support and encourage
mcnt. They have none from the .ldministrTl.
tor. On the contrary. the power of the Nd
ministraton is welded against them, and ir
! favor Of the enemies Of the South in this State
Lei u>. then. have the open and cordial
sympathy of our Southern brethren. We wan
not their money. Bat. we want an cXprcssio!
of their sympathy. We want 90 operation
aud support. If the true men Of the NORTH
were sustained a> they should be, they could
in time. avert the tide Of abolitioniSm which
has ne crlv cn.uicd The Democracy Of thu
North, and tlrcatcn% t" stbin"rgc the lnior
itself
There is the announcement, the yndication
Me prvygr ,icr &ympathy Ir"m hc Souih, which
come, from the thousands Of true and iii
,lomtablc Democrats at the North. And We,
the "Exa.n;ncr'' refuses them the sympath!
they ask-ol..rs to compronit their position
by mao.t Compromise, refuses to recognize
the Constitutional rights cl the South for which
they arc struggling, and agrees to leave then
unprotected by the formal avowal of Southern
Democratic sympathy and co'opcration; refuses
to unite with them wholly and cordially tc
'avcrt the tide ol aooliti0nlsm whlch ha'
nearly cnguliel the Democracy. Of the North
and threatens to suhmcrgc the Union itself.
Can Southern men, can national, conserva
tive. patriotic Democrats, Of any section, unit
with tnc Examiner in lending deaf ear t
appeals Ike that Of the standard? J?
-I-D-I- -
The Examiner Proposes to Ignore the Dred Scot
Decision.
Il is well known tha; the bred Scott decision
was pronounced after the formation of the Tin
cinnati platform.
In an article referred to in one OF our pre-
yiouS i>sucs. the Examiner admits that TIN
, prc.i Scot decision incucatcS the doctrine o
cd,:al protection tn persons and properly in TIT
= Il - .,.,1tf