Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-05-06
n0rGLAsAND sLAVOCRAT1C DEMcV-
RACY AGAIN COALESC1NG.
The Washington correspondent Of 1bo J

The Washington correspondent OF the w.
Y. HcreH is responsible for tho following -
"wAsHtNoroS. Anil %, 1859
"For sorac days past, negotiations hive been going ON
here botrccn ihc chiefs Of the rognlr Democracy en-
those NJ tho Douglas wing OF thc pttty intending Nt
Douglas himself troadly forcshacwing the following
Presidential programme
misc ON the question Of slavery in The Territories "heu
will leave the exclusive supervision Of The subject GO tt
supreme Courithc right Of the southern people 10 set
tie in the Territories with their slave property remaining
az affirmed by the Drcd Scott decision. -
49, Two Democratic National Conventions "a W.
the work Of thr Charleston Convention TO be Limited 70
the reunion Of the party upon new platform. me
ond Convention In this c,ent will probably be fixed Tor
September. and In the City Of New YORK hy ihal Nn
the chiefs n the party will have discovered their most
available candidate and the weak points 10 'n' '''"'
"A saeacious and sensible programme you vii admit
The Democracy, like hard-up merchant WIN no O,n
fitted b, an extension of time. Ana the pan
nvcd a. said IN meet the cordial assent of Mr.. Dough-
Forno, holds ont; but Douglas concurnng fofney must
surrender, or with mere corporal Euatu' of o,l Yu
takc down hs forces u Charleston in good aiih, aud
will mot introduce himself candidate. OF all things
tho reinforcement II tho Democratic Presidential nomi-
nation I'm September 1867 will thus contribute 20 iusc
che party aud confuse the opposition, for hcy viii Nc i
10 Gahi n the dark with All their weak points exposed o
thc batteries Of the Democracy. In the moan ur tls
great financial and commercial reaction will m lt ga
miuisiratnn ont Of It's financial troubles and make DO
sold bulwark ofdefcncc for all factions Of the party
The above is confirmed in all particulars
save the second, and in various ways. First
MIR. Buchanans Washington organ ,the
Constitution has taken the ground Of propo-
.sition No. !. to which Forney's Press has an
swered decisively that it is utterly destruc-
tive of popular sovereignty, and the North
will not stand it. Douglass Washington or
gan lthc States on the 25th came out in ia-
yor Of re-optaipg the stare trade while in IL
linois. the leading anti-Douglas paper, the
Herald. declares that if Mr. Douglas is nomi-
mated at Charleston, it will support him with
all its might-and the Douglas organ. the
Springfield Register, as plainly promises to
support Mr.. Buchanan, if he shall be nomi-
mated. There is further confirmation in the
following, from the Washington corrcspon-
dent of the New York Courier ~ Enquirer
which also Justly oharactorizes the bargain
.Thc compromise which the Douglas party insist upon
is that the utho division shall cease to dunouucc popular
Sovereignty n o. slavery ia the territories and shall np
pose the principle farther than 10 crush II out 10y csc
eoutivc Interference, by the Federal patronage 10y hc
Courts hy muhs and finally by the army, in cases where
all other means fail This compromise will probably n
adopted without prejudice 20 the great object oi the u
,crsl expansion VI slavery. For after all this question
will be settled not Wy what is said. but by what Is done
aud while using All the powers " government 10 intro
dure slavery into Territory State, IL Is perfectly easy
for the Democracy tyow intense devotion tu the
will and Sovereignty Of the pcopc-as easy as lying
The bliuain tn be mndc these plain and practical
terms will re.in.iAto Mr. Douglas candidate before
the Ghlrlp.t1u Convention.