Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-05-05
Letter Tfrsm ssOccasionai.',
zWlsH,xeros, April se, 1859.

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Correspondence of "rhe Pres"
-WlsH1neTos,Ap 2e, 1859.
The nreparations of the Administration
IA, ,xkius POSSESSIONS Of ti,e .Ghsisstou
| Convention have been begun ins dde form,
and are.bsing extended xiterer, the bnion.
The first step,will be TO prevent ang dele.
gates from Illinois, ffiehd kaoJ udysD6es.
las, from being admitted into thatA bod ',
and this is to be effected by double-setting
the one hundred and thirty or ;forty aheu-
sand Democrats of that-Stats in the ap-
pointpentef smother setof delegates, rep
resenting about fire thousand men, who
willdemand admission on the ground that
they are Che legal delegates, inasmuchZ as
they stand. upon the Administrator, or
extreme Southern platform. = In the mean
while, the Southern extremists fas you
will perceive by reading the articles in late
numbers,of the-Ao6ile- Register, Nsao Or,
leans Delto, Charleston 1slNerclry &c:1
are resolved to overslaugh every delegate
from the North who comes there friendly
to Douglas, or else TO leave themselves. un-
less slave code is formally agreed upon by
the Convention. In the meanwbile, how
ever,.quite.a movement has taken. place
IN New Jersey. "a gentleman, now in
Washington, well acquainted with the pol
itics of New Jersey, informs me that the
divisions of tie Democratic party in that
State will come together and make COM
mon cause in support of the principles aof
your 'platformAlaid down at Harrisburg on
the 18Th of Arb. They win elect dele
gates tothe Charleston Contention, and
instruct them to insist upon. the full reccg-
nition of the doctrine of popular sover-
eighty in the Territories; and IN The event
of the refusal of the Gonvention to recog
Mise this doctrine, or in the event Of the
assertion of the principle that slatery must
be protected n the Territories over every
other description Of property, then their
delegates will be instructed to retire. As
/ haze assured you, this movement will be
followed in all the Northwest, and an at
tempt will be madein New England to
second it. The question viii, of course,
arise, whether, should the Democracy of
the North be consolidated upon your plat
form, the Southern men wilLhave anything
to, do1with The Charleston Contention p
1t is quite certain that nothing can save
the country but adherence to the pfinci..
pies asserted in the platform Of the States
Rights Democracy of PENNSYLVANIA
The fruits of Mr.. Buchanan's s.ave-code
policy are beginning to appear in Ken.
lucky. 1t appears that Mr.. McGofIin, the
Democratic candidate for Governor of that
State has taken ground that good faith re-
euires absolute non-inferfere-ce by Con-
gress. with slavery in the Territories, and
this declaration isdenounced by. the eAd-.
ministsation organ at Louisville, 1.-THE
Courier,) as a 'Black Republican heresy,n
an aabolition heresy," DC, the Courier ta-
king this course, no doubt, under instruc-
lions from administrator at Wash
ington., I .notieesthat in the Democratic
paper published at the home of M!. Breck
inr dge, ,iu Kentucky, the following ground
Is taken. which clearly indicates that the
Vice President is. il issue with The Presi-
dent himself on this important and vital
question.
''These extracts show what was the un-
derstandng of the Democratic party. over
the whole country in S54 and 1856. 1t
was that whatever power Congress posses
sed over the subject of slavery in the Fer
ritories7 was referred by the sas-Ne-,
braska bill to the people of the Territories
themselves, thereby establishing absolute
non-intervention by Congress; and, in the
neSt piace, declaring that if any person.
felt aggrieved at the action Of a Territorial
Legislature on the subject of slavery, he
could, wleHa a case arose, ,'lpve the Supreme
Court of tfe United States decide 'on the
constitutionality Of the Territorial laws.
Good faith yequires that the understanding.
should be maintained, whether Mr.. Secre-'
lary Cobb, Vice President Breckinridge:>
Nj. Douglas, OF any 16tlier, shall Be the
nominee of theDemocra:ie lnartyin 1860.
Unless it is. thes Democratic party, ceases
t6 exist asa ahationals sparfy.ns Wehave "a
runert on the town, { to day, 2lnehsI Icannet'
trace to auy reliable source, that 1here is,
be change IN the post office Of your city,
and that Dir. Vincent L! Bradf0pdis 10 be,
the successor of MroBestcott.
= esEaI g.'i! e.sis OCCASIONAL.
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