Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-11
The new Intervention Plank,
SMARTsvILLE, Nav Sth. e

sets the day before the day of the other par
ties Conventions-publicly, but rather coy
lily, accepts the plank of non.Intervention, as
a" erped'ency, and then says in a rounda
bout way, that it sets the day purposely
ahead of the others, so that the popular SOW
ereignty party, may take warning and not
run ticket, or if they do, and the slave code
party, shall carry the elections by being the
highest vote of the three parties, why, the
Republicans will not be to blame
In other words, but somewhat covertly, its
platform, and its candidates, for the votes of
the popular sovereignty party: and claims
them because it has adopted one of the great
distinctive planks of that partys platform -
This might be grand coup de ctat in France,
or in Mexico, or among struggling aspirants
in Hayti, where some strange things occasion
ally turn up.
If young lieutenant after his first initia-
ton to arms, should go to his general and po
litely offer to take upon himself the COM
mand of the army;-if u young convert, when
he first sees the light of salvation, should of
fer to take the church upon his shoulders, of
course, the zeal would be weighed against the
indiscretion and no offence would be taken ;
only little information might be needed, to
restore the equilibrium of redsonGbleness,
and set all things to rights
Let,us weighh and consider this whole mat.
ter
The Republicans, surrender to the force of
the popular sovereignty principle. They ad
nit at least the erpediency of non interven
ton. Since the speech of Thayer, they have
become convinced that they can gain their
end-the non-eXtension of slavery-by the
! force of civilization, for the north can always
out emigrate the south, four to one, and to
any sort of climate or country, worth having
not even excepting Cuba. They are, there
fore, willing to abandon their rather unpop-
ular plank of Congressional intervention for
the suppression of slavery extension. But
with most youthful assurance and naiviete
they ask the old veterans of the fight not on
ly to give the conclusion of the battle up to
their management. and the spols of the vic
tory but also to come in and help them finish
the fight
Let us look at this side little further
The abclitiOnists proper, those who believe
in the power of Congress to abolish slavery
in the states and District of Columbia, have
been voting of late years with the Repubi-
cans, as their view of the power of Congress
was the same, as far the Republicans went
But the doctrine of non-intervention, and the
fiat Of emigration will not reach their case
Neither of those doctrines will help them to
wipe out slavery in the states or in Columbus;
50 of course, that body will withdraw. An.
other portion of the Republicans will stand
by Messrs Seward and Lincoln in their DO
sition, that the hour has come for war of
determination between liberty and slavery.
That the south has pressed the question of
slavery all over the Union to that verge
where the north must meet it with the issue
of no slavery in any of the states: That the
Supreme Court must be remodeled upon the
basis Of liberty representation instead of as
now upon the slave preponderance, political
ly, but not by majority. That the slave in
terest shall be extinguished for the free
This will take off another large portion of the
party who are neither morally nor phian-
thropiealy, but only politically opposed to
slavery Not more than one third of that
great party-all of whom are opposed to the
extension of the slave area-will therefore,
be left to either lead or fight, (under the stan
dard of non.intervention,) the fight they now
propose to take off the hands of the Douglas
Democrats, and to officer and divide the
spoils.
SO much for that side; now let us look at
the other.
The Roman Empire was shaken to its foun-
dations, and itsVery existence impcrilled by
its three great Punic wars, and it was not
until those mighty wars were over, that its
existence, for centuries, was confirmed. The
| American Republic has had its war of Giants.
The first was between Jefferson and Hamil
ton and their compeers, to establish a line as
I between the Democracy and the Aristocracy,
of the Federal Sovereignty. The second was
between Webster, Calhoun, and Hayne and
their compeers, to establish the line between
the Federal and the State Sovereignties And
the third and last, is now being fought, be-
tween Douglas and his compeers on the one
side, and Seward of the North, and the Ad-
ministration of the South, on the other, for
the establishment of the SELF or citizen Sow
ereignty, as against the impingment of both
the State and Federal Sovereignties. And,
when this line shall be truly drawn. and this
last, and greatest battle shall be won-then,
ard not till then, can the prosperity of the
American Institution be confirmed in its fl-
ture, of many centuries These three great
Powers, like the Planets of Heaven, when
their centrifugal and centripital forces shall
have been weighed, and their orbits defined,
shall circle in convolutons of unity and har-
mony, the cycle ofages.
This is the last Punic war of the Republic,
which the Popular Sovereignty Party is now
fighting. 1t is not contending simply for the
settlement of any one little property issue
1t is endeagoring to establish the Tribunal
to fix the principles, in the right and will
of the maiority-for the final arbitrament of
all the questions that can arise in the diver