Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-06-24
4it5monb Enquirer,
RY ElrCnIE, DryyAvANr, TYLER 4 WISE.
FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 2I, 1859.
"NoN-INTERFERENcE" IS NOT "NoN.INTER.
yFNTJ0N"

Drcd Scott decision by the Charleston Conyen-
the Cincinnati platform. But this mask shall
not protect them. There i, neither the word
"non-intervcntion, nor tic iie4 i; conveys to
he found in that platform The Cincinnati
platform rcpu'liated the word ''non-intcrvcn-
ton, ard adopted ''n"n-in;crfcrcncc and the
two have distinct meanings, and are in no sense
SYNONYMS.
The Baltimore Convention, in acquicScins in
the Compromise measures ol $50, first used
the word "intcrfcrc"
In S:'2, the Baltimore platform vas a. iol
low~:
That Congress has no power under The Con
>t:tu;ion. to interfere with or control the %.
mcStic Institutions OF the several States, and
that such States are sole and proper judges OF
everything pertaining to their own ai'dirN not
prohibited by the Constitution; that all efforts
of the ahutionist>, or others, made TO induce
Congress TO ia'.ft;re with questions o! slavery,
OF to take incipient steps in relation thereto.
are calculated 10 lead to the most alarming and
dangerous consequences &c.
In 1866 the Cincinnati platform re'adopIed
tie !oTsso;ns, and wien the legislation Of 1851
came 10 he endorsed by the platform the fol-
lowing is the resolution:
Resolved, That claiming fellowship :rilh,
and desiring the cooperation Of 81! who regard
the preservation Of the Union under tiic Con-
>;itnton rs the paramount issue, ami repuda-
ting all sectional parties and platforms concern
ing domestic slavery which seek u c'hh:0!l tAc
States ami incitc 10 treason and armed resist
cncc 10 law in the territories, ani whose avow-
ci purpose. if consunnltcd must end III civil
war and di>union, the American Democracy
recognize AMI adopt the }:ih"jp'a' contained
in the organic laws establishing the Terrific
rics of Eans.., and Nebraska, a> rmbodying the
only safe solution of the slavery question
upon which the great nationa! idea Of the peo-
ple Of this whole country can rcpo,c in lis dc-
t.::ninc,i conservatism OF the aon. So> INTER
yEErvcE by Congress with slavery in State
and Territory or in The District of Columbia.
I'D That this waS thc bas. of the rn;niro-
mise Of lsj0,' &c.
In the whole platform the Word 'non-intci-
,rnlor," nor the idea i, conveys, tas defined
by Mr.. Donsla. that the Territorial Lesisa
turc may pass jus; such laws in rcrard to siaye-
~ as they think they have Il rish; to enact 'ln-
DER the Constitution Of tie United States,
without the Intervention Of Congress 10 pre-
VENT j. no, 10 he found.
The idea conveyed in the platform is, that
Congress shall not Interfere" tha; is, inter
lncddlc with the Institution Of slavery any
where. because that vas question above the
power of Congress, having been recognized 'y
the Constitution. "lGt.r.erc' auI ''non.intcr-
ference" carry the idea Of illcgal.ty, and were
used to express an ILLEGAL act on the part Of
Congress. The Kans0s.Ncbra,ka bill! had
used the word non.interenton, but the Gin
cinnati platform Struc. it ont and inserted
'non.intcr!rrence" The Kan-as.Nchrasa bill
says. which being inconsistent with thc prii-
ciplc rf nonntervcrt;on b. Congress with
slavc:y in the States anl Territories. &C.
The p'l,.orm changes 'uon-intcrvcnton TO
'non.intcrlc,cncc because 10 @iermoli'c
wit: slavery was unconstitutional, while
10 intervene for lis protection was the
duty of Congress; ami this view is conclu-
sivc. When the Gtc, is remembered taat the de-
legation f;um Virginia Lad seat t. tie commit
tee on resolutions tic following resolution as
>cr;ing ihc doctrine Of Intervention:
Resolved That the duty Of aordins alc-
4rIalc protection in the territories rrcr:Ocs to
their legal organization a> States, to all rights
Of persons aud property respected um(,vr the
Constitution of the Union. i i:c!!mhc::: oa the
proper legislative authorities thereof.
The suppression Of 'non-ntcrvcntion' and
the substitution OF "nen,intericrcuce" was ac-
ccpted by Virginia 8 ernhoGyin:;. by inrlica-
ton. the sense Of her resolution Otherwise,
her delegation would have occupied the position
Of dupes upon the most important subject in
the platform. Those men. who were present
in Cincinnati and remember that the person
who introduced this resolution was Mr. james
\. Scddon. Il man most jealous Of the rights OF
the South, for whom South Carolina voted for
the Wee Presidency. will a,rec that he, nj least,
would nc:cr have made the nomination unani.
NOUS, if he had not understood that the plat
form covered "tlc adequate protection of the
rights of person and property il tho tcrri;o-
rirs.
TO as>umc that Mr. Sc,!iom, vao Voted for
the Cincinnati platform Welded III. resolution
l1r protection of property in I!'c ;.;aiio:ic,, is
to s,ul,ify no, only III: S.id,u, hu; every
member of the delegation. inr sah ;iiution
OF ''non-inter!creHce' ior "noainir:ycntion, "
and the adoption Of the yrjn"ij'e, of the lcgiS-
la;ion Of 1854, is c"i!c;.t tlai the platform did
moi deny ;hc ,.G!y of ''nier;cniion. 1t adopt
rl the priaT,,lci Of the Kansas Nebraska bill.
What were ;i,,e principles: The? were, Isl, that
the rcpcai .. the Missouri Compromise was ,anr-
ilonrd and would he sustained b. the party. ID.
That the party would sanction ard sustain the
principles, that the people of the Territory, MT
topPr,SS, were Ito iorn,' and that the people
OF the Territory, ""i C"sgrcss, were TO rcg,l-
late" their domestic institution in their
own way. subject only 10 the Constitution Of
the United States" And the language used to
express these pri0riti,s,is IS "SoN.lN1ERrERENcE.
mo; 'nonntcrycn;ionJ by Consrcs, with
slarery in Staic and Territory, or in The Dis
trict of Columbia Had mon intervention
been used and the platform read mon inter
vcntion hy Congress with slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia, It would have been held to
sanction the repeal Of all laws. whether exist
ing by Congressional enactment or by virtue OF
the old Maryland law, which conserved and pro-
tce,ed slave property in the District Of Colum-
bia But h. changing 'nonatcrycntion into
'non-interltrencc, they designed to pledge the
party that Congress should no: in'.t',r., that
is nterncd!ic wiih TIC institution CT slavery
J lin STATE OF rrrriiorN n. In lie DISTRICT d