Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-05-11
"To JAMES S. SLAUGHTER, esq.,,

ZH The Lynchburg Republican, asks the
question-shall we have an intervention or
on-intervention platform at Baltimore in
June? We answer, so far as the Democra-
ey of the Tenth Legion District, and espe-
cially that portion of it, whom we have met
since our return from the Charleston Con-
yention, is concerned, Non Tnte3.uentto5s. =
The Democratic party is committed to Che
plain, practical, common sense doctrine of
Non Intervention With it we Fave Here
tofere succeeded, ana with it we can triumph
hereafter. We had s'better suffer the ills
we have, than fly to others we know not Of .
It is folly and madness to think of breaking
up the Democratic party ard the Union upon
a mere abstraction. The honest masses,
who love the Union will never eoEsent to 1t
They believe if the people Of a State or Fer
ritory want negro slavery they will have it
and if they do not want it they viii not have
it; and that is the end Of it, Slavery can
not be forced upon any people In add
ton to this we have not half as many ne
groes IN the Southern States as We have use
for. We have none to spare for the Terri
tories, and even if we bad, there is no Ter
rtory to be settled where slave labor would
be profitable. Kansas and Nebraska are not
adapted to slave labor. New Mexico and
Arizonia have system of servitude of tEeir
own, which must supercede negro slavery
there. The other Territories proposed to be
organized are not worth half dozen good
Virginia negroes, and consequently all this
contention about slavery in the Territories
is fanatcal and silly There is not a Ter
ritory which will be organized in the next
FOUR years, that is worth the money it will
take to support the different departments OF
its government. All the Congressional slave
codes that might be enacted between this
tins and che blowing @ G,briel's trumpet,
could not force slavery into any of the unoc-
cupie9 Territories now III our possession, OF
which may come into our possession in ;he
next four years. Why then is the peace
and harmony Of the country to be disturbed
about Intervention or Nom Intervention
when there is not one practical point i'll tht
whole question? The people are tired 0
this 5ommotion, and will not tolerate any
new and intangible issues.
Non Intervention. as endorsed ana ad
hered to by the Democratic party sine
1913, was the result Of compromise be
tween the North and the South The Nortl
demanded the Wilmot proviso, which pro
hibited Slavery in the Territories; the Soutl
contended for the passage Of laws protectln.
and establishing Slavery in the Territories
( These two positions being in extreme an
tagonism, but both conveying the idea o
Intervention, a middle ground of adjustment
was sought. which resulted in the adoption
Of the doctrine of Nom Intervention BY Con
gress in the Territories, leaving the peopl,
thereof free to regulate their domestic insri
tutions in such way as to them might seen
most wise and beneficial, This compromise
is just and equitable, and should not be dis
turbed especially at tie time when the har.
mony of the Democratic party is so essential
to its success, and the preservation Of The
Union.