Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-07-11

on the 18th instant. The
secedjMg delcgssipns sSec returned, some
SO kichn Bud and Others y
!saltinSsrs ny thway Of Rchmoa3,
and tpstrneecd ,makc the same u
mand. and withdraw II il should be re-.
fused.
Delegates we're appointed in Louis-
lana, Alabama and Georgia by the
National Democrats OF those States, to
ill the vacant sets Of the seccdeis.
Those Of Alabama and Lo isiana we're
admitted, and the seeding delegations
ELECTED, aud the seeding delegates
rom Georgia were admitted IL seats
they all look nnbrsge at the decisions
Of the Convention touching the various
contests for seats, They retired, organ
lied aud nominated candidates for the
Presidency aud Vice Presidency, aud
they clam. to he the "Nstional Democ
racy OF the United States" Now if
they were actuated by ''prin:ipic," if il,
vas their purpose, in good faith, to OBJ
tain the recognition OF the principles Of
Congressional protection for slavery in
the Territories, way not wait until q
proper time arrived t. bring that sub
ject before the Convection, and then,
according to their instruction, Withdraw
from the body! The reason is palpsble;
they were waging war against dis
,inguishcd man, not for the maintenance
Of "princlple;;' they were willing TO
leopard the integrity of the Democratic
party and the triumphs Of its cherished
principle rather than see its will pro-
claimed in the nomination Of its favori!c.
Admitting, for the sake of argument,
Mr.. Douglas to be obnoxious IS they
allege he is, yet there never was time
when the South united could not have
defeated his nomination. Why, then,
should they have seeded! Why not
remain at their post, Why seek TO dis
member and destroy the party:
| question not the patriotism OF any,
but the people will hold them respon-
sible, sooner or later, for all the i'll that
may flow from their errors. said the
demand for Congressional Intervention
was properly rejected.at Charleston,and
why do 1 say so' Because it was the
agreement between the North and the
South that slavery agitation should be
removed from the halls OF Congress, and
the people of the Territories be left
perfectly free to regulate their domestic
institutions in their own way, subject to
the Constitution Of the United States.
This was the principle Of the compro-
mise measures of 1850, and practically
applies IN the Kansas Nebraska act Of
1854. 1t triumphed in the election Of
Franklin Pierce in that year, and Of
James Buchanan in 1856. 1t is, per-
haps, the best ground of compromise
between the North and the South which
human ingenuity can devise, and by it
tho Democratic party at least, OF all Sec
sections, should be willing to abide. 1t
gives advantage to neither section over
the other, because it refers all questions
of dispute between them, either as to
Congressional or Territorial power over
the subject OF slavery, to the final arti.
traitor of the Supreme Court Of the
UHitcd States. Is it therefore safe for
t: c South Its practical workings is
not without sati,actorv results. When
the people of Territory desire slave
labor, and the soil and climate are suit
ed to it, slavery will go-whcre these
conditions do not exist it will not 60.
This fluids an illustration in Now Mex-
CO, where slavery is established, and that
in those territories where it is excluded.
Only few days ago propositiont to
repeal the slavery laws of New Mexico
were made and rejected on the one hand,
and the anti-slavcry law of Kansas on
the other was made aud rejected in the
Senate. Suppose these propositions, or
either Of them had prevailed, is it not
certain the country would have been
thrown into the highest excitement 3
But by their rejection non-intervention
was practically adhered to, and the pub.
lie mind is satisfied and quiet. Let US
maintain it firmly and faithfully. We
are bound to it by every consideration
of interest and obligation of compact
Its abondonments will prove fatal to the
National Democratic party, and ulti-
mately 10 the Union itself 1t will
drive the South into intense sectional
ism, and the North into the ranks of
Black Republicanism. l do not say
every man OF the Northern Democracy
will remain true to the constitution, des-
pite the overwhelming flood Of it's re-
lentless cohorts. But / mean that the
free labor States would be controlled
by Black Repubicanism, and would not
be able to return a single member t.,
either House If Congress friendly to
the constitutional rights of the South.
trus. that such a condition of things
may never exist (; bnt if it should, 1
know Of no way by which the Unlon.
can be saved. Hence the doctrine of
Congressional intervention, as advocated
BY this newborn sectional party, IS
franght with peril to the country. The
question is now distinctly presented to
the people, whether they will adhere to
the doctrine Of non-ntervention or
whether they will abandon it; whether
they will reopen the slavery agitation
by requiring Congress to talks jursdic-
ton over it, or whether they will give
rcpose to the public mind and scrutiny
to the Union by leaving it where The
compromise leaves ito the free action
of the people of the Territories under
the Constitution of tho TTn;tod c..