The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-10-30
DOUGLAS FOR INTERVENTION AND
PROJECTION

DOUGLAS FOR INTERVENTION AMI
Projection.
The main reason that the supporters of Doug
les give for their actous and disorganizing course
is, that they are for non-intervention Well, let
us see how Mr. Douglas himself stands on this
question-let us see if he has always been non-
interventionist. Wesay that he has been an tauor
of Congressional intervention and protection to
persons and property an she Territories, and we
can prove it.
In speech at Springfield Ill, on the 18th of
June, 1857, MIR. Douglas advocated the repeal of
the act organizing the Territory of Utah, and
said:
" Hence the necessity of repeating the organic
act, Withdrawing the pledge of admission, and
placing it under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction
of the United States IN ORDER THAT PER-
SONS AND PROPERTY MAY BE PRO
TECTED and justice administered, and crimes
punished under the laus prescribed By Congress
an such cases"
We qnote the above from the Congressional
Globe, Official authority part 2, I'd sess. 35th
Congress, p. 1858. These declarations of Mr..
Douglas were brought out by Mr. Green in de-
bate with Douglas in the U. S. Senate, and were
not denied by that gentleman. And it is plain
that Mr.. Douglas did advocate Congressional in
tervention so as to afford PROTECTION to per-
sons and PROPERTY in Territory Those
friends of Douglas who are always prating about
non-intervention might show their good judgment
by saying no more about it hereafter.
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HYPOCRITIoAL.-The supporters of John Bell
have been fighting against the democratic party
all their lives, and yet some of the Bell speakers
profess to be very sorry that the democratic party
is Gas they assert) broken up and divided They
accuse the Breckenridge men of doing what they
(the said Bell men) have been trying to do for
many years But they are much mistaken about
the democratic party being broken up-it is lit
the whole Bell party-one division of it is strong
enough to defeat Bell and Douglas combined.
They need not shed any of their hypocrtical tears
about the breaking up of the democratic party,
for that party is still strong enough to keep them
out Of power.
When southern delegates withdrew from the
Charleston Convention, prominent Bell men in this
town expressed qualification at it, and seemed very
sorry that the ~ G. delegation did not also with
draw. But now, those same gentlemen are en-
gagged in denounclng as disunionists those who
withdrew from the Charleston and Baltimore Con-
ventions. Whiggery and Know-pothingism are
very deceitful but their tricks too palpable to
hunlbug any one.
DIscUssIoNs.-Withint the last two or three
weeks several discussions have taken place between
the Electors in this District, Messrs. Fox, Bynum,
and Myers. Whenever MIR. Bynum was not pres
ent, some member of the Opposition party took
his place, except at Salisbury, where the Bell men
appeared to be very we'll satisfied with Mr.. Myers
effort, and did not put up any other man against
Mr.. Fox. The Bell paper in Salisbury, the
Waterman, to be much pleased with Mr.
Myers speech. Wherever discussions have taken
place, it has been the Opposition party, composed
of Bell and Douglas men, against the Democratic
party - the Bell men always applauding the
Douglas speaker That's SO, and no one can deny
it truthfully.
We clip from the Salisbury Banner the follow
ing: .,
4Nessrs. Foe and Myers at SalisJury.-J. A
Fox ESQ., elector for this district the Breckin-
ridge ticket, met w. r. Myers, Esq, the Douglas
elector, at this place Saturday. We have no
TOOu lOF uOlcG Ol Tie ulSCaSSiUu to-udy-cACtpG
to say that Mr.. Fox powerful in his defence
of the National Democratic ticket, while Mr..
Myers made poorly out of the poor business he
has in hand. During the discussion it TRANSFERRED
that Mr.. Myers does not believe in his leaders
(DouglasD doctrine that the people of territory
can exclude slavery before they come to form
State Constitution, aud also that Mr.. Myers be-
lieves the Supreme Court has settled the territorial
question, whilst his leader (Donglas) denies it.
Mr. Fox asked Mr.. Myers if every vote given for
Douglas would not help MIR. Bell? MIR. Myers
piled, "What if it does" We will notice this
discussion in next
WHERE is Mr.. Pool why is it that we
have heard nothing from Mr.. Pool since the
August election He promised during the late
campaign, to do great service for Bell even If he
(Pool) was beaten for Governor. But Pool has
kept respectfully quiet since the drubbing Gov.
Ellis gave him. "a burnt child breads the fire"
THE SALISBURY BANNER.-The Opposition
press with some honorable exceptions) have in
duiged in an unfair and dscreditable mode of at
lacking the editor of the Salisbury Banner. They
appear to think it very smart to throw up to MIR