Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-02-04
Hoosier Democracy.


tons and resolutions OF the late Demo
cratic State Convention, of Indiana, we
should conclude that the logic of the
Hoosier politicians was in very fud.
died fix. For instance, they endorse in
| the strong language t tervent partizan-
ship, the whole course Of Mr. Buchanan's
Administration, and then instruct the
delegates appointed to the Charleston
Convention to vote for Douglas "as long
as his name is before the Convention"
wien, as the veriest schoolboy knows,
the chief measures of the Administration
have been most bitterly opposed aud de-
nonnced by Douglas. Again, they re-
solve That we accept the decisions of
the Supreme Court OF the United States
as the best evidence of the true mean
ing of the Constitution, and will respect
and maintain them will, the fidelity we
owe to the Constitution itself;' aud in
the next resolution declare for squatter
sovereignty, when it is we'll known that
the Dred Scott decision utterly denies
the right of either Territorial Legis-
lature or the people of IA Territory as
such, to pass amy laws against slave
holding. q ''S5~5
To most mortals who are able to dis
tinguisll {; "hawk from a handsaw,"
such Il jumbling together Of incoheren-
cles and contradictions, is an exploit to
move both mirth and derision. Who
can help laughing at this Hoosier way
OF producing harmony" and meeting
out justice to the Montagues and Capa-
let's of the Democratic chousIlod!-a way
which endorses one opponent and hur-
rahs for the oth.r, which extols one pol
icy and pledges fealty to it's antagonist.
And who can help deriding such deplor-
able time-sersing and reckless repudia-
tion OF political integrity and consisten-
cy? Every honest Democrat must re-
gard conclusions SO contradictory and so
varcsated with opposite and hostile in
tcrprctatlons of doctrine, with the hor-
ror and disgust which the ancient Satyr
felt for the traveller who blew hot and
cold with the same breath. Indeed the
platform which endorses Buchanan and
yet declares for Douglas is suicidal, aud
must go down under the weight of its
own bad faith and contemplate self.
Mr. Buchanan's interpre-
tation Of tie consti ut onal obligations
IN regard to slavery in the Territory is
respectful of the rights of
lie South, and if adhered to in the prac-
ices OF the Government for the future.
vlll stranglc scctionalsm and save the
Union. Mr.. Douglass doctrine is the
OF and repndiates all this.
Che dcmoniacIe tragedy Of john Browns
career is II pity aud poignant summing
,p and illustration OF the practical con-
sequences of sqnattcr sovereignty as
advocated by the Little Giant John
Browns Kansas work" was but a lite
al carrying ont Of the doctrines of "un-
ricndIy legislation" against slavery
Aud his Virginia toray was an applica-
ion Of the same on d; national and wider
cale.
If the South has no rights in the Ter
tories, which they have aided to ac-
|u're with their best blood and gold.
ow can she be sure of those in the
states acquired by the same means? Mr..
Douglas says that it is fully within the
legitimate scope Of the powers of Com
,ress to connive at and sanction the
onfiscation OF Southern rights through
he "uniriendIy Legislation" Of Terri
prial Legislature. .fthe South submits
D this dcspoliation now, it will not be
ing before E,naticism demands its use
. annii,iltte the vital elements of our
Ii we give way to the white
,ongias, with what grace or power shall
We gainsay the edicts Of the black Doug
as? Let us not swallow the camel with
he deceptive hope of keeping the gnat
ut. When the barrier is oncc broken
eople, desolation ard ignominy will
ONE in will, their shackles and wretch
dness to legitimate and enforce their
rst victory.
The Democracy of the South are too
wise, too vigilant and brave to surren-
er even the least valuable outpost,
,uch less u stronghold which is the key
t their position. And the Hopsier De.
lncrats may as well understand right
II the temper we arc in and and the
nctrlpcs We bold to. Recent events,
ke Kansas and Harper's Ferry, have
lade us suspicious, self reliant, and
omew''st familiar with the cpthet and
of disnnion. But we will
';rit fnr some months to see if a practi.
al c'pservatis'n ispossibIe in the North,
nd VIC insist that the South has az
'nch ht To establish it's institutions
n r, Territory as the North, and that
hey slousd be protected by Federal
iw's Whenever protection is lfeedud.--
'aililfs IN this, the Union is an iInpos-
ION aud aeoselrant Il with the powers of
Il n aud degr;slittpu We shall hook
, the Charleston Convention for ssoae