Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-08-11

uTc' \OnecrS.I OF tnese uCctrlneS tne
Southern States refused to accept Mr..
Douglas as a candidate, and who, had he
been with and of them, would have done
otherwise. But whether the Southern
States were reasonable or capricious in
their refusal to accept and support Doug
las, they had taken their stand deliberately
after mature onsideration-their avowal
was before the country aad was we'll un.
der. TODD and, unless he had some pre-.
emptive right to the nomination which is
not conceded, they had a right to set him
aside as a mere matter of choice without
any reason whatever These States held
one hundred and twenty electoral votes
sure for the democracy with an acceptable
candidate, while every other State expect
! those on the pacific, were counted against
Us or doubtful, and yet, managers of the
minority and doubtful States, by arti6ce
and combinations, sought through the
strangely protracted sessions of the Con.
vcntions held at Charleston and Baltimore
to force this one candid ate upon the South.
crn S atcs, and in this persistent and insane
effort, first dismcmbered and then adjour.
ned the Convention at Charleston, and f
nally divided and broke it up at Bali
more. 1t was Of all others an occasion
when sll mere individual preferences
should have been forgotten surrendered
for the public good but it was Douglas
or nothing, and hence the result. The
Convention broken up, the party divided
and all for candidate who cannot get an
electoral vote. The democratic parry Jun
der such rule is like the serpent in the ia.
BILE, which gave up the lead for time TO
the tail instead of the head to prevent its
clamor, and in attempting to 90 tail fore
most it stuck fast, and thus remained-the
tail refusing to give up the right to 90
ahead. And thus will the democratic
party remain until i: shed its tapering ex--
trsmity which insists on being honored
with command.
CHARGE OF A SLAVE CoDE-THE DEMO-
CRATIC PLATFORM
For the purpose OF turning attention
from the weahne>s and absurdity of their
own position, for the mad and selfish pros
tration of the democratic party to alarm
the fears Of the timid, shake the knees OF
the weak, and minister to the morbid cra-
wings Of a lingering and dormant aboli
tionism, they proclaim that the national
democracy who have placed in nomination.
Breckenridge and Lane are the advocates
Of a slave code for the Territories. Thi.
ideal bant.ing was begotton by design up--
I on ignorance, ard supported by empty
noise and brazcn clamor. The platforI
asked for and insisted upon by Southern
States, was just what the constitution en-
entities them to, as construed by the Su.
, preme Court and nothing more. Here il
is in all its length and breadth, as adop-
! ted in the Convention of Democratic State
which nominated Breckenridge and Lane
1t is the same non intervention which ever,
y true dem ocrat has advocated, ard givin,
/ effect to the decision of the Court an
:. nothing more Let every democrat Rad
:, with ulc. GUIDED Vision and not through tn
:. smoked glass Of lncipent abolitioui ,m; le
A him aualyze it carefully, and then tell u
!. in what section or sentence or syllabl
. this terrific slave code reposes; and whe
4 read weighed and understood, let all vii
= cannot subscribe to the great principles c
: personal aud State equality there enauc
atel as established and guaranteed b
the constitution, and authorized and Wind
c Gated by the decision of the Supreme Cop,
i OF the United States, remember that /
!, has taken the first lesson in abolition r,
1t u" publicanism, and is already on his way t
a that organization in his syn pathy with
!, sectional bigoted creed and narrow politici
= belief But here is the platform OF demo
!, cratic principles which will speak for i
!" self:
y. PLATFORM OF THr REGULAR NATIoNA
DINO o1RACY--ADoPTED IN CoNvENTIo
AT BALTIMORE, JUNE, 1850.
70 R"So/v-d d, That the platform adoptc
10 by the Democratic party at Cincinnati !
n affirmed with the following explanator
-, resolutions;
+ FIR /. That government of a Territor
- organized by an act of Congress is proyi
~ ional and temporary, and during its eXi,
" ence all citizens of the United ates ha,
- an equal right to settle with their prope
ty in the Territory, without their right
le either OF person or property, being d,
b stroyed or Impaired by congressional {
'r territorial legislation.
l. Secpad. That it is the duty of the Fec
ms eral Government, in all its department
c, to protect, when necessary, the rights
IN persons and property, in the Territorie
~ and wherever else its constitutional autho
b. ity extends.
he 7h'ri. That when the settlers in TIE
III ritory having an adequate population for
Ill a State consti utlon, the ri ght of sovereig
C. ty commences, and, being co,ummatad
t. admission into the Union, they stand
'ir an equal footing with the people of 9th
&c Staes, and the State thus organized oug
u to be admitted into the Federal Unio
IS whether its constitution prohibits or recc
ke K, nizes the institution of slavery.
ILL., hPS0,ced, That the democratic par
'er are in favor of the acquisition of tha Isla
of Cuba on such terms as shall be no
la orable to ourselves a.d just to Spain,
of the earliest practicable moment,
iy, RfS'IU II, That the epactments of ST