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Whether she win now demand protection BY Con-
gress to slave property in the Territories remsins
to be seen. One thing is certain she may demand
it tut Gongress Mill Yerer, grant 1T The Southern
Democracy may require the Northern Democracy in
Convention At Charleston to unite with them in this
demand; but # they should, the result viii most
probably be the total overthrow Of the Northern
Democracy in 1850 They cannot carry this weight,
added to the fugitive slave law and the repeal Of the
Missouri restriction, and triumph. It is simply i'm
possible. They, are, our friends they have stood
by us and fought for us on many q field where our
Constitutional rights were at,stake but their nun-
bers are diminishing and they cannot afford to lose
many more Of their rank and file. Let US hope
that the whole question may be finally and prop
erly disposed Of before or at the Charleston Con-
vention, so that the national Democracy great
and. as we believe, the only hope Of the Union-
may 50 forward as heretofore conquering and to
conquer. The opposition to the national Democra7
cy can hold oat no promise even Of justice to the
South. Their stronghold is in the North and there
the watchword Of their leaders is no more slave
Territories or slave States The national Democra
cy may not be able to secure for us a that we have
. right to ask, all We may fairly demand under
strict construction Of the Constitution but they
have the will to do for us and will do for Us greatly
more upon this vital question Of slavery than any
other party now in existence or that may be formed
hereafter. Strike down that Democracy let it be
Gdismembered and scattered and the day it. is thus
dismembered and given over to defeat will be sad
one for the Constitution and the Union of the States"
It will be seen that bnt little more than year
ago. when discussing this questionswe distinctly
announced . that the South has heretofore trusted
to noninterventon by Congress to the Constitution
itselfn and to the Supreme Court as the fnai ex-
FOUNDER Of the Constitution. We did not ask for
Congressional protection in 1s4s, in 1850, 1854,
or in 1869 and we do not ask for it now. fl5,1
Again, in the Standard Of September Sd, 1859,
we said: ts Nisee s4t sfsT7 isy
The Wilmot Proyiso Territorial sovereignty, and
interventonb by Congress to protect siavery in the
Territories are all but not equally, Objectionable.
The Wilmot Provso proposes to prohibit slavery in
the Territories by act Of Congress That is the Sew
ard doctrine Territorial sovereignty proposes to
exclude or prohibit slavery by the Territorial Legis
latures. That appears to be the Douglas doctrine.
protect slavery in the Territories That is the Wise
doctrine. We are opposed to all of them. If the
Coz stitution and the Supreme Court both being in
our favor, cannot command for slaveholders fair
hearing and fair trial Of their species of labor in
the common Territories Congress cannot and if
Congress could it would not tits idle to ask for
Congressional protection It will never be granted
also idle to ask for it if We do SO for the pnr
pose OF making point on wnicn 70 STA, STAKE tne e1ist
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that !. r. ,he Const;tption and the Snnreme Court
cannot protect our property in the common Terrific
ries then might makes right, and the government
mas n'ied 70 answer one OF Sne great purposes lot
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:" Nor viii the South demand any thing more on
ne y ns .ng sndn
Of the Dred Scott decision. me Democracy of tho
South do not desire q Congressional slare code
!ney ore noD, es taey aoee oeen Jren me nrsl, IN
,si rs,pset d siaseyv IN ti 1srrtor;e. They are
for leaving It to the people, when they assemble
In Convention to frame Constitution, to say
wnetner tney wiii nave slavery OF not ana mean,
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protection to snss property ON tie Consttution of
the United Statss a. ezpoundtd on this subject by
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It is true that at Charleston, we approved Of and
preferred the majority reports and we were anxious
liz could be DONE consistently with the preserva-
ton Of theHational Democratic party, to have the
Convention set its face directly against the North
Fern construction Of the Cincinnati platform We
ere thus frank, because it is known, and it would
oe useless TO deny tnat large poron OF the North
ern Democracy have held the opinion that under
the Cincinnati platform the people OF the Terrific
res have the right to settle the question OF slavery
for themselves through their Territorial Legisa-