Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-07-06


grsss' heant srsnce' by tie c-essure II Con
grez. ) tefritorial legislature zn those days the
idea was not so prevalent that the agent had more
power than the principal In these days politicians
had not learned To say that when Congress inter-
tered to protect from ne ita1ereace Of is creature
it was violation of the doctrine of nonterYention
The canvass of Is4s passed ami Gen. CAss declared
that Mr.. YAScEY was right aud that the Southern
Democracy were wrong in their construction of
his letter IN his speech on the Oregon llin le4s
Gov. JOHNSON held that the Constitution granted to
the sOuthernef BIS right to sases the territories,
and ifhe remove into territory with them "No
POwER oS EARTH can DEPRIVE HIN OF THEM" In
recent letter he says: II believe that it is
the right Of the SOdhto demand aad the duty Of Con-
greeSt TO edend protection to person aud properly of
erery kind (ncLUDNo sIAvERr) ihttetereitores DIR
their territorial state'lTEguBs sIgGuN "a .og
On the fourth day Of last MONTH after the adjourn
ment at Chariestons Gov. Johnson, as Chairman Of
the Committee on Resolutions, drew up and present
ed 70 convention then sitting in Milledgevie to ap
point delegates to Baltimore, the following to which
invite the attention Of Mr. DOUGLAS adherents in
this State
4 ResolUed, That we reaffirm the Cincinnati Plat
form, with the following additional propositions:
lst That the citizens Of the United States have an
equal right TO settle NTH their property of anu kind
in the organized territories of the United States and
that under the decision of the Supreme Court of
the United States, in the of bred Scott which
recognize the correct exposition of the Const-
tuition in this particular, sdDe property stands upon
the same footing all other descriptions of property
and ttat neither the General G0ce7,Hent, NOR ANY
i TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT can destroy or inn
par Tie right to SdUe property in the common terri
tories any than the right 70 anu other descTp-
tioR Of property; that property of all kinds, slaves
well any other species Of property in all the ter
ritories, stand upon the same equal and broad Con-
stitutional basis and subject TO like principles of
recognition and protection the LEGISLATIVE, Judi
cidl and Erecaire Departments Of The Government.
I'd. Thatwe will support any. man who may be
nominated by the Baltimore Convention for the
Presidency who holds the principles set forth in the
foregoing proposition, and who will give them his
endorsement, and that we will not hold ourselves
bound TO support any man, whomay be the nominee.
who entertains principles Inconsistent with those SCI
forth in the shove propositions, seO denies that
SldUe property IN the Territories does stand on an
equal footing, and the same constitutional basis d
other species Of property. aell
In view of the fact that large majority of the
delegates from Georgia felt it TO be their duty &c
withdraw from the late Democratic Convention a
Charleston thereby deprving this State of her vote
therein, according to the decision of said ConVen
ton.
"a ReSolced, That this Convention will appoint TWEEN
ty delegatesfour from the State at large, and two
from each Congressional Distriet-tO represent tbs
Democratic party of Georgia in the adjourned Con
yention at Baltimore on the 18th inst and that said
delegates be and are hereby instructed to preseH
the foregoing propositions, and dse their adoption by TIL
National Democratic CoRSeatiOn f..,-... ~.
HERsCHEL V. JOHNSON,