Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-07-03
democratic Meeting in H enrico couni

Democratic Meeting in H enrico comm.
At a meeting of the Democratic party OF
Henrico county, held at the County Court
House, in pursuance of notice, on Monday, the
Cd day Of July, 1860,
On tho motion of James Lyons, +. ~. Mayo
was annointcd Chairman, and John P. HARRISON
appointed Secretary.
ffTha CHAIRMAN made a brief address explain
inc his position as = supporter OF breckenridge
Vr lyons then offered tie following rcsoln,
firms which we're seconded by Mr.. Cooke and
unanimously adopted: .u.u
I Resolved, That the Democrats oi hei'rIco
~rcafir,n to-day, the principles which They pro-
claimed On the seventh day Of February las''
in the following language, to Wit:
81 Resolved, That the rights oil The people
Of thc southern States arc in all respects equal
10 those Of tic people Of the Northern ota'es
under the Constitution Of The nltca states.
- Resolved, That the property OF the peo'
plc Of the South is as fully protected by inc
ropsri,u,iun of the United States as thai 81 lEe
people OF the North. ..,E
20, Resolved, That the Sia'eS ol the Soutll
are &C nroucrly under the Constitution OF inc
United States, and Is fully Protected D! Is
any other property in the United States.
-. Resolved, That the fugitive sIaTc Ia" Is
Constitutional, and ought To be cXcclite"; aiu
MI State laws intended, TIT calculated to Ge-
feat il mr. prevent its cxecuiin9, ought 4" he re-
pcalcd. r ,ro
Enitsd States are the Common property OF all
-, - ,t,,,,,n-n the rirDJIt. ut all tII.
States have an equal right 10 enter '!pon ana
occupy them, (if any have that right aso 10
take with them their property Whatever 1t
may be. r ,L, c,-
"G. Resolved, That the decision oil the S"'
IRENE Court Of the United States, III ti!c c'St
Of bred Scott, correctly eHpoun'sS inc r'@it$ o,
thr inhabitants OF the Territories OF TIC Ihlteu
States. and by that exposition neither congress
or Il territorial Legislature, has the 'iS't l"
mass ony law discriminating between slaves and
any other property, 10 the disadvantage OF III
irry of the rights Of the Save owner, ~ ochy-
iusux withholding from him the same RENE
9&8&Hr the preservation, protection an" re-
covcry Of his property winch are :urh'S'c! u
the owner of other property for the protection
preservation and recovery q! his property.
~. Resolved, That the citizens ui every State
have ,hc right Of peaceful transit Win their
property through every other State, i'ii! every
attempt to prcrun. such transit or 10 deprive
them Of their property OH tie I%ri!Si., under
any prctcncc whatever, is aa Illegal and IN
constitutional violation Or their rights.
IS. Resolved. That in the maintenance ard
! defence of these ri.i!,S III the South, her sons
should be united rs onc irali. without regard 20
political parties CT personal aspirations 10" The
| Presidency, or other political prcfcraicAt, and
the man who seeks Or accepts prcierl!itlit, ny
surrcndcring the rights Ct the South. and re,
ward for having done so, ought 10 be- rrgaTded
as L diShonorcd traitor"
.. Resolved, That the only Legitimate, anu,
indeed, necessary conclusion lroui these pr!nci-
Dies is that when, in conformity with the Con-
~stitution. the rights Of the Southern pc"ll" III
the Territories Of the nation have been cSi;ib-
lished, as by the decision Of the Supreme Court
Of the United S,ateS in the case Oi Dred Scott
they have been, Congress is a> much bound
TO protect them and sustain the Court, II It's
authority be denied or resisted, -; 1t IS tn pro-
tcct any other right, or sustain any Other de-
cisioa of that high Court, whose decisions are
by the Constitution declared 10 be the law oil
tie land, governing alike every part cf tic ma
ton; and the spirit Of the jesuit and the love
of plumber prompt the charge that the South
abandons the ground Of congressional n"Ii-ln-
tervcntion in respect 10 slavery. when she III
sists upon this claim to protection Tor Ter al
United and adiudicated rights.
3. Resolved. That the true and cal meaning
of roa-inlrrvcnlion by Congress rs 10 slavery,
was, and is, thai Congress should not by its act
create or abolish slavery; that it sso"id rot, in
l, ,,ylrrt,l-r -, nyn-ci,r IN. ItliIp;gl tnlc.iOD.
bu, leave the question OF property in ~sla7cs,
as in every thing else, and the question Of the
right o( slave owners TO occupy and hold their
PROPERTY, in the c0InnOn territories, to %.luGicial
determination, and no inan was silly enough 70
believe, or assert, until the eXigcncicS o. otllcc-
seekers required them 10 do So. that TIC agree
ment TO refer Il question 10 judicial ucteTill!ia-
ton implied IN agreement nct TO he bound by
that determination when It should he annour-
ccd. The precise reverse Is the truth, anu
such l.. the meaning Of the kaTSaS act ~ the
clause which defines the right CT the people OF
! the territories 'to form ath regulate their 10
nestle institutions in their own way, suhjcct
only to the Constitution al the United States;
for. if subject to the Constitution IN one respect,
they are and must be subject to 1t III all, and.
therefore, in that which demands Obedience TO
the decision of the Supreme Court. lie
who denies this, claims the benefit OF 4
hirhcr law, and Is, therefore, both anarchist
and traitor, and asks the South TO submit to 4
Government avowedly partial, ami IN Inc
G,,al;tv which won!d he degrading TO her.
!. Resolved, That feeling strong III the con.
~yiction that our principles arc correct and
founded in truth, we proclaim them with pride;
s~corning to skulk bchinl nnmcaninG Scnerali-
tics and announce that the Constitution Is our
platform, with Il mental reservation by each
one hat he means the Constitution as he IN
,crprc;s it. In such Il spirit the iniidcl claims
! the Bible for his text book. and the devil may
quote scripture and upon such Il platform the
Black Republicans and mock Republicans
Of every denomination may all stand in lIarlno-
NOUS discord. But we feel too much coiili.
dence in the intelligence Of the people, t" be.
licve that they will corlidc their Government
to the management off, party which cllherhas
no nrjnciplcS or is afraid or ashamed TO avOw
these it has; which Processes to rely upon the
| Constitution for It's guide, and yet, in the diver
| sity Of interpretations of that instrument, tic.
| clincs 10 inform the people which OF them 1t will
cnforce-whcther those Of the FrecSo!irr or
his prototype Wing, the State'rishiS or anti
Statc.rignts, the latitudinarian or The strict
construction, the Know Nothing nr anti-kinw
Nothing, the Black Republican or the Red
Republican, or sonac rev construction, which!
shall be i peculiar and piquanl compound of
the wholc-wiicll treats the Constitution as Il
scIfa1jusling and srlf-in'errr"tinS instrument
requiring no cXpOnnderS.
!. Resolved. That the Democrats OF ~llcnric0
have seen, therefore, with pride ard pleasure,
the honorable. loyal aud patriotic conduct and
conclusion Of the NATIONAL Democrats in scpa-
rating themselves at Charleston and Baltimore
from the advocates Of Sqnattcr sovereignty, and
thus demonstrating that they were governed
by principle, and were loyal TO the South and
the Constitution, and were not ready to sacrl-
flee both or either to the love Of power and the
hope OF plumber, and most heartily d" "e cheer
and applaud them: .rr
the nomination OF John G.. Ercckimidgr, Of
Ecntrrkv and Gen. .Iosrul, Lane, Of Oregon,