St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-08-09
From the Mitchell Gazette.
DEMOCRATIC REMUNERATION.

HIM. r. W. Atherton girss his reasons
for tearing The Democratic Party and jotn-
ing the Republicans.
Mr.. EDITOR In view Of tie action
Of the Democratic party at Baltimore.
have come to the conclusion that
can not consistently with justice to
my own views, any longer act with
that organization. And justice to
myself and to those with whom l
have so long acted, requires at my
hand the reasons therefor
Having been identified with the
Democratic party, as an active metn-
Der thereof for years, having received
its recognition and support, it is ex-
ceedingly difficult for me to make up
my mind to sever those relations, and
break loose from the ties Of that par
ty to which have been so devotedly
attached, and whose principles form
crly respected and defended But q
sense Of duty to my country, and her
free Institutions, Constraln me from
any longer following that party in its
present political course, for cannot
resist the firm conviction that it has
become thoroughly Pro-S'avcry in its
Tendencies. When principles cease
10 lead, then | cease to follow" I
have resisted the many convictions Of
duty which have been urging me to
my present declaration. have en-
dcavurcd to find arguments to save
me the pain of scvcring my old asso-
Citations, and alternating myself from
old party friends. My love Of country
and hate Of opposition, would compel
me to forfeit my sclf-rcspect by up.
holding what l know TO be wrong, or
else compel me to support the organ
ization opposed to the present mis-
named Democratic party. Under these
convictions of duty, am compelled
to say that from this time on, what
little energy or ability | may have,
shall be given to secure the triumph
of Lincoln and lIamlin.
will briefly give my reasons for
! Ibis course. have been in favor Of
the principle Of mon-intcrvention by
Congress upon the question Of slave
ry in the Territories. For if that prin-
ciple could be carried out in it's puri-
tv. without outside interference, then
the non extension of Slave terrific
ry would he consummated. But the
South, and large portion of the DEM
ocratic party North, have utterly re-
pudiated the principle of nor-interven.
ton, and gone over bodily to their
Southern masters, under the lead of
the most corrupt and prohigate ad-
ADMINISTRATION with which this Govern
ment was ever cursed. I need no
other assurance Of this fact than the
/ following resolution which was adopt.
/ cd by the convention nominating Mr..
/ Douglas at Baltimore
Mr. Wickliilr, Of Louisiana, offered
the following resolution which he said
would give Douglas forty thousand
votes in his State:
| R,Ired, That it is in accordance with the
/ Interpretation of the Cincinnati Platform, thai
during the existence of Territorial Govern
ment, the measure of restriction whatever Z
/ may be- imposed by the Federal ConstitutiUI,
or the power OF the Territorial Legislature over
the subject Of the domestic relation las the
same has been. or shall hereafter be finally de
termined hy the Supreme Court OF the uuitei
States should he respected 10y all good citizen
and enforced with promptness and fidelity by
every branch of the General Government.
Mr.. Paine, of Ohio, called the previ-
ous question, and the resolution was
adopted.
Now, if the above resolution means
anything, it means something, and
that something is, that the boasted
rights Of Sovereignty in the Territory,
means just nothing, means that Mr..
! Douglas is mUiing to abandon his Ja-
; rorie doctrine Of non tHtureation, for the
5 purpose Of securing southern votes.
/. Compare the above resolution with
, the favoritc one, in the Cincinnati
/ Platform, and where do we northern
$ Democrats stand Stand upon a
;, Congressionnl Stare Code platform, If
: they follow the fortunes of the Little
$ Giant. That resolution binds his fol-
. lowers to the Dictum of the Supreme
a Court in the bred Scott Case, and to
, all future decisions which that Bench
/ may make. Are northern Democrats
, prepared to take that position Take
for instance the two platforms, adopt
ed by the different wings of the De-
mocracy, and they are one and !:
same thing. Democrats, are left then,
to choose between Congressional Inter
ference, on the one hand, or C0ngTes-
sionat Stare Code, on the other. Need
we be at loss which to choose?
The Democratic party has failed to