The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-05-11
friday. May a.. 1850.
me GreRt Democratic Fizzle--
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onoi ocmOefacyi inc party W Pff"e-
sncy and Of the Uaioa! the party that
crsr agifai,r the slavery question and
,at IL the same, North and South, h0s
isbanded and is now wandering abOu,
shocp-skins and goot-skinsi without
M Noses to lend them or principles 70
,.ide thcm--su easy prey 70 the Black
Republicans. The Charleston convcn-
l6n has proved BABEL Of discordan, and
ncongruoua clements, that even tho ci-
orts Of time-serving politicians could not
armonizc. The North went in, ram
ant for Douglas and Jsnus-faeed plat
orm--ihc South repudiOtcd Douglas and
u "lii,le joker" popular sovereignty, and
emsnded congressional Intervention for
be protection Of slave property in all the
erritorics. The two factions met IN hos
he array and q war Of ofcxtenninstion and
litter resentment commenced The bat.
le ragged Oriously all along the line.--
Pho South, encouraged by former vieto-
ics, were arrogant and Incorporating
q their demands. Thoy presented 10 the
North the alternative Of submission or
disruption. The North became frighten-
a. Must they giyo up their darling,
Popular Sovereignty and make still great
= sacrifices to show their devotion to
slavcyl Had they not already done
pnoughl He'd they not surrendered prin-
iplo, manhood, and eat bushels Of dirt to
ppcese the South Tho thing seemed
unreasonable, yet the South remained IN
aoyed and demanded still further owl
icnec Of the sincerity oftheir"aboliilon"
,llies, who had served them 40 long and
% faithfully, catching their runaway
property and doing all their dirty work.
The Douglas men were willing to sac.
'iiicc even principle for the sake Of their
mnn. So they came down handsomely
and asserted in their platform the follow
ing.
"That inasmuch az differences ofopin-
ION eyisr in the Democratic party az TO
thc nature and extent ofthc powers Of q
Territorial Legislature and az TO the pow
ers and duties ofCongress, under the Con-
|stilution OF the United States. over the
institution Of Slavery within tho Terrific
ries,"
Resoitud, That the Democratic party
will abide by the decision ofthe Supreme
Court of the United States over the in
stitutiOn Of slavery within the Terrific
rice.
There you have IT, We ask Douglas
men to read this aud then tell us, where
Is your boastcd doctrine Of Popular Sovc-
rrignty and what does Il amount tot You
say now, not that the people of the Ter
ritorics shall determine for themselves
for or against slavery, but that whether
they have the power to do so or not Is a
judioi0i question, 10 be determined by
the Supreme Court. The supreme Court
is thus placed above Congress and the
people. II hus ulro1dy in fact decided the
question in the Dred Scott case and We all
know what that decision is. In the face Of
this decision, Douglas men say, lesyoit to
the courts--we have no opinions OF out
own. Was there ever a more disgrScciul
surrcndcrl
hut tao South were not satisfied even
with this. They said, we want none Of
your cateh-phrase resolutions that read
one way at the North and another way at
the South. We have had enough ofthat.
We are the head and front of the party
you only the tail. The "srk Of the
covenant" is with US. We furnish all
the votes and are entitled to the plat
form. You are only sot Of moreenary
cSmp-followers and must put up with what
you can get. We want a plain, une-
quiyoeal, slavo-oode platform or we will
leave the Conyention--and they did leave,
The Douglas aboliiioaists, representing
Republican stutes, out voted the Demo
cratic states--voted down the majority
platform and voted up the minority plat.
form. This was the signal for a gener,
nl'stampede at the South. Alabama led
OF and eightor nine Others followed, thus
causing dipmembeFmont OF the party,
The Douglasites then saw how they had
been taken in aud they Fepented, too late
their folly. They saw how, by trying tc
force an unsoEna mau on the party, they
had ruined il forever, severed the tie'
ofunion and placed themselves in a mis-
cradle sectional attitude, with no rea
democratic state To back tbem up. Alas
poor dog, Trays
So. the Convention split--the party
fen 10 pieces and the seccders set up 70
1kemsetvosi but they had gained thei
POintA-shcy had defeated Douglas, "a,
arrh-eonsplrator and the CStalinc ofthr
Democratic party. The ediet had gon,
foEth.frOla the Administration that Doug
as must-bs defeStedi II cost the party II
very existence. They rejoice Othis down
fall, though il carries the party WITH IL.
The Douslnsites, seeing they were dc
isshed, lot themselves down as easily a
Poasihls. The"Rump" Convention, req
Eesentihg only fto or six really delns
cratic states, halloted 81 times without
ehOice. Some Of his pretended friend
cut his"iugulur" By voting for the two
thirds.7ilo, acquiring a0a votes 10 nOmiI
ate Douglas eopld only get lb2 an
there vas-no hope OfhiH nominstion.- =
The adiounmsnt to Baltimore, on ID
18th Of June, was . mere ruse Of Il
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