The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-05-19


ated this movement was apparent. If
the sbolitioaists could get Mr. Douglas
in the field, a. the Democratic candidate,
on "squattcr sovereignty platform,
nothing would lie easier than his defeat.
This must be apparent, 1t saems to us,
TO any one who will look at the question
dispassionaiely Squatter sovereign.
~ :" copicmplatcs keeping slavery ont OF
the territories The advocate OF the
doctrine tells his Northern friends tina,
it will DO this, fully, as cfiectually. and
and more safely than direct legislation
iortdding slavery This. 1t will be seen,
comedies the question of principle. Both
parties, IN effect. agree that slavery
ough, TO be kept out of the territories,
and only disagree as TO the mode of d..
ing IT, And when it comes to this, the
frcosoilcr has decidedly the advantage
The man who il impressed with the idea
that circumscribng slavery within It's
present limits is contamination most
devoutly to be wished" is apt to take
the most direct and certain means OF ac-
complishing the result He il fortified
in this view, when he considers the
scenes Of contention. strife, scdition, and
civil war, which have proved the neces
sary incidents of "squatter sovereignty >
Hence, having recognized the correct.
ness Of the freesoil theory. he is apt to
carry II out in practice 10y voting with
that party This accounts for the fact
that wherever elections have been held
IN tho North, aud the Democracy hav,
planted themselves on the Douglas plat
form, they have invariably been defeat.
ed The like result would follow in a
Presidential election No one knows
this better than the acute aud sagacrous
editor who presidos over the New York
Tribune As we remarked in the be.
ginning, he treated Douglas AZ the mos,
formidable man in the Democratic party
II was not until the intelligence from
Charleston presented conclusive evidence
that the Senator from Illinois could not
be nominated, that he exhibited any feel.
ing in his favor Then he expressed bis
disappointment and indignation in un.
measured terms. Listen a, his rawlings .
"Thc more important msnouvcrs in
the Convention recorded IN our columns
to-day, seem to us rcplctc with bad faith
The vote Of certain proiessod Douglas
men, including the Soft Delegation from
this State, to require 202 votes to nomi.
nate, in Convention reduced by volnn'
tary scccssions from 303 to 252, il not
VIVA, the earnest supporters Of Mr. Doug
Las had = right TO expect Clearly, #
the Delegates from the Cotton States are
to be counted against choice, they
ought 10 be present and acting 1t IS
not the fault OF the ipaloriiy that they
have seen fit to bolt, and II should not
be that majori,y's misfortune If Ala
bama and her sympathzing neighhors
choose no longer 10 be represented IN the
Convention, they have a perfect right to
stay out Of il but in that case their
votes ought not to count against choice.
Let those States be in Convention or out
of it as they choose but not in and out
Of il at the same time"
IT the votes Of the delegates from the
cotton States" that were Withdrawn
from the convention had not been count.
cd against Mr. Douglas, Of course lac
would have bccu the nominee, which it
is evident from the foregoing extracts.
the editor of the Tribune very much de-
sired.
The Tribuncs article was published on
the 3rd Of May The Charleston Con
ven,ion had not then adjourned and there
was a prospect Of its nominating asound
man, who rcpudiatcd the squattcr SOY
ereign,y heresy, Hence it is that he
exhibits so much temper. The next and
succeeding paragraphs manifest his feel
ipgs towards those who insisted upon a
sound platform Hear him;
Then the persistent attempts of
the minority TO dictate TO the majority
in the vital matter of a Platform, do
not seemed to be repcl'e,' as they should
4 Convention is not authorized To make
creed for it's party, but simpiy TO DE-
clare what that creed is. 10
Dol. may, under due provocation, be &C.
spectacle TO threaten ID bolt unless the
majority will consent to DO ruled by the
minority must bc--as the threats are
earnest or othcrwisc--eitber insolent or
despicable."
These views and extracts from the
Tribune, and particularly the latter, may
prove valuable to those journals which
have been giving Mr.. Douglas a quasi
support.
/, may be safely assumed, that nine
tecn.twentieths Of those men in the
South who have favored Mr.. Douglass
nomination. have done so under the con-
viction that 10 was perhaps the only
man who can carry the North, This, in