The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-08-31

Yesterday the citizens ofthe city af Bangor
witnessed Tor the first time the strange SPEC
tacle ofs candidate FOR the exalted othce oil
President Of the united States perap,bula'ins
the country, addry~sing the people In adroc''-
CIV of his claims to fll tho chair onceGllcd hy
Washinrt,a, Adams aud Jefferson. The
presidency Of the republic is justly deemed
by the people position OF exalted dignity
and they have ever inquired OF candidates
thc rees.uitiop and observance OF the PRO-
prietics belonging to that laity st't'on;-
Whether Mr. Douglas came here on hts
political mission By his own voliticn, or
vhethcr he was brought here by dspairing
appeals TO aid waning cause and arrest IL
possiNe che impending doom now casting It's
shadows before the gaze OF bragsart politicf-
clans, thoughtful men viii instinctively pro-
poupce his courss Inconsistent with the ideas
they eatertsin concerning the action OF can
ditates for the Lofty position To which he
aspirus. But as Mr.. Douglas is not running
Tor the presidency hut only running ior the
control OF the disorganircd Democratic lac
tions, these itinesating missions may De
dccmed by an ever indulsept people quite in
harmony with the diynifed character OF the
work 10 which he IL devoting himself with
his accu.tome resolution and vigor.
Mr.. Douglas gave the people OF this city
Yesterday diquisition on his great. pr,nc'-
ple' ef fNon-lntervention. The theme IL trite
oae. have listenened for five years to his
dispositions upon his great principle Tor he
has wearicd the ear Of the Senate and nation
with the perpetual assertion OF his illogical
propositions and the iteration Of OF refuted
as.uu ptieu., Whilst Mr.. Douglas powers
of assum ptiou aud assertion are unelualed,
his range Of argument, OF illustration, are
not exhaustlcss, ~ l cannot learn that his
utterances of yesterday containcd any new
cxpositions of the BEAUTIES Of his great
prin ,ipls.' But his great principle of'Pop-
alar Ssvercigaty,' Of .Non-lnteryention, ol
.Ss't.Goycrnment,' was again proclaimed and
cnf,rced with his accustomed yehemeoee oi
ass ,rtion, and the people Of Bangor, OF Maine,
gently notified to .mind their own business.
Mr.. Douglas assumes TO b. the great
ebamrion Of the right Of the people Of the
Territories to settle tor themselves the great
question whether slavery shall or shall not
exist among them. Into the ear ot the Leo.
NE be Is ever blurting thi. great principle
and his own championship Of IL. Now, !
propose here 10 day 10 show that this great
principle.' of which he Is the cxpounder,
champion and representative, Is 80 qualihed,
restricted and limited by himself, rs to be
utterly yaluless to the people OF the Terrific
ries. Under the championship oil sir. Doug
las, this doctrine Of popular sovereignty, pro-
mulgated by Gen. Cas- in the Nicholson let
ter Of 1858, has been made by concessions,
admissions and qualifications, a mere hollow
mockcry, mere keeping Of the word, while
the sense Is sacrificed. Whilst Mr.. Douglas
has asserted this right Of the people of the
T,rrit ,ri,s 10 determine thecharacter Of their
domestic institutions for themselves, with
pcr.;s,eut yshemence. he has substantially
Yielded up that risht-made il practically
a right to iafrodrce and prof'ef slavery moi
right to ,roh.de and d,sircyn.
With professions Of devotion 10 the grss
principle of Popular Sovereignty ever on M
iips, Mr.. Douglas has taken tho lead In Tn
inaururation Of policy which has opene'
the vast Territorial possession OF the Unt'
states 10 slavery, and left the people OF th'
Territories, while they remained Territories
ntt.rly powerlers 10 exclude an institution
which Mr.. Jefferson branded as an 'abomina
ble crime Mr.. Buchuanan triumphantly do
clare. in his message that slavery EXIST IN tho
territories a. much a. u exists IN South Caro-
lima or Georgia; that 'the master has rieh'
to.take his slaves into the Territories a. prop
crty, and eitprotected there underline Fed
erai Constitution; that neither Congress MOI
the Territorial Legislature nor any human
power has any authority TO annul or impair
this vested right Mr.. r.Breckinridrc delcares
th.t sthi. rsnn.t;t,,tforal y,.h, s-.-.-, = j
.sufkcient legislation must be passed TO On.
force t.
Edward Everett. many ycsu ago, prououn
cod the enlargement Of the boundaries o.
slav@yan enormous crime Mr.. Dough-,