The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-08-10

The View Taken Of the Douglas Pint
form BY the Missouri Republican, n
kabid Douglas Organ.
We give below, an extract from
The Missouri Republican, a regular
douglas paper, to show tho view
taken OF the Douglas Platform, from
a aslave-holding standpoint. It will
DC seen that in that latitude this
noted Platform is claimed as plcdp.
ing ample protection to slavery in
the territories by the Federal Gov
ernment. 1ts reasonings on the sub
lect, no Douglas man can gainsny
The Republican remarks:
"After adopting the Cincinnati Platform
upon which Mr.. Buchanan was elected tand
ny The way, TO which he objected, but sab
tnltted to,l the first resolution declares lha
Ithe Democratic party will abide by the lie
clSion Of the Supteine Court OF the United
States, over the institution OF slavery within
the territories.
''lS there anything disloyal, sectional, OF
lunltiendly to the South, contained IN that
tesolntioni Is there anything there thol
should subject the candidate who stands
upon 1T TO the abusive epitlets and an.
n,hemas Of the Democratic partyf Most
nssufedly not. Butitperhaps, may be urged
that this resolution has reference only Ia
some futufe decision Ignoring those that
have already been given. Will the facts oi
hasN va ~Nat, A.
us see. Look al the Inst resolution N the
platform, adopted by theregulnr Convention
Mt Baltimore, and you will fnd that the
sentiment contained in the above resolution
IS made 10 apply TO any decision which 'HA8
athH, or shall hereafter be made by the
supreme Court Of the United States. Read
lutther, and you will make the important
discovery that, should Douglas be elected,
he stands pledged 10 enforce such decisions
with promptness aud fidelity with every
branch Of the Federal Government.
"llsylns oscettained this much, il now
becomes our duty 10 ascertain the nature
and character OF the decisions thus lndorsed.
Southern DemOcrntsl read the following
decision, which the administration ol Doug.
as stands pledged to sustain, aud then tell
me II you are prepared TO say that he is your
enemy, nn1 en enemy TO your institutions:
! h'S'l ''N'SCh HtS IieUN W tdht WIN
him into the territory any article Of property
winch the Constitution recognizes as pro.
Iperty.
1.-THE Constitution Of the Cntrd States
recognizes sLAvrs As PROPERTY. and pledges
be Federal Government to protect IT,
NOW, ] ask any unprejudiced Southern
man, is there anything there Objectionable
10 the SOUTH On the contrary, should she
not be abundantly satisfied with such de.
clarationS' Asa Southern man, | confess
hat can see nothing in the whole platform
upon which MI. Douglas is running, which
can possibly awaken a suspicion OF foul
play in the minds of the people of the South.
VI. VI. Pafsons TO the contrary notwithStand.
ing, believe that under the administration
of Douglas the South aud her institutions
viii be amply protected and defended.
"UnirienGly TO the South! When Doug
las denounced in bitter terms the famous
petition Of the "three thousand Cergym=n
Of New England" whoh Edward Everett,
of Massachusetts,, had the honor % 10 pre-.
sent, was he unfriendly TO the Soulhl
"Whrn in the fsce OF an lniurlntnd aboli.
iion mob in Chicago, his dwelling ilumi.
nnted 10y the fight rejected from his own
burning ef'igy, he defended the South, and
denounced he aboliionists and fanatics uf
the Nnrth, was he unfrlendly to the Southi
"Sir, the charge rs false, and bascly un.
grateful"