Daily national Democrat., 1860-01-13
Qallp NatlOnal Dcmutrat.
The Democratic Platform.

The Democratic Platform.
From the following extracts, it will be seer
that there was great unanimity at one tim,
among the Democracy on the power of a Ter
ritorial Legislature over the question OF
slavery:
The people Of a Territory, like those Of a
State, shall decide for themselves whether
slavery shall or shall not exist within their
limits JAMES BUCHANAN.
The majority of the people, by the action
Of the Territorial Legislature, win decide the
question and all must abide the decision
when made HOWELL CoRB
The great and leading feature of the Kan
sas Nebraska bill was to transfer the slavery
question aud all other subjects TO the Terri
torial Legislatures.
JAMES L. ORR, S. c.
am willing that the Territorial Legsla-
ture may act upon the subject when and how
they may think proper.
ALEX. H. SrErHEvs, of Ga
I am connected with no party that has for
its ol iect the extension of Slavery, nor 'o'th
anu to preusnt the people Of a State OF Terri
tory from decidiag the question Of its eriStence
cith them for themselves
JoHN c.. BREoKINRIDGE.
The principle of selfgovernment in the
Territories enables us 90 Danish from the halls
of Congress another fertile source of discon-
sent and excitement
J. P. BENJAMIN, of La.
Under the Kansas act, citizens from the
slaveholding States may go into the Terrific
~ with their slave property citizens of the
free States may 90 there holding no such
property; and when they get there, and
meet in common council, as a legislative
body, they may determine whether the in
sutution shall prevail.
J. NJ. Mason, of Va.
If the people of the Territories choose to
exclude slavery, So far from considering it
as wrong done to me or my constituents,
shall not complain of tit is their business
GEo. L. BADGER, of n. G.
We intend that the actual settlers of the
Territories shall be protected in the full exer
else of all rights of freemen, and shall legis-
late for themselves whiie they hare a Terrific
rial Government Il. TooMBs, of Ga.
1t is the right of the people to govern them,
selves. and they alone, shall exercise it. as
well phiie in Territorial condition as in the
position of q State
GEo. W. JONES, of Tenn.
The people of the Territories are expressly
authorized to legislate upon all subjects what
soever, slavery included. They may either
establish or abolish it, at their pleasure.
j. PETIT, of Ind.
believe that under the provisions Of this
(Kansas) bill, and Of the Utah and New Mex
ice bills, there will be perfect carte blanche
given to the Territorial Legislatures to legs-
late as they may think proper.
a. ?. BUTLER, Of S. C.
The bill (Kansas and Nebraska) provides
that the Legislatures Of these Territories shall
have power to legisate over all rightful sub
iects of legislation
II. NJ. T. HUNTER, of Va.
The citizen of Virginia is rs nueh entitled
in the common territory, to- the protection
of his property as the citizen Of Illinois; bu
both are dependent upon the legislation o
the Territorial Government for the laws tc
protect their property, of whatever kind il
may be- WM. a. RICHARDSON, of ILL.,
would leave the people of the Terrific
ries, who are to be affected by the institution
of slavery, to determine the question for
thems elves, in their own way.
S. A. SMITH, Of Tenn.
The power to establish or exclude slavery
will be found among those which were re
served to the people, and which the trainers
of the Constitution never intended to be sur
rendered to the Federal Government by any
portion of the people in this country whether
living in the States or aftor-acqured Terrific
ries. T. f. Bowie, of Md