The semi-weekly mountain Democrat., 1860-10-10
,nhr nn w. suupor, Rre, LInrldEs :

JOuTncu 10 DalIHhOTes AHc AeSV'N VI Wv
proceedings at those too places show con-
clusiyely that no regular nominee has
been presented for the sufrages OF the
people. No sane man will contend that
either Mr.. Douglas or Mr.. Breckenridge
was regularly nominated BY two-thirds
vote Of the whole Convention, in accord
ancc with the timc.honored usagcs Of the
Democratic party. There being, then, no
regular nomination made by that Conven-
ton, we support Mr.. Breckenridge because
lie represents principles which, from the
bottom of our heart and to the best Of
our understanding and judgment, we be-
licve to be right. We believe that the
platform upon which he stands is the only
true exposition Of the relative position of
the States Of this Coniederacy to each
other aud to the Federal Union. That
platform avows the great and fundamcn-
tai principles which undcrlie the whole
system Of our confcdcrated Government,
and without the full rccognizance Of which
by our forefathers this Union could never
have been formed-that all the States Of
this Confederacy stand upon a perfect
equality. 1t avows that the common Ter
ritOrics, purchased by the common blood
and the common treasure Of the citizens
Of all the States, should be held and dis
posed Of by the common agent, the Fcde-
raj Government, for the equal benefit Of
all. 1t maintains that these Territories,
being the common property Of all, the
citizens Of all the States have right to
go there so long as they remain common
ground, and settle with their families aud
their property, secured from molcstation
in the enjoyment Of every right pertain
States from which they cmigratcd.. This
is fair, this is just, this is honest, this is
ncighborly, this is brothcrly--it is in ac-
cor1ancc with the spirit Of our institu-
tiOns-in conformity with the intentions
Of the sagcs whose mighty intcllccts
moulded these institutions, and hence it
is that il receives our hearty endorsement.
1t is the only true and reasonable and ra-
tional policy in regard to the government
and disposition of the Territories, and we
sincerely believe that only by adopting it
in the exercise Of the functions Of Terri
torial as we'll as Federal legislation, can
this prosperous and glorious Confcdera-
ton Of Sovereign States be maintained in
peace.
This great principle of the equality
of all the States in all the Territories"
for which we are now cOntending, is the
very same principle which the Democra-
cy Of California have proclaimed over and
over again by the action Of their delegates
in State Conventions assembled through
the voice Of their representatives in the
State legislaturc-by their representatives
in both Houses of the Congress Of the
United States-by their own action at the
polls-and which they will endorse more
cmphatically still at the ballot box in No
vcmber next. 1t is insulting to the hon.
cSty and common sense Of the Democracy
to suppose, that having endorsed this
great principle so often and in such va
ricty of ways, that they will now, at such
a crisis as this, turn about and stultify all
their former acts and declarations, by
giving their adhesion and support to the
boiling faction who arc propagating the
antipodal doctrine and noxious hcrcsy of
Squatter Sovereignty. Because the De-
mOcrncy of California recognize this great
principle we, as a California Democrat,
recognize it and endorse it. And because
they mean to vote for John c. Brcckin-
ridge, the exponent and champion Of that
great principle, John C. Breckenridge has
our earnest support as an humble organ
Of the party.
We support Mr. Breckenridge, also, be.
cause, he being the representative man of
the great National Democracy, is the only
candidate in the field that has any show
Of defeating the Black Republican " ire
prcssible" sectional candidate Lincoln
Douglas, if he had any claims for our sup
port, has no more show in this fight than
bobtailed bull in fly time. lie will not
get single State in the Union, whereas
Mr.. Breckinridse will not only carry every
Southern State, almost beyond n pcrad-
venture, but also carry at the North. New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, California and Orc-
gon.
We support Mr.. Brcckinridgc because
the principles which he represents have
the sanction and endorsement Of Demo.
cratic President and his " hole Cabinet
Of every Democratic Senator in the United
States Senate but Mcssrs. Douglas and
Pugh-of an overwhelming majority of
the Democratic members Of the Lower
House of Congress and because the prin.
ciPles have been adjudicated right, Just
and Constitutional by the highest judicial
tribunal in the land, the Supreme Court
of the United States
We support Mr.. Breckenridge and Gen.
Lane. because VIC know them both To he