Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1860-08-22
POLITICAL.
! DsAsO~EE.

/ DesgZas Deasocrat-
The following is reported tc us as a part
! of q conversation which recently occurred
/ between q friend of Breckinridge aud friend
Of Douglas. We copy from the Pennsytro-
/ Rion
Brecktnridye Han The great leading OBJ
iects of all who are not Abolitionists ana
I have no sympathy with the Black Republi-
cans, shoald be the defeat of Lincoln. He
I is sectional candidate and his supporters are
! actuaeed by spirit which prompts 70 acts OF
disloyaiity to the Constitution and the Union.
+ For one, [ would like to see him defeated
/ and trust the old Keystone State will not
/ vote for him. But how shall we prevent
/ him from CARRYING this State, and thereby
! becoming President? With the present un-
7 fortunate division III the party. | see but one
{ way of carrying the State against him. and
/ that is by all Democrats uniting ON the same
electoral ticket
/ Douglas mani am certainly opposed to
Lincoln, but [ regard Douglas as the regular
Democratic candidate, aud Gon't see how
can 20 for any other than straight out
Douglas electoral ticket.
Breck.-But you are aware that there
are many, aye thousands of Democrats in
this State-Democrats who never scratched a
regularly nominated. We all know that the
delegations of several of the States in the
Convention which declared him nominated
were bogus. and did not represent the regu-
lar Democratic organizations of their States;
and that, even In convention thus consti-
tuted, he failed to receive the votes of two
thirds of a full Convention, without which
there could not be regular nomination. We
must, therefore, look at facts as they are;
and when we do so we find that neither Doug
las nor Breckenridge was regularly nomina-
ted. Under these circumstances, | feel my
self free to be FOR Breckinridge, aud am for
him, because he is democrat, one of the
jefferson and jackson school, one whose
ati.lty, integrity, and patriotism are un-
Questionable; and III addition. the Platform
on which he stands, is the only one that can
sustain the Constitution and Uuion. the
Platform of eqUaL rights to the States and to
the citizens Cf TIE States, under tAe Consti-
tuition, "a Platform OF no two faces. but
thoroughly national. and incapable of bat
one and the same constTuction-alike in the
North ana the South.
Doyg.-Is not Breckinridge a disuuionist
and disuniou candidate?
Breci;.-He is neither. Every word and
act of John G, Breckinridge's public life is
for the Union and against disuion. Jackson
and Clay offered in party matters, bat on
the question OF National Union they agreed;
aud yet neither of them were more decided
for the Union than Breskinridge's records
proves him TO be. And as 70 him being the
dlsuB,on candidate, glance at the leading
Southern spirits who favor Douglas, should
satisfy you THAI such is not the f4ct. .Jo6n-
son, the Vice Presidential candidate on the
. TOM los r-..i-. 8
uHiouistS Of $780, to johnson YOU NAV ada
. Goai8en, Forsyth, .Souls and others-au of
the most ultra disuuion and fllibuster school
Ii laRcey's support of Breckinridge makes
! b a disuuionist. then those l have named Is
supporting Douglas, afix disupion upon ID.
s:i,i more strongly.
( Doug.-DOu't Brecl,Ingidge go fer slave
code for the Territories:
Breck.-No more than 4 horse code. The
Constitution Of the United States recognizes
slaves as property. The Supreme Court has
over and over again so decided, aud in 81
that court further decided, what all must aG-
NIT TO be just, that slaves being property un-
der the Constitution, Shareholders NAV take
such property with them into the Territories
(Which belong not to one State or to one sec
ton, but TO all the States and all the sections
and hold 1t there as property so long as the
Territorial condition lasts, ;hat this property
Is entitled to be protected the same as auy
other property, tina: Congress itself has no
power to deprive a citizen of his properly in
the Territory, and consequently. that Terri-
torial Legislature, which is but the creature
of Congress, has no such power. All prop
erty-the property of citizen who goes from
Southern State into Territory, alike with
the property of the citizen who goes from
the Northern State-shoud be protected 5y
the Courts, Marghals, and other constituted
authorities. You must admit that, were it
otherwise. the Constitution would be cheat
sectional instead of national, and this is
what the Abolitionists are aiming to make of
it 10y Congressional Intervention Mr.. Breck-
inridge's view is the national one. He asks
no special Congressional laws or code for
slave property, any more than he would ask
them for any kind of property, but slaves be-
ing property, the Government should protect
their owners from robbery by the John Browns
and other underground operators, in the same
way it would protect the owners of horses or
any other kind of property. Equality of
rights aud privileges to all citizens, regard
less of the section from which they emigrate
in to the Territories, demands this.
Doug | must admit that what you say ap-
pears to be just and proper. L. however.
have been disposed to look favorably upou the
doctrine of popular sovereignty, in the Ter
ritories, by whics the people thereof may
abolish or protect slavery, they please.
This seems to be the doctrine of Judge Doug
las.
Brecb.-But, when you look at the sub
ject carefully, don't you see that that is
squatter, not popular sovereignty. In the
very nature of things Territorial Govern