, 1860-05-04
39rtsa Tti6lltte,
WHAT IT'S ALLABOTT.

WHAT IT'S ALL ABorT.
Be;wcen lie qua.reling factions Of the .nnf'
Led Democracy 1t Charleston the matter in 's'
sue stands thus: ...
1ancey & c. hold.
lst. That by the Constitution of the United
states, slaves are property. rhats the fun.
damcntal lie, but they pretend to believe ~
3D. That the Constitution extends to all the
Territories, honce,
Sd. Thas slaves, hel3 CONSTITUTIONAL d pro-
perry in tile States, may b hold. il tie same
way in the Territories; and. ,,,:,
4.l,. That i is the duty Ct Congress to fur
nsl. protection to property {slaycs) wherever
ii nlar 90, in the Territories Or On tho high
sens.
That's the 1anccy creed, plainly stated.
The belief Of Douglas and his friends does
not differ from it except in one particular.
They admit that the Constitution. recognizes
property in man; that the Constitution cx.
tends to,hc Territories; that it carries Slavery
with It; hut that; when there, Territorial Leg
is)atures may repeal or nu'lfy That portion Of
the Constitution which put it there and by
"upfrend!y Legislation" or neglect to provide
lor its protection, put it out again!
Add 10 tile ahove, certain unmeaning rlati-
tubes touching Cuba naturalization, &c, and
the cTecds Of tho .wo factions would be COM
p]cte.
In pointing ont the titleronce between the
two a',irntations Of belief We point out at tue
same time the brazen effrontery Of the Douglas
men. When they admit-as they pnquestion-
ably de-1hat the Constitution recognizes
property in man, and TINT the Constitution ex-
tends 10 the Territories. their case is ali admit
led awa,y-thezc is not a peg left upon which
they can stand Because it is evident that
what is property by the Constitution, must be
protected as property, else the Constitution
IS not worth the paper upon which it is written.
And we need not explain to our intelligent
readers that the Constitution ia superior in au-
ihorlty to 4 Territorial Legislature; and that
the pretence Of the Squatterites that lie latter
can forbid, defantly or br indirection, what
the former permits, is proposition too absurd
TO BE- seriously argued. But il that PROPOSE
tion is the marrow Of the difference between
the Douglas men and the South. Our readers
will estimate it at its true value.
That the Douglas delegates arc without
faith in the soundness Of their own platform is
cerlaii, FROM their proposition to submit the
point in dispute to the Supreme Court. That
they aow maintain it with great show Of
tenacit::;, only for the purpose Of deluding the
people, is clear from tic fact that they know
beforehand that the decision Of the Court will
be, must he. adverse. They are wise enough
10 understand that there is not in the wllols
country judicial body stupid enough or
wicked enough to affirm that there is any kind
Ut property which has not the protecttun Of
the Constitution aud laws; or that Territorial
lev forb'dding Slavery is Of higher authority
than The Constitution, which. according to the
nouglastcs' admission, permits IT, not even
the supreme Court, which found slavery where
MI mortal eyes have failed 10 sec It, and which
decided the case Of Drcd Scott, would bo
guilty Of s''cll ridiculous folly: Hence, should
1.'e ''@l=las men succeed in e]ecting, their can
'iida'e. as sooti as a case could be made IN +,
for .]ad T"ney to decide, they would find
that t!4a:: creed, tho absusd;ties and contra.
d'ctlo:s being stricken out in nothing but
the extreme Southern platform af,er all. :. .
IT is refreshing to turn from tue new and
hold assumptions Of the South, aud the sneak
ing Inconsistency Of tho Douglas men Of the
A'FtEl, to the clear: we!l-deiincd, well-triod
and l'ng'honored belief Of tile Republicans Of
III" Nor;! and South alike. It runs thus.
I9H' Constitution neither creates ror recop-;
n%'s property III man. It knows moth
ing hns "lerspEs owing Ecrviee or labor:
1t dos not extend to Lie Territories, because
1t was int framed far them, hut far
States; hence it never carries Slayerr-the
creature Of local 1aw-witf it. Ii 1eayes The
question o' Slavery in the national domain: in
the hands If tile representatives Of the whole
pcopl" III Congress assembled :. ,apd by its.
spirit if mt by its letter. invites those repre.
sentatives TO prohibit the accursod institution
wherever they may do 50 without encroach-
1nent upon tile rights Of States. This is the
belief which 1cllerson and the Fathers held
This is the belief which, when it shaped the
policy Of tho country, was followed by unex-
amPle' development and profound peace; and
to It, as The legacy left lis By tho men who
fought the batt1es Of tue Keyolution aud de-
vlsed the institutions under which NC lire, the
country must return. The madness Of Cal
houa ind folly Of Douglas hare brought Dis.
'nion in view. 1t is time that under Rcp,;bli-
caa Guidance tho government vns> l1ough. !.
back to the old landmarks.
IAM a DRMo0RAT:1:s:. r.,
j am Democrat, and have always boen n
Democrat; I have acv.r clanged!'' said
1rawlcr yesterday: in m angry discussion
with Republican. OF course he was q.
Democrat when all Democrats were agreed to
leave the question Of Slavery in the Territories
TO Congress; but, aritaom changing, he found
himself denying what ho before held, md az.
serllne that Slavery should be left, rs q matter
IF expcdicncy. 10 tile people Of tile Territories
for them 10 decide lie held this faith until
he learned the effect Of the Dred Scott decision:
hu', "iti'o"t changing, soon began to below
that neither Congress nor the people had any,
thing to do with slavery-that it was carried
into tho Territories by the rigor Of the Cousti-
tut'on' hut That, when there, " "untriendly leg:
lsla:ion might control it. Latterly, but
'rifA"uf changing, he las found out that terri
tor'm legislature cannot repeal or h6ilifF ahy
portion of The Constitution Of tue United States
That property must be protected wherever
it may be, and that Congressional Slave
Code and the African s!are trade are just The
measures that the country demands. For the
harmony Of the united, unc!anging Demo:
cratic party, he is willing to accept bothI He
how holds that to be hereticsl, which; only ten
years ago was pure Democracy; and scouts
as trcasonanle and Gsnatical, that which bs
used to Uphold as necessary and patriotic; but
lie has not changed-he has only progressed!
This record Of Democratic progress is q mirror
IN which every so-calied Democrat may see his
face. q. ..... -.7..:s ...1
STATE POLITICS. ......
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