Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-08-14

Missouri! Glory enough for day.
! The Congressional, Delegation, as far as
heard from, is as follows:
| ! FRANCE. P. BLAIR jr.. Republican.
T F,s4 u R9Lt' Ss. bDe onsIas Dem.
JoHs.S. PHELPS, Douglas Dem.
| 8" W hat, hen. is the Issue II is this Shall
! the question of Slavery be banishei from the
/ halls of Congress shall 1t be entertained
/ there TO vex, harrass agitate and distract the
country, to serve as stock in trade for political
! jobbers, and occupy the tire of Congress to the
almost entire exclusion OF measures of legIsla-
! ,ion required for the welfare and prosperity of
| the country. Shall the Democratic doctrine of
" Non-InterventIon by Congress with Slavery
In State or Territory prevail That doctrine
was settled upon by the Compromise measure
/ of 1850, adopted by the Democratic and
/ Wing parties in 1852, was ratified by the peo-
pie in The election of Pearce, was embodied IN
! the Nebraska Bill and in the Cincinnati Plat
/ form, and was again ratified by the people in
the election of James Buchanan. Shall that
! doctrine prevail, would you prefer to have
Congress spend lis time In discussing the sub
! ject and keeping alive the slavery agitation
This is the real issue presented. "-Irtellgencer
| Here then, we have what the I,tclliq>accr
claims to be the only issue now before the
| American People" Shall the doctrine of non
/
or Territory prevail" The Democracy then.
has settled down into cone idea party" As
/ Democracy IS claimed to be the same at all
times and every where the persons claiming 10
be Democrats to-day, find them,elve. at war
with the principles of the party few years
since. Nov their only principle is " Non-in-
tervention by Congress with Slavery in State
or Territory few years since it inter
vention by Congress, to the exclusion of Sla-
very from all the Territories of the United
States. To refresh the memory OF those now
so noisy in their support of this non -interven
tom doctrine we quote from the Resolutions
Of their Democratic State Convention held at
Madison on the 5th of September, $40.
Resolved, That opposed 10 the extern
sion of Slavery into the Territories nor free.
Resolved, That we are opposed to the admIs
sion of any new State into the Union. the Con-
stitution or laws of which create sustain sla-
ie;olred, That all national laws which sus-
tain recognize slavery. except where 1t eX-
Ists as distinct State right, should be repeal
ed
Resolved That ,ce 5eliepe it TO be tie duty Of
Congress to s"c0rporte tie provisions Of tie OTds
,.acc Of l7o7. prohibiting slavery or lyol0ttary
Serrltlde INTO all Territorial 0rga7t2c acts hereafter
10 BE- passed, and TO OPPOSE THE ADMIS- /
SION INTO THE UNION OF ANY NEW
SLAVE STATES.
This was good Democratic doctrine in 1919, /
it is good Republican doctrine now, it was
then. Have principles changed, or have men
changed their principles q?
The leading Democrats in Wisconsin in l649 |
are leading Democrats in Wisconsin in 1860 |
Nelson Dewey, then now, prominent dem |
ocras. secured the nomination of that Couven- |
tion for Governor. In accepting the nonina- |
ton he said
q have examined the Resolutions cf the |
Convention, and freely subscribe to the views |
therein endorsed"
VIM. \. Barstow, the candidate of that same I
Convention for Secretary of State, said ia his |
letter of acceptance
I eheerfulLy and aoecqatiyocalLy state. that I am
favor of the PrIEcI les set forth in those res
olutions. l believe them to contain principles I
3etjch should At ALL TINES qoucrn the action Of I
tie Democratic party, and am ready at all times |
to advocate and sustain them with whatever
ability influence, | may possess, either Off
cIal or other wise.
Very respectfully, yours. &c.
" N. j. BARSTOW.
The handbills It that day calling Democrat
meetings were usually headed:
OPPOSITION TO SLAVERY EXTEN-
SION
mo MORE SLAVE STATES 4! -
Ex-Governor Barstow then a lead
ing democrat in Wisconsin, said those Resolu-
tons contained PRISorPLEs which should Al
ALL TINES govern the action OF the Democratic /
Party" Several prominent Democrats of to-
day IN this section of the State, helped to pass
those Resolution. and make them part of the /
Democratic Platform. Is Democracy to-day the /
same as it wa. ia l849 ? Which have changed, /
principles or men
Every northern Democatic State in the Union
with the single exception of Iowa, passed Res |
olutions in favor of prohibiting slavery in the |
Territories by Congressional Intervention
Stu pretending to maintain consistency, they !
now profess TO advocate Non-intervention by |
Congress with Slavery in State Territory"
Il was IN view of those principles OF the |
Democratic and Wing parties that the Compro-
mise OF 1850 was enacted. And we would ask |
what party has violated It's principles, and re-
opened the slavery agitation ? The answer IS, |
the ones that now support stephen i. Douglas, |
for he was the man who laid ruthless hands |
upon the Missouri COMPROMISE, which he had
but few week before pronounced as sacred as
the Constitution itself.
Douglas Democrats read those old docu
ments, aad say Tor yourselves if the Democratic
party has not abandoned its noble and
humane principles.
Viii our neighbor of the I,.telligencer. recon
Gle If he can. the principles OF his party in
l649, with the principle he now advocates. Is
it a mere legal question that makes the differ
ence
THr HoNEsTE.D.-The Douglas here
.Souts would gladly make people believe that
their party is favorable to the Homestead Bill,
as it passed the House of Representatives. -