The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-10-20


Iros - Hawk Eye.l
The Lass Deuglas DeAge.
Douglas and his adjutants in the North being
driven to the wall with their mcngrsl platform.
try % last dodge to tell abe people Of the
North, that the Popular Sovereignty doctrine in
the Territories must prevail Notwithstanding the
decision Of the Supreme Court. They reason,
that by virtue Of the bargain Of non-interven-
tion by Congress, with the Southern democrats,
1t 10 Of no practical account If the Supreme
Court has decided, or shall decide in the future,
that Slavery exists in the Territories by virtue
Of the Constitution, because having agreed that
Congress shallsnot interfere, there is no posi-.
bility Of carrying the abstract decision out, if
the Territorial Legislature will make no law to
protect slave property.
The shallowness Of that pretence must be &C.
knowledged by every one, who remembers the
last resolution of the Douglas Platform. That
article inculcates, that when the Supreme Court
has made final decision, 1t must Be respected by
al good citizens and enforced scas promptness and
fidelity by every 5ra,.oA cfthe General Government
IL that to be called respect-if the citizens in
Territory should refuse protection to slave
property, when the Supreme Court declares that
Slavery has Constitutional right to be protect
cd in the National Territory! IL that to be
called enforcing siA pron.ptness and fidelity, if
the Executive and Legislative branches of the
General Government should say to the slave
holder: "Gentlemen, it is true the Supreme
Court has decided that you have constitutional
right to carry your slaves in the National Terri
tory, and to be there protected, but we Demo
cratic leaders Sonth and North, have made
bargain not 10 interfere, and therefore we cannot
help you; we must stick to our contract Of non-
Intervention; you have q perfect right, but it
cannot be enforced?"
A STAKEHOLDER can ask, "but have you not at
the same time promised that If the Supreme
Court shall have made decision, you all, on
both sides, should obey that decision!" Mr..
Douglas and his co-laborers answer yes, but that
is an abstract obeyance, we have agreed in the
first place not to interfere, and therefore NOM
is the doctrine and We must stick
tn that. When another should say, "but Mr.
Douglas have you not in the Senate of the Uni.
ted States, on the 18th of May, reiterated to
the Southern Senators, that if the Supreme
Court should make a decision, you and they
would be bound thereby, and the Government
must enforce it, using therefor the army-the
navy-the miIitia-all that we haves" The an
swer' 10, yes, but before made that declaration,
We had agreed that we should not interfere, but
leave it to the Courts, and therefore we are
bound by NON rNrERyEHrIos.
When anybody should insist and ask, but what
means then the agreement to leave it to the
Courts to decide, what means the promise to
obey that decision, what means the duty Of all
good citizens to respect that decision, and of
every branch Of the general government to en-
force i. with promptness and fidelity The an
swer is ready, that all thess things named are
true in the abstract, but never can be brought
to practice, because we have without disssntion
agreed to NoN-INrERvENTI0N.
The Republicans are considered b!ockheads
because they cannot comprehend that once NON
INTERVENTION having been made the all over
ruling doctrine, every subsequent agreement is
only an abstraction, kind of hobgebiin to be-
wilder the masses, North and South. Accord
ing TO the Douglas dodge. you can in the abstract
adopt sny kind Of doctrine about slavery in the
provided you submit to the primary
agreement Of NON-isfxSs EsTIoN.
1t is however al'eady plain that the people
North and South understand the Little DodSer
They have adopted the doctrine of SoN-NrsR
vESrIoN in an admirable way. Mr.. Douglas and
bis confedcrates cry at the top of their lungs,
that he must be elected, that be Is the regular
nominee, shat he is the only man who can save
the Union, but the people answer NoN-INrxRvxN-
ZION. They say, Mr.. Douglas has perfect right
in the abstract to be candidate, 10 defame thu
other Democratic candidate az bolter, seceder,
to scold the Republicans as traitors,
because they would not take him up in 1858, but
We win not interfere with bis name, we will reci-
procate. his lesson Of let alone, and Keep his
name from our tickets. In Maine and Vermont
he was sanguine that the people would interfere
in his behalf, but by virtue Of the doctrine of
non interference they let him alone. Maine and
Vermont have taken the lead in reciprocating the
compliments Of NON INTERVENTION Pennsylva-
MA. Ohio and Indiana, have totally disappointed
he expectation of the non-interventionist, they
rave given in laundering voices, in reference to
Douglas. true application Of Sox-INrERvEsrloS.
n the South they begin to comprehend the doc
zine. Florida takes the lead, and before No
'enlber every State will know the lesson Of NON.
by heart, and the result will be
hat the answer given at the ballot box is, that
very State has, in reference to Douglas, most
brought in practice the doctrine
# non Intervention, by refusing the Little Dodger
single electoral vote.
Auguste Belmonte is very anxious that we
hould help him little to get security for his
money, but the answer Of the people is non-ia-
creation. The stockholders and depositors of
he Artizans Bank are imploring for Douglas,
'at the people say noa~inAyrsntion. Archbishop
Iuglsss would like to promise his bencdiction
pom Douglas electors, but the people shout,
oa-iater1entioa. There is not money and whis- !
ey enough in the United States to coax or buy
,e people 70 interfere with Douglas; he will be
1 alone to study At the head Of Salt River upon
70 doctrine Of non-intervention and Squatter
overeignty; upon the bred Scott decision and
e repeal Of the Missouri compromise; upon ton