The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-09-12

aided BIZ the whole free soil party % the.
North, conveFts i into . thing Of wa4 y -
moulded Just as Mr.. Douglas chose to have i.
AS Mr,D Douglas c0netf nesit it means that the
people q ! Territory may 4 any time 4 they
choose prohibit OF abolish slH7r1T, and that y
isneither the duty or the lgil Congfess to
interfere to prey enf them from doing 50. Thus
II IS affirmed that the Squhttes in nefrti
tory may deny TO the people Of the fifteen
slaTeholding States that equal participation q
the enjoyment Of the cDmmon Territories
which we claim is the constitutional right Of
the people of afi-thss States. To say that the
Southern delegates in the Convention at Gin
cinnati would never have assented TO this plat
form if it had expressed what Mr.. Douglas
and his friends now construe it to mean, IS
simply to affirm what every well informed
man in the republic knows to be true. Il
may be asked why the Southern delegates al
lowed themselves to be oYerreached. They
were not oyerreached. They accepted the
platform in q spirit of generous confdence. -
It never occurred to them that Mr.. Douglas
aided by one or two Democrats in the Senate,
and less than dozen in the HOUSE, would at
tempt to give sectional construction to
National platform. But he did make the at
tempt and with the aid Of the Black Republi-
cans it was foreseen that he would succeed.--
The South saw that while as q party we could
maintain our construction Of the platform.
Yeti in the practical business Of legislation Mr..
Douglas aided by Seward, Summer, Wade &
| CO.. would enforce his construction Of it, In
| this state of the case, the Southern delegates
at Charleston wisely asked party recognition
| of their construction Of the platform. This
was denied them by Mr.. Douglas friends
| representing all Of the Republican States and.
| two or three that were claimed by the Demo
crafts At this stage of proceeding the dele
| orates from the South commenced Withdrawing
from the Convention-and what followed Is
too well known to need repetition Iapproged
and still approve the conduct of our delegates
| IN. withdrawing from the Convention at Char
! lesion. 1t was wise, patriotic, and imperar
/ lively demanded BY the xigencies Of the hour.
i If / have fault to find it is with subsequent
rIcts and not with this. ~
For the present pass from the eonsidefa-
ton of Mr.. Douglas and his platform and take
up the }S
BIEokIERIDGE PLATFORM
There is mach in this that conmends 4
to my warm approval. IL recognizes the
right Of the citizen to have bis property sde-
qnately protected, and II affrms the duty Of
the Federal Government in all its depart
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to protect slaves IN q 1eIri.orys out on inc
otner nano' tnas y = tIe Gu.y Oh oongTess '
prohloit II. MI: DouSlas aenies tne power 9
congress 70 pfoniDit. ana maintains tne Ilgnl
oil leriIorial Ee.lSlatuIe clsner 70 Pro.Sc'
or 10 pronlolI as II piesses. ne tninhs y 'ne
duty OF Congress 70 keep It's hands on and
leave the people Of the Ierritones perfectly
: nee 70 manage tne analr IN thelr own way
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entitled to protection and that It Is the duty
of Congress to afford it but it is very difficult
T. Understand bow Re . secure US y
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