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The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29
Extracts from Douglas FreePOrt
ADec<h,

IINcoLNs QuEsrIoN-Ca the people of the United
States Territory in my lawful way, against the wishes
of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery
from their limits prior to the formation OF state Con-
stitutiong
DOUGLAS ANswER.--The next question propounded
to me by Mr. Lincoln is, the people OF territory
in any lawful way against the wishes Of any citizen OF
the United States exclude slavery from their limits
prior to the formation OF state constitution! an
sYer enphatcally Mr. Lincoln has heard me answer
hundred times from every stump in Illinois, that Il Is
nv opinion the people Of Territory can, by lawful
means exclude slavery from their limits prior to the
formation of a State Constitution. Enthusiastic APP
plansc.l Mr.. Lincoln knew that had answered that
question over and over again. lie heard mc argue
the Nebraska bill on that principle all the State in
1854 in 1885, and in 1886, and he has no excuse iof
pretending 10 be in doubt as to my position on that
question II matters not what way the Supreme Count
may hereafter decide as to the abstract question,
whether slavery may or may not go into Ierl1tor!
under the Constitution; the people have the lawful
means to introduce it exclude, as they please Tor
the reason that slavery cannot exist day or an lour
anywhere unless il is supported by local police regula
tons fright right Those police regulations can
ony he established by local legislation and the Peo
pie are opposed slavery they will elect representa-
tiyes to that body who WILL 10y uniriendy legislation
ccctualy prevent the introduction OF 1t into Their
midst lion the contrary they are for it their legsla
ton will favor its extension Hence, no matter what
the decision of the Supreme Court may be on that ab
ftract question still the right Of the people to make
a slave Territory or a free Territory,is perfect and
completc under the Nebraska bill. hope Mr. Lin
coin deems my answer satisfactory on that point.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29

commencement Address. BY Hon. Alexander NJ.
Clayton, LII d. bead before the Law Students Of
the University Of Mississippi, On the rs tn of June,
1860.
A coPr of this excellent Address has bee n
placed upon our table We had the pleasure
of hearing it read in June last, and gave our
opinion as to its high merits at the time. 1t
is able, instructive, and entertaining. The
catholicity Of its tone, throwing aside the
narrow ideas of law which atpreseut too often
find their way into legal discourses, will meet
the appreciation of progressive men. In OPP
position to that seBseless dogma, which
makes states superior to the laws which gov
ern men in their relationsto each other, ] Judge
Clayton says; s ~r.
Thestudy of general principles and their ap-
plication TO the affairs Of life, is always more
agreeable than the grasp of details and partic-
ulars 1t is this exploration of the principles Of
right and wrong, and their application to the
transactions of states, which constitute the Law
of Nations, regulate their intercourse with each
other, and prescribe their duties and obligations
in peace and in war. A state is a vast corpora
ton, clothed in its simplest element with the
of right and wrong, of truth and falsehood, Of
Justice and injustice, which measures censure or
appreciation upon the conduct of individuals in
society, is equally applicable to the conduct of
states in the great family Of nations. Ii is true,
there are no tribunals to enforce the judgment of
mankind against soyereignties but the weight
of public opinion imposes a moral restraint upon
the actions of nations, which few undertake, in
this enlightened age to brave, or to trample I'M
der foot There is no one so exalted, no one so
depraved, no one whose innocence can be made so
conspicuous, as to be wholly independent of the
praise OF blame of his fellow men. The laws of
morality are thus made to bear upon every pri-
yate and every public msn-upon individuals and
upon nations, and TO subject all, in every sphere
to their influence. This ia the law which, great
orator of old said twas not one thing at Athens
and another at Rome-one thing to-day and an
other hereafter-but among all nations and in
all time, eternal and immutable." II is the law
which one of our own day has described as "the
law of the world, the result of human reason and
human learning acting on human concerns, with
reference to principles of universal obligation"
This Address, stored as it is with legal
lore, may be read with pleasure and profit,
not oriy by lawyers, but by men of every
pursuit.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29

1
SfRAsGE as it may appear, there are those who
are willing to rely more implicitly upon platforms
concocfed by political wire-pullers and gamb-
lers. and adopted by irresponsible Conventions,
4 than upon the Constitution of the COUNTRY
Vieks5urg Wig.
The above is from the Vickburg Wzig,
whose editor, in 1855. was loud in his
praises of the Know-nothing prescription
platform. The Why knows, or ought to
know, that there is no party South which ''re-
lies more implicitly upon" its platform ''than
upon the Constitution of the country" A
/ Platform is not more, generally speaking,
than an exposition Of that construction which
the party making it puts upon the Constitu-
ton, with declaration, perhaps, that some
particular measures are necessary to carry
out the provisions of the Constitution in
their original faith Differences in relation
to the powers of different branches of gov
enment, State and Federal, under the Con-
stitution, have been the boundary lines of all
/ political. parties in this country. If we OK
cept the ultra abolitionists of the Wendell
Phillips school, no party has dared to 90, pro-
fessedly, beyond the Constitution. All declare
their yeneration for that instrument, their
love for the Union of which it is the com
pact, and their intention to see the laws en-
forced. Till very recently, all political par
ties have had their platforms. The editor of
the Wig, in 1855, belonged to the American
party, whose platform of principles, carried
to practical effect, would, indirectly if not
directly, contravene and put to naught the
Constitution. Platforms were good things
then, in the esteem of the Wing editor.
But non is not then. In 1860, new qucs-
tions have arisen, bearing upon the Consti-
tutional rights Of certain States in the Terri
tories. On these new question:, the Ameri-
can party is not unit. The Northern por-
ton, led on by Justice Mclean, one OF the
dissenting Judges in the bred Scott case,
holds opinions Numerically opposed to those
of the South, in relation to the question of
slavery in the Territories. These factions
clashed at the Baltimore Convention. They
could not agree. All efforts to adopt def
nitive platform were abortiye. Such plat
form would divide the party. That would
never do. Hatred to the Democratic party
kept them together. They resolved to make
no platform. They resolved to strike hands
together on some common ground. The
milk-and-watcr compound which resulted, is
before the country. Judge Sharkey, of Mis-
sissippi, stands side by side with Justice Nc
Lean, of Ohio. Pro-slavery men and free
solcrs battle harmoniously together for ''the
Constitution, the Union, and the Enforce
ment of the Laws" Can Southern man
rejoice at such result! Yet this is the con-
summation worked out by the Convention
which nominated Mr.. Bell. And the Bellies
have the effrontery to ask us TO vote fortheir
ticket on suspicion that it is all right
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29
"Disunion: DIsunIon! :"

ALI the changes upon this miserably false
cry, raised for mere party effect, are rung by
the Louisville Journal. Kentucky is one of
the border Slave States, and the journal Is
well aware that nothing could be more effect
i've with its people, against any party, than
this charge of . Disunionism." Rendered
reasonless at the mere thoughts of its horrors,
of which they must hear the hrunt they
bravely rush to rescue that which is not in
danger We are afraid they are ike hehouse
holder, who heard the cry of " fire" and, not
waiting to see the smoke, rushed into his
house, and threw into the highway all the
valuable furniture it contained before he found
the alarm was false. Y
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29


R,oo,reL That the platform adopted by the Demo
cratic party at Cincinnati is affirmed with the following
explanatory resolutions:
FTrst-That the Government of Territory organ
lied by an act of Congress is provisional and tempo
ary and during its existence all citizens OF the nj
ted States have an equal right TO settle with their
property in the Territory, without their rights either
of person or property being destroyed or injured by
congressional or territorial legislation.
Sfcord-That il is the duty of the Federal Govern
inent in all its departments TO protect when necessary
the rights Of persons and property in the Territories,
and where ever else its constitutional authority ex-
tends
T1ird--That when the settlers in Territory having
an adequate population form state constitution, the
right of sovereignty commences, and being eonsunma-
ted by admission into the Union, they stand on an
equal footing with the people of other States; and a
State thus organized ought TO be admitted into the
Federal Unon whether its Constitution prohibits or
recognizes the institution of slavery
Resoirci That the Democratic party are in favor
of The acquisition of the Island Of Cuba, ON such
terms a. shall be honorable TO ourselves and just to
Spain, at the earliest practicable moment
Rcseirei That the enactments Of State Legislatures
70 defeat the faithful execution of the Fugitive Slave
law are hostile in character to, and suiNersFe OF the
Constitution and revolutionary IN their effect
Resolred That the Democracy of the United states
recognize il as an imperative duty of this Government
10 protect naturalized citizens in all their rights,
whether at home in foreign lands to the same extent
as it, nativeborn citizens. And,
WHEREAS, the Of the greatest necessities Of the
at.e, in POLITICAL commercial, postal and Military
point of view Is speedy communication between the
Pacific and Atlantic coasts; therefore, be 1t
Resoirsd, That the National Democratic party do
hereby pledge themselves TO use every means IN their
power TO secure the passage Of some BILL to the extent
of the constitutional authority of Congress for the con
struction of a Pacific Railroad, from the Mississippi
river to the Pacific Ocean, at the earliest practicable
moment
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29
Vermont.

THERE has been quite Democratic revival
among the Green Mountain boys. In response
to a call, signed by more than thousand Of the
best Democrats in the State, Convention met,
August 9TH, at White River junction, which is
said to have been the largest ever held in the
State. They nominated Henry R. Campbell
and Ephraim Chamberlain, electors for the State
at large. They also passed resolutions severely
denuncatory of all squatter sovereignty heresies.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29
Extract from Mr. Brcckinridge's
Frankfort speech, last December.

Mr.. Breckenridge has been speaking of the bred
Scott decision and continues as follows
Well that being the case and it having been author
itativcy determined by the very tribunal to which 1t
was referred that Congress had no power to exclude
slave property from the Territory and udicay deter
mined that the Territorial observation-disclosures
created bv Congressman not the power TO exclude or
eonfiscate slave property, confess that had not an
tcipated that the doctrine of uniIiendly leglsaon
would be set up. Hence need not say TO you tIal
do not believe in the doctrine OF uniiiendy lesiauon
that do not believe in the authority OF Territorial
Legislature to do by indirecton what they cannot do
DIRECTLY repose upon the decision OF the supreme
Court of the United States the point that neither
Conccss nor the Territorial Legislature has the rght
to ostruct or confscate the property oil any etzeh
slaves included pending the territorial eondiuon. lap
plause.
/ do not see any escape from that decision, if you
admit that the question was Judicial one, II you ad-
init the decision Of the Supreme Court, and II you
stand by the decision OF the highest court OF the eOun-
try
The Supreme Cont seems 10 have recognized II as
the duty of the courts Of the Union, in their proper
snbero To execute this constitutional right thus ad-
Indicated bv the supreme Court in the following Ian
..nage In speaking of the acquisition OF Ieni'or!'
they pronounce II a political question for Congress 20
aqtrmine what Territories they may acquire, and
how many Nov mark the words OF the Court
Here follows quotation from the decisioiLI :,
So that IN regard TO slave proper! ~ ~ -,
any other property recognized and guarded by tDe
1ustuton. It is the duty according to the Supreme
Ceuft of all the Courts of the country to protect and
guard il by their decision whenever the question 4
Irouylt before them To which only add that me
nditsal decisions must be naintaned-those Judlcai
decisions must be sustained. Applause.
fpresent remedies are adequate % sus'iI u. -
decisions. I would have nothing more done J, with
,nsnv other public men in the country, believe they
are adequate. If they are motif they cannot be en-
forced for want Of the proper legislation to enioice
them Sufficient legislation must he passed, or our
Government is a failure.
Gentlemen, see no escape from that oore4u-lOn-
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29
Letter From Washington.

Washington, 18th Aug, 1850.
DEAR SR:-Thc Douglasites have started
the report that Mr. Breckenridge has written
a letter desiring his name to be withdrawn as
a candidate for the Presidency. That story
has its throat cut, this morning, by the re-
ception, by Gen. Stevens, Of a letter from NJ.
b., just the opposite of this invention. 1t is
supposed that it was intended for use in Vir-
ginia, where conventions are now in session.
You have no idea of the desperate game
Douglas and his followers are playing. Rule
or ruin is their motto. The Senator and his
wife are stumping New England, eating clans,
HOLSTERS, DC, and making themselves agreea-
Die. Ii is now understood and believed, and
think that way myself, that in two years,
Douglas and his followers will all be in the
Republican camp; at least North. How any
true hearted Mississippian can support him is
a mystery TO me. His leading friends are
arrogant, overbearing and reckless; and now
that he has taken the stump, it is easy to see
on whom he relics for support.
In the meantime, the friends of Mr.. Breck-
inridge are well. All the best elements OF
the genuine Democratic party are within him,
and they are not to be terrified though they
may be beaten.
YoURs, Z. r. b.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29

The cotton in port at Liverpool, August
9TH, amounted to 100000 bales, Of which
1,O14,5OO were from America. News Of the
destructive drOughts, which have cut short
the crops in the cotton growing States, had
been received. Cotton was looking up, and
an advance Of one half cent had been eKpe-
rienee.L
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29
Virginia.

THE Douglas Convention refused to listen to
any ofers of compromise which were made By
the Breckenridge Convention. Both Conventions
passed resolutions instructing delegates to vote
50 as to defeat Lincoln Douglasites signifed
that Bel was their second choice, and passed
resolution censuring the Administrztion--
Among the Breckinridge electors are Senators
Mason and Hunter, and ex-Gov. Wise
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29
IsrcckInrIdgc VS.. Douglas.

Douglas and Breckenridge are a long way apart up
on tire terIit rial issue. We place in luxtaposltlon eN
tractS from Douglas frcepon speech and BreeAln
ridges Frankfort speech of December last. The!
need no comment:
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29

CAx IT BE PossIBLE?-The Washington cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Pennylranian
says that the object Of the visit Of NJ Rothschild
to this country, is to look after the large invest
mcnt Of funds made for him by A. Belmont in
the nomination and election Of Douglas. What
can this mean? Have the Rothchilds some large
plumber scheme on foot in Central America,
which they wish to secure through the aid Of an
American Presidents 1t is well known that this
great Jewish Banking house orRs half the kings
in Europe, controls the London 7inaes, and reigns
supreme over the stock exchange. Can it be
possible that it aims to rule over Yankee Doodle,
through a bankrupt Presidcnt7-N y Day
p1aE
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29
or Course.

The Boston Post denies the rumor that Chic
Justice fancy is for Douglas, and says he is
for Breckenridge and Lane. That was hardly
necessary. Justice fancy could not stultify his
decision in the Dred Scott case 50 far as to sup
port Mr. Douglas
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29
Maine.

Is this State the Democracy are making =
most gallant fight They expect to gain two
or three members Of Congress The people are
Disguised with such pillagersss Peck and Somes.
The Republicans have called on Mr.. Seward to
come and help them
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29
Iowa..

The Breckinridge State Convention met at
Davenport, on the 18th inst, and nominated a
full electoral ticket Resolutions were passed,
endorsing the platform Of their party. Seventy
five delegates were in Attendance.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29

DR- HARRIsoS, Of the jackson Inteligsn-
Ger, has sold his interest in that paper to DR..
n. A. Price, and it viii hereafter be conduct
ed BY Mills & Price.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29
ID. n. E.

Dunrxa the recent Commencement at AnlneFss
College. Massachusetts,, Gov, Banks and :, stan "a.
were initiated into the mysteries o. tne Dei1a
Kappa Epsilon fraternity. wonder II me eOA'
was ssddied for their benefit
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29

KENNETH RATNER, late supporter Of Mr..
Pool, OppOsitionist, for Governor Of North
Carolina, and President Of the National Amer
lean Convention Of 1856, is out for Breckin-
ridge and Lane
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29

"WHAr viii you haver asked sheriff Of
culprit whom he was about TO hang. sKOts
DROP" uas The quaint reply.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29

Mas. Hour, wife of Post Master General
Holt, died at Washington on the 18th of
August She was a daughter Of Hon. c. A.
Wiekliffe, formerly Congressman from Ken
tuckv, and sister Of Ex-Governor Wicklife,
ofLOuisana, and sister Of Mrs. Senator Yulee,
Of Florida Her remains have been removed
from Washington to Kentucky for intermeut.
Mrs. Holt was much beloved.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29

Gov. BANKS, Of Massachusetts,, declines re
election, and has accepted the Presidency Of the
Illinois Central Railroad.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29

CoxsTsTExT.-(iov. FOote has been D 7, -.
man for nearly three months i ne Te0OIu = ~
markable.-Iorf GibsoE RereHte
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29

"LooK out for paint as the girl said when
a fellow went 10 kiss her.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29
National Democratic Platform.

Reported al Charleston 5ya mgiority Of The Commit
Tee, and unanimously adopted at Baltimore.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29

commencement Address. By Hon. Alexander NJ.
CLAYTON. IL d. Bead before the Law Students Of
the University Of Mississippi on tbs 70 III of June,
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-08-29


law, was in like manner to be opposed by all
good citizens. They were not to be beguicd,
under the mask of abstract propositions, into
tacit condemnation of their own conduct,
in regard to fugitive slaves. 1t was not easy
to convince men, whose minds were preoceu-
pied with the one idea of opposition to
slavery, that their doctrine was revolutionary,
and.subversive of all law. If one man may
refuse to obey particular law, because it
does not square with some moral standard
which he has set up in his own mind, every
other man, in turn, has the right to refuse
obedience to such laws as do not meet his
appreciation; and the result will be, that
obedience to law will become unknown.
Michigan has alaw, furnishing by imprison-
ment in the penitentiary any one taking a
slave within the limits Of that State, even IN
transifu, and iberating the slave. A case
had recently occurred in which a lady had
fallen under the condemnation Of that law.
Inquiring how such law could be reconcilcd
with that comfy which should exist between
friendly nations, to say nothing of the friend
ship and kindness which the South had a
right to expect at the hands of a member Of
our eonfederacy Of States, | was met by the
shallow sophism, that, if slave-owner were
permitted TO hold his slave there for ten
minutes, or for any purpose, he might hold
him for all purposes, and for life England,
a foreign nation, simply robs the slave-owner
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