St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-08-09


ness and fidelity. This is his plat
form. If our Federal Court has not
already given a decision in accord
ancc with the notions Of Mr.. Brccken;
ridge, no one doubts it will do 50 as
soon as the question shall be brought
distinctly before it. SO at best, the
only point of disagreement between
these rival candidates, is that Of time
only. If in the language Of TIE rcso-
luton adopted by the Convention
placing Mr.. Douglas in nomination, it
becomes the duty of all good citizens
to respect, and Of every branch of the
federal government to enforce, n judi
cial decision determining the consti-
tutional existence Of SLAVERY iii Our
Territories, what becomes of that
other theory Of Mr. Douglas, that no
matter what the Supreme Court may
decide, slavery may be excluded from
a territory by unfriendly Legislation q?
Those advocating the claims of Mr..
Bell would please everybody by prom.
ising nothing. They compose the
party of sGkreme faith. They stand
upon Constitution without intcrprcta-
ton, and upon an endangered Union
without announcing the means by
which it can be saved.
Let us not be deceived ! There are
but two documents between which we
can choose when we come to deposit
our ballots. One is that the Constitu-
ton favors slavery as fully as free
dom that neither has advantage
over the other that they must travel
together and exist together, under
equal protection, until the territory
shall be clothed with state sovereign
ty and that both alike are national.
The other is, that the Constitution
treats slavery as local municipal in
stitution does not give to it a sin
gle attribute Of nationality that it
has not an equal status with freedom
and that its extension is to be dis
cOuragcd. How shall we act between
these opposing views? | answer the
inquiry Our lahoring classes de-
serve all the encouragement and pro-
lection we can give them Southern
statesmen regard them as white
slaves let us not surrender them to
such mcrcies as the owners Of chattcI
labor would extend to them. Our
farmers and manufacturers have long
been cut of from all the hountics Of
legislation, by the force Of Southern
prejudice; we should enlist on their
side. Our country has suffered much
in the estimation Of mankind, from
our manifested attachment to syS.
tenn, VIGOROUSLY in Countcraction to
the principles upon which our govern
mcmt was founded considerations of
morality, eXpcdiency, and consistcn-
ry, should incline lis to do all that we
lawfully may do, 10 save ourselves
from further imputations. Slavery
within the States stands behind i'm
prcguablc dctcnsCs, but it holds no
charter to travel without restraint.
1t has long laborcd for, but has not
yet reached, position Of absolution.
1t graSpS for empires, as it is the only
means by which tyranny can ever
save itself. Our danger is imminent
but we can yet overcome it, if we al
low reason, rather than rcjudice, to
shape our efforts. Democracy, as now
interpreted by those loudest in the
profession Of it and almost monopoliz,
ing its name, no longer means the
will Of the majority it Cuntemns the
masses holds no association with la.
/ Dor and uttcrS no word of cncour.
| agemcnt to the poor. Its professions
are imposturcs, aud must soon fail tC
deceive. 1t has become worse than
the ally of slavery it is its plan
and prostitutcd- tool. Wisdom ant
propricty must alike repudiate it, un
less speedily regeneratcd.
Our true policy is that of resistance
to the cXtravagant aud uncOnstitu
tional demands Of the South. We car
only make it cflectual in one way-hy
the support Of Mr.. Lincoln. He is
honest aud capable, and attached tc
the principles of the Constitution, and
his election will assign limits to sec
tional oliSarchy, and make labor hon
orable and remuncratlve.
The question, i'll It's true aspect, is
not as to which candidate shall be
elected by the people it is this-shal'
| Mr.. Lincoln be elected! The one hun
drcI and twenty electoral votes of the
South will be divided mainly, if not
exclusively, between Mr.. Bell and Mr.
Brcckiuridge, and their support vii
be almost, if not entirely, confined tc
that section. Such effective force as
Mr. Douglas may possess, is in til,
/ North but his most sanguine friendt
admit not only that his election is i'm
possible, but that he cannot carr,
over two or three States. The bod,
OF the Northern vote will be given t
Mr.. Lincoln. Mr.. Douglas support
Crs can do nothing for him; the onl,
significant result they can poSSibl,
produce, will be to Withdraw enough
strength from Mr.. Lincoln to throw
the election into the House. ThI
done. and Lane would certainly b
chosen by the Scnate-the conditio
of parties in the House being such a
to prevent Il majority Of the State
agreeing to either Of the candidate
Resting on these admissions, for the
are accepted universally, we discovt
that every vote given TO Mr.. Dongla
must tend to the elevation Of Ian
who, possessing neither education, G
perience, nor executive ability, h
been selected to enable the South
| make the most out of an accident
case it shall occur. To out-Lane Ian
= in apostacy to the North, aud
= crouching, fawning SubServiency I
+ the South, need not be attempted b
t the. most ambitious in that lne--no
. even by Federal office holder. Eve
4 if | could believe that the leopar
n could change his spots, and Mr.. Doug
G las do the North justice, would nc
t sustain him under the circumstance
.. which surround us. and amid the pc
/ lis which now cuyiron us.