Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-09-29

TESTIMONY OF A DEPARTED PATRIOT
There may be men III tue South VIII"
disagree with the intense aid extreme
Southern opinions uttered 10y Gen. Jno.
A. Quilman during his paoIic career;
but there are none who would dare ln
peach his veracity 80 far as to question
the truth Of amy statement he ever made.
We have his Testimony that douglas,
by his "gur-reat pur rlnc'pIe," once
meant protection to slave property IN the
territories Gen. Quitman was $ % wrapt
up in the assertion of our rights III the
territories, that he could not be mistaken
OF deceived as to the views entertained
10y the prominent men associated with
HIM in public life. When Mr.. Douglas
was Il candidate for the nomination tor
the Presidency in 1886 many thought
that Gen. Quitnan would be his asso-
ciate on the ticket. That blunt old war
rior and statesman, nut wishing to be
misunderstood himself, Internationally
sought an interview with Douglas III Or
der to ascertain whether their opinions
Tailed npon this question Of territorial
sovereignty before allowing the use OF
his nalle iii that connection.
The following letter, written by Gen.
Qul;man prior to tile meeting OF the
Cincinnati Convention to u confidential
friend in Mississippi, is conclusive that
Douglas either occupied anti oqnatter
grounds at that date, OF that he told all
unbluslling and unpa.donaI'ic talsehood
to the chlvalric old veteran OF Miss'ss-
ippi. Douglas is how parading from
every stump in the Union his consistent
devotion to "PopuIar Sovereignty" Il
principle which claims complete sove-
reiyn,y for the common territories; i'll
1856 he told Gen. Qultlnan that he OPP
posed this "abominable" principle
There is, then, AN issue Of veraclty be.
tween the dead hero Of CIlepnltepec and
HE little dclnagogue. Douglas; those
who know the nsesa, will not he at Il , IS
to know whether the dead Qnitman or
The living Douglas is the better author
ity.
We give the letter below, as it ap-
peared i'll the "MIssissippian," and 1t
will be sccn 10y the itallclsed passages
that if Douglas wasnotin 1856 sincerely
ID Congressional protection Democrat,
snch al breckenridge, Wise, and others
are to-day, he Was playing Il very sour
Wy game to bambooZle Southern men,
and did succeed III bambooZling Gen.
Quitlnail-illal's all.
WASHINGTON, March %, 1856.
Iy Deur Str x X X X | b.
lieve that at this day the Northern Dem
ocracy are souldcr aud more reliable on
the slavery question than they have
eve been. The KANSAS bill has driven
oft all the comproln,sers, and left those
that remain no alternative but "a full
vindicatIon Of our whole rights. ] be.
Ileve, therefore, they will prefer a bold
ultra Sun,Ilerrer to u renegade.
In Il snort conversation with Douglas
yesterday, he sud TO me Mat ayhat he most
feared aoas that timid Southern men uouM
fall buck.
| shall he content with Buchanan, and
will sustain Pierce, if nominated. 1t is
also my interest to be ,on-conmitaI;
but when | write to an old friend like
yourself, l will be frank. Ny preference
is for Douglas. He is bold, fearless and
self reliant. Were he elected lie would
he President. He wonid not come into
office with a body gnarl OF old fngies
and politicians, ready to seize upon all
he offices. He is true to the South.
Hs demamds ns only tie use and enji yment
# tie common Tsrrztory far their property,
hut insists on It's protection there. 10 him
are indebted tor the Kansas bill, +!
which now presents the points of con
act. He is the true representative of
his principle, and opposes The udominaM
principle Of ~squatter Sovereignty x 5
Your friend,
j. A. DURHAM.
Who was Qnitman? Who IS Douglas?
Let the honest man decide the question
If yaracity h..t wpau them idynrAfn